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Giving birth in space might cause changes to the human body, including new skin tones and bigger heads, predicts evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon.
Off-World

Biologist: Babies Born in Space Might Not Be Fully Human

Babies born in space might have enormous heads. Seriously.

Facebook is already inundated with scam posts for its yet-unreleased cryptocurrency, Libra. It's a bad sign for a company trying to earn public trust.
Blockchain

Facebook Is Having Trouble Fighting Scams About Its Own Altcoin

It's a bad sign for Facebook's upcoming Libra cryptocurrency.

The Human Brain Project, which ten years ago promised to model an entire human brain, failed to deliver. Scientists suspect it was doomed from the start.
Science & Energy

This Attempt to Simulate the Human Brain Fell Amazingly Flat

The Human Brain Project tells a classic warning tale against scientific hype.

Unrestored tapes of the first Moon walk just sold for more than $1.8 million at auction — more than 8,000 times the price paid by their owner in 1976.
Moon

Someone Just Paid $1.8 Million for Videos of the First Moon Walk

The tapes' previous owner bought them for $217.77 in 1976.

Allianz Explorer Series Is Taking NYC on a First-Class Ride to a Sustainable Future
Future Society

Allianz Explorer Series Is Taking NYC on a First-Class Ride to a Sustainable Future

Be a part of the community creating sustainable solutions for urban living.

In an impressive feat of strength, an all-electric Ford F-150 pickup truck just pulled 1 million pounds of massive rail cars behind it for 1,000 feet.
Advanced Transport

Watch an Electric Ford F-150 Pickup Truck Tow 1 Million Pounds

"It's a pretty epic and extreme demonstration."

Sci-fi Short Film “Hyperlight” Considers the Possibilities of Faster-Than-Light Travel
Space

Sci-fi Short Film “Hyperlight” Considers the Possibilities of Faster-Than-Light Travel

Fusion could produce cheap, endless clean energy. "Hyperlight" considers that not-so-distant future.

The forced-swim test used to detect depression in lab animals may be on the way out, as both scientists and animal rights activists rally against its use.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Are Reconsidering an Incredibly Cruel Animal Experiment

"In my opinion, it’s just bad science."

A team of hackers stole 7.5 terabytes of information from a company working for Russian intelligence, revealing a number of troubling projects.
Science & Energy

A Russian Intelligence Contractor Just Got Hacked

The hackers revealed several Russian projects, including one to deanonymize Tor traffic.

Leaked NYPD documents reveal the police department's strategy for building public trust through funny social media posts.
Future Society

Leaked NYPD Documents Instruct Cops to Be Funny Online

The guide says humorous tweets will "build and maintain trust."

Students in Oregon can now miss school for "mental health days," making the state one of the first to offer excused absenses for mental illness.
Mental Health

New Law Lets Students Miss School For “Mental Health Days”

Depression is now as valid a reason for missing class as a broken bone.

Juul Labs CEO Kevin Burns just issued a sort of apology for how many vaping teens have become addicted to nicotine by using his company's product.
Health & Medicine

Juul CEO: “I’m Sorry” for Teen Vaping Epidemic

He conceded that the company's teen-centric marketing was inappropriate.

Microsoft just invested $1 billion into OpenAI, which will now try to develop artificial general intelligence for Microsoft's cloud services.
OpenAI

Microsoft Invests $1 Billion in Elon Musk-Founded OpenAI

OpenAI started as a non-profit. Now it's raking in serious dough.

Authorities in Colombia have quarantined four plantations after noticing symptoms of the banana disease TR4 amongst the crops.
Science & Energy

Bad News: A Banana-Killing Fungus Has Likely Reached the Americas

Authorities have already quarantined four plantations and more could follow.

In a recent trial, a tongue stray currently used to treat multiple sclerosis symptoms seemed to help people battling cannabis dependence quit smoking weed.
Health & Medicine

There’s Now a Tongue Spray to Help You Stop Smoking Weed

It’s like a nicotine patch but for marijuana.

Air Force “Stands Ready” to Defend Area 51 From Facebook Event
Meta

Air Force “Stands Ready” to Defend Area 51 From Facebook Event

"The U.S. Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets."

To demonstrate the potential military benefits of the Flyboard Air, the inventor of the flying hoverboard rode it above a parade while wielding a rifle.
Advanced Transport

Someone Carrying a Rifle Just Flew Over Paris on a Hoverboard

Remember the Green Goblin, from Spider-Man?

A Puerto Rican startup called Instarz plans on building a self-assembling, self-sustaining Moon habitat that can support eight astronauts for a year.
Moon

Puerto Rican Startup Plans to Launch Self-Sustaining Moon Habitat

"Remnant" is a self-sustaining lunar habitat that sleeps eight.

The U.S. military says it downed an Iranian drone using a new directed-energy weapon — but Iran is denying to incident even took place.
Drones

US Navy’s Energy Weapon Gets First “Kill,” Shoots Iranian Drone

Instead of disabling a drone with bullets, it uses radio frequencies.

Neither the government nor private tech companies have taken steps to protect the 2020 presidential election from being manipulated.
Hacking

Congressman: The 2020 Election Is Not Safe From Hackers

Adam Schiff says companies like Facebook and Google haven’t prepared for the election.