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Crew Dragon

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon’s First Test Flight

All systems are go for just one week from now.

Future Society

YouTube Starts Pulling Ads on Anti-Vaccination Videos

Many advertisers don't want to be associated with anti-vax content.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Scientists Warn Self-Driving Cars Could Worsen Inequality

They suggest fining single-passenger autonomous vehicles to promote carpooling.

NASA

NASA Chief: Space Agency “Well on Our Way” to Discovering Aliens

"The goal is to discover life on another world."

Meta

Those Health Apps Send Your Biometric Data Straight to Facebook

Sensitive medical data entered into 11 popular apps goes to the tech giant.

Artificial Intelligence

This Fast Food Drive-Thru Is Now Using AI to Take Orders

It's like the Siri of the fast food industry.

Future Society

Legal Marijuana Could Threaten the Alcohol Industry, Says Report

People might start choosing weed over wine.

Medical

Hospital Goes Out of Business, Pulls Medical Records Offline

"Without those records, we can't go forward. We can't make me better."

Future Society

Facebook Reportedly Let Marketers Advertise to Nazis

Advertisers can pay to make sure their messages reach neo-Nazis.

Off-World

Virgin Galactic’s Space Plane Soars to New Heights

Beth, the passenger, became the first woman to enter space on a US commercial vehicle.

Health & Medicine

“Zombie” Deer Disease Could Spread to Humans, Experts Warn

"It’s possible the number of human cases will be substantial and will not be isolated events."

Environment

Senators Opposing Green New Deal Are Drowning in Fossil Fuel Cash

They accepted seven times as much money as the proposal's co-sponsors.

Off-World

Scientists Discovered a Star That Explodes Every Year

It's the first star of its kind in the known universe.

Future Society

Journal Retracts Ethics Article by Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies

Maybe the guy who opened Pandora's Box shouldn't write ethical guidelines.

Future Society

In-Ear Language Translators May Soon Be Here, Thanks to Waverly Labs

This is a new take on "a world without language barriers."

Off-World

Japan Just Landed a Robot Spacecraft on an Asteroid

The spacecraft successfully fired a bullet at the surface of an asteroid.

Brain

Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Babies “Likely” Boosted Their Brainpower

The first two humans with genetically boosted cognition and memory may already be born.

Environment

Cambridge: AI Might Help Us Avoid “Environmental Catastrophe”

The university's new center will explore ways AI could help save the planet.

SpaceX

SpaceX Just Launched the First Commercial Lunar Lander, Ever

It could become the first privately built vehicle to reach the lunar surface in human history.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving Car Obey Police Hand Signals

Waymo's autonomous vehicles can be waved through a broken traffic light.