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By erasing memories linked to cocaine use, researchers stopped rats from seeking out the drug — and the therapy could potentially work in humans.
Health & Medicine

Researchers used light to make rats forget their drug triggers.

Waymo received approval from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to build a Level 4 autonomous vehicle factory in the state.
Advanced Transport

It's the first factory in the world dedicated to self-driving cars.

A new study reveals a way to reverse memory loss in animal models of Alzheimer's disease, and it could one day work in people, too.
Health & Medicine

The treatment restored three kinds of memory in animal models.

According to a Stanford doctor who knows He Jiankui personally, the woman carrying the second gene-edited fetus should be 12-14 weeks pregnant by now.
Health & Medicine

Pandora's Box is about to open all over again.

A stylized picture of a 3D-printed heart like one NASA wants to print in space.
3D Printing

The future of 3D-printed organs could be in orbit.

Elon Musk explains the decision to use stainless steel to create the new SpaceX Starship rocket in an interview with Popular Mechanics.
Starship

Musk: "To the best of my knowledge this has never been proposed before."

Blue Origin showed off a new animation of its New Gleen orbital rocket system, including a booster landing that's reminiscent of SpaceX's Falcon 9.
Blue Origin

Who's winning the space race — SpaceX or Blue Origin?

The ESA says it's studying the prospects of a 2025 mission to the Moon that would use robotic mining equipment to extract water and fuel.
Off-World

A lunar fuel station could power missions to Mars and beyond.

Coral Vita is working to build a coral farm on land, which it claims allows it to grow coral at up to 50 times the rate of underwater farms.
Climate Change

It says it can accelerate the growth rate of some corals by up to 50 times. 

A new global survey presented to the World Economic Forum reveals a pervasive, worldwide optimism in the face of automation.
Future Society

Do you think a robot could replace you?

A NASA scientist just made animations showing how slow the speed of light is compared to the scale of the cosmos to explain why we haven't traveled far.
NASA

On a galactic scale, light speed is a barely-discernible crawl.

Astrophysicists just uncovered why some dying stars' supernovae appear to lack high-energy gamma ray bursts. A protective cocoon has been blocking them.
Off-World

A gamma-ray burst could cause an extinction event if it hit Earth.

A government official in China said on Monday that the country was planning new punishments for local officials who don't meet air pollution goals. Chinese pollution
Pollution

"We have to win the war against air pollution, no matter what happens."

The ongoing government shutdown is causing dire effects on biological research, as furloughed scientists struggle to keep their research subjects alive.
Biology

"It's like telling a doctor you can't go in and see your patients."

Scientists published more data about an exoplanet named K2-22b, just one of three ever observed to be disintegrating in real time.
Exoplanets

K2-22b is one of just three exoplanets known to be actively crumbling apart.

Tesla has received approval from the Netherlands Vehicles Authority to begin deliveries of its most affordable vehicle, the Model 3, in Europe.
Tesla

The company received the approval it had been waiting for.

A 23-year-old esports, and sim racing professional just beat an ex-Formula 1 driver at this year's Race of Champions in Mexico.
Virtual Reality

Virtual racing can teach you how to race just as well as in the real-world.

Researchers have captured the best-ever image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Black Holes

"We should not fear the supermassive black hole."

Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review
Prosthetics and Devices

His university fired him after new allegations of grave ethical misconduct.

According to the Pentagon's Missile Defense Review, the military is interested in equipping the F-35 fighter jet with anti-ICBM weaponry.
Military

Hopefully we never have to test it with an actual nuke.