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Tokyo-based company Astro Live Experiences just launched its experimental prototype satellite that it will use to create a fake meteor shower.
Off-World

Get ready for awe-inspiring, combustible space garbage.

By Dan Robitzski

A newly announced Amazon conference, the AI-focused re:MARS, could help the company shake a reputation sullied by Rekognition.
Artificial Intelligence

Re:MARS could help people forget about Rekognition.

By Kristin Houser

Ford revealed today it will release all-electric, and hybrid versions of its best-selling F-series, and Super Duty pickup truck lineup.
Advanced Transport

Take that, fossil fuels!

By Victor Tangermann

The world's first lab-grown blood vessels have already yielded one new lead in the hunt for better diabetes treatments and more could be on the way.
Health & Medicine

"Being able to build human blood vessels as organoids from stem cells is a game changer."

By Kristin Houser

Experimental nuclear fusion reactors tend to leak out high-energy particles. New computer simulations may help scientists prevent that loss of energy.
Physics

New simulations show how keep experimental reactors from leaking energy.

By Dan Robitzski

Relativity Space — a 3D-rocket-printing company founded by SpaceX, and Blue Origin alumni — got permission from the Air Force to launch from Cape Canaveral.
Off-World

Eventually, the company plans to 3D print a rocket on Mars.

By Victor Tangermann

The Tesla referral program granting new buyers six months of free Supercharging will end on February 1, according to Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

"It’s adding too much cost to the cars, especially Model 3."

By Kristin Houser

Collecting parts to build a functioning quantum computer is so difficult, and expensive, it might slow down development of the technology as a whole.
Computers

Amazon doesn't stock this stuff.

By Victor Tangermann

Ambrosia, the controversial startup clinic offering transfusions of young people's blood, has officially opened up shop in five U.S. cities.
Health & Medicine

Brings new meaning to "blood bank."

By Dan Robitzski

California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to expand the state's tax refund for low-income families and start paying it on a monthly basis.
Future Society

But it's not basic income, an expert says.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers spotted an unusual black hole floating through the galaxy. Roughly the size of Jupiter, it's in between the two types of typical black holes.
Black Holes

The medium-sized black hole is one of just three spotted in our galaxy.

By Dan Robitzski

Georgia Tech researchers have created a microneedle birth control patch that women could administer themselves just once a month.
Health & Medicine

A person could administer it themselves in just five seconds.

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk Just Offered to Drill a Hole Through An Australian Mountain
Elon Musk

The tunnel would connect downtown Sydney to the West.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland taught its four-legged robot dog how to get up after being kicked using AI — a valuable life skill.
Robot Dogs

Please don't kick innocent robot dogs!

By Victor Tangermann

Collaborative robots, or cobots, are the future, according to NVIDIA. And an Ikea kitchen could speed up their development,
Artificial Intelligence

"We want to develop robots that can naturally perform tasks alongside people."

By Kristin Houser

A small, levitating glass bead the size of a virus might be the long-awaited key to directly observing dark matter, if new research is to be believed.
Physics

An ingenious tabletop instrument might be able to spot dark matter.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers say they can give anyone a lifespan score that reveals their likelihood of living longer than average — just by looking at their DNA.
DNA

As soon as you're born, they can predict when you're likely to die.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. navy is planning to add medium, and large unmanned surface combatants — military for warships — to accompany their manned ships.
Robotics

A larger number of smaller drone ships could overwhelm the enemy at sea.

By Victor Tangermann

China's space agency renewed its promises to launch future Mars exploration missions — including a mission to Mars as early as next year.
Mars

By the end of the decade, it wants to bring the first-ever samples back from the Red Planet.

By Victor Tangermann

Watch The Most Distant Object Ever Observed Tumble Through Space
Off-World

Now there's footage of the most distant object ever observed.

By Dan Robitzski