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Biology

Scientists Used Gene Therapy to Cure Deafness in Mice

Deaf mice gained typical hearing levels.

Moon

New Research: Earth’s Atmosphere Extends Well Beyond the Moon

"The Moon flies through Earth's atmosphere."

Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk: Teslas Will Be Fully Self-Driving By Next Year

"I am of certain of that."

Robotics

India Just Swore in Its First Robot Police Officer

RoboCop, meet KP-Bot.

Health & Medicine

Vampire Clinic That Sold Young Blood to the Wealthy Closes Shop

Ambrosia no longer offers its controversial blood transfusions.

Future Society

Bangladesh Declares “War on Pornography,” Blocks TikTok

The government is leering at celebs' social profiles and telling them to delete lewd pics.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Bitcoin Is “Brilliant” And “Paper Money Is Going Away”

Tesla's CEO talked crypto during a new interview.

Advanced Transport

Australian License Plates Can Now Include Emoji

How do you do, fellow kids?

Off-World

New Gadget Detects Lifeforms From Long Distances

Scientists think they could use it to spot aliens on distant worlds.

Science & Energy

Scientists Found a “River of Stars” Flowing Through the Milky Way

This stellar stream has been hiding in plain sight.

Robotics

Japan Sends Robot Into the Nuclear Hell of the Fukushima Reactor

It's like a Roomba — for nuclear waste.

Health & Medicine

WHO Says UN Should Reclassify Marijuana as Less Dangerous

The drug shouldn't be in the most restrictive category, says the WHO.

Future Society

Lab-Grown Meat Could Be Worse for the Environment

Growing meat isn't automatically cleaner than raising it.

Future Society

Judges Are Struggling to Interpret Emoji in Court Cases

A lawyer warns about the rise of "emoji law."

Health & Medicine

The FDA Warns: Transfusions of Young Blood Are a Dangerous Scam

FDA Commissioner: "we’re concerned that some patients are being preyed upon by unscrupulous actors"

Science & Energy

Scientists Just Discovered 300,000 New Galaxies

A new telescope delivers with its very first survey of the sky.

Drones

The British Military Is Working on Anti-Aircraft Drone Swarms

"Swarm squadrons of network-enabled drones" could confuse and overwhelm the enemy.

Machine Learning

Statistician: Machine Learning Is Causing A “Crisis in Science”

Many researchers now use machine learning to analyze data. There's just one glaring problem.

Robotics

Navy’s Giant New Robot Sub Will Prowl Ocean For Months Autonomously

The Navy's working on a deadly new ocean hunter.

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Quits Research Group That Built “Fake News” Generator

Elon Musk: "I didn't agree with some of what [the] OpenAI team wanted to do."