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You Can Now Genetically Engineer Your Own Mutant Frogs For $499

Science & Energy

You Can Now Genetically Engineer Your Own Mutant Frogs For $499

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk Is Digging a Tunnel in a Residential Garage and Nobody Knows Exactly Why

Elon Musk Is Digging a Tunnel in a Residential Garage and Nobody Knows Exactly Why

By Kristin Houser

It’s This Woman’s Job To Dream Up Hollywood’s Sci-Fi Future

It’s This Woman’s Job To Dream Up Hollywood’s Sci-Fi Future

By Jon Christian

This Tiny Robot Uses Flapping Wings to Imitate Animals’ Flight

This Tiny Robot Uses Flapping Wings to Imitate Animals’ Flight

By Kristin Houser

Europe Wants a Global Ban on Military Killer Robots, but Not Everyone Agrees

Europe Wants a Global Ban on Military Killer Robots, but Not Everyone Agrees

By Jon Christian

Service Robots Could Fix Up Orbiting Satellites Like Mechanics in Space

Service Robots Could Fix Up Orbiting Satellites Like Mechanics in Space

By Kristin Houser

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis

Prosthetics and Devices

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis

By Kristin Houser

Researchers produce a new kind of transducer that could dramatically decrease the cost of ultrasound machines and bring the tech to remote locations.

Health & Medicine

This DIY Tech Could Lead to $100 Ultrasound Machines

By Kristin Houser

BMW's self-driving motorcycle can start, stop, and navigate all by itself, but the company says creating a fully autonomous vehicle wasn't its intention.

Self-Driving Vehicles

BMW’s Self-Driving Motorcycle Could Help Keep Bikers Safe

By Kristin Houser

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens

By Kristin Houser

If e-cigarette manufacturers can't prove they're fighting marketing and sales to teens, the FDA has threatened to ban vape flavors like mango and cucumber.

Health & Medicine

The FDA Just Threatened to Crack Down on E-Cig Companies Like JUUL

By Jon Christian

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they've created a neural network that can explain the steps it took to solve a problem.

Advanced Transport

This Advanced Neural Network Can Explain Its Thought Process (Finally)

By Jon Christian

A Man Is Suing A Cryonics Company For Cutting Off His Dad’s Head

A Man Is Suing A Cryonics Company For Cutting Off His Dad’s Head

By Victor Tangermann

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

Science & Energy

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

By Kristin Houser

The Military’s “Molar Mic” Is Straight out of Mission Impossible

The Military’s “Molar Mic” Is Straight out of Mission Impossible

By Kristin Houser

NASA is considering finding corporate sponsors to name rockets or spacecraft to help the company raise funds and maintain cultural relevance.

Corporate Sponsors Could Help NASA Keep Pace with Private Space Companies

By Kristin Houser

The Ocean Cleanup is finally ready to put its plastic-wrangling boom to the test cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

A Huge Trap Is Ready to Start Gobbling Up Ocean Plastic “Like A Giant Pac-Man”

By Kristin Houser

Global demand for fossil fuels could peak a decade before experts had previously predicted, which could spell trouble for the economy.

Experts Warn That Demand for Fossil Fuels Could Peak a Decade Earlier Than Predicted

By Jon Christian

A federal judge argued today that digital currencies should be regulated like securities, paving the way for tighter regulation of cyprocurrency.

Crypto-pocalypse Soon-ish? Judge Rules ICOs Are a Security

By Jon Christian

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf

By Kristin Houser

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience and Brain

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

By Kristin Houser

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town

Advanced Transport

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town

By Kristin Houser

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier

Science & Energy

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have discovered how to translate brain waves into the actual mood a subject is feeling — and it could lead to new treatments for depression.

This Device Reads Your Brainwaves to Figure Out Your Mood

By Jon Christian

Amazon's cage system, which it patented back in 2016, would presumably allow workers to travel safely in active robot zones.

An Amazon Patent Would Use Cages to Keep Employees “Safe”

By Kristin Houser

French spacetech startup Kinéis says it will vastly expand the reach of the satellites that track livestock and wildlife animals.

How a Tiny Satellite Fleet Will Track Millions of Animals

By Jon Christian

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

Health & Medicine

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

By Kristin Houser

MIT’s New Robot Can Visually Understand Objects It’s Never Seen Before

Artificial Intelligence

MIT’s New Robot Can Visually Understand Objects It’s Never Seen Before

By Kristin Houser

Drone Racing: The Next Battleground For AI to Try to Dominate Humans

Artificial Intelligence

Drone Racing: The Next Battleground For AI to Try to Dominate Humans

By Kristin Houser

If users aren't comfortable with the fact that iRobot's Roomba i7+ stores a map of their floor plan in the cloud, they can opt for the e5.

Robots and Machines

Today in Dystopia: This Roomba “Remembers” a Map of Your House

By Kristin Houser

Google’s New Search Engine Could Solve a Major Problem in the Scientific Community

Science & Energy

Google’s New Search Engine Could Solve a Major Problem in the Scientific Community

By Kristin Houser

Two companies are ready to try manufacturing optical fibers aboard the International Space Station to improve their quality.

Two Companies Are Going to Manufacture Optical Fibers in Space

By Kristin Houser

A group of hospitals has come together to form Civica Rx, a not-for-profit company that will manufacture in-demand generic medications.

Health & Medicine

Unhappy With a Future Ruled by Pharma, Hospitals Are Making Drugs Themselves

By Kristin Houser

Goldman Sachs is delaying plans for cryptocurrency trading operation due to regulatory uncertainty, according to a Business Insider report.

Maybe Goldman Sachs Isn’t So Keen On Crypto, After All

By Kristin Houser

Sugar Pills Can Help Tiny Robots Navigate Your Body

Health & Medicine

Sugar Pills Can Help Tiny Robots Navigate Your Body

By Kristin Houser

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches

By Kristin Houser

It’s Now Way Easier to Manipulate Individual Atoms in 3D

It’s Now Way Easier to Manipulate Individual Atoms in 3D

By Kristin Houser

An African nation has agreed to let researchers release genetically engineered mosquitoes into the wild as part of a plan to eradicate malaria.

Health & Medicine

Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are About to Fly Free in Africa

By Kristin Houser

Japan Will Soon Conduct The First Test of Elevator Movement in Space

Japan Will Soon Conduct The First Test of Elevator Movement in Space

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is eyeing a system that traps military drones while they're on the move, which could help the devices avoid detection by enemies.

A Venus Flytrap-Like System Could Help Military Drones Avoid Detection

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from Yale University have found a way to make 3D printing metal far easier, potentially opening up the material to consumer use.

We Can Now Easily 3D Print With Metal

By Kristin Houser

A year after cleaving from the Antarctic ice shelf, iceberg A68 is now on the move, exposing a long-undisturbed underwater ecosystem.

Science & Energy

A Huge Iceberg Is Moving. Now Scientists Finally Might Understand What Lives Underneath It.

By Kristin Houser

In Europe, Scientists Need to Share Their Research for Free if They Want Government Funding

Science & Energy

In Europe, Scientists Need to Share Their Research for Free if They Want Government Funding

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Wants to Mine Data From the (Literal) Stars

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Wants to Mine Data From the (Literal) Stars

By Kristin Houser

This Is the Weirdest Aircraft You’ve Ever Seen, and It Just Broke an Important Record

Advanced Transport

This Is the Weirdest Aircraft You’ve Ever Seen, and It Just Broke an Important Record

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is working on a system in which a ground-based laser shoots a military drone mid-flight in order to power it.

Shoot This Military Drone With a Laser, and It’ll Stay in the Air Indefinitely

By Kristin Houser

The human driver of the other car was to blame for a recent Apple AV accident, the first to involved one of the tech company's autonomous vehicles.

Self-Driving Vehicles

One of Apple’s Autonomous Cars Just Crashed, and (Surprise) It Was A Human’s Fault

By Kristin Houser

Based on data from two ground-based telescopes, researchers believe there's water on Jupiter, perhaps far more than on Earth.

Science & Energy

There’s Water in Jupiter’s Atmosphere

By Kristin Houser

Researchers discover a promising new compound in the hunt for a new antibiotic, and it's something we could synthesize ourselves.

Health & Medicine

There’s A New Antibiotic In Town, And We Can Create It In The Lab

By Kristin Houser

This Autonomous Drone Is Ready to Defend the Great Barrier Reef From Predators

This Autonomous Drone Is Ready to Defend the Great Barrier Reef From Predators

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from the University of Minnesota created a bionic eye prototype that marks an important step forward toward the creation of usable devices.

Prosthetics and Devices

This Experimental Bionic Eye Could Help The Blind See

By Kristin Houser

NASA released a video illustrating the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to abrupt thawing in the Arctic.

Greenhouse Gases Are Bubbling Up From Arctic Lakes That Were Recently Frozen

By Kristin Houser

Are Pig Organs Safe to Transplant Into Humans? Now We Have A Way To Find Out.

Health & Medicine

Are Pig Organs Safe to Transplant Into Humans? Now We Have A Way To Find Out.

By Kristin Houser

CBD can help normalize the activity of brain regions associated with psychosis, according to new research out of King's College London.

Health & Medicine

We Now Have Evidence That a Marijuana Compound Can Help People With Psychosis

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created an AI that can predict the location of earthquake aftershocks far more accurately than the best available model.

Google’s AI Can Help Predict Where Earthquake Aftershocks Are Most Likely

By Kristin Houser

Most of the AV Accidents in California Are Caused By Human Drivers

Advanced Transport

Most of the AV Accidents in California Are Caused By Human Drivers

By Kristin Houser

If It’s Not Animal Flesh, You Can’t Call It “Meat” in Missouri

If It’s Not Animal Flesh, You Can’t Call It “Meat” in Missouri

By Kristin Houser

In the Future, We’ll All Have STDs. Just like in the Past.

Health & Medicine

In the Future, We’ll All Have STDs. Just like in the Past.

By Kristin Houser

Y Combinator's basic income trial still doesn't have the funding it needs, so the company is pushing the program's launch to 2019.

Universal Basic Income

Y Combinator’s Basic Income Experiment Is off to a Slow Start

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created a software program that can determine whether a military robot can right itself after toppling over.

The Military’s Newest Tool Will Make Sure A Robot Can Get up by Itself After It Falls

By Kristin Houser

Particle accelerators can lead to major breakthroughs in our understanding of the universe, and now, we may have a better way to create them.

An Acceleration Breakthrough Could Fundamentally Change How We Study Particles

By Kristin Houser

Researchers discover that methylene blue, an environmental pollutant, is highly efficient at storing and releasing energy.

This Industrial Blue Dye Could Help Us Build Better Batteries

By Kristin Houser

There are now two Amazon Go locations in Seattle, and both Amazon and other retailers are looking to bring cashier-less convenience stores nationwide.

Amazon’s Cashier-Free Stores Are Going National. And It Might Just Change the Future of Retail.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers determine that exposure to air pollution can cause a decline in a person's cognitive ability, with older men affected the most.

Dumber Humans — That’s Just One Effect of a More Polluted Future

By Kristin Houser