"When Zheng was charged, the government had not yet analyzed what Zheng took from Beth Israel."

Cancer researcher sentenced for stealing biological samples

Cancer Caper

After being arrested in late 2019 for attempting to take biological samples with him to China, cancer researcher Zaosong Zheng was sentenced to time served.

Cancer Researcher Sentenced for Stealing Biological Samples

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/06/metro/cancer-researcher-gets-time-served-lying-authorities-about-taking-biological-vials-hub-hospital/">Cancer researcher gets time served for lying to authorities about taking biological vials from Boston hospital</a> [The Boston Globe]

More on cancer research: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/strange-plant-virus-treat-many-cancers">This Strange Plant Virus Could Treat Many Cancers</a>

Cancer

He was caught at the airport, trying to smuggle them out of the country.

NO SOUL ))))

"Are we on the frontlines of legitimate creative fair use? Are we the canary in the coal mine? Or is this still just a wide-open gray area for the future to delineate?"

A bot made Frank Sinatra cover Britney Spears. YouTube removed it over copyright claims.

Bot Versus Bot

An AI composed Toxic by Britney Spears in the style of Frank Sinatra, only to be taken down by YouTube. Learn about this copyright claim.

AI Made Frank Sinatra Cover Britney Spears, Removed Over Copyright

An AI tool made Frank Sinatra sing Britney Spears' "Toxic." What followed was a battle over who owns the rights when AI gets creative.

A Bot Made Frank Sinatra Cover Britney Spears. YouTube Removed It Over Copyright Claims.

Even a global pandemic couldn't get these people out of jury duty.

A Texas court is holding the first-ever jury trial over Zoom

Lagging Out

A Texas courtroom is experimenting with the videoconferencing software Zoom, which it's using to hold a jury trial this week.

A Texas Court Is Holding The First-Ever Jury Trial Over Zoom

The future of law is unfolding on videochat.

"International cooperation on Artemis is intended not only to bolster space exploration but to enhance peaceful relationships between nations."

NASA: Please follow these space rules we can't enforce

Space Law

NASA's new Artemis Accords serve as a set of guidelines for both governments and private companies to peacefully operate in space.

NASA: Please Follow These Space Rules We Can’t Enforce

These rules for space exploration would be great — if there was any way to enforce them.

"False confessions are a major contributing cause to wrongful convictions and we cannot exclude that drug influence can magnify vulnerability for making a false confession."

New research: Marijuana can lead to false memory formation

Unreliable Narrator

New research shows that marijuana use makes people more susceptible to believing a false memory, a troubling development for the legal system.

New Research: Marijuana Can Lead to False Memory Formation

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/vape-study-reveals-link-marijuana-false-memories">VAPE STUDY REVEALS TROUBLING LINK BETWEEN MARIJUANA AND FALSE MEMORIES</a> [Inverse]

More on memory: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/memories-reconstructed-reverse-order">The Human Brain Reconstructs Memories in Reverse Order</a>

Neuroscience/Brain Science

Could stoned suspects be confessing to crimes they didn't commit?

"...the company's actions just smack of corporate bully tactics."

T-Mobile says it has legal rights to that obnoxious pink color

Play Nice

T-Mobile's parent comapny, Deutsche Telekom, is suing the insurance company Lemonade for using the color magenta in its advertisements.

T-Mobile Says It Has Legal Rights to That Obnoxious Pink Color

A bizarre lawsuit is targeting an insurance company that used magenta in its ads.

"...if AI is going to be how we're inventing things in the future, the whole intellectual property system will fail to work."

Scientists are trying to list AI as the inventor on a new patent

Recursive Inventions

Right now, AI algorithms can't be granted patents. The restriction originally served as a worker protection, but now it's creating a problem for engineers.

Scientists Are Trying to List AI as the Inventor on a New Patent

They say rules requiring that patents go to humans are outdated.

Sexual offenders seeking parole will need to take testosterone inhibitors for however long the court decides.

New law: Alabama will chemically castrate pedophiles

Dialing Down

A new law in Alabama will require that inmaes convicted of sexual crimes against a minor seeking parole will need to be chemically castrated.

New Law: Alabama Will Chemically Castrate Pedophiles

Alabama is the seventh state to enact a chemical castration law for convicted pedophiles.

Want to improve society? Legalize marijuana.

Seven ways cannabis legalization will make the future better

Helpful Hemp

Cannabis legalization is picking up steam across the nation. Here are seven ways the future stands to benefit from ending the war on weed.

Seven Ways Cannabis Legalization Will Make the Future Better

Everything from the environment to the economy benefits from legal weed.

Right now, there's no legal framework preventing people from destroying or selling culturally-important landmarks in space.

Lawyer: People could try to sell the Apollo Moon footprints

Space Tourism

Air and Space Law professor Michelle Hanlon argues that if we don't draft new laws, the destruction of landmarks that happens on Earth will repeat in space.

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