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Xenobots mark a major step forward in biological robots. The tiny, short-lived creatures are designed in a virtual world then 3D printed with living cells.
Biology

Scientists Are Printing Living “Xenobots” out of Biological Cells

"We are witnessing almost the birth of a new discipline of synthetic organisms."

SpaceX's latest prototype dubbed "SN3" collapsed during a pressurized cryogenic fuel test Thursday night, as footage uploaded by NASASpaceFlight shows.
Starship

Watch SpaceX’s Latest Starship Prototype Crumple Like a Can

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype failed catastrophically last night.

NASA built an autonomous robot named BRUIE that may be able to hunt for signs of life on distant ocean worlds like Europa.
Science & Energy

Here’s the Robot NASA Wants to Use to Hunt Aliens on Ocean Worlds

If there's life on Europa, this robot may be able to find it.

A video shows a Boston Dynamics Spot Mini robodog put on a show while wearing a pair of basketball shorts and a hoodie. It's a hell of a show.
Robot Dogs

Watch a Robodog Twerk in a Baggy Hoodie and Basketball Shorts

"This better not awaken anything in me."

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo explained on the air that his case of COVID-19 has been keeping him up at night and making him hallucinate.
Developments

CNN Host Says COVID-19 Gave Him “Phantasmagorical Experiences”

Chris Cuomo says the coronavirus is giving him bizarre hallucinations.

A video uploaded by Helsinki-based 3D artist Kimi Talvitie on Wednesday attempts to recreate SpaceX Starship's arachnoid landing legs.
Starship

Elon Musk Praises Video of Starship’s Arachnoid Landing Legs

Is this how SpaceX's Starship will be able to touch down on Mars?

To get consumers to change their attitudes toward fossil fuels, experts suggest covering gas pumps with the same warnings we see on cigarettes.
Climate Change

Climate Experts Suggest Tobacco-Like Warnings on Gas Pumps

Should we slap warnings on gas pumps like the ones on packs of cigarettes?

A scientific panel told White House officials that the coronavirus can be spread not just through coughs and sneezes, but speaking and breathing as well.
Viruses

Panel of Experts: You Can Spread the Coronavirus Just by Talking

Don't speak / I know just what you're sprayin.

An ominous scoop by The Courier-Journal, a local paper in Kentucky: judges in the state are ordering coronavirus patients to isolate — a demand they're enforcing by making them wear ankle monitors, as if they were under house arrest.
Viruses

Kentucky Is Forcing Coronavirus Patients to Wear Ankle Monitors

"These people aren't charged with a crime."

Zoom, the increasingly-popular video conferencing program, has extremely flawed cybersecurity in place. Companies like SpaceX have already banned it.
Science & Energy

Experts Warn That Hackers Can Use Zoom to Take Over Your Computer

SpaceX has already banned the meeting software.

Korean pop star Kim Jae-joong did what everybody on the internet agreed not to do: make an off-flavor April Fools joke about the coronavirus.
Viruses

K-Pop Star Makes Terrible April Fools Joke About Having Coronavirus

We thought April Fools was cancelled this year.

Remember those ventilators that Elon Musk delivered? They're actually sleep apnea machines, and doctors suggest they could help spread the coronavirus.
Elon Musk

Oops: Elon Musk Donated the Wrong Kind of Ventilator

He promised life-saving ventilators. He delivered sleep apnea machines.

In 2015, a international team of astronomers watched a white dwarf star gobbling up the planets in its very own system like a mother devouring its young.
Science & Energy

Star Blasts Own Planets Into Shattered Corpses, Devours Remains

A new field of study is born: "Necroplanetology."

Experts believe that World War II veteran Bill Lapschies maynow be the world's oldest survivor of the coronavirus currently causing a global pandeic.
Viruses

104-Year-Old World War II Veteran Survives Coronavirus

Finally, some good news.

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has released an app that they say can determine whether you likely have COVID-19 — just by listening to your voice.
Developments

New App Attempts to Detect Signs of COVID-19 Using Voice Analysis

You can try it out right here.

Anonymous intelligence officials say that there's evidence China systematically downplayed the size and severity of its coronavirus outbreak.
Developments

Secret U.S. Intelligence Report: China Hid The Size of the Pandemic

Intelligence officials say China is still underreporting the severity of the coronavirus outbreak.

Bill Gates: US “Missed the Opportunity” to Prevent Catastrophe
Developments

Bill Gates: US “Missed the Opportunity” to Prevent Catastrophe

Here's how Gates wants to stop the coronavirus before it kills hundreds of thousands.

That public health guideline to stay six feet apart from others is based on 90-year-old-reseach. We now know viruses can spread much farther.
Developments

MIT Professor: Guidelines to Stay Six Feet Apart Aren’t Enough

The "six-foot rule" for the coronavirus is based on science from the 1930s.

Australian startup Cortical Labs is building tiny artificial intelligence-powered computer chips that use biological neurons extracted from mice.
Computers

This Startup’s Computer Chips Are Powered by Human Neurons

Biological "hybrid computer chips" could drastically lower the amount of power required to run AI systems.

Elon Musk announced his renewed efforts to supply hospitals around the country — and internationally — with ventilators amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk is Shipping Free Ventilators to Hospitals Worldwide

"Only requirement is that the vents are needed immediately for patients, not stored in a warehouse."