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It’s Official: Google Claims to Have Achieved Quantum Supremacy
Quantum Physics

It’s Official: Google Claims to Have Achieved Quantum Supremacy

Google says its quantum computer did in three minutes what a traditional computer would need 10,000 years for.

An AI text generator trained on real speeches by President Donald Trump fooled quiz participants with its output more than half the time.
Artificial Intelligence

This “RoboTrump” AI Mimics the President’s Writing Style

More than half of people can't tell the difference. Can you?

The European Space Agency is about to test if an astronaut on board the International Space Station is capable of taking control of Moon rovers from space.
Mars

Astronauts Are About to Take Control of a Mars Rover, From Space

But the Mars rover is on Earth. Confused yet? Me too!

New data reveals that hospitals in the United Kingdom treat more patients for heart attacks and strokes on days with worse air pollution.
Pollution

Study: Strokes, Heart Attacks Spike on Days With Poor Air Quality

Hospitals are busier on days when air quality is worse.

A strange "contaminant" hitchhiked on the glove of NASA astronaut Christine Koch's spacesuit and made its way back into the station.
Science & Energy

Something “Contaminated” Spacesuit During NASA Spacewalk

Getting a stain on your glove is a much bigger deal in space.

California-based company Made in Space is launching a special machine to the ISS that can turn plastic waste into feedstock for the comapny's 3D printer.
3D Printing

New Machine on ISS Will Turn Trash Into “Ink” For 3D Printers

This ingenious gadget is headed to the International Space Station next week.

California just legalized eating roadkill, but only if people sign into an app to log the crash and get meat salvage permit.
Science & Energy

California Legalizes Eating Roadkill, But Only Through an App

GrubHub, but for carrion.

German startup Lilium has released the first video of its five-seater air taxi flying horizontally, which the company says it can do at 62 miles per hour.
Advanced Transport

Watch a Five-Seater Air Taxi Soar Over a Beautiful Countryside

Next up: high speed operations.

The ozone hole above Antarctica is the smallest it's been since scientists first began observing it in 1982, according to NASA and the NOAA.
Science & Energy

Good News: The Ozone Hole Is Smaller Than We’ve Ever Seen It

But human efforts to heal the hole had nothing to do with it.

People in the Phillipines are selling organs on Facebook, supplying an illegal human organ trafficking ring in exchange for some desperately-needed cash.
Developments

People Are Selling Human Organs on Facebook

Desperate for cash, people are advertising their own kidneys on Facebook.

The China Lunar Exploration Program has released a new photo of the mysterious "gel-like" and "colored" substance found by its Moon rover.
Science & Energy

China Releases New Pic of Weird Substance Its Moon Rover Found

Could the strange "colored, gel-like" substance be glass formed by a meteor impact?

New details have emerged on the partnership between the US Army and a UFO research group founded by former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge.
Future Society

The US Army Is Spending $750K to Partner With UFO Research Group

It's official: the US military has partnered with a group that says it's obtained alien artifacts.

Over the past six months, hundreds of endangered species, especially the Helmeted Hornbill, have illegally gone up for sale on Facebook.
Science & Energy

Traffickers Are Using Facebook to Sell Endangered Bird Skulls

Can the environment survive social media?

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk just sent a tweet out using satellite internet provided by a network of Starlink satellites launched by the space company.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Tweeted Using SpaceX Satellite Internet

SpaceX's Starlink-powered internet service could launch as soon as next year.

A team of scientists at the University of Richmond, Virginia have taught rats how to drive tiny cars around a track to get to a food reward.
Science & Energy

Scientists Taught Rats How to Drive Tiny Cars

Well, this is absolutely adorable.

The AI systems now used to grade essays on standardized tests in 21 states are deeply flawed, according to a new Motherboard investigation.
Artificial Intelligence

21 States Are Using AI to Grade Essays on Standardized Tests

And the systems are doing a terrible job.

Your brain is hardwired to prevent you from considering your fear of your own death, according to a new study set for publication in the journal NeuroImage.
Neuroscience and Brain

New Research Explains Why We Don’t Live In Constant Fear of Death

Think happy thoughts.

A famous supernova has a cloudy, cotton candy-like appearance. Finally, scientists think they may have an idea of where its bizarre clumps came from.
Science & Energy

Here’s Why the Remains of This Supernova Look Like Cotton Candy

Cosmic annihilation never looked so good.

The Trump administration is planning to force almost all future asylum seekers and migrants to have their DNA taken and added to a database.
Future Society

Trump Admin to Require DNA Samples From Asylum Seekers

The data would be added to an already massive FBI database.

Militants for the terrorist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, are using the social media video app TikTok to spread propaganda.
Future Society

ISIS Is Using TikTok to Spread Propaganda

Some of the posts were backed by catchy songs and adorned with pink hearts.