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Science https://www.labmanager.com/news/wireless-aquatic-robot-could-clean-water-and-transport-cells-23343 Chernobyl mold might help us get to Mars: https://www.engadget.com/international-space-station-radiation-mold-chernobyl-121856835.html Technology A Remote Control Commercial Jet!! Just What I Wanted For Christmas - https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2020/06/airbus-concludes-att...

Science The toughest stuff around: https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-non-cuttable-metal-destroy-saws-before-they-1844439584 ET phone home: https://www.engadget.com/nasa-spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-return-161350834.html Technology How to install MS Flight Sim, only 10 easy to use discs: https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/16/21326943/microsoft-flight-simulator-box-discs Use your phone to unlock your car: htt...

Science How many colors can you see: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/experiments-show-hummingbirds-see-colors-youve-never-dreamed-of/ How to hide your satellites: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/spacex-will-try-to-launch-starlink-satellites-with-visors-on-tuesday/ Technology How fast can you read hands: https://www.engadget.com/ucla-glove-sign-language-translator-134846711.html You...

Science The history of Mars: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/how-nasa-s-new-rover-will-search-signs-ancient-life-mars Drones Help Plants Have Sex: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bubble-blowing-drones-may-one-day-aid-artificial-pollination Technology Apple plans to make new keyboard out glass, so you can: https://gizmodo.com/apple-might-make-future-mac-keyboards-out-of-glass-and-184428...

Science How to improve your vision with 1 payment: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200629/Study-Staring-at-deep-red-light-can-significantly-improve-declining-eyesight.aspx Who's up for a walk: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/25/21302941/roscosmos-space-adventures-tourists-spacewalk-2023-iss Technology Video games make you healthier: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/06/22/fda-approves-mark...

Science CERN is planning a larger and harder collider: https://www.engadget.com/cern-super-collider-higgs-boson-particle-092412017.html Signup for (hopefully) better internet: https://www.starlink.com/ Technology World's most expensive dog: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-can-be-yours-for-the-low-low-price-of-74500/ Apple transitions yet again: https://9to5mac.com...

Science Go further, faster: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/the-us-military-is-getting-serious-about-nuclear-thermal-propulsion/ The greatest technology: https://gizmodo.com/nasa-is-using-red-and-blue-3d-glasses-to-safely-drive-t-1842878893 Technology For the love of all things digital, turn of UPnP: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/upnp-flaw-exposes-millions-of-netwo...

Science What's older than the Mayan's? Other Mayan's: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/archaeologists-discover-the-largest-and-oldest-maya-monument-ever/ Put a ring on it: https://gizmodo.com/more-evidence-that-mars-once-had-a-ring-and-will-again-1843888169 Technology Quibi is getting even smaller: https://gizmodo.com/quibi-qui-boned-1843905756 Improve your golf swing without the practice:...

Science To infinity and beyond: https://www.engadget.com/spacex-crew-dragon-astronauts-board-iss-082743475.html Can your heart think: https://www.engadget.com/first-3d-map-heart-neurons-153000974.html Technology Gimbal this: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/1/21276646/vivo-x50-pro-plus-flagship-phone-announced-gimbal-camera Texas instruments is killing the smart calculator: https://gizmodo.com/texa...

Science Who needs eyes anymore: https://www.engadget.com/biomimetic-cyborg-eye-022130469.html Houston, we're ready for launch: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/nasa-declares-that-spacex-is-ready-to-fly-its-first-crewed-mission/ Technology When you just can't stop licking things: https://gizmodo.com/this-lickable-screen-can-recreate-almost-any-taste-or-f-1843609903 Man's best friend? https:/...

Science Time to plug those holes: https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/arctic-ozone-hole-climate-change/ Try your hand at docking at the ISS: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21256210/spacex-crew-dragon-docking-simulator-iss-international-space-station Technology Inflate and go: https://gizmodo.com/you-can-carry-this-inflatable-electric-bike-in-a-backpa-1843421635 Is this the end of theaters...

Science Closer than ever imagined: https://www.popsci.com/story/space/closest-black-hole/ Engines powered by microwaves: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/microwave-thruster-makes-for-clean-burning-jet/ Technology Thunderbolt flaw allows your data to get stolen even faster: https://www.engadget.com/thunderbolt-flaw-access-data-theft-075856181.html Hack me bro: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5...

Science How to go farther while flying: https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/aircraft-automatic-air-refueling/ They're real!: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/navy-releases-three-videos-that-showcase-unidentified-objects/ Technology No patent for you: https://www.engadget.com/us-patent-office-artificial-intelligence-inventor-patent-221309654.html PC version of the nintendo switch: https:...

Science Destroy it with plasma: https://www.engadget.com/university-of-michigan-plasma-disinfectant-224810558.html Spying on the moon: https://gizmodo.com/nasa-funds-proposal-to-build-a-gigantic-telescope-on-th-1842880061 Technology Did it really happen if nobody was there: https://www.polygon.com/fortnite/2020/4/24/21235017/fortnite-travis-scott-event-concert-astronomical-12-3-million-concurrent-...

Science Einstein can't stop being right: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/star-dancing-around-a-supermassive-black-hole-confirms-einstein-yet-again/ We're going to space!: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/spacexs-crew-dragon-gets-a-launch-date-may-27th/ Technology Just take it and run: https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-11-amazon-just-walk-out-cashier-less-newark.html I thought faceboo...

Science Awesome comet is no more: https://gizmodo.com/oh-crap-a-really-promising-comet-just-fell-to-pieces-1842841439 Landing a rocket is so last year: https://www.engadget.com/rocket-lab-helicopter-catches-electron-stage-195637764.html Technology Old computers are preventing you from getting your government check: https://gizmodo.com/an-old-computer-system-is-keeping-many-americans-from-g-1842839...

Science What's the matter: https://gizmodo.com/why-do-physicists-keep-finding-new-states-of-matter-1842558070 KABOOM: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/spacex-loses-its-third-starship-prototype-during-a-cryogenic-test/ Technology No digital sharing for you: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/authors-fume-as-online-library-lends-unlimited-free-books/ You only have 40,000 hours to liv...

Science And then there was one: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/oneweb-goes-bankrupt-wont-challenge-spacex-in-satellite-broadband-race/ Never replace your tires again: https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-03-goodyears-smart-tire-concept-prints-its-own-treads.html Technology No global roaming on this phone: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/18/21184126/lynk-mega-constellation-text-...

Science Airplanes with lasers: https://gizmodo.com/blasting-airplanes-with-lasers-makes-it-much-harder-for-1842247129 3D printing in seconds: https://www.engadget.com/2020-02-13-3d-print-whole-objects-seconds-resin.html Technology Free wireless power: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/03/7-5-inch-e-ink-display-is-powered-completely-by-nfc/ Amazon orders might be delayed: https://gizmodo.com/non...

Science SpaceX Rocket on display in Houston space center: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/space-center-houston-now-has-a-twice-flown-falcon-9-on-display/ US starts testing a vaccine for the coronavirus: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/safety-test-of-first-coronavirus-vaccine-starts-in-seattle-area/ Technology Tesla does something on time: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/03/tesla-...

Science Like daylight savings time, days are getting longer: https://gizmodo.com/days-on-earth-used-to-be-30-minutes-shorter-ancient-sh-1842219446 Will it bend? https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/04/swinburne-university-bendable-concrete/ Technology Nintendo playstation sells for a lot of money: https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/06/nintendo-playstation-auction-done/ No aliens found, time to shut down...

Science Sign-up to become an astronaut now: https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/02/nasa-opens-astronaut-applications/ Open your private docking door: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/in-a-historic-first-one-private-satellite-docks-to-another-in-orbit/ Technology nVidia's game streaming service looses more games: https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/2/21161372/nvidia-geforce-now-the-long-dark-removed...

Science Robot babies: https://futurism.com/scientists-worlds-first-living-robots-stem-cells From dust there is air: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-are-generating-oxygen-from-simulated-moon-du-1841060875 Technology Prevent eavesdroppers with this bracelet: https://gizmodo.com/the-studs-on-this-punk-bracelet-are-actually-microphone-1841768759 Another one bites the dust: https://arstechnica.com/tech-...

Science Ride the whip into space: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2020/2/14/21137791/amazon-new-patent-whip-payloads-launch-space-aerial-craft A not-so-subtle maneuver: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21117224/russian-satellite-us-spy-kosmos-2542-45-inspection-orbit-tracking Technology To get more hard drive space, break out the hammer: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/02/hamr-dont-hurt-em-la...

Science 3D print skin: https://ioppublishing.org/news/new-handheld-bioprinter-holds-promise-for-treating-serious-burns/ The voice of a mummy: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/after-3000-years-we-can-hear-the-voice-of-a-mummified-egyptian-priest/ Technology Elemetry school fined for playing the Lion King: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126503/disney-lion-king-pta-california-fine-licensi...