# science
Controversial new research offers us a chance to create tools to fight pandemics before they start. But can it really live up to its hype? And is it safe?
# oddities
Wealthy investors and tycoons are joining the ranks of doomsday preppers, planning elaborate post-apocalypse compounds and bunkers, or dystopian power grabs.
# tech
Bitcoin's rival wants to eliminate its vast contributions of energy waste and global warming. Will the original crypto coin follow suit?
# astrobiology
A new discovery of organic molecules in Martian sediment doesn't prove there was life on the red planet. But it does help build the case for it.
# tech
Governments are no longer just interested in controlling social media narratives with bots and premium content. They're now reaching for new laws.
# astrobiology
An astronomer who keeps making wild claims about alien technology in our solar system now claims there are parts of an alien spaceship in the Pacific Ocean.
# space
Some of the largest galaxies in the cosmos aren't creating new stars. Now scientists finally think they know why.
# tech
We keep seeing artificial intelligence do more and more impressive things. But the most impressive thing it can do next is to fit in our hands.
# tech
In a quest for productivity from remote workers, companies are creating a totalitarian nightmare in which computers police employees' every second.
# science
Police are starting to use newborns' blood samples in criminal investigations involving their parents, alarming privacy advocates and legal scholars.
# tech
Writing, animation, and illustration, things that used to be uniquely human, are now being invaded by artificial intelligence. So, what's next for creatives?
# health
A newly proposed technique for 3D printing human organs and fighting aging requires your embryonic clone. But just for a little bit.
# science
Scientists figured out how to make cold brew coffee in a matter of minutes with laser pulses.
# science
Yet another study promising to help us find a planet beyond the orbit of Pluto fails. So, where exactly is Planet Nine? And why haven't we found it?
# space
A new simulation says that black holes are eating neutron stars and lighting up our telescopes with mysterious bursts of energy.
