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As part of NASA's "Tipping Point" program, Nokia will establish a 4G network on the moon to help astronauts communicate with each other and Earth.
The U.K. is funding a $44 million human challenge trial for COVID-19 during which healthy volunteers will be deliberately exposed to the coronavirus.
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As the pandemic increases the risk of in-person voting, sports teams are converting their homes into arena and stadium voting sites.
More humans are being born with a third arm artery, an example of microevolution happening right before our eyes.
Researchers have grown new jaw joints for pigs from fat-sourced stem cells, and the technique could one day cure TMJ pain, or even knee pain, in people.
The Lioness Sex Research Platform is helping scientists study female orgasms by providing anonymized data collected by a smart vibrator.
Dopamine and serotonin are crucial brain chemicals. A new study that measured them simultaneously in active brains suggests they may do more than we think.
The startup aims to make supersonic travel available to the public within a decade.
Voting rights groups help inmates register and vote, despite hurdles presented by the pandemic.
Miso Robotics is making Flippy ROAR available for $30,000 in the hopes the robot cook will help the restaurant industry recover from the pandemic.
This robot dolphin could replace the real ones forced to entertain people at marine park exhibits across the globe.
A new data visualization tool called vLUME recreates tiny objects like cells and neurons in a virtual world, allowing scientists to then explore them in VR.
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