• Report: Scientists 'Hacked' Brain, Controlled Body
  Scientists have managed to remotely control a brain, forcing test-subject mice to run, freeze in place and even lose control over their limbs, according to new research.
• Hackers Using Phone Numbers to Reach Online Accounts
  Hackers are targeting cell phone numbers to gain easy access to victims' online accounts - and virtual currency, the New York Times reported.
• Report: Solar Power's Storage Problems Diminish Grid Stability
  The United States is nearing the point of having too much solar energy on the electric grid, a new report claims.
• Tesla's Musk, Other Robotics Experts Urge UN to Ban Killer Robots
  Tesla's Elon Musk and Google Deepmind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, along with 116 other robotics and artificial intelligence experts, are calling on the United Nations to take action against "killer robots," the Guardian reported Sunday.
• NOAA's Federal Advisory Panel on Climate Change Disbands
  The Trump administration is disbanding a federal advisory panel on climate change, The Washington Post reported Sunday.The charter for the 15-member Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment expired Sunday. Last Friday its chair was told the National...
• NASA: 3-Mile-Wide Asteroid Set to Pass by Earth Sept. 1
  Labor Day weekend is set to get off to a stellar start when a 2.7-mile-wide asteroid has a "relatively close encounter" with Earth on Friday, Sept. 1, according to NASA officials, The Daily Mail reported Friday.
• Scientists: Breakthrough in Re-Animation Shows Hope for Space Travel
  The possibility of being able to live forever appears to have come a step closer with scientists in the United States proving they can revive cryogenically frozen life.
• Researchers Find Signs of Alzheimer's in Chimps
  Researchers studied the brains of deceased chimpanzees and discovered that they showed markers of the human form of Alzheimer's disease.
• Hyperloop One Hits Milestone in Test: 192 MPH
  Hyperloop One's full-scale pod hit a new record of 192 mph in a test Saturday, according to TechCrunch.
• Biologists: Great White Sharks Return to Southern Calif. Coast For Food, Warm Water
  Juvenile great white sharks have been hanging out in hot spots close to Southern California shores because the water is warmer, there is an abundance of stingrays and there are fewer predators, biologists tell USA Today.
• Aug. 21's Total Solar Eclipse Will Paralyze, Mesmerize US
  Forget debates on repealing Obamacare, tax reform, the mainstream media's obsession with anti-Trump administration stories, or investigations into Russian meddling, Aug. 21 is going to mesmerize and draw a dividing line through America like never before.A coast-to-coast...
• Lyme Disease Drug Nears Human Trials
  A revolutionary drug that could prevent Lyme disease - the tick-spread illness whose victims have included Alec Baldwin, Kris Kristofferson and Avril Lavigne - may be ready for human trials next year
• Biomedical Tech Project Works to Bring Brain Dead Back to Life
  The age-reversal work of a doctor haunted by the death of a young neighbor will be used by a Philadelphia-based company aiming to start human trials on brain-dead patients in Latin America, the Daily Mail reports.
• Study: Almost Half of US Jobs at Risk of Automation
  Approximately half of American jobs could be replaced by automation in the coming years, and roughly one in four are at risk of being lost to foreign competition, according to a study recently published by Ball State University.
• Apple Files Patent to Allow Discreet 911 Calls
  Apple has filed a patent that would create a "panic alarm" to be used to discreetly call 911 using an iPhone's fingerprint sensor in case of an emergency.
• LinkedIn Poll: Bankers Worry About Jobs Lost to Automation
  A quarter of banking's "front line" professionals are worried about losing their jobs to robots and artificial intelligence-boosted mobile apps, according to a LinkedIn survey.
• Report: Rising Sea Levels Will Flood 100s of Coastal Cities
  Sea level rise will flood hundreds of coastal cities in the near future, according to a report published Wednesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
• Math, Science, Computers Spur 'Extreme Weather Forecasting' 'Revolution'
  A "quiet revolution" in meteorology is underway to predict major weather events a year, even decades ahead of time , combining science, math and computers, an Australian news outlet reported.
• Experts: Frogs Evolved From Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs
  A new study links the thousands of frog species with an asteroid strike 66 million years ago that killed the dinosaurs.
• Scientists Debate If We Should Be Sending Messages to Alien Worlds
  A new look at a message sent into space by astronomers in 1974 asks whether humans should be worried about contacting other civilizations in the universe.
• 68-Year Study: Childhood Intelligence and Longevity Related
  Smart children tend to live longer than their less intelligent peers, a new study suggests.The analysis by Scottish researchers, published by medical journal BMJ, tracked 75,252 men and women born in 1936 who had taken standardized intelligence tests in 1947.By 2015,...
• Biologists: No Ceiling Seen Yet on Increasing Human Life Spans
  If there's a time-stamp on human life, two Canadian biologists say they haven't found it yet , and speculate the already-increasing life span of humans could keep going up "far into the foreseeable future."
• Robo Cops: Dubai Adding Mini Robot Cars to Force
  Police in Dubai are adding tiny robot patrol cars to carry out the massive work of catching criminals.
• NASA: No Announcement Regarding Alien Life
  NASA said a claim by a hacker collective group that the space agency had evidence of alien life was a farce, Fox News reported Monday.
• Hawking: 'Powerful Beam of Light' Could Help Humans Colonize Next Star System
  Stephen Hawking says as humans explore other worlds to inhabit, they may need to get there on "a powerful beam of light."In remarks this week at Starmus, an arts and science festival in Norway, Hawking restated his belief that humans need to explore space to avoid the...

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