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This Salad Was Grown in Antarctica

Scientists at Germany’s DLR Institute of Space Systems were successfully able to grow eight pounds of greens, 70 radishes, and 18 cucumbers without soil. Temperatures outside reached -6 degrees fahrenheit.

Introducing Stripe Billing

Today, we’re excited to launch Stripe Billing, a new suite of tools to help companies of all sizes automate, optimize, and scale recurring business models. This new product is an evolution of Stripe Subscriptions and adds many new features.

Bring me a shrubbery: How tiny trees might fit in the biofuel future

There’s growing evidence Tesla’s Autopilot handles lane dividers poorly

Thankfully, this crash was different in one important respect: there was a working highway safety barrier in front of the concrete divider. As a result, the crash was much less severe and the driver was able to walk away.

A Former NASA Scientist Almost Lost His Hearing Because of a Toilet Lid

Over 3,000 Google Employees Signed a Letter Demanding Google Leave the ‘Business of War’

Virgin Hyperloop One shows off new futuristic travel pod

It’s an interesting time for Virgin Hyperloop One, which saw one of its board members arrested on fraud and embezzlement charges in Russia last week and three other high-profile directors departing the board, according to Bloomberg. But that hasn’t stopped the futuristic-transport startup from showing off its latest pod prototype, first for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and now for the rest of us via the video above.

NASA Hires Lockheed Martin to Build Quiet Supersonic X-Plane

The space agency announced today (April 2) that it has awarded the aerospace company Lockheed Martina $247.5 million contract to design and build a new X-plane, known as the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD), which may soar silently over the U.S. by 2022.

Will This “Neural Lace” Brain Implant Help Us Compete with AI?

Porous silk fiber traps heat, hides a rabbit from IR camera