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March 4, 2016
Watch Live: SpaceX's Latest Attempt to Land Its Falcon 9 At Sea
Weather permitting, of course. And SpaceX says it doesn't expect the at-sea landing to be successful.
Today at 6:35 p.m. EST, SpaceX hopes, at last, to make its fifth attempt to launch and then land, its Falcon 9 rocket on an at-sea platform. The launch attempt has been delayed for a multitude of reasons over the last nine days, including bad weather, heavy winds, and even a boat roaming into a safety zone.
MIT's DeepDrumpf Twitter Bot Uses Neural Networks To Tweet Like Donald Trump
And don't worry. DeepLearnTheBern is next!
There are two kinds of Americans: those who think Donald Trump says it like it is, and those who think that Donald Trump says it like a sputtering, sub-human gonad. No matter which camp you fall into, though, you might very well mistake the DeepDrumpf Twitter account for the real thing. Programmed by MIT's Bradley Hayes, DeepDrumpf leverages the power of neural networks to randomly generate tweets based on Trump's own bombastic, bloviating, bigoted speaking style!
Think You Know The News? Take The Fast Company Quiz
What happened this week? Here's our quiz for March 4, 2016.
Did you follow the news this week? Research says that one of the best ways to solidify new information is to be tested on it. Here's a chance to bolster your knowledge of current events—and earn a special emoji badge. 
"Gymkhana 8" Director Says Ken Block's Toughest Stunt In Dubai Was Done In One Take
Director Ben Conrad on shooting the latest amazing automotive extravaganza on the streets of Dubai.
We've seen him on the streets of San Francisco, get wild in Los Angeles, tackle the ultimate grid obstacle course, among other adventures. Ken Block has taken stunt driving to video game levels, with each Gymkhana edition pushing the edges of automotive insanity ever further.
Kendrick Lamar's Sneaky Album Release Was All About Relieving The Pressure
How do you reduce the stakes when it comes to following up a career-defining album? By releasing a quickie album in the middle of the night.
Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly wasn't just the most critically (and presidentially!) adored album of 2015—it was also the sort of artistic statement that threatens to overwhelm a young artist's career. It was Kendrick's third album, coming after a promising debut and a powerhouse major label breakthrough. The pressure was on before he released To Pimp A Butterfly—and after the year he's had, that pressure was at an all-time high. And not every artist deals with it well. Lauryn Hill followed up a similarly epochal breakthrough by retreating for four years, then releasing her new music only in the form of an MTV Unplugged live recording; Outkast did it by waiting three years, then releasing a soundtrack album to a movie that the duo starred in; in both cases, the world's been waiting over a decade for a proper studio follow-up.
Photo Essay: NYC's Controversial New $4 Billion Transit Hub
Fast Company photographer Celine Grouard catches New York's new transit hub before the commuters rush in.
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Why Do We Still Describe Cancer As A "Battle" Or "War"?
Medical professionals debate whether war metaphors are helpful or harmful to patients.
At the Future of Genomics Conference in San Diego, physicians repeatedly referred to cancer as a "battlefield" or a "war." By implication, they were the soldiers fighting the disease on the front lines of care.
Amazon Quietly Disabled Encryption On Its Fire OS 5 Devices
The surprising move comes at a time when Apple is battling with the FBI over the necessity of encryption.
It's come to light that Amazon quietly disabled encryption on all of its Fire OS devices with its latest major software update. The revelation comes at a time when Apple is in an unprecedented legal battle with the FBI and a heated debate over the very importance of encryption technology in every user's life. The disabling of Fire OS's encryption happened with the update to the company's Fire OS 5 software that runs on the Kindle Fire, Fire Phone, Amazon Fire HD, and Amazon Fire TV Stick, reports The Verge.
Biotech Mogul: Cancer Treatments Could Work on Zika Virus
Known for his bold claims, entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong says that immunotherapies can tackle cancer as well as infections.
What do breast cancer, lung cancer, and Zika virus have in common? They can all be treated with the same medications, claimed biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong at a genetics conference in San Diego on Thursday. The doctor doesn't shy away from bold statements based on preliminary data and was met with adoration as a kickoff speaker at the Future of Genomic Medicine conference—a science-heavy gathering at the Scripps Institution of geneticists, oncologists, data scientists, and other experts.
Google Takes Books Through The Looking Glass With Augmented Reality
The technology could one day serve as the basis for a product that embraces the physical book, while adding cool digital content on top.
Technology that would bring the experience of reading a book into the 21st century—and not by replacing the book with a computer—was patented today by Google, according to filings posted today at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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