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Reuters The Hazard of Tesla’s Approach to Driverless Cars
A fatal crash calls into question the car company’s approach to building autonomous vehicles—and underscores the stark contrast between its strategy and Google’s.
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NASA JPL The Dreamiest View in the Universe
A stunning new video of Juno’s approach to Jupiter captures an unprecedented glimpse of its moons.
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Ina Fassbender / Reuters Internet Reading Club: June 2016
The best science, technology, and health stories from around the web.
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Lockheed Martin Juno’s Triumphant Night
After completing a high-risk maneuver, NASA’s spacecraft is officially in the gas giant’s orbit—and humankind is closer to Jupiter than ever before.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Why (a Little Corner of) the Internet Is Losing Its Mind Right Now
Hillary Clinton wrote something for The Toast today. Are you sobbing yet?
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Tony Gentile / Reuters Contaminated Flour (Not Just Eggs) Makes Raw Dough a Nope
Federal officials also caution against letting kids sneak a taste of homemade dough projects.
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Stephen Lam / Reuters A Tesla Fatality and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
The Model S’s Autopilot isn’t technically a driverless feature, but the federal investigation into why a driver using it was killed will still influence the future of driverless vehicles.
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NASA / ESA / Hubble Jupiter Puts on a Light Show For Juno
Magnificent auroras light up the Jovian atmosphere as the spacecraft prepares to enter the planet’s orbit.
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ESA / Hubble / NASA The 6,000-Year-Old Telescope
Astronomers say they have discovered an ancient astronomical tool, potentially used by prehistoric humans for stargazing rituals.
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Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters The Danger of a Third-Trimester Zika Infection
New research shows brain damage among Zika-infected babies, even when they are born with normal-sized heads.
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Library of Congress Your Grandmother’s Driverless Car
The driverless vehicles of the 1920s were called “phantom autos,” and they were remote-controlled by the tapping of a telegraph key.
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Bernadett Szabo / Reuters The Ultimate Facial-Recognition Algorithm
New research finds that machines designed to identify people still have difficulty with accuracy as datasets grow.
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Patrick H. Corkery / Lockhead Martin Juno: The Making of a Spacecraft
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Lockheed Martin Sending an Armored Tank to Outer Space
The spacecraft Juno was designed to make it all the way to Jupiter, then orbit the planet without getting destroyed in the process
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Pierre Albouy / Reuters Britain’s Shaky Status as a Scientific Superpower
Researchers say the country’s decision to leave the EU will reverse decades of academic gains.
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Reinhard Krause / Reuters The Things People Googled After Britain Voted to Leave the EU
In times of uncertainty, search engines become oracles.
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Denis Balibouse / Reuters A Surprising Link Between Zika and Dengue
New research finds some dengue fever antibodies can help neutralize Zika—but they can also make Zika infections worse.
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Nate Steiner / Flickr Remember When You Could Call the Time?
You still can, and thousands of people do it every day.
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Gustavo da Cunha Pimenta / Flickr Slack, the Facebook Slayer
What if the future of the social web begins in the office?
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Alvaro Dominguez Your Coffeemaker Is Watching You
Get ready for home appliances that track your movements and know what you want before you do.