Boeing has announced that to build their Starliner space taxis, Oxford Performance Materials will 3D print 600 parts out of a space-resistant plastic for each spacecraft. With developments to get more humans into space advancing every day, 3D-printing could be the technology that makes it possible.

A new sequencing technique that maps out and analyzes DNA damage demonstrates how bacterial cells function in two critical excision repair proteins. The team’s research and discovery not only heralds the use of this new mapping technique, it could also pave the way for a solution that will help address antibiotic resistance.

After a Chinese factory replaced 90% of its human workforce with automated machines, it experienced a 250% increase in productivity and an 80% drop in defects. As technology improves, the range of tasks that can be taken over by automated systems will continue to expand, leaving the future of human labor in a state of flux.

Blockchain could be a tool to help organizations such as the United Nations meet goals meant to improve the lives of each person on Earth. The platform provides a system that can help tackle issues like poverty, hunger, equal rights, climate change, and clean energy.