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In a new virtual reality therapy app, an animated coach guides people with a fear of heights through activities such as saving a cat from a tree.

Oxford VR

 Psychology
Are you scared of heights? Virtual reality could help
In a therapy app, an avatar coaches people through sky-high situations
an illustration of the Parker Solar Probe flying towards the sun

The Parker Solar Probe (illustrated) will launch in August and journey to the sun. It will fly through the star’s outer atmosphere.

JHU-APL

 Space
The Parker Solar Probe aims to touch the sun
Due to launch this month, the spacecraft will get within 6 million kilometers of our star
photo of a road through a car windshield

Laser sensors help a new type of driverless car stay on the road, even without detailed maps.

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 Technology
Getting road-trip ready, and no driver needed
New navigation system for self-driving cars uses laser sensors to ‘see’ its path
browsing the internet

You may think you’re going deep undercover when you set your web browser to incognito. But you’d likely be mistaken, a new study finds.

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 Computers & Electronics
Incognito browsing is not as private as most people think
Most people misunderstand this so-called privacy mode, new data show
raw chicken

Is this chicken safe to eat? New glowing sensors built into food packaging might soon alert cooks to risky food.

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 Technology
Bad food? New sensors will show with a glow
Food packaging with these patches could help people avoid potentially sickening germs
phone security

The idea that people can learn who tracks where they go on the internet just by reading a website’s privacy policies “is pure fiction,” reports the author of a new data-privacy study.

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 Technology
Websites often don’t disclose who can have your data
Analyses suggest most data actually get shared widely with unnamed partners