More from Dan Robitzski (Page 25)

Michael Lofthouse, a San Francisco tech CEO, launched a racist tirade against a nearby family celebrating a birthday at a restaurant.
Future Society

Watch a Tech CEO Melt Down in a Racist Tirade

By Dan Robitzski

A nuclear spill happened at the Los Alamos National Laboratory last month, and 15 workers could have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
Science & Energy

US Investigating “Breach” at Nuclear Weapons Facility

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a stream of 200 stars hurtling toward the center of the Milky Way, and they suspect they came from another galaxy.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Surprised to Find Stars Streaming Into the Center of Our Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

After China enacting broad new controls over Hong Kong, the region's internet has already effectively been silenced and censored.
Future Society

Hong Kong Is Already Being Censored by China’s “Great Firewall”

By Dan Robitzski

After news broke of the scope of China's DNA-collecting program, scientists and experts warn of enhanced surveillance and persecution.
DNA

Scientists Speak Out Against China’s GATTACA-esque DNA Collection

By Dan Robitzski

Ad studios are relying on deepfake tech rather than live actors for corporate videos due to coronavirus lockdown measures and health risks.
Artificial Intelligence

This Company Is Making Corporate Training Videos Using Deepfakes

By Dan Robitzski

Last month, San Diego police repeatedly tapped streetlight cameras to surveil BLM protestors: a chilling use of smart city tech that threatens public trust.
Future Society

Oh No, Spying on Protestors Might Make the Public Distrust Surveillance

By Dan Robitzski

China, the UAE, and the U.S. all plan to launch Mars missions this month to capitalize on the planets' fortunate alignment.
Mars

Three Separate Countries Are Launching Mars Missions This Month

By Dan Robitzski

A Bayonne, France bus driver was beaten by a group of angry passengers because they refused to abide by mask guidelines. The driver is now brain dead.
Future Society

Passengers Beat Bus Driver Who Asked They Wear Masks, Leaving Him Brain Dead

By Dan Robitzski

When Tesla transitioned to online sales in 2019 and responded to the coronavirus pandemic, dealership workers were left confused and fearful for their jobs.
Future Society

Workers Terrified as Tesla Shuts Down Dealerships

By Dan Robitzski

Pandemic preparedness expert Eric Toner says that the U.S. response to the coronavirus has been abysmal and that the country needs to lock it down.
Developments

US Pandemic Advisor Says the Country Needs to Shut Down Again

By Dan Robitzski

A new durable hydrogel is both strong and flexible enough to replace missing knee cartilage, potentially doing away with invasive knee replacements.
Developments

Scientists Say New Artificial Cartilage Could Be Used in Knees

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that climate change could kill off 60 percent of all fish species this century. It's a sharp increase over past estimates.
Climate Change

Climate Change Threatens 60 Percent of the World’s Fish Species

By Dan Robitzski

A new medical robot built by Korean engineers automates the process of jabbing patients' noses with a swab to test for COVID-19.
Medical

Bizarre Medical Robot Grabs Your Face, Jabs You With a Nose Swab

By Dan Robitzski

A federal appeals court just ruled that the Facebook's practice of collecting data through its "like" widgets could be considered wiretapping.
Future Society

Court Says Facebook has Been Wiretapping for Years

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that fans of horror movies and those with a natural morbid curiosity may have been better psychologically prepared for the pandemic.
Health & Medicine

Study: Horror Movie Fans Were Better Prepared For the Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Chondrules, mysterious spherical bubbles found in meteorites, could have an incredibly-hellish origin story from the beginning of the solar system.
Science & Energy

Planets With Oceans of Lava May Have Given Us Meteorites

By Dan Robitzski

The in-development science-fiction movie "b" will be the first feature-length ilm to feature a robot as the lead performer.
Robotics

Hollywood Just Cast a Robot Actress in a $70 Million Movie

By Dan Robitzski

Yamato, a cty in Japan, just passed a law that requires pedestrians to put their phones away until they stop walking in order to prevent accidents.
Future Society

A Japanese City Just Banned Using Phones While Walking

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at LIGO noticed that minuscule quantum fluctuations actually knocked a large mirror in the observatory out of alignment.
Physics

Tiny Quantum Fluctuations Can Actually “Kick” Large Objects

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk is once again posting misleading claims about the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to downplay the danger it poses.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Still Sharing Coronavirus Misinformation

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers is trying to build sustainable energy in developing communities with a new battery pack rental program.
Energy

Scientists Are Renting out Giant Batteries to Areas Without Power

By Dan Robitzski

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider just discovered a new type of subatomic particle that's made entirely of charm quarks.
Physics

The Large Hadron Collider Just Discovered a Brand-New Particle

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Anthony Fauci warns that unless the U.S. government gets its act together, the country could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases every day.
Developments

Fauci: Prepare for 100,000 Daily Cases, “Disturbing” Death Toll

By Dan Robitzski

A bizarre celestial object too big to be a neutron star but too small for a black hole could undo the rules astrophysicsts use to understand the universe.
Physics

Scientists Are Baffled By a Bizarre Black Hole-Like Object

By Dan Robitzski

A new mathematical model predicts that a self-sustaining colony on Mars could succeed with just 110 settlers working together.
Mars

According to New Equations, a Mars Colony Would Need This Many People

By Dan Robitzski

When astronomers went to update their models for a giant, bright star, they instead found an empty space where it used to be.
Science & Energy

A Giant Star Appears to Have Winked Out of Existence

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just delayed the launch date for its Mars rover, Perseverance. But barring any future delays, the mission should still go off without a hitch.
Science & Energy

NASA Pushes Back Mars Rover Launch Due to “Contamination Concern”

By Dan Robitzski

Radiation sensors recently identified a harmless-but-significant leak, likely from a nuclear power plant, in east Europe.
Energy

Researchers: Findings Suggest Something Is Leaking Radiation in Europe

By Dan Robitzski

A gene-hacking serum nullified two genes linked to heart health in monkeys. If it works in humans, it could mean a future with no heart disease.
Gene Editing

A Shot of This Gene Editing Serum Appears to Prevent Heart Disease in Monkeys

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers found an incredibly rare explosion that they think was caused by two black holes merging while orbiting an even larger one.
Science & Energy

When Two Black Holes Collided, NASA Spotted Something Very Surprising

By Dan Robitzski

Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical company behind the COVID-19 drug remdesivir, just announced how much it plans to charge for the antiviral medication.
Viruses

Even With Insurance, the COVID Drug Remdesivir Is Shockingly Expensive

By Dan Robitzski

Michigan lawmakers want to ban force RFID chip implants in the workplace as a way to protect employees' personal privacy.
Future Society

Michigan Is Trying to Make It Illegal For Companies to Put Microchips in Their Employees

By Dan Robitzski

When the pharmaceutical industry finally develops a coronavirus vaccine, medical-grade glass shortages may prevent companies from distributing it.
Viruses

The US Might Not Have Enough Glass Vials To Distribute the Coronavirus Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

During an early-morning spacewalk, one of the wrist mirrors on NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy's spacesuit broke off almost immediately.
Science & Energy

A Piece of a NASA Astronaut’s Spacesuit Just Fell Off During a Spacewalk

By Dan Robitzski

New proposed legislation would keep facial recognition technology out of the hands of all levels of law enforcement in the U.S.
Future Society

Senators Propose a National Ban on Police Facial Recognition

By Dan Robitzski

The National Science Foundation is investing in a crypto startup that plans to explore ways to get Americans on the blockchain.
Science & Energy

The US Gov Is Paying a Crypto Startup to Explore a Digital Dollar

By Dan Robitzski

Peter Williams, formerly a physicist at a nuclear weapons research facility, claims that his superiors tinkered with important models then covered it up.
Military

Lawsuit Alleges Coverup at US Nuclear Weapon Facility

By Dan Robitzski

NASA recently discovered an exoplanet the size of Neptune that whips around its star nearly once per week, all while being bombarded by solar storms.
Science & Energy

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Whipping Around Star Every Week

By Dan Robitzski

In the coming years, NASA plans to crash a SpaceX rocket into a tiny moon as a test run for diverting asteroids. But the moon's name was way too boring.
Science & Energy

NASA Renames Small Moon It Plans to Smash With SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

According to digital forensics expert Hany Farid, the pandemic and BLM movement are even higher priorities for disinformation campaigns than the election.
Future Society

Expert: Online Disinfo Now Targeting COVID-19, Black Lives Matter

By Dan Robitzski

Medical dean Dr. Peter Hotez warns that states like Florida, California, and Texas, are facing a looming "apocalyptic" wave of COVID-19.
Developments

Professor: Looming COVID Surge on “Verge of Being Apocalyptic”

By Dan Robitzski

Composer Brian Eno took recordings of the acoustic waves given off by stars and sped them up into a haunting new arrangement.
Science & Energy

This Music Made by Stars Is Actually Extremely Beautiful

By Dan Robitzski

According to a damning investigation, Tesla, knowingly sold Model S cars with batteries that could spontaneously combust.
Tesla

Tesla Reportedly Sold Batteries It Knew Could Catch Fire

By Dan Robitzski

A new report by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees finally identified climate change as a reason refugees are forced out of their homes.
Climate Change

For the First Time, UN Warns of “Climate-Related” Refugees

By Dan Robitzski

The first documented case of police facial recognition AI making its first wrongful arrest happened when a man was wrongfully identified as a shoplifter.
Facial recognition

Cops Arrested an Innocent Man Because Facial Recognition Told Them To

By Dan Robitzski

With so few new COVID-19 cases in China, vaccine research in the country — like an upcoming phase three experiment — needs to be conducted overseas.
Viruses

With No Patients At Home, China Outsources COVID Vaccine Trials

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists assume the first life on Earth used RNA and that DNA developed later. But an experiment suggests both genetic molecules formed at the same time.
Biology

Experiment Shows That DNA May Have Existed Before Life

By Dan Robitzski

Physicists recently tested and validated the 50-year-old theory that dangling objects into a black hole then releasing them would generate power.
Physics

You Could Generate Power by Dangling Crap Into a Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

When the Artemis astronauts land on the surface of the Moon, NASA expects them to be able to trek ten miles on foot each time they venture out.
Moon

NASA: Next Moon Astronauts Will Hike 10 Miles on Lunar Surface

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are infecting mini-organs with COVID-19 to better understand how the virus infects and interacts with human organs.
Viruses

Mini-Organ Research Reveals What COVID-19 Does to the Body

By Dan Robitzski

A new model shows every single atom in the spikes on the surface of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, potentially giving rise to more targeted treatment.
Viruses

Scientists Mapped Out Every Atom in the Coronavirus’s Spikes

By Dan Robitzski

The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. remains low even as the virus resurges in the country. But Dr. Fauci warns it may be a temporary lull.
Developments

COVID-19 Deaths May Have Slowed Because Younger People Are Sick

By Dan Robitzski

A new system makes carbon capture more feasible for power plants and can convert carbon emissions into raw materials for fuel.
Energy

New Tech Captures Power Plant Exhaust to Generate More Power

By Dan Robitzski

CERN wants a bigger, better particle collider. But with no guarantee for breakthrough discoveries, physicist Sabine Hossenfelder says don't bother.
Physics

Physicist Pleads: Stop Building Stupid, Expensive Particle Colliders

By Dan Robitzski

As the U.S. coronavirus outbreak surges upward again, health experts warn that we may feel even more psychologically devastated than the first time around.
Health & Medicine

Researcher: Second COVID Wave May Be Psychologically Devastating

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's New Horizons space probe is so far away from Earth that it can see stars from entirely different angles than ever before.
Science & Energy

NASA Spacecraft so Far Away It Can See Stars from Different Angle

By Dan Robitzski

A new Defense Department report identifies Russia and China's nuclear capabilities as an immediate threat to U.S. satellites.
Military

The Pentagon Is Worried a Space Nuke Will Fry Its Satellites

By Dan Robitzski

When it comes time to stop a killer asteroid, scientists suggest tethering it to a second asteroid to send it away, just like tying shoelaces together.
Science & Energy

New Plan to Deflect Killer Asteroids: Tie Their Shoelaces Together

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that coronavirus antibodies and survivor's immunity could fade away after just two to three months.
Viruses

Your Coronavirus Antibodies Might Fade After Just a Few Months

By Dan Robitzski

A power company in the U.K. is building the world's largest liquid air battery, which stores energy in the form of highly-compressed air.
Energy

This Giant Battery Is Powered by Compressed Air

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have long suggested that the arrangement of galaxies through the universe was steered by something called quantum static. Now they can test it.
Quantum Physics

Strange Theory: Entire Universe Structured by “Quantum Static”

By Dan Robitzski

If bee populations continue to drop, a team of scientists says they can pollinate plants with soap bubble-launching drones.
Agriculture

New Trick Could Save Agriculture Even If All the Bees Keep Dying

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discovered an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a star that resembles our Sun so nearly that it's almost like a mirror of our solar system.
Solar Power

Astronomers Discover “Mirror Image” of Our Solar System

By Dan Robitzski