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Facebook's plan to block revenge porn by storing digital fingerprints of lewd photos to cross-reference new uploads doesn't involve informing victims.

Facebook Knows When Someone Posts Your Nudes — but Won’t Tell You

By Dan Robitzski

The universe is speckled with voids that are totally empty, except for the dark energy that's pushing galaxies apart. That's where scientists should look.

Dark Energy Could Be Hiding In The “Cosmic Void” Between Galaxies

By Dan Robitzski

A tank-like killer robot can navigate and track targets without needing a human operator in the immediate area, but humans still need to pull the trigger.

This Tank-Like Machine Gun Robot Is Straight out Of “Terminator”

By Dan Robitzski

Australian pilots recently had to land after Chinese boats reportedly aimed lasers at them. Now China is denying responsibility for the incident.

Australia: Chinese Lasers Forced Military Pilots to Land

By Dan Robitzski

As the planet heats up, climate change has melted the snow off of Mt. Everest, revealing the remains of long-dead climbers.

Climate Change Is Thawing out the Corpses on Mt. Everest

By Dan Robitzski

A new weapon called the Wattozz fires out wireless "bullets" that can be used to shock and incapacitate a would-be assailant.

Robots and Machines

This Futuristic Non-Lethal Weapon Will Electrocute Your Enemies

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists built a neural net called GROVER that can create — and identify — fake news better than any human or algorithm out there.

Artificial Intelligence

New AI Generates Horrifyingly Plausible Fake News

By Dan Robitzski

The director of China's space agency told the press that scientists are currently attaching scientific instruments to its Mars rover.

China Is Now Assembling Its 2020 Mars Rover

By Dan Robitzski

Google will ban any marijuana or THC products from being sold over apps available on its platform, likely in a bid to be more child-friendly.

Google Bans Weed Delivery Apps From Play Store

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists report that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is shrinking and that it could totally dissipate within the next 20 years.

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Dying

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese state scientists claim to have developed a network of meter-long radar systems capable of spotting and tracking stealth aircraft.

China Says New Tech Can Detect Stealth Jets Including F-22, F-35

By Dan Robitzski

The Navy will outfit a destroyer with the HELIOS laser weapon system for the first time in 2021, and hopes to upgrade the technology from there.

The US Military Is Officially Rolling out Its HELIOS Laser Weapon

By Dan Robitzski

According to the World Health Organization, burnout is now a fully-recognized work-related psychological condition and can be diagnosed as such.

Health & Medicine

So Tired: Doctors Can Now Diagnose You With Burnout

By Dan Robitzski

Congress allocated $125 million to NASA, directing it to develop nuclear propulsion technology that would improve flight speed on missions to deep space.

NASA Just Got $125 Million to Develop Nuclear Rockets

By Dan Robitzski

Experts: Brain-Stimulating Headsets Are Probably Snake Oil

By Dan Robitzski

An anaconda gave birth via parthenogenesis, where it produced offspring without mating. Now, scientists confirm that the offspring are genetic replicas.

The Science Behind an Anaconda’s “Virgin Birth”

By Dan Robitzski

Next-Gen Spacesuit Helmet Has an “Iron Man” Heads Up Display

Next-Gen Spacesuit Helmet Has an “Iron Man” Heads Up Display

By Dan Robitzski

As they travel in the body, viruses like herpes can soak up proteins that they use to produce the amyloid plaques linked to Alzheimer's symptoms.

Health & Medicine

New Research: Herpes May Make You Get Alzheimer’s Earlier

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that a cascade of supernovae could have been instrumental in human evolution by creating an environment where bipedal animals thrive.

Bizarre Theory: Supernovas Kickstarted Human Evolution

By Dan Robitzski

At an annual shareholder meeting, a disgruntled Amazon investor brought their package up to Jeff Bezos, complaining about how hard it was to return things.

Someone Tried to Return an Amazon Package Directly to Jeff Bezos

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon says that it wants access to images of more diverse body types so it can improve its 3D model-rendering technology.

Amazon Will Give You a $25 Gift Card to 3D Scan Your Entire Body

By Dan Robitzski

23andMe and other DNA ancestry companies can revise people's results as they gather more data and update their database about genetic information.

Science & Energy

23andMe Is Updating Ancestry Results Without Telling Users

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists now know that subjecting people to microgravity affects eyesight and perception. A new study will attempt to uncover the extent of the effects.

A Zero-G Jungle Gym Will Test How Microgravity Affects the Brain

By Dan Robitzski

Next year, NASA will launch a small spacecraft that will carry yeast cells into orbit around the Sun. Scientists hope to study how radiation affects DNA.

NASA Is About to Send the First Living Organisms Into Solar Orbit

By Dan Robitzski

In order to kill antibiotic-resistant superbugs, scientists are gene-hacking viruses to target the bacteria and kill them from the inside.

Scientists Gene-Hack Viruses to Hunt and Kill Super-Strong Bacteria

By Dan Robitzski

The next gene-hacked human is due to be born next month, and scientists are trying to sort out what that means for the future of humanity.

Prosthetics and Devices

Third Gene-Hacked Baby’s Impending Birth Has Scientists Scrambling

By Dan Robitzski

The app Juicebox developed an AI chatbot, named Slutbot, that flirts and sexts with people while helping them learn about consent and respect.

Artificial Intelligence

Here’s Where You Can Flirt With a Sexting AI Called Slutbot

By Dan Robitzski

A new type of AI built by Amazon's Alexa team is better at picking up on emotions when people are talking. It could help Alexa better understand people.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Is Teaching Alexa to Analyze Your Emotions

By Dan Robitzski

In order to prevent devastating hypersonic missile strikes, military contractor Raytheon is working towards a powerful laser capable of shooting them down.

Raytheon Says Laser Weapon Will Blast Nuclear Missiles From Sky

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Postal Service is about to test self-driving trucks on a thousand-mile stretch in an attempt to save money through automation.

Self-Driving Vehicles

The U.S. Post Office Is Testing Self-Driving Mail Delivery Trucks

By Dan Robitzski

Rolls-Royce unveiled a new hybrid power source for laser weapons. A combo of a battery and a helicopter engine, the system could fire a laser indefinitely.

Rolls-Royce Is Selling a Power System for Lethal Laser Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

China's lunar rover just analyzed samples of the Moon's mantle, revealing new information about how the Moon may have formed.

China’s Rover Collects First-Ever Samples From Under Lunar Crust

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX recently began building a second Starship Hopper at a new construction site in Florida, hoping to determine which area is best-suited to the task.

SpaceX Was Secretly Building a Second Starship in Florida

By Dan Robitzski

Science writer Philip Ball donated some arm flesh to a lab that grew a miniature brain out of his cells. It made him question how we define humanity.

A Lab Grew a “Mini Brain” From This Guy’s Cells. Then Things Got Weird.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army has set aside millions to invest in robotic exoskeletons that will make soldiers faster, stronger, and more resilient.

Prosthetics and Devices

The Army Is Spending Millions on Powered Exoskeletons

By Dan Robitzski

Cambridge biologists recreated a bacterial genome from scratch, breeding E. coli with the artificial genetic code instead of natural DNA.

Scientists Created This Organism’s DNA From Scratch

By Dan Robitzski

An engineer built a robot that tries to punch him in real life while he fights a digital robot in a virtual reality video game.

This Robot Bludgeons You With Boxing Gloves While You Play Games

By Dan Robitzski

If any humans are alive in 5 billion years, they'll see the dying Sun engulf the Earth. Space Engineer Matteo Ceriotti suggests some possible escape plans.

Space Engineer: We Could Move Earth’s Orbit to Escape a Dying Sun

By Dan Robitzski

Small, densely-packed exoplanets are most likely to survive when their stars die. The findings give astronomers new places to look for new planets.

These Are the Planets That Survive the Deaths of Their Stars

By Dan Robitzski

Optimistic scientists want to begin testing so-called "artificial wombs" that could house a developing fetus and embryo through birth.

Health & Medicine

Scientists: We’ll Grow Babies in Artificial Wombs “In a Decade”

By Dan Robitzski

Something punched gigantic holes through the Milky Way. There's little evidence at the cosmic crime scene, but scientists suspect it was dark matter.

A “Dense Bullet of Something” Blasted Holes in the Milky Way

By Dan Robitzski

A NASA satellite managed to photograph the site where Beresheet, the Israeli lunar lander, crashed into the Moon last month.

NASA Found The Impact From Israel’s Crashed Moon Lander

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's upcoming crewed mission to the surface of the Moon will be named Artemis, after the Greek goddess of the moon and sister to Apollo.

NASA Just Gave the New Moon Program an Epic Name

By Dan Robitzski

A massive new study found that sentencing people to jail time doesn't deter future crime any more than putting them on probation does.

New Research: Prison Time Doesn’t Actually Deter Repeat Offenders

By Dan Robitzski

By targeting "zombified" senescent cells that clog the brain, doctors think they may be able to prevent age-related medical conditions.

Health & Medicine

Scientists: Drugs That Kill “Zombie Cells” Could Prevent Aging

By Dan Robitzski

When the Starlink network goes live, SpaceX could potentially have the opportunity to restore net neutrality protections.

SpaceX’s Orbital Internet Could Restore Net Neutrality

By Dan Robitzski

A new truck built for the Chinese military is capable of launching up to 12 drones, sort of like a smart, precision artillery strike.

Chinese Military Truck Launches Killer Drones Like Artillery

By Dan Robitzski

Plastic pollutants in the ocean can stunt the growth of a certain bacteria responsible for pumping the atmosphere full of oxygen, according to a new study.

Plastic Is Killing the Bacteria That Make 10% of Earth’s Oxygen

By Dan Robitzski

A research center at Cambridge University will explore how to fight climate change with geoengineering solutions like re-freezing the North and South Pole.

Cambridge Researchers Want to Re-Freeze the Earth’s Poles

By Dan Robitzski

A dialed-back version of the "dangerous" text-generating AI system by OpenAI is available to test online. We had some fun, but it's pretty impressive.

Now You Can Experiment With OpenAI’s “Dangerous” Fake News AI

By Dan Robitzski

New NASA-funded research could lead to a fully-electric jet plane powered by cyrogenically-cooled hydrogen instead of fossil fuels.

NASA Is Working on Electric Planes Powered by Cryogenic Hydrogen

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX is about to launch the first batch of Starlink satellites. Experts say the artificial constellation could cause 67,000 space collisions per year.

SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Could Make Space a Minefield

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese food manufacturers have deployed taste-testing robots and artificial intelligence to make sure that the food is high-quality and authentic.

Taste-Testing Robots Are Optimizing Food in China

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists suspect that one of the stars in the Big Dipper isn't native to the Milky Way. Instead, it likely got sucked up in a galactic collision,

This Star Drifted Into the Milky Way From Another Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

"Dalí Lives" uses deepfake AI technology to create an interactive art exhibit where Salvador Dalí interacts with museum guests.

Artificial Intelligence

A Salvador Dalí Deepfake Can Take Selfies With Museumgoers

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook is not only failing to detect Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups on its platform, it's algorithmically generating content for them.

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Cheers on Charming Local Business Al-Qaeda’s “Great Year”

By Dan Robitzski

A mounting body of evidence suggests that spacetime is created by the properties of quantum physics, not unlike a hologram projection.

Quantum Physics

Our Reality Could Be a “Hologram” Created by Quantum Physics

By Dan Robitzski

Dyson, the company famous for making vacuum cleaners, just filed patents for an upcoming off-road electric car, expected to hit the market in 2021.

Advanced Transport

Vacuum Maker Dyson Patents Off-Road Electric Car

By Dan Robitzski

Jeff Bezos announced plans to build giant space habitats full of cities and parks. It sounds cool in theory, but many aren't convinced.

People Are Roasting Jeff Bezos’ Ridiculous Space Habitats

By Dan Robitzski

The Trump Administration wanted NASA to put an astronaut on the Moon by 2024 instead of 2028 as originally planned. So far, the new timeline isn't working.

Congress Is Furious That NASA Doesn’t Have a Moon Plan Yet

By Dan Robitzski

The Florida Keys are about to use drones to find and kill mosquitos breeding in remote pools of standing water instead of sending expensive helicopters.

Florida Officials Are Using Drones to Kill Mosquitoes

By Dan Robitzski

Last month, a SpaceX Crew Dragon shuttle crash-landed after its parachutes failed, but NASA says it's a learning experience.

NASA Admits SpaceX Ship Crashed During Failed Test Last Month

By Dan Robitzski

A brain-computer interface can connect three people's brains, letting them transmit thoughts to each other to collaborate in a game of Tetris.

This Machine Lets You Play “Tetris” With Your Brain

By Dan Robitzski

Bank of America analysts argue that it would be wise to invest in longevity companies that are working to extend the human lifespan and erase disease.

Health & Medicine

Major Bank: The Immortality Industry Is the Next Hot Investment

By Dan Robitzski

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