More from Dan Robitzski (Page 45)

A recent report shows that amateur Russian hackers infiltrated the finance offices of several U.S. embassies around the world.

Science & Energy

Rogue Russian Hackers Are Attacking US Embassies

By Dan Robitzski

NASA approved the preliminary designs of a spacecraft expected to visit the asteroid Psyche in 2022. When it gets there, NASA won't know what to expect.

NASA Is Gearing up to Visit a Shattered, Volcanic Asteroid

By Dan Robitzski

A new biomaterial exhibits metabolism-like behaviors. It appears in some ways to act like a living thing, blurring the line between biology and machinery.

Scientists Create Material With “Artificial Metabolism”

By Dan Robitzski

The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly considering holding Mark Zuckerberg directly responsible for Facebook's privacy scandals.

The Government Wants to Make an Example out of Mark Zuckerberg

By Dan Robitzski

The governor of Puerto Rico just signed a bill that will quickly move the island away from non-renewable energy sources within the next few decades.

Puerto Rico Will Stop Burning Coal Next Year

By Dan Robitzski

Almost every active nuclear reactor in the U.S. is unprepared for flooding and storm surge caused by climate change; industry groups chose not to act.

Climate Change Could Cause Fukushima-Style Meltdowns in the US

By Dan Robitzski

Denver, Colorado, may soon decriminalize the personal use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, making it the first place in the U.S. to consider doing so.

Denver Is Voting on Whether to Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms

By Dan Robitzski

When India blew up a satellite, it introduced a lot of debris into orbit. Lockheed Martin's experimental Space Fence is keeping an eye on it.

India Blew up a Satellite. Now A “Space Fence” Is Tracking Its Debris

By Dan Robitzski

The Mueller Report, heavily redacted, describes a number of high-tech Russian operations designed to undermine and sway the 2016 Presidential election.

The Mueller Report Confirms We’re Living in a Cyberpunk Dystopia

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have a new plan to try and spot dark matter by searching for particular particles once the Large Hadron Collider's upgrades are complete.

When the Large Hadron Collider Turns on, It May Trap Dark Matter

By Dan Robitzski

In 2013, scientists were in the middle of studying the black hole at the center of the galaxy when a neutron star flared up and blocked their view.

A City-Sized Star Is Blocking the View of Our Galaxy’s Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

North Korea just announced a new missile test and made demands for ongoing disarmament negotiations with the U.S., calling for the removal of Pompeo.

North Korea Says It Tested a New Weapon But Won’t Say What It Was

By Dan Robitzski

Alan Detrich, the man who found a baby t-rex fossil on his property, decided that he wants to sell it off. The fossil is currently up for auction on eBay.

Someone Listed a T-Rex on eBay, and Paleontologists Are Furious

By Dan Robitzski

Using CRISPR gene editing tools, MIT scientists turned a human cell into a tiny computer that could be used to detect diseases and churn out treatments.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Used CRISPR to Turn a Cell Into a Biological Computer

By Dan Robitzski

After conducting an internal investigation into three professors who knew about He Jiankui's CRISPR baby research, Stanford let its faculty off the hook.

Prosthetics and Devices

Stanford Declines to Punish Faculty For CRISPR Babies

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX successfully landed three Falcon Heavy boosters last week. But stormy weather had a different plan for them, and one fell into the water.

SpaceX Landed a Falcon Heavy Booster. Then It Fell Into the Sea.

By Dan Robitzski

Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor May Have Survived Moon Lander Crash

Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor May Have Survived Moon Lander Crash

By Dan Robitzski

A 1.5-meter device called a Z-pinch generated nuclear fusion, but not for long enough to be useful. Still, it shows that small-scale fusion is possible.

Scientists Generated Nuclear Fusion With a Tabletop Device

By Dan Robitzski

Harvard astronomers found evidence that 'Oumuamua isn't the only interstellar visitor we've had in recent years. Others may have crashed into the Earth.

An Interstellar Rock Like ‘Oumuamua May Have Hit Earth In 2014

By Dan Robitzski

Cornell scientists developed a new type of gene-hacking technology that acts like a DNA "shredder." It could be used to cure diseases like herpes.

Health & Medicine

New CRISPR Tech Could Cure Herpes

By Dan Robitzski

Siberian scientists conducted an autopsy of a 42,000-year-old foal of an extinct horse, and found that it's so well-preserved they may be able to clone it.

Scientists Plan to Clone Extinct Horse Using 42,000-Year-Old Blood

By Dan Robitzski

Recently, venture capital firms have invested heavily in astrology apps and companies that are benefitting from cultural popularity.

Venture Capital Firms Are Pouring Money Into Astrology

By Dan Robitzski

Stockton, California, is in the early stages of its experimental trial of a universal basic income trial. A small group of people is getting $500 per month.

Universal Basic Income

A California City Just Launched a Basic Income Trial

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is paying a team of scientists to build an inflatable robot that can move and grasp things by selectively inflating chambers that act like muscles.

NASA is Building Inflatable Robot Astronauts

By Dan Robitzski

The fast-food chain Del Taco just announced a new partnership with Beyond Meats to start selling plant-based meat alternatives starting April 25.

Taco Bell Competitor Embraces Plant-Based “Meat” in its Tacos

By Dan Robitzski

A new study took the first steps toward figuring out which part of the brain is responsible for giving people nightmares and negative emotions during sleep.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Might Have Just Figured Out Where Nightmares Come From

By Dan Robitzski

In a rare find, scientists found what they think are fragments of a comet sealed away deep inside of a meteorite that struck Antarctica.

Scientists Found a Chunk of a Comet Inside a Meteorite

By Dan Robitzski

New NASA research shows that meteoroid strikes are digging up and vaporizing the Moon's already-scarce stores of surface water.

Meteoroid Strikes Smash Water out of the Moon’s Surface

By Dan Robitzski

Inspired by "Frozen," scientists built an apparatus that detects subatomic particles when they collide with supercooled water. It may help spot dark matter.

Disney’s “Frozen” Inspired New Attempt to Find Dark Matter

By Dan Robitzski

China is building new highways with dedicated self-driving car lanes to help usher in widespread autonomous technology. The first will be done next year.

Self-Driving Vehicles

China’s Rolling Out Dedicated Highway Lanes for Self-Driving Cars

By Dan Robitzski

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Prosthetics and Devices

A Guy Got a QR Code Tattoo and Then Someone Broke the Link

By Dan Robitzski

A self-driving car company's operations lead shared what it's like to be the safety driver keeping an eye on an autonomous vehicle.

Self-Driving Vehicles

A Self-Driving Car’s Human Operator Says He Takes Over When Passengers Get Impatient

By Dan Robitzski

In a virtual recreation of the infamous Milgram Shock Experiment, participants were just as reluctant to continue, even though no one was hurt.

Science & Energy

People Are Horrified When They Have to Torture a Virtual Person

By Dan Robitzski

A new study shows that fecal transplants of healthy gut flora can help reduce the more severe symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Health & Medicine

Fecal Transplants Reduce Symptoms of Autism Long Term

By Dan Robitzski

A father and son team was just charged with fraud and concealing a crime for their six-year black market operation where they sold human body parts.

Family Caught Selling Diseased Body Parts to Medical Centers

By Dan Robitzski

The Beresheet lunar lander crashed into the surface of the moon after experiencing engine failure during its final descent.

Israel’s Lunar Lander Just Crashed Into the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just published the full results of its extensive study into how space travel altered astronaut Scott Kelly's health and gene expression.

NASA: Genetic Changes Caused by Space Travel Are Temporary

By Dan Robitzski

Former Tesla and clinic employees share how doctors blocked workers' compensation claims and put injured people back to work to avoid payouts.

Report: Tesla Doc Is Playing Down Injuries to Block Workers’ Comp

By Dan Robitzski

The black hole that scientists imaged is a stellar giant. It would take millions of Earths lined up side-by-side to span its length.

Science & Energy

Here’s How Big the M87 Black Hole Is Compared to the Earth

By Dan Robitzski

The first-ever black hole image is a blurry orange ring. During the announcement, scientists described how they're working to improve the resolution.

Scientists: Next Black Hole Image Will Be Way Clearer

By Dan Robitzski

A new type of quantum material can directly measure neural activity and translate it into electrical signals for a computer.

Scientists Say New Quantum Material Could “‘Download’ Your Brain”

By Dan Robitzski

A new technique for nuclear fusion can generate plasma without requiring as much space-consuming equipment within a reactor.

Scientists Find a New Way to Kickstart Stable Fusion Reactions

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon and a coalition of nations in South America are duking it out over who gets the coveted ".amazon" domain. The deadline passed with no detente.

Amazon Is Fighting South American Govs to Control “.Amazon” Domains

By Dan Robitzski

Australian scientists are preparing to deliver millions of coral larvae to the Great Barrier Reef using an autonomous drone called "Larvalbot"

Undersea Robots Are Helping Save the Great Barrier Reef

By Dan Robitzski

Walmart is sending autonomous custodial robots to 1,500 stores in a play to cut down on the tasks human employees have to face.

Walmart Is Rolling Out Floor-Cleaning Robots in 1,500 Stores

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese scientists figured out that they could enhance a monkey's intelligence by introducing a single human gene linked to brain development.

Neuroscience and Brain

Chinese Scientists Gene-Hacked Super Smart Human-Monkey Hybrids

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Just Released the First-Ever Image of a Black Hole

Scientists Just Released the First-Ever Image of a Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

The academic publisher Springer Nature just released a book summarizing lithium-ion battery research that was written by an AI algorithm.

Machine Learning

A Prominent Publisher Used Machine Learning to Write a Textbook

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that metallic asteroids may have once been home to volcanoes, as molten metal trapped beneath the surface erupted outward.

Explosive Research: Some Asteroids May Have Had Volcanoes

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists from Georgia developed a way to convert Martian dirt into fertile soil, and also learned which wine grapes are most likely to survive up there.

Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out How to Grow Grapes on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Chicago is tracking teenagers who are awaiting trial with ankle monitors that can be used to call and record them at any time.

Chicago is Making Teens Wear Ankle Monitors That Record Audio

By Dan Robitzski

A new quantum computer can hold a superposition of 16 separate possible futures, a feat that scientists think could lead to faster-learning AI

New Quantum Device Can “Generate All Possible Futures”

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook just announced changes to how it handles dead peoples' memorialized accounts. It'll no longer suggest that you invite dead people to events.

Facebook Will Stop Suggesting You Invite Dead People to Events

By Dan Robitzski

On Wednesday morning, an international team of scientists will release the first-ever images of black holes. Quite understandably, scientists are pumped.

Here’s Why Everyone’s so Excited About the Black Hole Image

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. military recently invited some members of the press to test a prototype of IVAS, its advanced night-vision goggles with augmented reality features.

The Military is Developing Augmented Reality Night Vision Goggles

By Dan Robitzski

A new survey figured out how many bacteria and fungi are on the International Space Station. In some places, there are a billion cells per square meter.

International Space Station

The International Space Station is Teeming With Germs

By Dan Robitzski

The YouTube account using Google's AI research to make synthesize videos of Trump singing is back, this time with "Sweet Dreams."

Watch Google’s AI Make Trump Sing Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams”

By Dan Robitzski

A number of American prisons have done away with in-person visitation, replacing it with sub-par video conferencing that generates revenue for the prison.

Prisons Are Replacing Visits With Expensive, Grainy Video Calls

By Dan Robitzski

Meet the People Fighting Back Against Militarized Killer Robots

By Dan Robitzski

The Stentrode, the first neural implant that doesn't require open surgery, is poised to begin clinical trials to help paralyzed people communicate.

This Neural Implant Accesses Your Brain Through the Jugular Vein

By Dan Robitzski

Several Chinese schools have started making students wear brain-scanning headbands that can detect when they start to lose focus or slack off.

In Chinese Schools, Brain-Reading Headbands Measure Student Focus

By Dan Robitzski

$Google's Deepmind just pitted its math-solving AI system against a 16-year-old's math exam. The exam won, and it wasn't that close.$

Google’s Best AI Just Flunked a High School Math Test

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists used CRISPR to gene-edit lizards, uncovering techniques that could lead to new medical treatments for humans.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Lizards to Make Them Albino

By Dan Robitzski

A new drug, currently in development, could eventually give rise to safe and effective birth control for both men and women.

Health & Medicine

New Birth Control Drug Would Work for Men and Women

By Dan Robitzski

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