More from Dan Robitzski (Page 8)

The AI development group DeepMind says that all the core components of artificial general intelligence are already here, we just need to let them work.
Google

Google’s DeepMind Says It Has All the Tech It Needs for General AI

By Dan Robitzski

The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne said that he'd love to work with Elon Musk to host the first-ever concert in space.
Off-World

Rock Band Pleads for Elon Musk to Send Them to Space for Concert

By Dan Robitzski

McDonald's has been experimenting with using voice recognition instead of human employees to take orders at some of its drive-thrus.
Artificial Intelligence

McDonald’s Replaces Drive-Thru Human Workers With Siri-Like AI

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found and woke up a microscopic creature that froze and went dormant in Siberian permafrost about 24,000 years ago.
Biology

Scientists Resurrect Creature That’s Been Frozen for 24,000 Years

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter nailed its seventh flight without facing any of the glitches that forced an emergency landing during its previous journey.
Mars

After Past Glitches, Mars Helicopter Nails Flight Number Seven

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists found organic molecules inside of planetary nebulae, challenging astronomers' assumptions about what could and couldn't survive.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Find Organic Compounds Inside Multiple Dying Stars

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers are working on drones that can track people down based on the sound of their screams — scary-sounding tech that could save lives in a disaster.
Drones

Engineers Build Drones That Hunt Screaming Humans

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is investigating an unprecedented "Rosetta Stone" explosion on the Sun to determine what causes different types of solar eruptions.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Investigating a Bizarre Explosion on the Sun

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists created a census of the algae causing the Alps' pink snow to better predict what it means for the changing environment.
DNA

Scientists Sequence DNA Found in Pink Snow That Covered Mountains

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists tested extremely fast-charging batteries that could make eVTOLs finally become economically viable modes of transport.
Advanced Transport

New Battery Tech Could Finally Make Flying Taxis Economically Feasible

By Dan Robitzski

Anthony Weiner is strongly considering capitalizing on his own sex scandals by selling old tweets or search warrants as NFTs.
Science & Energy

Anthony Weiner May Sell Infamous Nude Tweet as an NFT

By Dan Robitzski

In a new clinical trial, psilocybin seemed to perform just as well as a treatment for major depressive disorder as a conventional SSRI.
Chemistry

New Study: Psychedelic Mushrooms Are as Effective as Antidepressants

By Dan Robitzski

Only one-third of respondents to a survey said they'd take a pill that made them live forever, but more would consider it if they were younger.
Studies

Only One Third of US Adults Would Take an Immortality Pill

By Dan Robitzski

A new brain-computer interface system can determine whether you'll be attracted to specific faces, even before you look at them.
Brain

Brain-Reading Machine Detects Who You Have a Crush On

By Dan Robitzski

The growing number of satellites in orbit could pose a serious environmental threat when they incinerate upon reentry into the atmosphere.
Space

Burning Satellites Could Accidentally Geoengineer the Earth

By Dan Robitzski

Anthony Fauci doesn't endorse the lab leak hypothesis, but he does want to know why workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized.
Developments

Fauci Wants To Know Why Three Virus Researchers in Wuhan Got Sick

By Dan Robitzski

While installing more wind farms will probably be a crucial part of fighting climate change, putting them too close together could be self-defeating.
Wind

Scientists Say That Building Too Many Wind Turbines Weakens the Wind’s Power

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a key difference in how human and mosquito DNA organizes into chromosomes then figured out how to morph them back and forth.
Biology

Scientists Morph Human DNA Into Mosquito DNA Structure

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a key difference in the way that axolotls and mammals respond to injuries, potentially revealing a pathway to regenerative medicine.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Say Humans Have “Untapped” Limb Regeneration Capability

By Dan Robitzski

NASA finally managed to shake some of the dust off of the InSight lander's solar panels, buying it at least a few more months of life.
Mars

NASA Saves Dying Mars Lander With Ingenious Hack

By Dan Robitzski

Physicist Melvin Vopson argues that digital information contains a fundamental amount of mass and should be considered a new form of matter.
Physics

Physicist Claims That Information Is a New Form of Matter

By Dan Robitzski

Singer-songwriter Grimes posted a TikTok video on Wednesday night in which she returned to her next biggest pastime: overpromising what artificial intelligence can provide to society.
Artificial Intelligence

Grimes Says AI Will Usher in an Era of Luxurious Communism

By Dan Robitzski

After investigating a ransomware attack that shut down about a quarter of the US beef supply, the FBI is pointing fingers at a major Russian hacking group.
Science & Energy

FBI Blames Russia Hackers for Shutting Down Much of US Beef Supply

By Dan Robitzski

During a recent interview, former President Barack Obama suggested that humanity may die off unless we take dire action against climate change.
Climate Change

Barack Obama: Humans Could Be Extinct in a Hundred Years

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla recently filed a series of trademarks to use its logo and branding within the restaurant industry, hinting at restaruants near Supercharger locations.
Tesla

Tesla Files Patent for Burger Chain at Supercharger Locations

By Dan Robitzski

The container ship that leaked tons of plastic and chemicals near the coast of Sri Lanka is now sinking, carrying hundreds of tons of oil down with it.
Environment

Burned Container Ship Is Sinking With 330 Tons of Oil On Board

By Dan Robitzski

A YouTuber sent a drone to investigate an erupting volcano in Iceland. Unfortunately, the drone didn't survive the perilous trip.
Drones

Watch a Drone Get Obliterated by an Erupting Volcano

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at the University of Washington plan to launch clinical trials on a breath mint that actually regrows lost tooth enamel.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Say They’ve Created Candy That Heals Tooth Enamel

By Dan Robitzski

A man tried to treat his bipolar disorder with psychedelic mushrooms. But after he injected instead of eating them, the shrooms grew inside his bloodstream.
Chemistry

A Man Injected Himself With Mushrooms and the Fungi Took Over His Blood

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese officials are frustrated by the growing number of US researchers and officials calling for another investigation into how the pandemic began.
Developments

China Is Furious That Americans Are Considering the Lab Leak Hypothesis

By Dan Robitzski

After a fire and explosion wrecked a nearby container ship, the Sri Lankan coastline is coated in plastic and toxic pollution.
Pollution

Burning Container Ship Covers Beaches With Horrible Toxic “Snow”

By Dan Robitzski

Thousands of New York City drivers just launched a worker-owned rideshare service meant to take the exploitation out of the gig economy.
Advanced Transport

Thousands of New York Drivers Create Worker-Owned Version of Uber

By Dan Robitzski

Though it didn't mention Starship by name, the Air Force says it set aside almost $50 million in tech development related to the spacecraft.
Starship

The Air Force Seems to Be Investing Heavily in SpaceX’s Starship

By Dan Robitzski

Space junk reportedly blasted a hole in the side of Canadarm2, a robotic arm attached to the International Space Station.
Off-World

Space Debris Blasts Hole in Space Station’s Robotic Arm

By Dan Robitzski

A UN report reveals that an autonomous kamikaze drone attacked and seemingly killed human soldiers without any human oversight pulling the trigger.
Robotics

Autonomous Killer Robot Accused of Attacking Soldiers

By Dan Robitzski

British police raided a facility they thought was hiding an indoor police farm because of its heat signature but found a Bitcoin mine instead.
Energy

Police Raid Suspected Weed Growery, Find Bitcoin Mine Instead

By Dan Robitzski

NASA plans to launch a small satellite capable of making flashes of light visible from Earth on command, raising questions about orbital light pollution.
NASA

New NASA Satellite Will Blast Earth With Flashes You Can See From the Ground

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's recent discovery of what seems to be organic salts on Mars suggests the planet may have hosted life in the ancient past.
Mars

Why NASA Scientists Are So Excited by New Hints of Organic Compounds on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

US soldiers stationed on bases with nuclear weapons accidentally released heaps of confidential info through virtual flashcards on study apps.
Nuclear Fusion

US Soldiers Accidentally Reveal Nuclear Weapon Secrets

By Dan Robitzski

Corcoran, California has been sinking into the Earth for years due to overpumping from underground water reservoirs by farms and the agricultural industry.
Science & Energy

An Entire Town Is Getting Swallowed by the Earth

By Dan Robitzski

Brain computer interface pioneer Miguel Nicolelis says that Elon Musk's Neuralink is all theatre and no substance with underwhelming tech.
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuroscience Pioneer Slams Elon Musk’s Neuralink Claims

By Dan Robitzski

Satellite data on global temperatures doesn't seem to match real-world observations, raising the possibility that climate change is worse than we thought.
Global Warming

Global Warming May Be Way Worse Than We Thought, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a way to directly image a living mouse brain with a fluorescent microscope without having to conduct invasive surgery.
Developments

New Microscope Technique Can Peer Inside a Brain Without Surgery

By Dan Robitzski

The startup Hybrid Air Vehicles says that the carbon emissions of short-distance plane trips are unsustainable, so it's developing airships to replace them.
Advanced Transport

Startup Says It’ll Fly Passengers Between Cities in Giant Blimps

By Dan Robitzski

Biden called on the US intelligence community to redouble its efforts to find out how the coronavirus pandemic actually started.
Developments

Biden Orders Spies to Figure Out Whether COVID Leaked From Lab

By Dan Robitzski

The International Society for Stem Cell Research just loosened up decades-old restrictions on how long scientists can keep lab-grown embryos alive.
Gene Editing

New Regulations Let Scientists Keep Lab-Grown Human Embryos Alive for Longer

By Dan Robitzski

As COVID-19 vaccine supply outweights domestic demand in the US, travelers are coming to the country to grab some of the extras.
Viruses

Wealthy Travelers Are Flocking to America for Precious COVID Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

India's Health Ministry has declared a mucormycosis epidemic after the country reported over 11,000 cases of the fungal infection.
Developments

India Reports More Than 11,000 Cases of Brain-Eating Fungus

By Dan Robitzski

A programmer built a new kind of CAPTCHA test that asks users to play a quick game of "Doom" to prove that they're really human.
Science & Energy

New CAPTCHA Forces Users to Prove They’re Human by Playing “Doom”

By Dan Robitzski

Sanders is trying to block legislation that would essentially guarantee a $10 billion payout for SpaceX rival Blue Origins.
Off-World

Bernie Sanders Just Did Elon Musk a Huge Favor

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson made the unusual implication that China released the coronavirus from a lab as an act of aggression.
Developments

The New Head of NASA Says COVID May Have Leaked From a Lab

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene therapy partially restored a blind man's vision by programming his cells to produce the light-sensitive protein found in algae.
Gene Editing

Doctors Restored a Blind Man’s Vision by Gene-Hacking His Retina Cells

By Dan Robitzski

Avi Loeb warns that an advanced alien race could launch a physics experiment that incinerates the Earth, and we should try to make a pact to stop it.
Physics

Astronomer Warns of Physics Experiment That Could Destroy Our Entire Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

China's new space station has a powerful robot arm attached, and US military leaders are concerned it could become a weapon.
Robotics

The Head of US Space Command Fears China’s Giant Robot Arms

By Dan Robitzski

As the fertility rate drops in most areas around the world, countries are trying to find new ways to adapt to an increasingly-elderly population.
Developments

Population Decline Is Turning Earth Into a Ghost Town, Experts Say

By Dan Robitzski

A newly-disclosed intelligence report reveals that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized right before the pandemic began.
Developments

Wuhan Lab Workers Were Hospitalized Right Before the Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists may have found organic salts — remnants of older organic compounds that could have sustained life — on Mars, but they can't yet be certain.
Science & Energy

NASA Rover Finds Likely Remnants of Organic Compounds on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Senator Martin Heinrich says he has no idea what's behind the recent UFO and UAP sightings, but he can't imagine them coming from any government on Earth.
Robots and Machines

Senator “Can’t Imagine” UFOs Came From Anywhere on Earth

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is preparing to begin final tests and maneuvers before its Perseverance Mars rover starts to gather and examine more samples for signs of ancient life.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Preparing to Gather Samples That May Reveal Ancient Life

By Dan Robitzski

Under extreme, rare circumstances, taking a plane trip could expose you to harmful levels of cosmic radiation given off by violent space weather.
Studies

Passenger Jets May Get Blasted by Dangerous Radiation, Scientists Warn

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a way to significantly reduce the levels of "bad" cholesterol in a monkey's bloodstream for ten months with a single CRISPR injection
Studies

Scientists Gene-Hacked Monkeys to Fix Their Cholesterol

By Dan Robitzski

Cornell engineers developed a microscopy technique precise enough to pinpoint individual atoms and watch as they vibrate.
Science & Energy

New Microscope Technique Powerful Enough to Watch Atoms Vibrate

By Dan Robitzski

Officials just found that buried uranium at Chernobyl is triggering new nuclear reactions, raising the possibility of another dangerous accident.
Energy

Scientists Fear New Disaster at Chernobyl Meltdown Site

By Dan Robitzski

Senator Ron Wyden wrote a letter urging the Defense Department to come clean about the various ways it secretly spies on Americans.
Future Society

Senator Says the Military Is Secretly Spying on Americans

By Dan Robitzski