More from Kristin Houser (Page 2)

CEO Elon Musk has dropped yet another hint that a Tesla Cybertruck could be headed to Mars aboard a SpaceX Starship rocket.
Mars

Elon Musk Hints That a Cybertruck Is Headed to Mars

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the terminal used to connect to the Starlink internet network will look like "a thin, flat, round UFO on a stick."
SpaceX

Elon Musk: You’ll Connect to Starlink With “UFO on a Stick”

By Kristin Houser

Australia's New South Wales police force has charged 24 arsonists for deliberately starting bushfires contributing to the nation's ongoing emergency.
Science & Energy

Australia Arrests Dozens for Starting Bushfires on Purpose

By Kristin Houser

Airbnb uses an AI-powered tool to rate guests' likelihood of exhibiting "untrustworthy" traits, such as narcissism, Machiavellianism, and even psychopathy.
Artificial Intelligence

Airbnb Claims Its AI Can Predict Whether Guests Are Psychopaths

By Kristin Houser

A new documentary will follow Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as he hunts for a "life partner" to join him on a trip around the Moon in 2023.
Moon

Billionaire Seeks “Life Partner” to Join Him on SpaceX Moon Trip

By Kristin Houser

British researchers have discovered a new type of T-cell that kills at least 10 types of cancers, all while ignoring healthy cells.
Cancer

Scientists Discover Immune Cell That Kills Most Cancers

By Kristin Houser

William Gerstenmaier, who served as the chief of NASA’s human spaceflight program for 14 years, has found himself new gig: working at SpaceX.
NASA

SpaceX Hires Former NASA Chief of Human Spaceflight

By Kristin Houser

NASA will need $35 billion over the next four years to successfully complete the Artemis Moon mission, according to Human Spaceflight Chief Doug Loverro.
Moon

NASA: Next Moon Landing Will Cost About $35 Billion

By Kristin Houser

Boston Dynamics' popular robot dog Spot is going to work on an offshore oil rig managed by Norwegian oil company Aker BP.
Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Is Going to Work on an Oil Rig

By Kristin Houser

China released an app over the weekend that lets residents know if they've come in "close contact" with the deadly coronavirus Covid-19.
Viruses

App Checks Whether You’ve Come in Contact With Deadly Coronavirus

By Kristin Houser

In October 2019, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to snap a photo of a massive active dust devil — and you can now see it for yourself.
Science & Energy

NASA Snaps Photo of Epic Dust Devil on the Surface of Mars

By Kristin Houser

Rather than euthanize lab animals after testing, the Food and Drug Administration is now allowing sanctuaries and shelters to adopt the critters.
Science & Energy

You Can Now Adopt Lab Animals That the FDA Experimented On

By Kristin Houser

Journals have retracted seven papers co-authored by spider researcher Jonathan Pruitt after his co-authors find evidence he falsified data.
Science & Energy

Scientist Who Said Spiders Have Personalities May Have Faked Data

By Kristin Houser

On Friday, OurMine's hackers took over the Instagram and Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook in an apparent effort to drum up business.
Hacking

Hackers Hijack Facebook’s Twitter, Instagram Accounts

By Kristin Houser

Dutch company Sinot denies reports that Bill Gates is buying Aqua, a $644 million hydrogen-powered yacht concept it designed.
Advanced Transport

That Story About Bill Gates Buying a $644 Million Yacht Is Fake

By Kristin Houser

Artificial intelligence researchers are studying the brain waves and eye movements of gamers to train an AI that can control fleets of military robots.
Robotics

DARPA Is Using Gamers’ Brain Waves to Train Robot Swarms

By Kristin Houser

Using a bionic eye developed by Spanish neuroengineer Eduardo Fernandez, a blind woman was able to see for the first time in 16 years.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Plugged a Bionic Eye Directly Into This Woman’s Brain

By Kristin Houser

A video of a mother having a reunion with her deceased daughter in VR raises all sorts of questions about the future of grieving and mortality.
Future Society

Watch a Mother Reunite With Her Deceased Child in VR

By Kristin Houser

After a man livestreamed his suicide on TikTok, the company spent three hours crafting its PR response before contacting the police.
Future Society

TikTok Waited Three Hours to Tell Cops About Livestreamed Suicide

By Kristin Houser

Scientists just published the results of the United States first trial of CRISPR-edited cells in cancer patients — and they're very encouraging.
Cancer

Human Trial Suggests CRISPR Could Be a Viable Cancer Treatment

By Kristin Houser

Ford has created a jacket for bicyclists that allows them to communicate with drivers using emoji displayed in LEDs on the rider's back.
Advanced Transport

This Awesome Jacket Uses an LED Array to Display Huge Emoji

By Kristin Houser

In a new blog post, Tesla details several improvements in worker safety at its Fremont factory, including a dramatic decrease in the injury rate.
Tesla

Tesla: Fremont Factory Had One of Its “Safest Years Yet”

By Kristin Houser

A scientist and a fashion designer on working a "Martian death project" that would include a system to compost dead Mars colonists' corpses.
Mars

Scientist: Mars Colonists Will Need to Compost Dead Human Bodies

By Kristin Houser

NASA astronaut Christine Koch has returned to Earth after spending a record-setting 328 days aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

NASA Astronaut Sets Space Record, Says She’ll Miss Microgravity

By Kristin Houser

Using a neural network, YouTuber Denis Shiryaev upscaled a short film from 1896 to 4K resolution at 60 frames per second.
Artificial Intelligence

Neural Network Transforms 124-Year-Old Film Into Crisp HD

By Kristin Houser

Drone startup Terra Drone says it will be testing a drone delivery system for Ben & Jerry's beloved ice cream cups in New York.
Drones

Ben & Jerry’s Is Testing a Drone Delivery System for Ice Cream

By Kristin Houser

The coronavirus outbreak is rocking the rideshare industry across the globe from China, with both drivers and passengers feeling the effects.
Viruses

Coronavirus Outbreak Has Rideshare Industry in Turmoil

By Kristin Houser

A nonprofit is suing the Federal Communication Commission in an attempt to force it to reconsider the impact of cell phone radiation on human health.
FCC

Nonprofit Sues FCC for Ignoring Science on Cell Phone Radiation

By Kristin Houser

Waymo workers have told The Verge that passengers keep shooting up in the company's self-driving cars and leaving their used needles behind.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Workers: People Keep Injecting Drugs in Self-Driving Cars

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is working with chemists to develop fabrics that can absorb and neutralize nerve agents for use in future military uniforms. 
Military

The US Army Is Developing Fabrics That Neutralize Nerve Agents

By Kristin Houser

A handheld device that "prints" sheets of artificial skin directly onto the wounds of burn victims is one step closer to actual use in burn clinics.
Prosthetics and Devices

Handheld Device “Prints” New Skin Directly Onto Wounds

By Kristin Houser

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir snapped an out-of-this-world selfie during an International Space Station spacewalk in January.
NASA

NASA Astronaut Snaps Epic Selfie in Space Station Reflection

By Kristin Houser

Google says a "technical issue" caused its Takeout service to send backups of users' videos to strangers in November 2019.
Future Society

Google Accidentally Sent Users’ Private Videos to Strangers

By Kristin Houser

We still don't know who won the Iowa caucus because the Iowa Democratic Party's (IDP) use of an app to report results was an epic fail.
Future Society

Iowa Tried to Use an App for an Election. It Was a Disaster.

By Kristin Houser

When the FBI raided the home of a man suspected of hacking Nintendo servers, they found a folder directory containing child pornography on his electronics.
Hacking

Idiot Hacks Nintendo Servers, Gets Caught With Child Pornography

By Kristin Houser

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hosting a "super fun AI party/hackathon" at his home where guests will work alongside Tesla's AI/Autopilot team.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Hosting a “Super Fun” Hackathon at His House

By Kristin Houser

The Wuhan coronavirus is now "basically...a pandemic," the director of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group recently told CNBC.
Viruses

Mayo Clinic Doctor: Coronavirus Is “Basically at a Pandemic Now”

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. FDA has approved Palforzia, a drug that treats peanut allergies by exposing patients to slowing increasing amounts of peanuts.
RX and Medicine

FDA Approves Drug to Save Lives of Kids With Peanut Allergies

By Kristin Houser

Research teams have discovered dust grains older than our solar system in two meteorites that landed on separate parts of the Earth in 1969.
Solar Power

Materials Older Than the Solar System Found in Two Meteorites

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created color-changing bandages that can both detect bacteria in wounds and also release drugs to kill it.
Health & Medicine

Smart Bandage Detects Infections, Auto-Releases Antibiotic

By Kristin Houser

By combining the opinions of a lot of humans with artificial intelligence, Unanimous A.I. has created a hive mind to predict the Super Bowl LIV winner.
Artificial Intelligence

Hyper-Intelligent AI Hive Mind Claims to Predict Super Bowl Winner

By Kristin Houser

Skinwalker Ranch is the site of countless stories of paranormal activity, and this team of scientists is trying to figure out why.
Off-World

This Utah Ranch Has a “Command Center” for Paranormal Research

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have released into the wild a strain of genetically engineered diamondback moths that could suppress the pest population in a sustainable way.
Agriculture

Scientists Release Genetically Engineered Moths for First Time

By Kristin Houser

The United Nations (UN) was the target of a sophisticated hack in the summer of 2019, according to a newly leaked internal report.
Hacking

Someone Hacked Dozens of United Nations Servers

By Kristin Houser

China is threatening to send people to jail for spreading rumors about the coronavirus, but it seems more likely it's just trying to control the narrative.
Viruses

China Is Arresting People for Writing About Coronavirus Online

By Kristin Houser

Animal-rights group PETA wants Punxsutawney Phil replaced with an artificially intelligent robot that would be more humane and accurate.
Robotics

PETA Wants Punxsutawney Phil Replaced by a Robot Groundhog

By Kristin Houser

Google has unveiled a new chatbot named Meena, which it claims is capable of conversing on a level almost equal to humans.
Google

Google Says Its Chatbot Is Capable of Near-Human Conversation

By Kristin Houser

A new study suggests that artificial intelligence might trick us into thinking we see alien technosignatures where none exist.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Might Make Us Mistakenly Think We’ve Found Aliens, Says Study

By Kristin Houser

Japan is building a massive humanoid robot modeled after those in the "Gundam" sci-fi franchise — and it'll reportedly be able to walk.
Robotics

Japan Is Building a Massive Walking Gundam Robot

By Kristin Houser

Japanese researchers transplanted sheets containing heart muscle cells derived from stem cells onto a patient's damaged heart for the first time.
Health & Medicine

Researchers Transplant Lab-Grown Heart Muscle Cells Into Patient

By Kristin Houser

A group calling itself OurMine hacked the official social media accounts of the National Football League and 15 NFL teams.
Hacking

Hacker Group Seizes Twitter, Facebook Accounts of 15 NFL Teams

By Kristin Houser

A new study has found that the Pacific Ocean's increasingly acidic water is dissolving the shells of newly hatched Dungeness crabs.
Science & Energy

The Ocean Is Getting so Acidic That It’s Dissolving Crabs’ Shells

By Kristin Houser

Ndemic Creations saw a huge uptick in "Plague Inc." players recently, a situation the game studio attributes to the current coronavirus epidemic in China.
Viruses

Makers of “Plague Inc.” Game: Get Your Coronavirus Info Elsewhere

By Kristin Houser

Tesla has notified owners in China that they'll be able to charge their vehicles for free for the duration of the nation's coronavirus epidemic.
Tesla

Tesla Offers Free Charging in China During Coronavirus Outbreak

By Kristin Houser

Massive gravity theory modifies Einstein’s theory of general relativity to explain the universe's accelerating rate of expansion.
Science & Energy

New Theory Could Solve Universe’s Biggest Paradox

By Kristin Houser

An October 2019 simulation exercise found that a coronavirus pandemic could cause 65 million deaths and trigger a global financial crisis.
Viruses

In a Recent Simulation, a Coronavirus Killed 65 Million People

By Kristin Houser

A firm managing content moderation for YouTube forced its employees to sign a document acknowledging that the job might give them PTSD.
Future Society

YouTube Mods Forced to Sign Doc Acknowledging They Might Get PTSD

By Kristin Houser

Declining sales are forcing DNA testing company 23andMe to lay off about 100 people, approximately 14 percent of its workforce.
DNA

As DNA Test Sales Plummet, 23andMe Lays off 100 Workers

By Kristin Houser

On Thursday, Tinder announced several new app features that could — thankfully — bring the reality of online dating more inline with the ideal.
Future Society

Tinder Announces “Panic Button,” Anti-Catfishing Features

By Kristin Houser

Researchers 3D-printed a replica of the mummy Nesyamun's vocal tract — and then used it to hear what his voice would've sounded like when he was alive. 
Science & Energy

Hear an Ancient Mummy “Talk” Using a 3D-Printed Vocal Tract

By Kristin Houser

A team of cybersecurity researchers discovered a data breach in a platform used by multiple U.S. marijuana dispensaries to manage sales.
Data Privacy

30,000 Marijuana Buyers’ Personal Info Exposed in Data Breach

By Kristin Houser

Former "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage got his hands on Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot for his "Tested" YouTube series.
Boston Dynamics

See Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Tackle an Outdoor Obstacle Course

By Kristin Houser

Boeing has quit DARPA's Experimental Spaceplane (XSP) project, prompting the military agency to announce it was killing the project altogether.
Boeing

Boeing Quits — and Kills — DARPA Experimental Spaceplane Program

By Kristin Houser

A Swiss researcher has created a prototype robot hand that uses acoustic levitation to move objects without ever touching them.
Robotics

Ultrasonic Hands Could Give Robots a Lighter Touch

By Kristin Houser