More from Kristin Houser (Page 24)

Bacteria

A New Test Can Screen for Every Bacteria That Causes Disease In Humans

By Kristin Houser

World Governments Want to Slice Up Antarctica When a Scientific Treaty Lifts
Environment

World Governments Want to Slice Up Antarctica When a Scientific Treaty Lifts

By Kristin Houser

Black Widow Spider Research Could Lead to Bulletproof Silk
Science & Energy

Black Widow Spider Research Could Lead to Bulletproof Silk

By Kristin Houser

This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles

This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk: First Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: First Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10

By Kristin Houser

Creepiest robot content
Robotics

New Roundup Ranks the World’s Robots by Creepiness

By Kristin Houser

Lose Your Job to a Robot? This Startup Wants to Help You Find Another
Future Society

Lose Your Job to a Robot? This Startup Wants to Help You Find Another

By Kristin Houser

Google Adds AI Fairness Lessons to Its Machine Learning Crash Course
Google

Google Adds AI Fairness Lessons to Its Machine Learning Crash Course

By Kristin Houser

NASA's new gamma-ray constellastions
Black Holes

NASA Unveils 21 New Constellations Formed by Black Holes and Other Brutal Space Stuff

By Kristin Houser

Tokyo-based robotics company Preferred Networks demonstrated its mostly effective but super slow tidying robots at a Japanese convention.
Robotics

These Tidying Robots Clean Up Toys, Put Roomba to Shame

By Kristin Houser

A new Microsoft patent for a circular input system could change how we type in virtual reality, making the process far more intuitive.
Virtual Reality

Typing in VR Sucks. Microsoft Has an Idea to Make It Better.

By Kristin Houser

Waymo's newly published AV safety guidelines tell law enforcement officials and first responders how they should deal with crashed AVs.
Self-Driving Vehicles

This Guide Could Dictate How Cops Handle Autonomous Car Crashes

By Kristin Houser

The USDA has lifted regulations on growing a genetically modified cotton plant with edible cottonseeds, and it could eventually help feed the world.
Science & Energy

US Farmers Can Now Grow Edible Cotton

By Kristin Houser

The Chinese city of Chengdu plans to launch an artificial moon into the sky to provide light during the night, eliminated the need for streetlights.
Moon

A Chinese City Plans to Replace Its Streetlights With an Artificial Moon

By Kristin Houser

An AI Research Supergroup Just Added Its First Chinese Firm
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Research Supergroup Just Added Its First Chinese Firm

By Kristin Houser

Members of the military are using Facebook to incite violence and fuel hatred against a Muslim ethic group in the Asian nation of Myanmar.
Future Society

Fake Facebook Pages Spurred Genocide in Myanmar

By Kristin Houser

In 2017, Bina48 became the first AI-powered robot to complete a college-level course, and now, it's the first to co-teach one.
Artificial Intelligence

A Humanoid Robot Gave a Lecture in a West Point Philosophy Course

By Kristin Houser

This Electric Chewing Gum Never Runs out of Flavor
Virtual Reality

This Electric Chewing Gum Never Runs out of Flavor

By Kristin Houser

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos isn't about to let employee or shareholder protests stop the company from partnering with the U.S. government.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos: Amazon Won’t Stop Helping the Military

By Kristin Houser

Employees, ACLU Demand Amazon Stop Facilitating Government Surveillance
Artificial Intelligence

Employees, ACLU Demand Amazon Stop Facilitating Government Surveillance

By Kristin Houser

Google Is Finally Ready to Talk About Its Chinese Search Engine
Future Society

Google Is Finally Ready to Talk About Its Chinese Search Engine

By Kristin Houser

Watch the Boston Dynamics Robodog Twerk and Moonwalk to “Uptown Funk”
Boston Dynamics

Watch the Boston Dynamics Robodog Twerk and Moonwalk to “Uptown Funk”

By Kristin Houser

Vaccination rates amongst children in the United States have decreased in recent years, according to a new report from the CDC.
Health & Medicine

The Percentage of Unvaccinated U.S. Toddlers Has Quadrupled Since 2001

By Kristin Houser

See a Mini Prototype of a Weird Plane With Connected Wings in Action
Advanced Transport

See a Mini Prototype of a Weird Plane With Connected Wings in Action

By Kristin Houser

Laws outlining China's expectations for tech companies in a Muslim-heavy region add to the morally questionable nature of Google's Project Dragonfly.
Future Society

China Wants Google’s Help Persecuting Muslims. Google Appears Ready to Give It.

By Kristin Houser

The number of AI-trained job-seekers simply isn't high enough to meet the demand for these employees, according to a new Reuters report.
Artificial Intelligence

A Shortage of Trained Job-Seekers Is Holding AI Back

By Kristin Houser

The Crop Trust has agreed to dedicate $1.4 million per year to maintaining the IRRI gene bank, the world's largest collection of rice varieties.
Science & Energy

The World’s Largest Collection of Rice Is Now Permanently Funded

By Kristin Houser

Based on a new video, Boston Dynamics's SpotMini dog-like robot may be gearing up for a career as a construction site supervisor.
Boston Dynamics

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Lazy Robodog March Around a Construction Site Without Helping at All

By Kristin Houser

This Weird Robot Has 32 Legs and Is Shaped Like a Lumpy Sphere
Robotics

This Weird Robot Has 32 Legs and Is Shaped Like a Lumpy Sphere

By Kristin Houser

Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families
Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families

By Kristin Houser

In a newly released video, you can watch Boston Dynamics's humanoid robot Atlas parkour its way across a makeshift obstacle course.
Boston Dynamics

The Boston Dynamics Robot Atlas Is Now a Parkour Master

By Kristin Houser

A pair of new cryptocurrency reports asserts that the asset class is still very risky for investors, but not much of a threat to the world economy.
Cryptocurrency

Reports: Crypto Is a Threat to Your Savings Account, But Not World Markets

By Kristin Houser

Chinese researchers have found a way to create healthy mice pups using only genetic material from two moms — no dads required.
Science & Energy

These Healthy Mice Pups Have Two Moms and No Dads

By Kristin Houser

A team of European researchers is exploring how internet usage affects mental health, marking the first international effort to do so.
Mental Health

We’ll Soon Know Exactly How Terrible the Internet Is for Our Mental Health

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX’s First Tourist Isn’t Worried About Training for His Trip to the Moon
Moon

SpaceX’s First Tourist Isn’t Worried About Training for His Trip to the Moon

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have found a way to create lab-grown collagen without harming a single animal or placing an added strain on the environment.
Future Society

Lab-Grown Collagen Is Vegan and Eco-Friendly — and Identical to the Real Stuff

By Kristin Houser

Google withdrew itself from the running for the Pentagon's JEDI contract, but the reasons it gave for the move are worth questioning.
Google

Google Won’t Bid on Pentagon Contract, but Not Just Because Employees Wanted It To

By Kristin Houser

Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s Largest Moon
Moon

Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s Largest Moon

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX Just Landed Its First Rocket in California
SpaceX

SpaceX Just Landed Its First Rocket in California

By Kristin Houser

Report: Unless We Make Dramatic Changes, We’re Headed for Climate Catastrophe
Climate Change

Report: Unless We Make Dramatic Changes, We’re Headed for Climate Catastrophe

By Kristin Houser

We Need a Backup Supply of the World’s Helpful Germs, Say Researchers
Health & Medicine

We Need a Backup Supply of the World’s Helpful Germs, Say Researchers

By Kristin Houser

This Brain-Analyzing AI Could Kill Your Dream of Being a Professional Athlete
Brain

This Brain-Analyzing AI Could Kill Your Dream of Being a Professional Athlete

By Kristin Houser

Pour One out for MASCOT, the Asteroid-Exploring Lander
Off-World

Pour One out for MASCOT, the Asteroid-Exploring Lander

By Kristin Houser

Australia is on track to all but eliminate cervical cancer within its borders by 2066, and the U.S. could follow in its footsteps.
Cancer

Australia’s Success Shows That the US Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer If It Really Wanted To

By Kristin Houser

A Virgin Atlantic flight powered in part by sustainable jet fuel completed a trek from Orlando to London on Thursday morning.
Renewable Energy

A Plane Powered by Recycled Waste Just Flew Across the Atlantic

By Kristin Houser

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself
Robotics

This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself

By Kristin Houser

A fertility clinic in California gives would-be parents the option of scanning embryos for eye color, putting us one step closer to "designer babies."
Prosthetics and Devices

You Can Now Pick Your Baby’s Eye Color Before You’re Even Pregnant

By Kristin Houser

The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived
Hyperloop

The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived

By Kristin Houser

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System
Solar Power

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

By Kristin Houser

For the first time, researchers discover gamma rays emanating from the microquasar SS 433, and they aren't coming from the usual source.
Science & Energy

We Just Learned Something New About “One of the Weirdest Objects in the Milky Way”

By Kristin Houser

Tesla Seems to Be Producing Plenty of Cars. They Just Aren’t Ending up on the Road.
Tesla

Tesla Seems to Be Producing Plenty of Cars. They Just Aren’t Ending up on the Road.

By Kristin Houser

Thought it's Subterranean Challenge, DARPA is asking teams of roboticists to create autonomous robots that can navigate underground environments.
Robotics

The Military Wants Robots That Can Explore Tunnels Barely Large Enough to Fit a Human

By Kristin Houser

To study the effects of deep space radiation exposure on astronaut health, researchers exposed mice to comparable levels of radiation. It hurt their guts.
Mars

Traveling to Mars Could Cause Life-Threatening Damage to Astronauts’ Guts, Says Study

By Kristin Houser

Here’s What It’s like to Drive with Tesla’s New “Mad Max” Autopilot Mode
Tesla

Here’s What It’s like to Drive with Tesla’s New “Mad Max” Autopilot Mode

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Want to Use a Plasma Beam to Push Space Junk Out of Orbit
Off-World

Scientists Want to Use a Plasma Beam to Push Space Junk Out of Orbit

By Kristin Houser

You Can Now Navigate a US Airport Terminal Using Just Your Face as ID
Future Society

You Can Now Navigate a US Airport Terminal Using Just Your Face as ID

By Kristin Houser

A new study on bipedal movement in lizards suggests adding lizard-like tails to robots could improve their ability to maneuver "off-road."
Robotics

Giving Robots Lizard-Like Tails Could Improve Their Mobility

By Kristin Houser

NASA Is Looking For New Ways to Detect Alien Technology
Exobiology

NASA Is Looking For New Ways to Detect Alien Technology

By Kristin Houser

Ludicrous Mode: SEC Sues Elon Musk, Causing a Quick Drop in Tesla Stock
Elon Musk

Ludicrous Mode: SEC Sues Elon Musk, Causing a Quick Drop in Tesla Stock

By Kristin Houser

Preventing bird collisions with planes and other manmade objects could be as simply as adding red or blue LEDs to our creations.
Science & Energy

Planes Kill Huge Numbers of Birds. LEDs Could Save Their Lives.

By Kristin Houser

By labeling edited social media photos as edited, we could decrease thin ideal internalization, the belief that a woman would be better if she were thinner.
Future Society

Labelling Edited Selfies on Social Media Might Make Us Less Miserable

By Kristin Houser

This robotic finger attaches to a smartphone or tablet, allowing the device to crawl itself across a table or stroke the back of a user's hand.
Robots and Machines

Look at This Creepy Finger You Can Plug Into Your Smartphone

By Kristin Houser

Paint it Clear: This Coating Could Make Your AC Obsolete
Science & Energy

Paint it Clear: This Coating Could Make Your AC Obsolete

By Kristin Houser

For the first time ever, researchers have discovered radio jets launching from a neutron star with a strong magnetic field.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover a New Source of Spectacular Radio Jets

By Kristin Houser