More from Kristin Houser (Page 7)

An AI text generator trained on real speeches by President Donald Trump fooled quiz participants with its output more than half the time.
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

New data reveals that hospitals in the United Kingdom treat more patients for heart attacks and strokes on days with worse air pollution.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

German startup Lilium has released the first video of its five-seater air taxi flying horizontally, which the company says it can do at 62 miles per hour.
Advanced Transport

By Kristin Houser

The ozone hole above Antarctica is the smallest it's been since scientists first began observing it in 1982, according to NASA and the NOAA.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

New details have emerged on the partnership between the US Army and a UFO research group founded by former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

The AI systems now used to grade essays on standardized tests in 21 states are deeply flawed, according to a new Motherboard investigation.
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

Your brain is hardwired to prevent you from considering your fear of your own death, according to a new study set for publication in the journal NeuroImage.
Neuroscience and Brain

By Kristin Houser

To help teens battle their smartphone addiction, South Korea's government now funds more than a dozen detox camps every year.
Health & Medicine

By Kristin Houser

Customers using Amazon to buy food have reported receiving spoiled, expired products, and the company isn't always quick to grant a refund.
Food

By Kristin Houser

One of the mockup Moon habitats NASA is considering is a 55-foot-long inflatable tent that reaches a height equivalent to a two-story building.
Moon

By Kristin Houser

Severe storms can actually shake the ocean floor, causing "stormquakes," according to a newly published study of seismic activity.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

A local photographer used his heat-seeking drone to find a six-year-old boy who'd gotten lost in a cornfield in Minnesota.
Drones

By Kristin Houser

Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov has begun editing human eggs, putting him one step closer to his goal of creating CRISPR babies.
Gene Editing

By Kristin Houser

An alien and UFO research group founded by former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army.
Space

By Kristin Houser

Two Canadian parents are spearheading a class-action lawsuit against Epic Games because they say its popular video game "Fortnite" is addictive.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

A new technique for Identifying stranded whales in satellite imagery could make it possible for conservationists to detect strandings sooner.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

Across the globe, cities are banning cars on the roads in an effort to decrease traffic and air pollution, while encouraging a sense of community.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

Senator Ron Wyden's new privacy bill would hold tech companies' CEOs responsible if they lie about protecting users' personal information.
Privacy

By Kristin Houser

Congress still isn't ready to approve a budget increase to support a 2024 crewed Moon mission — but it isn't quite ready to deny it either.
Moon

By Kristin Houser

Investigators took down a massive child pornography site and arrested hundreds of its users by tracking their bitcoin payments.
Bitcoin

By Kristin Houser

Using data gathered by the Hubble space telescope, astronomy professor Paul Karas created a remarkable video of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

The US Army is about to conduct the first tests related to its Strategic Long Range Cannon, a weapon designed to hit targets 1,000+ miles away.
Robots and Machines

By Kristin Houser

A new study found the methods used to detect contamination in former meth labs to be terribly lacking, leading to health problems for new residents.
Studies

By Kristin Houser

A video from the Tesla crash test lab highlights the safety work that goes into making the company's Model 3 one of the safest cars on the road.
Tesla

By Kristin Houser

A team of researchers just secured funding to create a working prototype of an artificial womb, which could end one of the leading causes of infant deaths.
Prosthetics and Devices

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. military is developing non-invasive technology that would allow soldiers to control drones with just their brain.
Brain

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is well aware of a potentially fatal flaw in the company's plan to use a Moon base as a refueling station.
Moon

By Kristin Houser

NASA has designed two new spacesuits to support its 2024 mission to the Moon, and the suits are better than their predecessors in almost every way.
Moon

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft's Xbox Live now has a filter system for offensive text-based messages. Next, it wants to filter out offensive voice chats.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

Scientists are getting closer to cracking the physics of warp drive, according to aerospace engineering professor Jason Cassibry.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

Russia is working on a lunar rover with a wheeled base supporting the body of its humanoid robot Fedor, which has already visited the ISS.
Off-World

By Kristin Houser

A robodog does a push-up every time the Virginia Tech football team scores a touchdown, putting a high-tech twist on an old college tradition.
Robot Dogs

By Kristin Houser

Japan's biggest airline believes robot avatars are the future of travel, allowing people to visit far-off destinations without leaving their homes.
Robotics

By Kristin Houser

A study claiming that He Jiankui's CRISPR babies would die young due to the Chinese scientist's edits has been retracted.
Gene Editing

By Kristin Houser

UK-based startup SpaceBit's Moon rover is not only the smallest ever, but it also has legs instead of the typical wheels.
Moon

By Kristin Houser

To find out what teens are smoking, two researchers collected trash from the grounds of 12 high schools over the course of eight months.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

At least six of the smaller galaxies orbiting the Milky Way were stolen from one of its other satellites, according to new research.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

Early observations of the interstellar object 2I/Borisov suggest that the comet's home solar system might not be that different from our own.
Solar Power

By Kristin Houser

A Dutch sex worker website has been hacked, with the thief getting away with the email addresses and other data of more than 250,000 users.
Hacking

By Kristin Houser

Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Didier Queloz is "convinced" that aliens exist — and that we could find signs of extraterrestrials before 2050.
Off-World

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have discovered a way to use the powerful gene-editing system CRISPR-Cas13 in the fight against RNA-based viruses.
Gene Editing

By Kristin Houser

France is assembling a "red team" of sci-fi writers to help it predict what sorts of technologies it might face on the battlefield of the future.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created an insulin pill that could deliver the protein directly into the small intestines of people with diabetes.
Prosthetics and Devices

By Kristin Houser

The idea of colonizing exoplanets if Earth becomes uninhabitable is "completely crazy," according to Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Michel Mayor.
Exoplanets

By Kristin Houser

A cyberstalker used a reflection in his target's eye in a selfie to determine her location, and then went to her house and attacked her.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

Cybercriminals have use a bit of malicious code to hack the official Sesame Street online store — and potentially 20,000 other e-commerce sites.
Hacking

By Kristin Houser

Popular at-home DNA testing company 23andMe just opened its first store, a pop-up retail shop at Santa Clara's Westfield Valley Fair mall.
Gene Editing

By Kristin Houser

A scientist recently said that dads should stop drinking alcohol six months prior to conception — but his study doesn't back up the suggestion.
Studies

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have recorded a video of pigs using tools, a hallmark of advanced intelligence exhibited by only the smartest species.
Evolution

By Kristin Houser

Gravity Industries added a shoulder-mounted toy rifle to its Iron Man-style flying jet suit, and then took it for a spin above a parking lot.
Advanced Transport

By Kristin Houser

Startup Anduril has built an anti-drone quadcopter for the U.S. military that kills other drones by slamming into them at 100 miles per hour.
Drones

By Kristin Houser

California is now the first state to allow residents to obtain the HIV prevention drugs PrEP and PEP directly from their pharmacists.
Developments

By Kristin Houser

New warnings about "zombie deer disease" are sweeping the U.S., but according to one expert, it may already be too late to stop the spread to humans.
Developments

By Kristin Houser

Transhumanist Winter Mraz has modified her body with a number of implants, including a pair of LEDs that light up under a magnet.
Prosthetics and Devices

By Kristin Houser

Farmers in China are breeding pigs that weigh as much as 500 kilograms in response to the African swine fever that recently devastated its pig population.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

California has banned the creation of political deepfakes — clips manipulated to make it look like a politician said or did something they didn't.
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station grew meat from bovine cells — and the experiment could help feed people in space and on Earth.
Future Society

By Kristin Houser

Porn deepfakes featuring actresses and musicians from the entertainment industry account for the vast majority of the manipulated videos currently online.
Artificial Intelligence

By Kristin Houser

To help her deal with depression, Sofia Barrett-Ibarria hired a dominatrix life coach — and she's not the only one seeking out dommes for that purpose.
Mental Health

By Kristin Houser

Various companies now sell devices they say can prevent concussions — but the science simply doesn't back up their claims.
Neuroscience and Brain

By Kristin Houser

Six of the 10 authors behind a controversial mosquito study are calling for its retraction, saying they never approved the version that was published.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

A judge ruled that plans to open an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia would not violate the Controlled Substances Act's "crack house statute."
Developments

By Kristin Houser

The lung tissue of people suffering from a mysterious vaping-related illness exhibited damage similar to that of lungs exposed to poisons.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

Contractors hired to collect face scans for Google specifically targeted homeless black people and lied to them about the nature of the collection.
Google

By Kristin Houser