More from Victor Tangermann (Page 99)

Alphabet-owned company Wing announced a partnership with FedEx and Walgreens to start making drone deliveries as soon as October.

Walgreens Will Start Making Drone Deliveries in October

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's InSight Lander on the surface of Mars detected a series of strange magnetic pulses that occurred exactly at midnight.

Science & Energy

NASA’s Mars Lander Detects Mysterious Magnetic Pulses

By Victor Tangermann

China's Yutu-2 lunar lander just sent back images of a strange new substance it found near a small crater on the far side of the Moon.

Science & Energy

Here Are New Pics of That Weird Substance China Found on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A new German study concluded that 97 percent of blood and urine samples from 2,500 chidlren between three and 17 showed toxic levels of plastic byproducts.

Scientists Tested Children and 97 Percent Contained Toxic Plastic Byproducts

By Victor Tangermann

An increasing number of children in the UK are being treated by healthcare professionals for "eco-anxiety," a growing sense of fear over climate change.

Health & Medicine

Shrinks Are Treating Climate-Traumatized Kids For “Eco-Anxiety”

By Victor Tangermann

A new meta-study concluded that mass shootings perpetrated by black people are blamed on external factors, while white shootings were linked to video games.

Researchers: Blaming Violent Video Games for Shootings is Racist

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers from West Virginia University claim they've discovered the most massive neutron star to date.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Spotted the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

By Victor Tangermann

Pengyi Li from China attempted to smuggle sensitive spacecraft and military missile components out of the U.S. according to documents obtained by Quartz.

The U.S. Says China is Stealing Military Spacecraft Technology

By Victor Tangermann

Musk has gathered his best legal team to help him build a defense after calling a Thai rescuer a pedo last July: "pedo guy" isn't a "pedophile guy."

Elon Musk’s Legal Defense: “Pedo Guy” Doesn’t Mean “Pedophile”

By Victor Tangermann

In a one year genetics study, scientists gave nine healthy men a cocktail of three drugs to see whether they would slow down the men's biological age clock.

In One-Year Study, Drug Cocktail Appears to Reverse “Genetic Age”

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese auto giant Toyota has partnered with a local energy company to test a Prius hybrid that's almost entirely covered in solar panels.

Advanced Transport

Toyota Wants to Slather Solar Panels All Over Its Prius Hybrid

By Victor Tangermann

A new simulation by researchers at Princeton University paints a terrifying picture of what a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia might look like.

This Video Shows Horrifying Devastation of US-Russia Nuclear War

By Victor Tangermann

German flying car startup Volocopter just showed off its flying taxi as it was taking flight at Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum

Advanced Transport

Watch This Flying Taxi Soar Over a German City

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to the Gemini Observatory, we get a closer look at the object called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), a comet believed to be from beyond our solar system.

Here’s a Pic of That Mysterious Object From Beyond Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

In an effort to personalize the experience of flying, Airbus is testing out a new Internet of Things platform that collects data like bathroom visits.

Airbus Planes Will Track How Often Passengers Go to the Bathroom

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just posted dramatic footage of its commercial space shuttle Crew Dragon undergoing hundreds of rigorous tests of its emergency abort system.

Watch SpaceX Test Its Crew Dragon’s Escape System

By Victor Tangermann

An electrical engineer at the University of California in LA, has come up with a device that can harness electricity from a dark night sky to power an LED.

This Solar Panel-Like Device Can Generate Electricity in the Dark

By Victor Tangermann

Musk confirmed in a tweet on Wednesday that the Model S "Plaid powertrain is about a year away from production" and applies to almost all Tesla vehicles.

Elon Musk Announces “Spaceballs”-Themed Super-Fast Tesla Mode

By Victor Tangermann

An Indian newspaper quoted an ISRO official as saying that the country's lunar lander landed in one piece. The report has yet to be confirmed.

Indian Official: Moon Lander May Have Survived in One Piece

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet nine times Earth's mass and 111 light years away.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Water — and Maybe Rain — on a Distant Planet

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk tweeted that the Tesla Model S set the record for the fastest 4 door ever at Laguna Seca in California challenging Porsche's electric sports car.

Elon Musk: Tesla Model S Set a New Track Record in California

By Victor Tangermann

A new bill, just passed by California's state senate, makes Uber and Lyft contractors actual employees and eligible for benefits.

New California Law Makes Uber and Lyft Drivers Employees

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX filed paperwork with the FCC yesterday, requesting permission to communicate with its first generation Starship up to an altitude of 22.5 km.

SpaceX Files Paperwork for Starship Maiden Voyage

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at MIT invented a chameleon-like "reprogrammable ink" that allows you to "paint" colors onto a surface using a projector and UV light.

New Tech Can Switch Your Car’s Paint Job “Like a Chameleon”

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists on board the International Space Station have successfully mixed cement in the microgravity of space.

For the First Time Ever, Astronauts Mix Cement in Space

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are suggesting that the methane-filled lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan could have been formed by massive explosions.

Science & Energy

Huge Explosions May Have Formed Lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan

By Victor Tangermann

A state-owned communications watchdog in Russia claims that Google, Facebook, and YouTube interfered with a local election by allowing political ads.

Russia Accuses Facebook of Meddling In Its Election. Seriously.

By Victor Tangermann

A deepfake video uploaded to YouTube explores what it would have looked like if Will Smith had accepted to take on the role of Neo in "The Matrix."

Watch a Deepfake That Casts Will Smith as Neo In “The Matrix”

By Victor Tangermann

China claims its Yutu-2 lunar rover has stumbled upon an unsually colored "gel-like" substance on the bottom of an impact crater on the Moon.

Science & Energy

China Claims Its Moon Rover Found a Colorful “Gel-Like” Substance

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”

By Victor Tangermann

An MIT-funded robotic agriculture project that promised anybody the instant ability to successfully grow food is snake oil, according to Business Insider.

Report: MIT’s Much-Hyped Robotic Agriculture Project is a Sham

By Victor Tangermann

India may have lost all communication with its Vikram lunar lander after making its approach last week — but not all may be lost.

India Finds Lost Moon Lander, Tries to Establish Contact

By Victor Tangermann

This Biotech Company Claims to Have 3D Printed a Mini Human Heart

This Biotech Company Claims to Have 3D Printed a Mini Human Heart

By Victor Tangermann

Breaking: India Has Lost Communication With Lunar Lander

Science & Energy

Breaking: India Has Lost Communication With Lunar Lander

By Victor Tangermann

In a Thursday evening tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed his plans to bring the Model S to one of the world's toughest race car tracks.

Elon Musk Escalates Beef With Porsche’s Electric Car

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook is teaming up with a consortium of researchers from Microsoft and a number of prominent research universities to build a deepfake detector.

Facebook is Challenging Researchers to Build a Deepfakes Detector

By Victor Tangermann

Tyson Foods announced its investment in New Wave Foods, a Silicon Valley startup that's preparing to the flood the markets with its plant-based shrimp.

Plant-Based Shrimp is Coming to a Stir-Fry Near You

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he is "highly confident" that his space company will land humans on the Martian surface as soon as 2026.

SpaceX Working With NASA to Find Mars Landing Sites for Starship

By Victor Tangermann

Over 419 million database records on hundreds of millions of Facebook users, including their phone numbers, were stored in an unprotected server.

Phone Numbers of 400M Facebook Users Were Publicly Available

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk: “A Big Rock Will Hit Earth Eventually”

Science & Energy

Elon Musk: “A Big Rock Will Hit Earth Eventually”

By Victor Tangermann

$YouTube Kids is using basic math problems to ensure that young children don't access content that they're not supposed to be watching.$

YouTube’s Plan to Protect Your Kids from Watching ISIS Snuff Films: Math Problems

By Victor Tangermann

A doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley built tiny flapping-wing and hopping robots that could one day explore distant planets.

Robots and Machines

These Tiny “Fruit Fly Bots” Could Explore Distant Planets

By Victor Tangermann

Italian sports car maker Lamborghini just revealed the Sián, its first ever hybrid. But this isn't a Prius — far from it.

Advanced Transport

Lamborghini Debuts First Hybrid and It’s an Absolute Beast

By Victor Tangermann

The National Transportation Safety Board found that a Tesla driver who crashed into a fire truck was eating and drinking with Autopilot on before the crash.

A Tesla Driver Was Eating, Drinking During Autopilot Crash

By Victor Tangermann

In a first-person view video uploaded to Twitter by Russia's space agency today, humanoid robot Fedor can be seen manning an electric drill.

Watch Russia’s Gun-Toting Robot Use a Power Drill on the ISS

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of researchers associated with the U.S. Air Force want to give the codes to launch nuclear bombs to an artificial intelligence (AI).

Artificial Intelligence

Air Force-Affiliated Researchers Want to Let AI Launch Nukes

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomy experts managed to glean much more from a spy satellite image of an Iranian rocket base tweeted by President Donald Trump last week.

Trump Tweet Accidentally Reveals Secrets About US Spy Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

In light of an impending "monster storm," the City of Miami requested all e-scooters to be removed from its streets by noon today to avoid a "scooternado."

Miami Requests E-Scooters to be Removed to Avoid “Scooternado”

By Victor Tangermann

Flying Taxi Takes Off from International Airport for the First Time

Advanced Transport

Flying Taxi Takes Off from International Airport for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla had a hell of a time getting its new insurance business in California off the ground mere hours after launch.

Tesla’s New Insurance Business Had 24 Hours of Hell

By Victor Tangermann

Bad weather encounters on highways might become a lot less scary thanks to advancements in self-driving car technology.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving Car Deftly Zoom Through a Heavy Rainstorm

By Victor Tangermann

German startup Sono Motors has revealed a new solar-powered electric car with moss integrated into the vehicle's dashboard that help the car filter air.

Advanced Transport

This Electric Car Uses Moss in the Dashboard to Filter Air

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from at MIT have invented a tiny robotic worm that could be steered through the tiny arteries in the human brain using a magnet.

Prosthetics and Devices

Creepy Robotic Worm Could Wriggle Through Your Brain Arteries

By Victor Tangermann

In an inexplicable tweet, DARPA called all city dwellers to please find them "commercially managed underground urban tunnels and facilities."

DARPA Needs a Creepy Underground Lair ASAP

By Victor Tangermann

China's central bank is set to launch a state-backed cryptocurrency and hand it out to several major institutions in the country, according to Forbes.

Report: China’s Central Bank is Ready to Launch Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

YouTube accidentally took down videos of robots fighting, claiming they included portrayals of animal violence and cock fighting.

YouTube Accidentally Removed Robot Battle Videos for “Animal Cruelty”

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astrophycisists came up with a way to construct a traversable wormhole that could fling objects or astronauts to another end of the universe.

Science & Energy

Physicists Publish Instructions For DIY Wormhole

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just activated its Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), starting off its year in Earth's orbit after launching in June.

Science & Energy

NASA Officially Activates Its “GPS for Deep Space”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Starhopper finally launched itself some 150 meters (492 feet) into the air Tuesday evening at the company's Boca Chica test facility in Texas.

SpaceX’s Starhopper Aces Test Flight to Almost 500 Feet

By Victor Tangermann

Seven book publishers, including Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, have filed a lawsuit against Amazon's audiobook company Audible.

Artificial Intelligence

Several Large Book Publishers Are Suing Amazon

By Victor Tangermann

With not even a single second left before takeoff, SpaceX scrubbed Monday's final test flight of its 20 meters-tall Starship prototype called "Starhopper."

SpaceX Delays Starhopper’s Final Test Flight Once Again

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology invented a glider made out of a special polymer that self-destructs at a certain temperature.

Robots and Machines

This Stealthy Glider Self-Destructs When Exposed to Sunlight

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is gearing up for the last flight test of its Starhopper test vehicle of its upcoming Starship spacecraft at its Boca Chica test site in Texas.

SpaceX Starhopper Will Fly for the Last Time Tonight

By Victor Tangermann

Don't fly a drone with a weapon attached to it, stupid, warned the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in a notice released publicly last week.

FAA Reminder: Don’t Fly a Drone With a Weapon Attached to It

By Victor Tangermann

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