A body of laws and ethics for autonomous vehicles must be developed, because they will be much safer, but nothing is perfect. What will that look like?

Laws and Ethics for Autonomous Cars

It's be a "considerable exposure" for astronauts.

Bad news: The Moon is surprisingly radioactive

Kxxxxxx

For the first time, scientists say they've ascertained how radioactive the Moon is — a finding that could have implications for the future of space travel.

Bad News: The Moon Is Surprisingly Radioactive

The Moon is about 200 times as radioactive as the Earth, according to new research.

The idea is to detonate any landmines blocking an airfield without putting people at risk.

The Air Force is getting a laser that detonates landmines from afar

Remote Detonation

The Air Force just awarded a contract to develop lasers that can detonate landmines and other hazards from a safe distance.

The Air Force Is Getting a Laser That Detonates Landmines From Afar

The ZEUS laser will detonate any mines or explosives blocking airfields.

"Our lab has made significant progress in understanding how anesthetic medications affect neural activity."

MIT algorithm can keep patients anesthetized during surgery

Mind Control

An AI algorithm learned how to dose anesthetized patients during surgery. In a simulated environment, it outperformed what doctors use today.

MIT Trains Neural Network to Keep Patients Anesthetized During Surgery

READ MORE: <a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2020-09-deep-unconsciousness-patients-anesthetic-state.html">Using deep learning to control the unconsciousness level of patients in an anesthetic state</a> [Tech Xplore]

More on medical AI: <a href="https://futurism.com/ai-medicine-doctor">Your Future Doctor May Not be Human. This Is the Rise of AI in Medicine.</a>

Developments

The AI system outperformed existing tech on simulated patients.

The commercialization of space is looking a little icky.

NASA is using its astronauts to help promote a cosmetics company

Space Cream

Later this month, NASA is scheduled to launch an unusual payload — 10 bottles of a face cream by cosmetics company Estée Lauder.

NASA Is Using Its Astronauts to Help Promote a Cosmetics Company

A scheme for NASA to promote cosmetics in space is prompting backlash.

Here's one thing that changes minds about climate change.

Scientists: When people experience climate change firsthand, they get serious about it

Rude Awakening

New research shows that personally experiencing wildfires makes people more likely to support anti-climate change policy, regardless of political leanings.

Scientists: When People Experience Climate Change Firsthand, They Get Serious About It

"If weeks of pervasive wildfire smoke become the new normal in the American West, it could be the reality check that loosens some of the partisan logjams about climate change politics in our region."

"The results of our study opens up a new way of looking at the evolution of awareness and its neurobiological constraints."

Scientists claim to have proved that crows have conscious experiences

"Bird-Brained" Is Good Now

Neuroscientists found that crows have conscious and subjective experiences, challenging assumptions about animal intelligence and human superiority.

Scientists Claim to Have Proved That Crows Have Conscious Experiences

Crows seem to have subjective experiences, just like us.

"I think that when meeting intelligence extraterrestrial life, we will exhibit friendliness, goodwill and consideration, just as we do when meeting intelligent and unintelligent life on Earth."

Space-bound cosmonaut: If I meet aliens, I will be nice to them

Stay Cool

Cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, who's heading to the International Space Station next month on a Soyuz rocket, says he would be nice to any aliens he met.

Space-Bound Cosmonaut: If I Meet Aliens, I Will Be Nice to Them

Take me to your leader!

NASA thinks the leak is in one of the modules crewmembers have been living in since they started their investigation.

NASA says it's almost found the leak on the International Space Station

Process Of Elimination

After about a year, NASA and Roscosmos have just about narrowed down the source of the ongoing air leak on the International Space Station.

NASA Says It’s Almost Found the Leak on the International Space Station

Unfortunately, investigators have hit a nasty snag.

Former employee: We made Facebook as addictive as cigarettes on purpose

Fiending

Facebook's former head of monetization says that his former employer, like big tobacco companies, worked to make its product as addictive as possible.

Former Employee: We Made Facebook as Addictive as Cigarettes on Purpose

"We took a page form Big Tobacco's playbook, working to make our offering addictive at the outset."

Covering the arctic in reflective glass, engineer Leslie Field says, is "the backup plan I hoped we'd never need."

This scientist wants to turn the Arctic into a huge reflector

*Crunch*

The Arctic Ice Project wants to protect and rebuild crucial ice formations by covering the Arctic in reflective glass beads.

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