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Tesla Is Now Building Cars With Hardware For “Full Self-Driving”
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Is Now Building Cars With Hardware For “Full Self-Driving”

Will "Hardware 3" allow Tesla cars to truly drive themselves?

By Victor Tangermann

First noticed in 2016, the Australian government recently confirmed the first mammalian extinction that was caused by human-induced climate change.
Climate Change

Climate Change Just Wiped out Its First Mammal

Rest in peace, little friend.

By Dan Robitzski

This ultra-high-definition 360 degree visualization comes courtesy of data collected by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA's Ames supercomputer.
Off-World

360-Degree Video Puts You in the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy

It's peaceful — except for the supermassive black holes.

By Victor Tangermann

A startup says it's building a futuristic facility that'll suck as much CO2 out of the atmosphere of every year as 40 million trees.
Renewable Energy

New Facility Aims to Capture 40 Million Trees’ Worth of CO2 Every Year

It locked down initial funding with the help of Bill Gates.

By Jon Christian

New video footage shows that a dangerous problem with the Tesla Autopilot system that makes cars veer towards highway dividers is still happening.
Tesla

Video Shows Tesla Autopilot Steering Toward Highway Barriers

This isn't the first time Tesla's AI veered off course.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposed to send a spacecraft called "Trident" to Neptune's largest moon Triton.
Moon

NASA Proposes Mission to Neptune’s Largest Moon Triton

NASA suspects it could harbor an ocean — and maybe even life.

By Victor Tangermann

More details emerge about the U.S. Army's virtual reality combat training simulations, which a software developer says is ramping up its scale.
Virtual Reality

The U.S. Army Is Using Virtual Reality Combat to Train Soldiers

The virtual battlefield can simulate millions of "intelligent entities."

By Dan Robitzski

MoviePass is launching a new app, PreShow, which will force you to watch — actually watch — 20 minutes of ads in exchange for movie tickets.
Future Society

Brutal Startup Is Using Eye Tracking to Force You to Watch Ads

It's basically like "A Clockwork Orange."

By Dan Robitzski

The New York Times reports that both Boeing planes that crashed lacked two optional safety features that Boeing charges extra for.
Advanced Transport

Crashed Boeing 737 Jets Lacked Safety Features That Cost Extra

"Boeing charges for them because it can. But they’re vital for safety."

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Navy says that it's going to outfit a destroyer with a laser system made by military contractor Lockheed Martin.
Military

The U.S. Military is Mounting a Giant Laser Cannon on a Destroyer

The HELIOS system is designed to obliterate drones and small boats.

By Jon Christian

The World Health Organization called for a public registry for all human gene-editing research to prevent any more debacles like that caused by He Jiankui
Biology

United Nations Calls for Registry of Human Gene-Editing Projects

An advisory committee fell short of calling for a ban on the technology.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at Scripps Research say they've found a way to reverse rats' alcoholism by blasting particular neurons in their brains with lasers.
Brain

Scientists Reversed Rats’ Alcoholism by Firing Lasers at Their Brains

The researchers likened the addiction-suppressing effect to the "flip of a switch."

By Jon Christian

The Air Force recently announced plans to build "Skyborg," an AI program that will be able to fly fighter planes and drones and lessen the burden on people.
Artificial Intelligence

The Air Force Is Building AI to Fly Fighter Jets Called “Skyborg”

Why does it have to sound so much like "Skynet?"

By Dan Robitzski

In a new op-ed for scientific american, scientists argue that anti-vaxxers are such a danger to society that they shouldn't be allowed near others.
Health & Medicine

Scientists: Anti-Vaxxers Are the Moral Equivalent of Drunk Drivers

"Both are selfishly, recklessly and knowingly putting the lives of everyone they encounter at risk."

By Dan Robitzski

China is following Russia's lead and constructing nuclear power plants on top of floating barges so it can bring cheap energy to distant islands.
Nuclear Fusion

China Is Building up to 20 Floating Nuclear Power Plants

They could be used to power artificial islands.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists found they achieved high pressure plasma — enough to achieve fusion power — at an old fusion reactor in San Diego called DIII-D.
Energy

Scientists Just Got Amazing Results From an Old Fusion Reactor

A simple change led to higher pressure and stabler plasma.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook admits to storing "hundreds of millions" of account passwords in plain text.
Future Society

Facebook Stored “Hundreds of Millions” of Passwords as Plain Text

Time to change your password again.

By Victor Tangermann

Fans of YouTube star PewDiePie have taken to ransomware attacks in order to try and drive up PewDiePie's subscriber count.
Science & Energy

New Virus Steals Your Files Until PewDiePie Gets 100M Subscribers

Another ransomware variant encrypts your files unless you subscribe to PewDiePie — but even if you do, it deletes them anyway.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia is working to develop a ground force of killer robots. For now, the tank-like bots need help from humans, but that may change as AI improves.
Robotics

Russia Is Planning A “Ground Force” of Armed Military Robots

Here's a Kremlin video showing the human soldiers and killer robots working side by side.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is officially considering the use of the first-ever medical device to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Health & Medicine

The FDA Is Considering First-Ever Machine to Treat Alzheimer’s

Could magnetic stimulation ease the symptoms of Alzhiemer's?

By Victor Tangermann