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A city in South Korea installed flickering lights and laser beams at its crosswalks to grab the attention of "smartphone zombies."
Future Society

South Korean App Warns Smartphone Addicts Not to Step Into Traffic

Hold on, my phone says there's a car about to run over me.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just announced that one of its spacecrafts has made a surprise discovery: "particle plumes erupting" from the surface of a large asteroid called Bennu.
NASA

NASA Shocked by “Plumes Erupting From an Asteroid’s Surface”

"The discovery of plumes is one of the biggest surprises of my scientific career."

By Jon Christian

Toyota is manufacturing a small amount of hydrogen fuel-powered cars in Japan. Right now they cost a prohibitive $50,000 but may cheapen with scale.
Energy

Toyota is Selling a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car for $50,000

"We go to the same gas station and fuel up in the same few minutes."

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Military is Buying a Brutal-Looking Powered Exoskeleton
Military

The U.S. Military is Buying a Brutal-Looking Powered Exoskeleton

They give its wearers "the strength of a forklift but a gentler touch."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates issued a grave warning Monday, comparing advanced artificial intelligence to nuclear weapons.
Artificial Intelligence

Bill Gates Compares Artificial Intelligence to Nuclear Weapons

Gates called AI "both promising and dangerous" — and compared the tech to nuclear weapons.

By Jon Christian

Leaders from 25 nations, including China, Russia, and the U.S. are currently meeting in Geneva to draft laws that would prevent a space arms race.
Off-World

25 Governments Are Meeting Right Now to Prevent a Space Arms Race

The U.S. just accused China and Russia of developing anti-satellite weaponry.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Caltech have found a way to levitate and propel objects of practically any size or shape by using only light.
Space

Researchers Found a Way to Levitate Objects Using Only Light

Scientists say their new "levitation" tech could send a spacecraft to the nearest star in just 20 years.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at Cambridge University say they've grown a miniature brain in a petri dish that seizes control of nearby spinal cords around it.
Brain

Lab-Grown Brain Uses “Tendrils” to Grab, Control Spinal Cords

Then it uses its new spinal cord to control muscles. Seriously.

By Jon Christian

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says that anti-vaxxers are putting the country at risk of facing epidemics of dangerous, preventable diseases.
Health & Medicine

FDA Head: Anti-Vaxxers Could Soon Cause an Epidemic

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says anti-vaxxers are poised to do real damage.

By Dan Robitzski

In the past, purifying water before splitting it into hydrogen was too costly. Now, there's a way to save money and use saltwater instead.
Climate Change

New Technique Turns Seawater Into Hydrogen Fuel

Scientists can now skip the costly water purification part of the process.

By Dan Robitzski

A 2018 patent suggests a Russian arms maker has invented a flying drone that features a rifle that's very reminiscent of Kalashnikov's iconic AK-47.
Drones

Russian Arms Maker Invents Drone With Built-In Rifle

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it an AK-47 rifle strapped to a drone?

By Victor Tangermann

In a video, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off the space company's Starship's "heat shield hex tiles" which could keep its spacecraft cool during re-entry.
Starship

Elon Musk Shows Off Glowing Hot “Hex Tile” Starship Heatshield

The tiles will ensure that Starship won't burn up during re-entry.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study found that some humans possess the ability to detect Earth's magnetism. We don't know why or how, but scientists think it's vestigial.
Biology

“Provocative” Research: Some People Can Sense Magnetic Fields

Some of your brain cells might contain tiny, magnetic crystals.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla is rolling out a firmware updatet tha increases the power output of all Model 3 vehicles by "approximately five percent."
Tesla

Tesla Says New Firmware Update Will Make Its Cars Faster

Sorry, officer — I just downloaded a system update.

By Victor Tangermann

The Japanese Space Agency just announced that Hayabusa2, the same robotic probe that landed on an asteroid, will drop a bomb on it and mine the fragments.
Off-World

Japan Announces Plan to Bomb Asteroid

It's like mountaintop removal mining, but in space.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Harvard University say they've identified a "DNA switch" that allows animals to regrow entire portions of their bodies — a finding that, with a few important caveats, could pave the way to helping human patients' bodies regenerate lost limbs like lizards.
Health & Medicine

New Harvard Research Could Be a Step to Human Limb Regeneration

"It’s a very natural question to look at the natural world and think, if a gecko can do this, why can’t I?"

By Jon Christian

Donald Trump reportedly told several people that he believes self-driving cars will never work, despite his administration's push to develop them.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Trump Fears Self-Driving Cars: “You Can’t Stop the F*cking Thing”

The President reportedly said "I don't trust some computer to drive me around."

By Dan Robitzski

Russian media confirmed yesterday that the Russian Navy is developing a "new non-lethal light-based optical interference system" that could blind enemies.
Military

Russian Military Confirms New Weapon Causes “Hallucinatory Symptoms”

The Russian military is confirming that reports of a strange new weapon are true.

By Victor Tangermann

A team at Japanese space agency JAXA is preparing to shoot a metallic bullet at the surface of Ryugu, a tiny 1km asteroid.
Off-World

A Japanese Spacecraft Is About to Shoot an Asteroid With a Bullet

Remember that arcade game "Asteroids"?

By Victor Tangermann

In a series of tweets yesterday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the space company is about to start testing its Starship spacecraft.
Starship

Elon Musk: SpaceX Hopes to Launch Starship “Test Hopper” This Week

It's an important first step to eventually blast Starship into Earth's orbit — and beyond.

By Victor Tangermann