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Robots and Machines

CAPTCHAs Are Dead, And Neural Networks Killed Them

Long live reCAPTCHAs.

Off-World

Virgin Galactic Is Going to Space. Depending on Your Definition of Space.

Where does Earth's atmosphere end and outer space begin?

International Space Station

Cosmonauts Hacked Away at the ISS in Search of Sabotage Evidence

It took hours before they could finally see the hole at the center of the controversy.

Future Society

India’s Government Blames Facebook’s WhatsApp for Mob Violence

Fearmongering rumors spread across the app, and Facebook did little to step in.

Artificial Intelligence

These Full-Body Deepfakes are Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen

The simulations are still clearly fake, but better versions are on the way.

Self-Driving Vehicles

People Are Road Raging At Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars

A Waymo's safety driver was threatened at gunpoint.

Robotics

Walmart Is Testing a Robot to Replace Its Fry Cooks

The retailer wants to automate how its delis fry foods.

Tesla

Volvo’s Electric Garbage Truck Is Its Answer to Tesla’s Big Rig

The future of garbage is electric.

Future Society

For News, Americans Now Officially Prefer Social Media to Newspapers

Or at least this is the first time they're admitting it.

Nuclear Fusion

Replacing Nuclear With Renewables Would Save France $44.5 Billion

Gradually decommissioning old nuclear plants would get France to 95 percent renewable energy by 2060.

Energy

A White-Hot Molten Silicon “Sun” Could Power 100,000 Homes

Excess electricity from solar panels heats a vat of molten silicon.

International Space Station

Russians Search Exterior of ISS For Signs of Sabotage on Spacewalk

Russia still isn't convinced that hole was made accidentally.

Off-World

To Heal Injured Astronauts, Experts Want to 3D Print “Skin, Bone and Body Parts”

In space, there's no emergency room.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Whistleblower: Uber Could Have Prevented Self-Driving Fatality

Uber execs reportedly ignored his emailed warnings.

Food

How a Billion Cockroaches Are Helping China Process Food Waste

A billion bugs eat 55 tons of kitchen waste — every day.

Dark Matter

Two Nearly-Identical Dark Matter Studies Have Conflicting Results

New research is a "nail in the coffin" for controversial findings.

Cancer

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

The gel reactivated the immune systems of mice who had tumors left in their bodies.

SpaceX

How a SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivered Christmas Dinner to the ISS

The astronauts will enjoy a turkey dinner with all the fixings.

NASA

A NASA Probe Just Found Evidence of Water on a Distant Asteroid

"This is a great surprise."

Elon Musk

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s “Epic Rap Battle,” Explained

Who won? Who's next?