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The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 has officially raised its orbit by just shy of two miles using its solar sail.
Space

“Solar Sail” Spacecraft Climbs Two Miles of Orbit Using Sun Power

Solar sails could one day allow us to travel beyond the solar system.

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers built a robot tail called Arque that could help people balance, lift heavy loads, or at least make VR games more immersive.
Prosthetics and Devices

Amazing Robot Tail Helps You Balance

Paging Dr. Octopus.

By Dan Robitzski

The CDC has ordered a military germ lab to "cease and desist" all research involving high-level disease-causing materials after a failed safetly inspection.
Military

CDC Shuts Down Military Germ Lab Due to Safety Concerns

Handle with care!

By Kristin Houser

Uber and Lyft funded a traffic study that showed that ride-hailing apps are responsible for a big chunk of traffic in major cities.
Advanced Transport

Ride-Hailing Apps Make Traffic Worse — And Now They’re Admitting It

It's hard for Uber and Lyft to discredit a study that they funded.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists from the University of Leeds have created 2D gold — and they think it could improve everything from electronics to water purification systems.
Science & Energy

Researchers Create First-Ever “2D Gold,” Just Two Atoms Thick

"This work amounts to a landmark achievement."

By Kristin Houser

Astronomers Just Spotted One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever
Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Spotted One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever

It's so big, it could fit the entire solar system inside of it many times over.

By Victor Tangermann

Sony researchers have created an AI drummer that can listen to a song and produce a "musically plausible" kick drum beat for it.
Artificial Intelligence

Sony’s New AI Drummer Could Write Beats for Your Band

Just don't expect them to be anything too wild.

By Kristin Houser

If global temperatures reach two degrees Celsius about pre-industrial levels, 30,000 additional people will die in Chinese cities every year.
Climate Change

A Half-Degree Temperature Rise Will Kill 30,000 in China Per Year

Climate change comes with a very real death toll.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created chimeric mice with human brain cells in the hope that the animals could revolutionize Alzheimer's research.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Create Mice Containing Active Human Brain Cells

These rodents could be just what we need to finally cure Alzheimer's.

By Kristin Houser

Japan is putting nearly $1 billion into moonshot projects like cyborg tech, human hibernation, and recycling its industrial waste.
Future Society

Japan Pledges $900 Million to Cyborg, Human Hibernation Research

Human augmentation is high on the country's to-do list.

By Dan Robitzski

A flying car created by Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. and startup Cartivator just hovered 10 feet off the ground for a full minute.
Advanced Transport

Watch This Flying Car Nail Its Flight Demonstration

There's a reason the car is in a massive cage.

By Kristin Houser

After this weekend's mass shooting in Texas, the internet infrastructure company Cloudflare decided to cancel its service to the online forum 8chan.
Future Society

Service Providers Shut Down 8Chan Over Mass Shooters’ Manifestos

The forum was a popular stomping ground for mass shooters.

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook has removed an event called "Storm Area 51" with some 2 million Facebook users who have RSVP'd, claiming it violated community standards.
Future Society

Facebook Removes “Storm Area 51” Event

The two million event goers won't be able to Naruto-run past this.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has a major wild hog problem at its Kennedy Space Center, with upwards of 12,000 of the animals terrorizing the campus.
NASA

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Is Infested With Feral Hogs. Really.

Probably more than 30-50, though.

By Kristin Houser

A new study reveals that cosmic radiation is even more dangerous than we thought. Mice exposed to Mars-journey levels developed dementia-like symptoms.
Science & Energy

Mars-Journey Levels of Radiation Seriously Damaged Mouse Brains

This is bad news for any would-be Mars colonists.

By Dan Robitzski

The newly launched AI Bar system uses facial recognition technology to ensure bar patrons are served in the proper order.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Scans Faces to Let Bartenders Know Who’s Next in Line

Leave it to the Brits to use AI to try to improve queueing.

By Kristin Houser

Facebook has announced it's collaborating with researchers to build a real-time brain decoding device that could help patients with neurological damage.
Meta

Facebook is Making Progress on Its Mind Reading Headset

Facebook really wants to get inside your head.

By Victor Tangermann

A massive space rock called Asteroid 2019 OK just flew right past Earth reaching a distance of only 73,000 kilometers away from our planet's surface.
Science & Energy

“City Killer” Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth Almost Undetected

In other words, the Earth just avoided an asteroid disaster of catastrophic proportions.

By Victor Tangermann

Sony claims its new wearable air conditioner, the Reon Pocket, can drop your body's surface temperature by 23 degrees Fahrenheit.
Robots and Machines

Sony Unveils Wearable Air Conditioner That Sits in a Shirt Pocket

It can reportedly drop your body's surface temp by 23°F.

By Kristin Houser

Chinese vlogger "Your Highness Qiao Biluo" was ousted to be a 58-year-old woman with a different appearance when her face filtering software glitched.
Future Society

Youthful Vlogger’s Face Filter Fails, Exposing Her as 58-Year-Old

Is it okay to use tech to make yourself look young?

By Victor Tangermann