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Future Society

People Are Refusing to Use Self-Checkout Because It’ll “Kill Jobs”

"Machines don't pay taxes, they don't pay into the pension plan."

Science & Energy

A New Battery Could Store Ten Times the Power as Lithium-Ion

Caltech, NASA, and Honda teamed up to develop an extraordinary new battery.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk on Tesla’s Manufacturing Woes: “It Was Life or Death”

Musk said he doesn't care if Tesla folds — as long as the electric car succeeds.

Health & Medicine

Repurposed Wasp Venom Could Lead to New Antibiotic Drugs

Wasps could aid us in fighting new strains of bacteria.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo’s Self-Driving Taxi Service Signals Rough Roads Ahead for AVs

Fully autonomous cars are still slow out of the gate.

Mars

A World First: Listen to the Sounds of Mars

It's windy up there.

Health & Medicine

Experts: Stem Cells and Robots Will Replace Many Invasive Surgeries

The HPV vaccine, for instance, may prevent thousands of cancer-removing operations.

Advanced Transport

Aston Martin is Relaunching Some of Its Vintage Cars As EVs

The British car maker's latest program is a dream come true.

Moon

China Launches First-Ever Lander Headed to Far Side of Moon

Destination: a massive crater.

Drones

Rich People are Protecting Their Homes With Surveillance Drones

The buzz of an autonomous drone is the new barking dog.

Science & Energy

When An Earthquake Strikes, Crawl Inside This Egg-Shaped Safety Pod

Just hop inside, and don't forget to close the door behind you.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Boring Company to Launch “Road Legal” Autonomous Cars

Now this is pod racing!

Robotics

Scientists Want to Teach Robots to Know When to Trust Humans

Game theory research attempts to build a framework for human-robot trust.

Health & Medicine

UK Researchers Just Finished Sequencing 100,000 Human Genomes

And their next goal will smash that last one.

Mars

Four Legal Challenges to Resolve Before Settling on Mars

No, Elon Musk's suggested direct democracy won't solve them.

Science & Energy

Luxembourg Just Made Public Transportation Free for Everyone

The initiative could decrease traffic while helping the environment.

Off-World

The Most Powerful Ion Drive Ever is About to Blast a Spacecraft to Mercury

But it will still take seven years to get there.

Computers

MIT Scientists Used a Biological Virus to Make Faster Computers

By putting the viruses to work, we can manufacture certain computer parts without melting them in the process.

Future Society

Australia Wants to Force Tech Companies to Decrypt User Messages

Its anti-encryption bill could erode internet users' privacy.

Artificial Intelligence

An Amazon Warehouse Robot Sprayed 24 Workers With Bear Repellent

The rogue bot sent 24 workers to the hospital.