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self-driving car company Waymo recently shared a video showing one of its autonomous vehicles being waved through an intersection where the light was out.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving Car Obey Police Hand Signals

Waymo's autonomous vehicles can be waved through a broken traffic light.

By Dan Robitzski

Yerba santa, a plant dubbed the "holy herb" by native California tribes, could have a previously unknown medical use as an Alzheimer's treatment.
Treatments

“Holy Herb” Shows Promise as Alzheimer’s Treatment

A plant native to California could help in the battle against Alzheimer's.

By Kristin Houser

NASA commissioned SpaceX and Boeing to develop shuttles for crewed missions. Upcoming test flights may be delayed as NASA found several safety flaws.
Boeing

NASA Warns SpaceX and Boeing About Safety Flaws in Spacecraft

NASA found several problems with both companies' systems that could delay crewed missions.

By Dan Robitzski

China's state-run media outlet Xinhua adds a female AI news anchor to its news team, and she'll make her professional debut in March.
Artificial Intelligence

China Unveils the World’s First Female AI News Anchor

She'll join a pair of male AIs already delivering the news in China.

By Kristin Houser

During a recent interview with law professor Jonathan Zittrain, Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly insisted against all evidence that Facebook promotes privacy.
Privacy

Mark Zuckerberg Insists That Facebook Promotes Privacy

"Thinking about Facebook as an innovator in privacy is certainly not the mainstream view."

By Dan Robitzski

A new NASA page beams weather data from the space agency's InSight lander, on the Red Planet, straight to your web browser.
NASA

NASA Lander Now Provides Daily Martian Weather Reports

And you can check them out here.

By Jon Christian

NASA and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are working on sending an underwater drone to the deepest points of the Earth's oceans.
Exobiology

NASA’s New Deep-Sea Submarine Could Eventually Look for Aliens

The goal is to explore the "hadal zone," many miles beneath the surface.

By Victor Tangermann

Trump Calls For “6G,” Which Doesn’t Exist
Future Society

Trump Calls For “6G,” Which Doesn’t Exist

Let's focus on actually setting up 5G first.

By Dan Robitzski

The firm that won an international competition to design a robotics museum in Seoul plans to have robots "in charge" of the construction.
Robotics

Robots Are Building a Robotics Museum

The museum's construction will be its first exhibit.

By Kristin Houser

New Research: Bone Marrow Transplants Might Prevent Aging
Health & Medicine

New Research: Bone Marrow Transplants Might Prevent Aging

The brain cells of older mice looked young again.

By Dan Robitzski

The nonprofit Consumer Reports decided to pull its "recommended" rating today, citing new "reliability data" collected from a 2018 survey.
Tesla

Tesla Model 3 Loses Coveted Consumer Reports Recommendation

Model 3 owners are complaining about malfunctioning electrics, rear window cracks, and loose body trim.

By Victor Tangermann

Sean Dorrance Kelly, philosophy professor at Harvard, argues that artificial intelligence can never achieve true human creativity.
Artificial Intelligence

Philosopher: AI Can Never Create True Art

Are we substituting machine creativity for our own?

By Victor Tangermann

A video exposing the prevalence of YouTube pedophiles has caused advertisers to flee the platform, but what can it do to actually address the problem?
Future Society

While Pedophiles Flock to YouTube, Advertisers Flee It

YouTube's algorithms are enabling "soft-core pedophilia." Can the video site correct course?

By Kristin Houser

Just days after release, Nike released a software update for its self-tightening sneaker that ended up crashing the whole system.
Future Society

Software Bug Immediately Crashes Nike’s Self-Lacing Sneakers

"It's pretty sad paying $350.00 for something that doesn’t work properly."

By Dan Robitzski

A New AI Draws Cats, and They’re Utterly Grotesque
Artificial Intelligence

A New AI Draws Cats, and They’re Utterly Grotesque

No cats were harmed in the making of this creepy website.

By Victor Tangermann

The relationship between law enforcement and self-driving cars is still in flux, but some are suggesting we give let police control self-driving cars.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Automakers Could Give Police Control Over Your Self-Driving Car

Police might be able to reroute cars or force them to pull over.

By Kristin Houser

JP Morgan Chase is launching the first ever major U.S. bank approved cryptocurrency called "JPM Coin."
Cryptocurrency

The First Major U.S. Bank Just Launched a Cryptocurrency

A couple of years ago, its CEO called Bitcoin a "fraud."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have finally figured out why Hippocamp, a tiny moon orbiting Neptune, is able to exist despite its close proximity to a much-larger moon.
Science & Energy

Meet Hippocamp, “The Moon That Shouldn’t Be There”

Neptune's tiniest moon was likely once a part of its second biggest.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is currently vetting potential replacements for its iconic Black Hawk helicopter, which is too slow and has too short a range to stay useful.
Advanced Transport

A “Tiltrotor” Helicopter May Replace the Army’s Black Hawk

It borrows the best elements from planes and helicopters.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk recently claimed that Tesla would put fully-autonomous vehicles on the road before year's end. Experts in the field don't buy it.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Expert Roasts Musk: Self-Driving Teslas In a Year Is “Impossible”

Elon Musk says we'll have self-driving Teslas next year. This expert isn't convinced.

By Dan Robitzski