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MIT scientists built a new algorithm for self-piloting "roboats" that let them automatically latch together to form robot barges.
Robotics

Amsterdam Is Paying MIT to Develop Robot Barges For Its Canals

The self-steering boats can form bigger platforms and ferries.

By Dan Robitzski

Circus Roncalli in Germany did away with its live animal shows. Instead, its using holograms to project virtual horses, elephants, and other animals.
Virtual Reality

A German Circus Is Using Amazing Holograms Instead of Animals

Circus Roncalli traded in trained animals for a futuristic light show.

By Dan Robitzski

Robert Downey Jr. Wants to Clean Up Earth With Robots and AI
Climate Change

Robert Downey Jr. Wants to Clean Up Earth With Robots and AI

The "Iron Man" actor wants to save the Earth with nanotechnology.

By Victor Tangermann

A company called GLITCH is selling dresses that were designed by an AI algorithm. It hopes to support more women in science and tech.
Artificial Intelligence

This Startup Is Selling “Little Black Dresses” Designed By AI

Would you wear clothing designed by an algorithm?

By Dan Robitzski

An artist created a neural network and programmed it to generate a human-looking face. She then had the AI forget it, neuron by neuron.
Artificial Intelligence

Watch an AI Die, Neuron by Neuron

The neural network was programmed to create a face — then forget it.

By Kristin Houser

Tesla has been selling its zero-emissions credits to GM and Fiat Chrysler, essentially giving them a pass to continue polluting the environment.
Tesla

GM, Fiat Chrysler Caught Buying “Right to Pollute” From Tesla

Tesla has made nearly $2 billion selling surplus greenhouse gas credits.

By Kristin Houser

Swedish furniture maker IKEA is partnering with American startup Ori to create a line of robotic furniture to help people save space in small apartments.
Robotics

IKEA Wants to Sell You Robotic Furniture for Your Tiny Apartment

The goal is to get people to "create their dream homes in small spaces."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is Launching a GPS System for Space
NASA

NASA is Launching a GPS System for Space

In space, no one can hear you ask for directions.

By Victor Tangermann

U.S. lawmakers proposed an amendment to federal patent law that would let biotech and pharma companies patent human genes.
Future Society

New Law Would Let Corporations Patent Human Genes

If passed, companies could dictate and own all the tests and treatments for genetic conditions.

By Dan Robitzski

Not only are quantum jumps predictable, they can also be reversed, according to a new Yale study that could benefit quantum computing research.
Physics

Scientists Predict Quantum Jumps, Turning Physics on Its Head

Found: Schrödinger’s cat, alive and well.

By Kristin Houser

Deepfakes have become more powerful and accessible, but presidential candidates haven't taken steps to counter computer-generated misinformation.
Artificial Intelligence

Report: 2020 Candidates Are Going to Get Owned by Deepfakes

The candidates don't think it's their job to protect against deepfakes.

By Dan Robitzski

Professor Diana Pasulka sees the growing human belief in aliens as mirroring what happens when a religion begins to take shape.
Off-World

Professor: Belief in Aliens Could Replace Traditional Religion

The number of Americans who believe in intelligent alien life is now about the same as the number who believe in God.

By Kristin Houser

According to Chinese state-owned news media, a team of Chinese scientists developed "injectable cartilage" that can be used to  repair human tissue.
Health & Medicine

New “Injectable Cartilage” Could Revolutionize Plastic Surgery

The team of scientists behind the world's first lab-grown ear have a new trick.

By Victor Tangermann

Democrats in the House of Representatives formally launched an antitrust probe into Silicon Valley to determine whether Facebook and Google are monopolies.
Future Society

Congress Is Deciding Whether to Break Up Facebook, Google

Congress is launching an antitrust probe into Silicon Valley.

By Dan Robitzski

An airline and university are teaming up to develop the Flying-V, a strange new airplane design that puts passenger seats in the plane's wings.
Advanced Transport

New “Flying-V” Plane Puts Passenger Seats in the Wings

An airline is taking a chance on a radical new design.

By Kristin Houser

A new study figured out how young blood seems to revitalize older neurons. Two proteins from newborn mouse blood revitalized lab-grown human neurons.
Health & Medicine

Yeah, Young Blood Transfusions Do Seem to Fight Aging

Proteins found in mouse blood could explain this ghoulish phenomenon.

By Dan Robitzski

A distressing Australian climate change analysis has some pretty bad news: human civilization is set out to collapse by 2050 if we ignore climate change.
Climate Change

New Research: Human Civilization Will Likely Collapse By 2050

We're screwed.

By Victor Tangermann

Russian Tinder users could now having their sexts or explicit pictures turned over to the nation's government upon request.
Future Society

Russia Demands Tinder Turn Over Users’ Sexts, Pics

"Authorities want to control everything that happens online, even dating."

By Kristin Houser

The International Astronomical Union (IAU), an association made up of more than 12,000 members from across the globe, released a statement regarding concerns over SpaceX's new Starlink satellite initiative.
SpaceX

Astronomers Call for Regulation of SpaceX Starlink Satellites

Scientific breakthroughs like the first black hole image could be hindered by constellations like Starlink.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers just got their first complete observation of a star outside of our solar system erupting plasma out into the cosmos.
Off-World

A Star Just Coughed Something Up and Scientists Want to Know Why

A distant stellar eruption launched out two quintillion pounds of plasma.

By Dan Robitzski