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Researchers have created an AI they claim is able to accurately predict the type and location of a tennis player's next shot.
Artificial Intelligence

Ball-Tracking AI Can Predict Your Tennis Opponent’s Next Shot

It could help players get inside an opponent's mind before they ever step onto the court.

By Kristin Houser

For the past three decades, NASA and Russia's Roscosmos have operated as equals. But now it seems that NASA may have outgrown its Russian counterpart.
Off-World

Russia and America’s Long Space Partnership Could Soon Fall Apart

Russian and American space leaders are butting heads.

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon's in-house design firm came up with a vest that protects its warehouse workers from robots by making them slow down.
Robotics

Amazon Built Vests to Protect Warehouse Workers From Its Robots

Don't take off the vest!

By Victor Tangermann

Report: There’s a Critical Flaw in Russia’s New Heavy Lift Rocket
Space

Report: There’s a Critical Flaw in Russia’s New Heavy Lift Rocket

But the rocket manufacturer claims it eliminated the problem.

By Victor Tangermann

Chin is facing a "precipitous" population decline that leaders fear could lead to economic catastrophe for the rising world power.
Future Society

China Is Facing A “Precipitous” Population Decline

China's one-child policy worked too well.

By Jon Christian

A group of 45 economic experts believes the U.S. should create a carbon tax and give the revenue to Americans via a yearly rebate.
Climate Change

Top Economists: U.S. Should Tax Carbon and Give Citizens the Money

"Among economists, this is not controversial."

By Kristin Houser

New documents show that the U.S. secretly funded research ranging from UFOs to a "warp drive," "extra dimensions," and "traversable wormholes."
Off-World

The U.S. Secretly Funded Research on UFOs, Wormholes, and Warp Drives

Documents show that the military has investigated a lot of fringe science.

By Jon Christian

Newly announced Tesla layoffs will see 7 percent of the company's full-time staff losing their jobs — yet another sign that 2019 is all about streamlining.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Is Laying off 7 Percent of Its Staff

The road ahead will be "very difficult" for those who remain, Musk said.

By Kristin Houser

A system combining motion-tracking sensors and AI was able to detect anxiety and depression in children with 81 percent accuracy.
Health & Medicine

A Wearable Was Better Than Parents at Detecting Anxiety in Kids

It was 81 percent accurate — better than a parental questionnaire.

By Kristin Houser

Tokyo-based company Astro Live Experiences just launched its experimental prototype satellite that it will use to create a fake meteor shower.
Off-World

A Startup Is About to Launch a Satellite Full of Fake Shooting Stars

Get ready for awe-inspiring, combustible space garbage.

By Dan Robitzski

A newly announced Amazon conference, the AI-focused re:MARS, could help the company shake a reputation sullied by Rekognition.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon AI Conference Is Meant to Inspire — and Boost Its Reputation

Re:MARS could help people forget about Rekognition.

By Kristin Houser

Ford revealed today it will release all-electric, and hybrid versions of its best-selling F-series, and Super Duty pickup truck lineup.
Advanced Transport

Ford Is Planning an All-Electric F-150 Pickup Truck

Take that, fossil fuels!

By Victor Tangermann

The world's first lab-grown blood vessels have already yielded one new lead in the hunt for better diabetes treatments and more could be on the way.
Health & Medicine

We Can Now Grow Perfect Human Blood Vessels in a Lab

"Being able to build human blood vessels as organoids from stem cells is a game changer."

By Kristin Houser

Experimental nuclear fusion reactors tend to leak out high-energy particles. New computer simulations may help scientists prevent that loss of energy.
Physics

Scientists Found a New Way to Make Fusion Reactors More Efficient

New simulations show how keep experimental reactors from leaking energy.

By Dan Robitzski

Relativity Space — a 3D-rocket-printing company founded by SpaceX, and Blue Origin alumni — got permission from the Air Force to launch from Cape Canaveral.
Off-World

U.S. Air Force Approves Launch Site for 3D Printed Rocket

Eventually, the company plans to 3D print a rocket on Mars.

By Victor Tangermann

The Tesla referral program granting new buyers six months of free Supercharging will end on February 1, according to Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Is Dropping Its Customer Referral Program

"It’s adding too much cost to the cars, especially Model 3."

By Kristin Houser

Collecting parts to build a functioning quantum computer is so difficult, and expensive, it might slow down development of the technology as a whole.
Computers

Sourcing Parts for Quantum Computers is Near-Impossible Right Now

Amazon doesn't stock this stuff.

By Victor Tangermann

Ambrosia, the controversial startup clinic offering transfusions of young people's blood, has officially opened up shop in five U.S. cities.
Health & Medicine

New Chain of Clinics Will “Fill Your Veins” With Blood of Youths

Brings new meaning to "blood bank."

By Dan Robitzski

California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to expand the state's tax refund for low-income families and start paying it on a monthly basis.
Future Society

California Could Soon Give Low-Income Residents a Monthly Check

But it's not basic income, an expert says.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers spotted an unusual black hole floating through the galaxy. Roughly the size of Jupiter, it's in between the two types of typical black holes.
Black Holes

A Jupiter-Sized Black Hole is Floating Around The Milky Way

The medium-sized black hole is one of just three spotted in our galaxy.

By Dan Robitzski