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Building telescopes and other things in space, rather than on Earth, would vastly improve our ability to watch and explore the cosmos.
Exobiology

The Search for Aliens May Depend on In-Space Assembly

Building everything on Earth will vastly limit how much we can explore.

New researcher cracked the unholy code of generating full-body deepfakes. Now with just a short sample video, an AI system can simulate brand new movements.
Artificial Intelligence

These Full-Body Deepfakes are Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen

The simulations are still clearly fake, but better versions are on the way.

People Are Road Raging At Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars
Self-Driving Vehicles

People Are Road Raging At Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars

A Waymo's safety driver was threatened at gunpoint.

Walmart is currently testing the ability of Flippy, a kitchen assistant robot, to automate the process of frying food in its delis.
Robotics

Walmart Is Testing a Robot to Replace Its Fry Cooks

The retailer wants to automate how its delis fry foods.

Volvo's new electric truck is about to deploy on the streets of Hamburg, Germany. And they could beat Tesla's semi to the punch.
Tesla

Volvo’s Electric Garbage Truck Is Its Answer to Tesla’s Big Rig

The future of garbage is electric.

According to the Pew Research Center, more Americans now get their news from social media than do from traditional printed newspapers.
Future Society

For News, Americans Now Officially Prefer Social Media to Newspapers

Or at least this is the first time they're admitting it.

Researchers have discovered that the Earth's underground ecosystem is massive, roughly twice as big as all the world's oceans combined.
Science & Energy

Massive Underground Ecosystem Could Help Us Find Alien Life

We might want to look down before we look up.

In a hearing in front of a House Committee, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google had "no plans" to launch a search product in China.
Future Society

Google CEO: “No Plans” To Launch Censored Chinese Search Engine

But project Dragonfly is very real.

Replacing Nuclear With Renewables Would Save France $44.5 Billion
Nuclear Fusion

Replacing Nuclear With Renewables Would Save France $44.5 Billion

Gradually decommissioning old nuclear plants would get France to 95 percent renewable energy by 2060.

A White-Hot Molten Silicon “Sun” Could Power 100,000 Homes
Energy

A White-Hot Molten Silicon “Sun” Could Power 100,000 Homes

Excess electricity from solar panels heats a vat of molten silicon.

During a spacewalk, two Russian astronauts will examine a hole in the side of the ISS's Soyuz capsule in an attempt to figure out if was a work of sabotage.
International Space Station

Russians Search Exterior of ISS For Signs of Sabotage on Spacewalk

Russia still isn't convinced that hole was made accidentally.

Experts in the 3D bioprinting and regenerative health field got together to come up with ways space agencies could use the technology to treat astronauts.
Off-World

To Heal Injured Astronauts, Experts Want to 3D Print “Skin, Bone and Body Parts”

In space, there's no emergency room.

Samsung Is Reportedly Helping Tesla With Self-Driving Car Tech
Self-Driving Vehicles

Samsung Is Reportedly Helping Tesla With Self-Driving Car Tech

But the South Korean tech giant is keeping it on the down-low.

An employee sent an email to Uber execs warning about issues with the company's autonomous cars days before a self-driving fatality.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Whistleblower: Uber Could Have Prevented Self-Driving Fatality

Uber execs reportedly ignored his emailed warnings.

A plant in the Chinese city of Jinan is feeding food waste to cockroaches, which then become food for pigs and other livestock.
Food

How a Billion Cockroaches Are Helping China Process Food Waste

A billion bugs eat 55 tons of kitchen waste — every day.

A new dark matter detection study, COSINE-100, may debunk another experiment that claimed to have spotted dark matter. But the two had some key differences.
Dark Matter

Two Nearly-Identical Dark Matter Studies Have Conflicting Results

New research is a "nail in the coffin" for controversial findings.

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery
Cancer

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

The gel reactivated the immune systems of mice who had tumors left in their bodies.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule just brought the ISS Christmas dinner, a feast consisting of turkey and all the fixings, plus cookies to decorate.
SpaceX

How a SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivered Christmas Dinner to the ISS

The astronauts will enjoy a turkey dinner with all the fixings.

California Is Installing Chargers for a Type of Electric Car That Doesn’t Exist Yet
Advanced Transport

California Is Installing Chargers for a Type of Electric Car That Doesn’t Exist Yet

The first vehicles that will use them are still two years out.

If governments don't take swift action against climate change, the global economy could be headed for a crisis, according to investors.
Climate Change

Climate Change May Trigger an Economic Crisis. We Could Prevent It.

Today's "zombie-like" response could lead to financial catastrophe.