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Robotics

Walmart Is Testing a Robot to Replace Its Fry Cooks

The retailer wants to automate how its delis fry foods.

Tesla

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

The future of garbage is electric.

Future Society

For News, Americans Now Officially Prefer Social Media to Newspapers

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

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.

Energy

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

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

International Space Station

Russians Search Exterior of ISS For Signs of Sabotage on Spacewalk

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

Off-World

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

In space, there's no emergency room.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Whistleblower: Uber Could Have Prevented Self-Driving Fatality

Uber execs reportedly ignored his emailed warnings.

Food

How a Billion Cockroaches Are Helping China Process Food Waste

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

Dark Matter

Two Nearly-Identical Dark Matter Studies Have Conflicting Results

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

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.

SpaceX

How a SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivered Christmas Dinner to the ISS

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

NASA

A NASA Probe Just Found Evidence of Water on a Distant Asteroid

"This is a great surprise."

Elon Musk

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s “Epic Rap Battle,” Explained

Who won? Who's next?

Brain

New Research: Screen Time Is Literally Changing Children’s Brains

But we don't know if that's a bad thing yet.

Science & Energy

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space

It's now 11 billion miles from Earth.

Energy

This Island Nation is Getting Power From Sugarcane Instead of Oil

They're using waste carbon to make soft drinks.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk: “I Do Not Respect the SEC”

Musk has had enough.

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.