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Self-Driving Vehicles

An Autonomous Car Learned How to Drive IRL Inside a Simulation

That's a lot safer than testing it on real world streets.

Space

Did Virgin Galactic’s Spaceplane Reach Space? Depends Who You Ask

There's no one line where space begins.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Wanders Tesla Factory, Firing Workers in Wild Mood Swings

"Everyone in Tesla is in an abusive relationship with Elon."

Health & Medicine

Bluetooth Smart Pill Pairs With Your Phone From Inside Your Stomach

It can release drugs and even monitor body temperature.

Robotics

Russian TV Tried to Pass a Man in a Suit off as A High Tech Robot

“I know mathematics well but I also want to learn to draw,” it said in an oddly human tone.

Science & Energy

Beautiful New Images Show Clouds of Dust Forming Into Planets

These protoplanetary disks are wallpaper-worthy.

Neuroscience and Brain

Stimulating Muscles With Light Could Soon Treat Paralysis

Using optogenetics, researchers could precisely steer a mouse's leg muscles.

Moon

China’s Moon Lander Just Entered Lunar Orbit

It's expected to land in early 2019.

Drones

Bionic Bees With Electronic Backpacks Could Replace Farm Drones

These bees can collect data for 7 hours at a time.

Robots and Machines

CAPTCHAs Are Dead, And Neural Networks Killed Them

Long live reCAPTCHAs.

Off-World

Virgin Galactic Is Going to Space. Depending on Your Definition of Space.

Where does Earth's atmosphere end and outer space begin?

International Space Station

Cosmonauts Hacked Away at the ISS in Search of Sabotage Evidence

It took hours before they could finally see the hole at the center of the controversy.

Future Society

India’s Government Blames Facebook’s WhatsApp for Mob Violence

Fearmongering rumors spread across the app, and Facebook did little to step in.

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.

Self-Driving Vehicles

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

A Waymo's safety driver was threatened at gunpoint.

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.