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General Motors just launched a contest asking the public to name its newly unveiled eBikes, which it claims will go on sale in 2019.
Science & Energy

Start racking your brain now.

By Kristin Houser

A new AI agent taught itself, using reinforcement learning, how to get dressed in the morning. The results could make animation much easier on artists.
Artificial Intelligence

Somehow, this self-dressing algorithm is all of us getting up in the morning.

By Dan Robitzski

More Robots Means Fewer Seasonal Workers for Amazon This Holiday
Artificial Intelligence

It's not a complete robot takeover. Yet.

By Victor Tangermann

As of November 1, doctors across the U.S. are free to prescribe Epidiolex, a cannabis-derived drug, to epilepsy patients.
Health & Medicine

A rare form of childhood epilepsy may finally meet its match.

By Kristin Houser

A giant space laser, built with mostly-existing technology, could serve as a homing beacon for any aliens that might be out there.
Exobiology

And hey, it might work within “decades to centuries!”

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk shared a video walkthrough of the Boring Company's test tunnel in Hawthorne, CA, which will open on December 10.
Advanced Transport

It's "disturbingly long," says CEO Elon Musk.

By Kristin Houser

Jaguar Land Rover is working on a system to prevent riders in autonomous vehicles (AVs) from experiencing motion sickness.
Advanced Transport

It claims it can reduce the effects of car sickness by 60 percent.

By Kristin Houser

The future of architecture could be knitted concrete, a technique in which a textile serves as the basis for a concrete structure.
Science & Energy

Textiles could give builders materials with previously unattainable levels of flexibility.

By Kristin Houser

A new machine learning algorithm built by 20th Century Fox can compare movie trailers and predict which films will appeal to an audience.
Machine Learning

The algorithm assumes people will like movies with similar trailers.

By Dan Robitzski

The military and government labs are building new navigation and steering devices that use quantum physics and Earth's magnetic field.
Advanced Transport

Quantum devices could keep you safe from GPS hackers.

By Dan Robitzski

A US warship just succesfully intercepted a dummy nuclear missile with another missile for the second time. But will it actually prevent disaster?
Nuclear Fusion

It's like shooting a bullet out of the sky with another bullet.

By Victor Tangermann

Cryptocurrency millionaire Jeffrey Berns is building a blockchain city in the Nevada desert surrounding Tesla's Gigafactory.
Blockchain

And he's buying up the land around Tesla's Gigafactory.

By Kristin Houser

Palau will ban all coral reef-damaging sunscreens by 2020. It's a small but important drop in the bucket if we want to stop bleaching.
Environment

It's like the plastic straw ban all over again.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers find clear evidence of a link between the radio waves emitted by certain cell phones and cancer in male rats.
Cancer

We now have "clear evidence" of a link between cancer and cell phones. Sort of.

By Kristin Houser

A recent phase II clinical trial showed evidence that MDMA treatment, in addition to psychotherapy, might be able to help people with PTSD.
Health & Medicine

But there’s still a long way to go before the FDA approves it.

By Dan Robitzski

Musk: Tesla Pickup Truck Will Be Straight Out of “Blade Runner”
Tesla

And he's very, very excited about it.

By Victor Tangermann

New AI Thinks Like a Scientist to Explain the Physics of Virtual Worlds
Physics

The algorithm is the first to simplify what it learns into theories.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers discover that one area of the Red Planet was likely once home to dozens of Martian lakes, giving us a clue in the hunt for evidence of life.
Mars

Researchers identified 33 spots where lakes likely existed.

By Kristin Houser

A recent poll, admittedly one with little scientific rigor, found that many people in tech sector think their companies are doing beneficial work.
Future Society

A new survey found some tech workers aren't sure what it's all for.

By Dan Robitzski

Cornell researchers created a shape-shifting robot that knows when it should reconfigure itself to complete various tasks.
Robotics

It reshapes itself as needed.

By Kristin Houser