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Airbnb has not been consistent with how it treats hosts using hidden cameras to record guests, sometimes responding in ways that threaten guests' safety.
Future Society

Airbnb Hosts Are Spying on Guests With Hidden Cameras

And the platform’s botched handling of the issue puts guests in harm’s way.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists say they've devised antibodies that block a specific gene related to brain aging — causing old mice to regain lost cognitive abilities.
Treatments

“The Mice Became Smarter”: New Treatment Restores Aging Brains

A new antibody treatment allows old mice to regain the cognitive abilities of young ones.

By Jon Christian

For the first time, scientists used CRISPR to gene-edit lizards, uncovering techniques that could lead to new medical treatments for humans.
Biology

Scientists Gene-Hacked Lizards to Make Them Albino

These mutant lizards are the first time in history that reptiles have been gene-edited.

By Dan Robitzski

The proposal to build the Tulip tower has secured the approval of the City of London Planning and Transportation Committee.
Future Society

See the Bizarre Glass “Tulip” Set to Transform London’s Skyline

The Tulip could bloom over London as soon as 2025.

By Kristin Houser

A new drug, currently in development, could eventually give rise to safe and effective birth control for both men and women.
Health & Medicine

New Birth Control Drug Would Work for Men and Women

"These male options stand to be a game-changer."

By Dan Robitzski

"Tesla still seems unwilling to exercise any meaningful control over the conduct of its CEO."
Elon Musk

What Elon Musk’s SEC Hearing Could Mean for Tesla’s Future

Elon Musk's war with the SEC, explained.

By Kristin Houser

Participants in Finland's basic income experiment reported more trust in other people, politicians, political parties, courts, and the police.
Universal Basic Income

Basic Income Made Finland’s Citizens Trust Police More

Basic income could not only help individuals thrive, but society as well.

By Kristin Houser

A new HIV immunotherapy developed by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh not only kicks latent HIV cells out of hiding, but also kills them.
Viruses

First-of-Its-Kind HIV Therapy Draws out the Virus, Then Kills It

The scientists say it could lead to an incredible breakthrough: an HIV vaccine.

By Kristin Houser

Prince Harry recently spoke to a panel about the dangers of social media and Fortnite, the former of which he says is more addictive than drugs.
Future Society

British Royalty Wants to Ban “Fortnite”

Prince Harry dabs on the Fortniters.

By Dan Robitzski

Following a week of protests over the company's controversial nominations, Google decided to cancel its new ethics board.
Future Society

Google Started an Ethics Board and Then Killed It After Protests

Internal and public outcry convinced Google to pull the plug.

By Dan Robitzski

IBM engineers just figured out how to build AI that can learn from its memories, transferring skills among related tasks instead of starting from scratch.
Artificial Intelligence

IBM’s New AI Does Something Amazing: It Learns From “Memories”

AI systems can now adapt to their changing environments.

By Dan Robitzski

Self-driving cars will disrupt carefully constructed social contracts, claims New York University data journalism professor Meredith Broussard.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Expert: In 50 Years, Self-Driving Cars Will Be “Unthinkable”

"It doesn’t feel safe to imagine riding in a shared driverless vehicle."

By Kristin Houser

The bombing isn't an act of space vandalism. The goal is to blow a 10-meter crater in asteroid in order to see what it looks like on the inside.
Science & Energy

Japan Lobs Bomb to Blow Hole in Asteroid… For Science

Die, asteroid! Die!

By Jon Christian

Thanks to a Google-developed neural network, we now live in the same universe as an audio deepfake of Trump singing Eminem.
Artificial Intelligence

Watch a Neural Network Make Trump Sing Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”

There's vomit on his sweater.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is sending a pair of "robotic bees" to the ISS — a project the space agency is positioning as one of the most advanced experiments in space robotics.
NASA

NASA Is Sending Cute “Robotic Bees” to the Space Station

They look kind of like the "Weighted Companion Cube" from the videogame "Portal."

By Jon Christian

Linus Torvalds, the angry rant-prone creator of Linux, argues that modern social media incentivize terrible behavior online.
Future Society

Linux Creator: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Are “A Disease”

"It's just disgusting."

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have discovered a planetary fragment orbiting a white dwarf, and it could yield new insights into the future of our own solar system.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Fragment of Planet Orbiting Its Dead Star

If Earth ever seems bad, remember this poor planet!

By Kristin Houser

The United Nations plans to help build a prototype of a floating city concept designed to withstand the impact of climate change.
Future Society

See the United Nations’ Floating, Hurricane-Ready City Concept

"Everybody on the team actually wants to get this built. We're not just theorizing."

By Kristin Houser

Scientists at the University of Central Florida say they've figured out how to make pulses of light travel 30 times as fast as usual — or even backward.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say They Can Make Light Travel 30x Faster Than Normal

Do you know how fast you were going?

By Jon Christian

Microsoft is set to close its ebook store. Once it does, every book purchased on the platform will be deleted and refunded.
Future Society

Microsoft is Closing an eBook Store, Deleting All Books You Bought

The news serves as a reminder that people don't own digital media.

By Dan Robitzski