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A lawyer argues that we should set up international agreements that would let us nuke an incoming asteroid before it's too late.
Off-World

Lawyer: Make a Rule Saying We Can Nuke Apocalyptic Asteroids

When it comes to extinction, an expert argues that political niceties should come second.

By Dan Robitzski

Lyft's Grocery Access Program offers people living in food deserts with discounted rides to grocery stores, giving them healthier food options.
Future Society

Lyft Expands Program to Help Families Get Healthy Groceries

The program is helping Americans overcome the barrier to nutritious food.

By Kristin Houser

Japan's asteroid bomb created a crater much larger than expected, leading scientists to wonder if there's something they don't know about the asteroid.
Science & Energy

New Image Shows Aftermath of Japan’s Asteroid Bomb

It turns out, the projectile packed more of a punch than anticipated.

By Kristin Houser

DARPA announced plans to invest in space-traveling droids that could repair high-altitude satellites, which would drive down the cost of new satellites.
Off-World

The Pentagon Wants to Build Satellite-Repairing Droids

Right now, high-altitude satellites have expensive redundancies in case something breaks.

By Dan Robitzski

Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is an actor who campaigned entirely online, using YouTube and Instagram to connect with voters.
Future Society

The New President of Ukraine Only Campaigned Online

He never once appeared in person for interviews, rallies, or speeches — but he was big on YouTube and Instagram.

By Kristin Houser

A new app built by Princeton researchers can monitor your smart speaker and other IoT devices to track how much of your info they're sending out.
Robots and Machines

New App Tells You When Your Smart Speaker Is Spying On You

"Our smart devices are watching us. It's time for us to watch them."

By Dan Robitzski

Some "podestrians," as they call themselves, are getting the logo of a local pod-housing network tattooed on their bodies.
Future Society

People Love Living in Pods So Much They’re Getting Neck Tattoos About It

These folks love living in a pod so much that they're getting neck tattoos of the pod company's logo.

By Victor Tangermann

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests
Neuroscience and Brain

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests

As players navigate virtual seas, the app determines whether they're at risk for dementia.

By Natalie Coleman

Surgeons just used the first autonomous surgery robot, a self-guiding catheter that could navigate its way through a pig's heart.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Surgeons Just Sent a Tiny, Autonomous Bot Into a Heart Valve

Surgeons just used the first-ever autonomous surgery robot in an experimental operation on a pig.

By Dan Robitzski

China is considering a law that would make deepfakes illegal, a move that shows the world power is taking the threat the videos pose very seriously.
Artificial Intelligence

China Wants to Make Deepfakes Illegal

It's concerned the videos could threaten national security.

By Kristin Houser

A cat named Pikachu, who died and was cremated in January, will be the first cat to have its ashes launched out into space.
Off-World

A Dead Cat Named Pikachu Is Getting Launched Into Space

You made it, little buddy.

By Dan Robitzski

Plant-based meat startup Beyond Meat plans to launch an IPO next month, at the ambitious total valuation of $1.2 billion.
Future Society

Fake Meat Startup Beyond Meat Says It’s Worth More Than $1 Billion

The company plans to launch an IPO in May.

By Dan Robitzski

A new brain-computer interface device can translate the neural signals controlling someone's vocal tract into full sentences of audible speech.
Health & Medicine

Amazing Device Turns Thoughts Into Audible Sentences

It's far from perfect, but it's an important step.

By Dan Robitzski

During a Reddit AMA, science communicator and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku said he expects we'll discover the theory of everything by the year 2100.
Science & Energy

Michio Kaku Thinks We’ll Prove The “Theory of Everything” by 2100

That wasn't his only exciting prediction for the 21st century, either.

By Kristin Houser

Gianluca Vacchi is suing E*Trade because he believes the company created a "clone" of his persona to use in a 2017 commercial.
Future Society

Lawsuit Claims Advertiser Created “Clone” of Instagram Influencer

The Italian millionaire isn't happy about having his persona allegedly stolen.

By Kristin Houser

Several Lime scooters had to be pulled off the streets of Brisbane after hackers made them play sexually explicit audio recordings.
Advanced Transport

Hackers Are Reprogramming Lime Scooters to Make Sexual Comments

Jokes aside, this points to serious vulnerabilities in electric scooters.

By Dan Robitzski

Casinos all across the globe are starting to use facial recognition systems to improve their ability to keep self-identified problem gamblers away.
Facial recognition

Casinos Are Using Facial Recognition to Keep Banned Gamblers Away

One system even caught a man wearing a disguise not once, but twice.

By Kristin Houser

A hacker recently took control of over 27,000 drivers' accounts in apps that can monitor — and remotely disable — their car.
Robots and Machines

A Hacker Says He Can Kill Your Car’s Engine While You’re Driving

He targeted two apps that companies use to monitor their fleets of vehicles.

By Dan Robitzski

Two top execs at a major pharmaceutical distributor have been criminally charged for unlawfully distributing the drugs fueling the opioid crisis.
Health & Medicine

First Drug Execs Charged for Role In Opioid Epidemic

"Today's charges should send shock waves throughout the pharmaceutical industry."

By Kristin Houser

On Wednesday, the head of China's National Space Administration announced that China plans to construct a research station on the Moon within ten years.
Moon

China Says It’ll Have a Moon Base in Ten Years

China is stepping up its space exploration game in major ways.

By Dan Robitzski