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Through the IAU100 NameExoWorlds competition, every country on Earth has the opportunity to name an exoplanet and its host star.
Science & Energy

Here’s Your Chance to Name an Exoplanet and Its Star

Sorry, but Planety McPlanetface won't make the cut.

By Kristin Houser

NASA recently spotted a brand new crater on the surface of Mars. The impact left a massive blue smudge that scientists think might be caused by exposed ice.
Mars

NASA Discovers Brand-New Crater on Mars

The Red Planet got nailed sometime in the last three years.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists have come up with a new way to minimize muscle loss for space travelers: testosterone plus plenty of exercise.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Want to Jack Astronauts Up On Steroids

The idea is to minimize muscle loss while traveling in space.

By Victor Tangermann

A new Comcast feature pairs with eye-tracking systems to allow customers to use their eyes like they would a remote control.
Future Society

TV Viewers Can Now Change the Channel With Just Their Eyes

Put down the remote.

By Kristin Houser

A series of AI algorithms and neural nets turned Doom Guy's classic pixelated mug into an HD, nearly-photorealistic portrait.
Artificial Intelligence

Someone Used a Neural Network to Draw Doom Guy in High-Res

A series of algorithms turned the famous pixelated face into an HD portrait.

By Dan Robitzski

A sleeping Tesla driver let Autopilot take the wheel for 30 miles on one of the busiest freeways in the U.S. — and his snooze appears deliberate.
Sleep

“Fully Sleeping” Tesla Driver Cruises 30 Miles on Autopilot

He used a device designed to trick Autopilot into thinking he was awake.

By Kristin Houser

The European Space Agency just placed a piece of satellite in an extremely hot plasma wind tunnel to melt it into a ball of liquid metal.
Off-World

Watch a Satellite Piece Melt Into a Puddle of Metal

Can satellites survive reentry into Earth's atmosphere?

By Victor Tangermann

As global temperatures rise, the Arctic is melting away, releasing more greenhouse gases and revealing previously-frozen nuclear waste and diseases.
Nuclear Fusion

The Melting Arctic Is Releasing Poison, Disease and Nuclear Waste

As the melting ice exposes frozen bones, it also releases greenhouse gases, toxins, and ancient diseases.

By Dan Robitzski

A parody robot video imagines what might happen if a powerful bot decided to take revenge on the engineers testing its "robustness."
Boston Dynamics

Watch a Robot Take Revenge in Brutal Boston Dynamics Parody

Engineers might want to rethink how they test the "robustness" of their robots.

By Kristin Houser

Samsung tweeted a warning reminding TV owners to "prevent malicious software attacks on your TV by scanning for viruses on your TV every few weeks."
Internet Of Things

Samsung: Scan Your Smart TV for Viruses Every Week or Else

Are smart TVs really a security risk?

By Victor Tangermann

Security experts detect trillions of attempted hacks every day, many of which target political systems and elections using cheap, readily-available tools.
Science & Energy

Hackers Are Threatening Elections Around the World

The "scale is almost hard to imagine."

By Dan Robitzski

Former "Mythbusters" co-host Adam Savage just showed off an incredible-looking, 3D-printed titanium Iron Man suit — and yes, it can fly.
Robots and Machines

Watch “MythBusters” Host Adam Savage Fly a Titanium Iron Man Suit

If Tony Stark was real and he wanted to build an Iron Man suit, "this is precisely how he would do it."

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers from Xenotime, which previously took down a Saudi oil plant, are now attempting to breach American power plants with their malware Triton.
Hacking

Hackers Have Spent Months Trying to Breach America’s Power Plants

Xenotime has been probing U.S. utilities for cybersecurity weaknesses.

By Dan Robitzski

A patient who received a fecal transplant died after the procedure — prompting the FDA to put a halt to a number of fecal transplant trials.
Health & Medicine

FDA Halts Fecal Transplant Trials After Patient Dies

The donated stool contained E. coli bacteria.

By Kristin Houser

NVIDIA researchers have released an online demo for GauGAN, an AI-powered app that transforms crudely drawn images into photorealistic landscapes.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazing Site Uses AI to Turn Your Scribbles into Lovely Landscapes

Ready to channel your inner Bob Ross? Check out this site.

By Kristin Houser

The ACLU published a new report warning about the rise of AI-driven surveillance systems, which could strip away our privacy and cause overpolicing.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Aided Video Surveillance Will Watch and Silently Judge Us

AI may make video surveillance even more frightening.

By Dan Robitzski

In an apparent dig at Elon Musk, scientists from Russia sent a tiny toy car with a cutout of Roscosmos' Dmitry Rogozin in the driver's seat into space.
Off-World

To Mock Elon Musk, Russia Just Launched a Toy Car Into Space

And they put a cutout of Roscosmos' director-general in the driver's seat.

By Kristin Houser

During a closed-doors audience at the Vatican, the Pope told oil executives that we need to find an energy solution that doesn't sacrifice the environment.
Energy

Pope to Oil Execs: “Energy Use Must Not Destroy Civilization”

We need to avoid "perpetrating a brutal act of injustice" against future generations.

By Victor Tangermann

A semi-autonomous robot can go in and dismantle decommissioned nuclear reactors, handling some of the tricker tasks on its own.
Robotics

New Robots Can Safely Decommission Nuclear Reactors

Chernobyl cleanup would have gone much more smoothly with this robot.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers believe a past galactic collision with Antlia 2 is to blame for large ripples in the Milky Way's outer hydrogen gas disc.
Science & Energy

We Live in the Wreckage of an Epic Galactic Collision, Says Study

And it could help us solve the mystery of dark matter.

By Kristin Houser