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Based on a new video, Boston Dynamics's SpotMini dog-like robot may be gearing up for a career as a construction site supervisor.
Boston Dynamics

Construction workers: Meet your next supervisor.

Disrupting the Reaper: Tech Titans’ Quest for Immortality Rages Forward
Future Society

Silicon Valley's war on death continues—as does the uncomfortable, spreading psychology of those rich enough to fight it.

This Weird Robot Has 32 Legs and Is Shaped Like a Lumpy Sphere
Robotics

One day, it could help us explore foreign planets.

To Feed a Hungry Planet, We’re All Going to Need to Eat Less Meat
Climate Change

Consumer choice won't be enough. Governments will need to step in.

Just two percent of adults would have to upload their DNA to genealogy sites before you could use a DNA sample to find a relative of virtually anyone.
Health & Medicine

Welcome to the genetic panopticon.

This Week in Science: Oct 6 – Oct 12
Climate Change

Climate catastrophes, saving the bees, germ banks, and more

This Week in Tech: Oct 6 – Oct 12
Space

Autonomous vehicles, crypto scams, space capsule builders, and more

Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families
Virtual Reality

It's the next best thing to actually visiting home.

In a newly released video, you can watch Boston Dynamics's humanoid robot Atlas parkour its way across a makeshift obstacle course.
Boston Dynamics

It leaps over logs and scales wooden platforms.

Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons
Military

We're really hoping the nuclear codes are more sophisticated than “password123.”

A robot named Pepper will appear in front of the UK Parliament next week. Nobody, including the lawmakers who arranged the interview, seem to know why.
Robotics

But it's kinda unclear why.

A pair of new cryptocurrency reports asserts that the asset class is still very risky for investors, but not much of a threat to the world economy.
Cryptocurrency

Experts: Invest at your own risk.

Glimpse: Man’s Best Friend, Forever? We May Love Robot Dogs As Much As the Real Thing
Robot Dogs

Sit, rollover, calculate Pi to the 90th digit.

Chinese researchers have found a way to create healthy mice pups using only genetic material from two moms — no dads required.
Science & Energy

We can now breed healthy mice from pairs of same-sex parents.

Op-Ed: Lego-Like Customization Will Give Us Autonomous Vehicles We Never Imagined
Self-Driving Vehicles

The energy and imagination of the DIY community, but for AVs.

Amazon Built an AI to Evaluate Job Applicants. One Problem: It Seemed Sexist.
Artificial Intelligence

If we're not careful, data from our biased world results in biased AIs.

A team of European researchers is exploring how internet usage affects mental health, marking the first international effort to do so.
Mental Health

We're about to explore the web's dark side.

Lockheed Martin engineers are using Microsoft's HoloLens to speed up construction of NASA's next space capsule by showing technicians the next step.
NASA

The same tech could eventually make spacecraft repairs easier for astronauts.

SpaceShipTwo
Off-World

The company is one step closer to taking private passengers into space.

Tesla bragged about getting the highest safety ratings in the history of cars. Now the government says that's not exactly how it works.
Tesla

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn’t give extra credit.