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A new Tesla safety report reveals an increase in Tesla crashes, but engaging Autopilot cuts the likelihood of a fender bender.
Tesla

Tesla Says Autopilot Is Statistically Safer Than a Human Driver

And Teslas driven by humans are still safer than other cars.

By Kristin Houser

Chinese scientists figured out that they could enhance a monkey's intelligence by introducing a single human gene linked to brain development.
Neuroscience and Brain

Chinese Scientists Gene-Hacked Super Smart Human-Monkey Hybrids

Macaques monkeys with human brain genes are superintelligent compared to their peers.

By Dan Robitzski

Cannabis legalization is picking up steam across the nation. Here are seven ways the future stands to benefit from ending the war on weed.
Future Society

Seven Ways Cannabis Legalization Will Make the Future Better

Everything from the environment to the economy benefits from legal weed.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Just Released the First-Ever Image of a Black Hole
Black Holes

Scientists Just Released the First-Ever Image of a Black Hole

No one has ever directly observed an event horizon before.

By Dan Robitzski

The academic publisher Springer Nature just released a book summarizing lithium-ion battery research that was written by an AI algorithm.
Machine Learning

A Prominent Publisher Used Machine Learning to Write a Textbook

Is this going to be on the test?

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that metallic asteroids may have once been home to volcanoes, as molten metal trapped beneath the surface erupted outward.
Off-World

Explosive Research: Some Asteroids May Have Had Volcanoes

As metallic asteroids crystalized, molten iron at their cores may have exploded out.

By Dan Robitzski

The emissions produced by streaming music far exceed the environmental cost of listening to music via physical mediums, according to a new study.
Science & Energy

Here’s How Streaming Music Is Killing the Planet

People may be paying less for music, but the environment is paying more.

By Kristin Houser

In a new interview, "The Simulation Hypothesis" author and MIT professor Rizwan Virk asserts it's more likely we're living in a simulation than not.
Future Society

MIT Prof: It’s More Likely We’re Living in a Simulation Than Not

"I would say it’s somewhere between 50 and 100 percent."

By Jon Christian

Scientists from Georgia developed a way to convert Martian dirt into fertile soil, and also learned which wine grapes are most likely to survive up there.
Mars

Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out How to Grow Grapes on Mars

Mars needs wine moms.

By Dan Robitzski

A new therapy that involves injecting tumors with two immune stimulants essentially transforms the growths into "cancer vaccine factories."
Cancer

New Therapy Transforms Tumors Into “Cancer Vaccine Factories”

Some treated patients experienced full remission for months or even years.

By Kristin Houser

The agency tasked with guiding China's economic development has suggested the nation ban crypto mining — and the move could have global implications.
Future Society

Chinese Authorities Want to Ban Crypto Mining

The ban could cause a spike in crypto's value.

By Kristin Houser

Chicago is tracking teenagers who are awaiting trial with ankle monitors that can be used to call and record them at any time.
Future Society

Chicago is Making Teens Wear Ankle Monitors That Record Audio

Children awaiting trial could be called or recorded at any time.

By Dan Robitzski

A new quantum computer can hold a superposition of 16 separate possible futures, a feat that scientists think could lead to faster-learning AI
Devices

New Quantum Device Can “Generate All Possible Futures”

They say it could create the next generation of AI.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have used Type 1 CRISPR-Cas3, which "shreds" DNA, in human cells for the first time, giving scientists a powerful new gene-editing tool.
DNA

Researchers Use CRISPR “Shredder” on Human DNA for First Time

It could help researchers discover DNA segments essential to diseases.

By Kristin Houser

Facebook just announced changes to how it handles dead peoples' memorialized accounts. It'll no longer suggest that you invite dead people to events.
Future Society

Facebook Will Stop Suggesting You Invite Dead People to Events

Facebook is gradually becoming a digital graveyard.

By Dan Robitzski

Passerine's drone uses its bird-like legs to jump into the air, overcoming a design flaw that plagues many other fixed-winged aircraft.
Drones

This Drone Takes off by Leaping With Bird-Inspired Legs

This drone launches itself into the air.

By Kristin Houser

A newly unveiled Energizer smartphone supposedly contains "the highest capacity battery ever seen in a smartphone" — but it's also incredibly big.
Robots and Machines

Energizer’s Brick-Like New Phone Has a Battery That Lasts 50 Days

It's reportedly "the highest capacity battery ever seen in a smartphone."

By Kristin Houser

Experts tell CNN they envision a future in which scammers use voice-mimicking technology to make robocalls sound like someone a target knows personally.
Artificial Intelligence

Prepare for Robocall Hell, Where Scam Bots Pretend to Be Your Mom

Future robocallers might sound just like your friends and family.

By Kristin Houser

On Wednesday morning, an international team of scientists will release the first-ever images of black holes. Quite understandably, scientists are pumped.
Black Holes

Here’s Why Everyone’s so Excited About the Black Hole Image

A "planet-sized" telescope is about to release first-of-their-kind images.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. military recently invited some members of the press to test a prototype of IVAS, its advanced night-vision goggles with augmented reality features.
Military

The Military is Developing Augmented Reality Night Vision Goggles

"No other piece of equipment has had this kind of impact since the introduction of night vision."

By Dan Robitzski