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Researchers from Yale University have found a way to make 3D printing metal far easier, potentially opening up the material to consumer use.
3D Printing

A mechanic could 3D print the part needed to fix your car while you wait at the shop.

By Kristin Houser

A year after cleaving from the Antarctic ice shelf, iceberg A68 is now on the move, exposing a long-undisturbed underwater ecosystem.
Science & Energy

This underwater ecosystem has remained undisturbed for millennia.

By Kristin Houser

A New AI “Journalist” Is Rewriting the News to Remove Bias
Artificial Intelligence

Spin-free news is now at our fingertips. But will we click on it?

By Kristin Houser

In Europe, Scientists Need to Share Their Research for Free if They Want Government Funding
Science & Energy

This new rule could make open access more popular worldwide.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Wants to Mine Data From the (Literal) Stars
Artificial Intelligence

The tools developed for this project could benefit non-astronomers, too.

By Kristin Houser

This Is the Weirdest Aircraft You’ve Ever Seen, and It Just Broke an Important Record
Advanced Transport

And it did so without any help from an engine.

By Kristin Houser

Though still unconfirmed, it is likely that the mysterious symptoms of people at the U.S. Embassies in Cuba and China were caused by microwave weaponry.
Robots and Machines

Here's what they are and how they work.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army is working on a system in which a ground-based laser shoots a military drone mid-flight in order to power it.
Drones

The U.S. Army thinks it's found a way to power drones mid-flight.

By Kristin Houser

Someone Drilled a Hole in the ISS. Was It A Mistake Or Sabotage?
Off-World

The director of the Russian space authority noted there was evidence of "several attempts at drilling" with a "wavering hand."

By Sarah Marquart

The human driver of the other car was to blame for a recent Apple AV accident, the first to involved one of the tech company's autonomous vehicles.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Once again, humans are the thing that's making autonomous vehicles unsafe.

By Kristin Houser

Based on data from two ground-based telescopes, researchers believe there's water on Jupiter, perhaps far more than on Earth.
Science & Energy

Turns out Jupiter might be a strong contender for hosting life elsewhere in our solar system.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers discover a promising new compound in the hunt for a new antibiotic, and it's something we could synthesize ourselves.
Health & Medicine

It's a fungus, and it could be a critical tool to help us address a global crisis.

By Kristin Houser

A new kind of artificial intelligence is able to recognize and remember objects in a way that's a lot more like humans and a lot less like algorithms.
Artificial Intelligence

A new AI system can recognize a cactus in a desert and a cactus in an office. That's actually a really big deal.

By Dan Robitzski

This Autonomous Drone Is Ready to Defend the Great Barrier Reef From Predators
Drones

Rangerbot is the new hero of the reef.

By Kristin Houser

Are Pig Organs Safe to Transplant Into Humans? Now We Have A Way To Find Out.
Health & Medicine

We can now test pig organs for 30 infectious agents.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from the University of Minnesota created a bionic eye prototype that marks an important step forward toward the creation of usable devices.
Prosthetics and Devices

It could also improve the vision of people who can see.

By Kristin Houser

NASA released a video illustrating the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to abrupt thawing in the Arctic.
Climate Change

The lakes are thawing the arctic way faster than we expected.

By Kristin Houser

Future Society

Yes, the future is female.

By Futurism Creative

CBD can help normalize the activity of brain regions associated with psychosis, according to new research out of King's College London.
Health & Medicine

It helps "normalize" their brain activity.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created an AI that can predict the location of earthquake aftershocks far more accurately than the best available model.
Google

Its predictions are far more accurate than the best available model.

By Kristin Houser