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MoviePass is launching a new app, PreShow, which will force you to watch — actually watch — 20 minutes of ads in exchange for movie tickets.
Future Society

Brutal Startup Is Using Eye Tracking to Force You to Watch Ads

It's basically like "A Clockwork Orange."

By Dan Robitzski

The New York Times reports that both Boeing planes that crashed lacked two optional safety features that Boeing charges extra for.
Advanced Transport

Crashed Boeing 737 Jets Lacked Safety Features That Cost Extra

"Boeing charges for them because it can. But they’re vital for safety."

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Navy says that it's going to outfit a destroyer with a laser system made by military contractor Lockheed Martin.
Military

The U.S. Military is Mounting a Giant Laser Cannon on a Destroyer

The HELIOS system is designed to obliterate drones and small boats.

By Jon Christian

The World Health Organization called for a public registry for all human gene-editing research to prevent any more debacles like that caused by He Jiankui
Biology

United Nations Calls for Registry of Human Gene-Editing Projects

An advisory committee fell short of calling for a ban on the technology.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at Scripps Research say they've found a way to reverse rats' alcoholism by blasting particular neurons in their brains with lasers.
Brain

Scientists Reversed Rats’ Alcoholism by Firing Lasers at Their Brains

The researchers likened the addiction-suppressing effect to the "flip of a switch."

By Jon Christian

The Air Force recently announced plans to build "Skyborg," an AI program that will be able to fly fighter planes and drones and lessen the burden on people.
Artificial Intelligence

The Air Force Is Building AI to Fly Fighter Jets Called “Skyborg”

Why does it have to sound so much like "Skynet?"

By Dan Robitzski

In a new op-ed for scientific american, scientists argue that anti-vaxxers are such a danger to society that they shouldn't be allowed near others.
Health & Medicine

Scientists: Anti-Vaxxers Are the Moral Equivalent of Drunk Drivers

"Both are selfishly, recklessly and knowingly putting the lives of everyone they encounter at risk."

By Dan Robitzski

China is following Russia's lead and constructing nuclear power plants on top of floating barges so it can bring cheap energy to distant islands.
Nuclear Fusion

China Is Building up to 20 Floating Nuclear Power Plants

They could be used to power artificial islands.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists found they achieved high pressure plasma — enough to achieve fusion power — at an old fusion reactor in San Diego called DIII-D.
Energy

Scientists Just Got Amazing Results From an Old Fusion Reactor

A simple change led to higher pressure and stabler plasma.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook admits to storing "hundreds of millions" of account passwords in plain text.
Future Society

Facebook Stored “Hundreds of Millions” of Passwords as Plain Text

Time to change your password again.

By Victor Tangermann

Fans of YouTube star PewDiePie have taken to ransomware attacks in order to try and drive up PewDiePie's subscriber count.
Science & Energy

New Virus Steals Your Files Until PewDiePie Gets 100M Subscribers

Another ransomware variant encrypts your files unless you subscribe to PewDiePie — but even if you do, it deletes them anyway.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia is working to develop a ground force of killer robots. For now, the tank-like bots need help from humans, but that may change as AI improves.
Robotics

Russia Is Planning A “Ground Force” of Armed Military Robots

Here's a Kremlin video showing the human soldiers and killer robots working side by side.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is officially considering the use of the first-ever medical device to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Health & Medicine

The FDA Is Considering First-Ever Machine to Treat Alzheimer’s

Could magnetic stimulation ease the symptoms of Alzhiemer's?

By Victor Tangermann

According to a lawsuit, Tesla is accusing four former employees of stealing proprietary information and handing it over to their current employer Zoox.
Tesla

Tesla Sues Four Former Employees For Stealing Trade Secrets

"The theft here was blatant and intentional."

By Victor Tangermann

A drone just flew through an Icelandic cave and generated a 3D map of the area in minutes, in a test run for systems that will do the same on Mars.
NASA

NASA’s Working on a Drone to Hunt For Life in Martian Caves

The drone quickly completed a test run in Iceland.

By Dan Robitzski

A new antimicrobial coating kept bacteria from growing on the International Space Station's door, which could protect immune-compromised astronauts.
International Space Station

Scientists’ New Goal: Make the ISS Bathroom Less Disgusting

A new antimicrobial coating could give the ISS bathroom a much-needed cleaning.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers invented a "toilet seat–based cardiovascular monitoring system" that could help hospitals monitor congestive heart failure patients.
Health & Medicine

This High-Tech Toilet Seat Can Detect Heart Failure

Heart disease accounts for one in every four deaths a year in the U.S. Maybe this toilet seat can help.

By Victor Tangermann

Indian police just caught a man who was smuggling a live, human embryo into the country from Malaysia, where fertility treatments are more expensive.
Health & Medicine

A Smuggler Just Got Caught With a Live Human Embryo in His Luggage

Durai had hidden the embryo in a "nitrogen-packed canister."

By Dan Robitzski

Faced with a critical land shortage, the city of Hong Kong is planning to build one of the most ambitious artificial islands in the history of the world.
Future Society

Hong Kong Is Planning a $79 Billion Artificial Island

Hong Kong wants to build one most ambitious artificial islands in the history of the world.

By Jon Christian

China just closed the bidding period for contractors looking to build the country's first nuclear-powered icebreaker, set to be the largest in the world.
Nuclear Fusion

China Is Building a 33,000 Ton Nuclear Icebreaker

Designed to grind and smash through ice, it'll be one of the most epic ships on Earth.

By Dan Robitzski