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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

NASA collaborators admitted that they're not sure what's wrong with the InSight lander's instrument that was supposed to dig into the surface of Mars.
Mars

NASA Isn’t Sure What’s Wrong With Its InSight Mars Lander

Something has gone wrong on the Red Planet, according to NASA collaborators.

By Jon Christian

Pilots on board the Lion Air plane that crashed in October "scoured a handbook as they struggled to understand why the jet was lurching downwards."
Boeing

Confused Pilots Were Reading Boeing 737 Handbook as Plane Crashed

"It is like a test where there are 100 questions and when the time is up you have only answered 75."

By Victor Tangermann

Though Google's Project Dragonfly made headlines, a number of American scientists are helping Chinese build its ubiquitous surveillance state.
Education

Americans Built Tech for China’s Sinister “Re-Education Camps”

MIT and Yale — and possibly Microsoft — are helping build China's surveillance state.

By Dan Robitzski

A new report by UBS predicts that soon high speed travel through the near reaches of space will compete with long-haul airline flights.
Advanced Transport

Analysts: Rocket Jumps Between Earth Cities Could Smash Airlines

"Space tourism could be the stepping stone for the development of long-haul travel on earth serviced by space."

By Victor Tangermann