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Researchers discover that one area of the Red Planet was likely once home to dozens of Martian lakes, giving us a clue in the hunt for evidence of life.
Mars

Mars Used To Be Dotted With Life-Friendly Lakes

Researchers identified 33 spots where lakes likely existed.

By Kristin Houser

A recent poll, admittedly one with little scientific rigor, found that many people in tech sector think their companies are doing beneficial work.
Future Society

Some Big Tech Employees Fear The Future They’re Creating

A new survey found some tech workers aren't sure what it's all for.

By Dan Robitzski

Cornell researchers created a shape-shifting robot that knows when it should reconfigure itself to complete various tasks.
Robotics

Watch This Remarkable Robot Transform Itself to Tackle Various Tasks

It reshapes itself as needed.

By Kristin Houser

Clean coal doesn't exist, but burning it in as clean a way as possible could give us more time to adopt clean, renewable energy around the world.
Climate Change

Tweaking Coal Plant Emissions Could Slow Down Climate Change

Fossil fuels have no long-term future. But we could burn them in a greener way.

By Dan Robitzski

Glimpse: Utopian Fiction Could Help Us Unlock the Bright Future We Never Imagined
Future Society

Glimpse: Utopian Fiction Could Help Us Unlock the Bright Future We Never Imagined

We're drawn to narratives like Handmaid's Tale and Black Mirror. But they're not helping us create a better world.

By Luke Kingma

Automakers Hyundai and Kia will beginning adding a solar roof to select cars in 2019, allowing the Sun's energy to help power the vehicles.
Solar Power

You’ll Be Able to Buy a Car With a Solar Roof in 2019

Automakers are finally getting serious about solar-powered cars.

By Kristin Houser

Malta launched a new AI task force to develop a plan for safe, effective, beneficial AI. It will also determine how a robot might earn citizenship.
Artificial Intelligence

The Island Nation Malta Created a Citizenship Test for Robots

The country is preparing to enter the AI big leagues.

By Dan Robitzski

China is sharing its censorship and surveillance knowledge with other nations, including many in Africa, according to a new report.
Future Society

China Is Helping African Nations Spy on Their Citizens

The country is schooling others on how to control citizens online.

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft's underwater data center off the cost of Scotland could be the first of many the company deploys to support its cloud technology.
Science & Energy

Microsoft’s Underwater Data Center Is Actually Working, Says CEO

Cooling servers is hard work. Why not let the chilly ocean do it?

By Kristin Houser

Whether it's to manage the world better than we do or give us new insight into how our own minds work, many experts agree we should make a human-level AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Why Should We Bother Building Human-Level AI? Five Experts Weigh In

Machines as smart as people could build a much better future.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk claimed that Tesla's cars will soon be able to "follow you like a pet" and take directions "like a big [remote controlled] car."
Tesla

Musk: You’ll Be Able to Remote Control Your Tesla Within 6 Weeks

But the CEO has a long history of missing deadlines.

By Jon Christian

New Image Confirms a Black Hole is Swallowing Our Galaxy
Science & Energy

New Image Confirms a Black Hole is Swallowing Our Galaxy

Don't worry, it's only devouring our galaxy slowly.

By Kristin Houser

With a spinal implant boosting paralyzed people's brains' commands, they were able to walk short distances for the first time since their injuries.
Health & Medicine

A Spinal Implant Is Helping Paralyzed People Walk Again

Early test runs show promising results, but the device isn’t a cure-all.

By Dan Robitzski

Federal research into universal basic income shows that regular cash payments don't reduce employment at all. In fact, it seems to help.
Universal Basic Income

A New Study Shows Basic Income Doesn’t Deter People From Working

We have evidence that UBI truly helps, but it won’t solve our problems.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is hard at work on a "factory" that'd let future Mars missions — or even colonists — extract rocket fuel from Martian soil.
NASA

NASA Scientists Think They Can Extract Rocket Fuel From Martian Soil

Promising NASA research could make Mars missions far more realistic.

By Jon Christian

Lime Recalled Thousands of Scooters Because They Were Catching Fire
Advanced Transport

Lime Recalled Thousands of Scooters Because They Were Catching Fire

Because blocking sidewalks wasn't annoying enough.

By Victor Tangermann

A slew of tech billionaires, including Bill Gates and Richard Branson, are determined to make cost-effective nuclear fusion a reality.
Science & Energy

Tech Billionaires Are Pouring Money Into Fusion Research

Branson, Bezos, and Gates are investing big in fusion companies.

By Kristin Houser

A vaping detection system with AI-powered sensors is alerting officials in the U.S. and Canada to the signs of vaping in school bathrooms.
Artificial Intelligence

Schools Are Installing Bathroom Surveillance Systems to Bust Vapers

They're using AI to crack down on teen vaping.

By Kristin Houser

What Astronauts’ Tweets Could Tell Scientists About the Psychology of Space Travel
Off-World

What Astronauts’ Tweets Could Tell Scientists About the Psychology of Space Travel

If you thought Twitter was bumming you out here on Earth, try tweeting from space.

By Jon Christian

Waymo is the first company to receive a permit to test truly driverless cars — autonomous vehicles without a safety driver — on California roads.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Will No Longer Have Safety Drivers

Self-driving cars will roam California roads without their "training wheels."

By Kristin Houser