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Russia's weapon maker Almaz-Antey built a drone that can fire a semi-automatic 12 caliber shotgun. Video footage shows the thing in action.
Drones

Watch Russia’s New Shotgun-Wielding Drone in Action

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a shotgun with wings!

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese prison's new surveillance system will monitor inmates constantly to prevent escape attempts — but perhaps at the cost of prisoners' mental health.
Artificial Intelligence

China Is Installing “AI Guards” in Prison Cells

They'll make escape impossible — but the trade-off might be inmates' mental health.

By Kristin Houser

Australia wants to mine water from the surface of the moon and use it to supply crewed missions to Mars or even deeper into space.
Moon

Australia Has a Plan to Mine Moon Water

"If you can produce water in space for less than it costs to get there, then you're ahead."

By Dan Robitzski

The Animal-AI Olympics will see AI agents completing in tasks mimicking ones often used to test the intelligence of animals.
Artificial Intelligence

AI’s New Challenge: To Be as Smart as an Animal

"A perfect score will require a breakthrough in AI, well beyond current capabilities."

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones
Drones

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones

The Navy wants a crack team of hackers to counter drone swarms.

By Dan Robitzski

A Nobel Prize winning scientist says that high-intensity lasers could one day render nuclear waste harmless in just a few minutes.
Nuclear Fusion

Nobel Prize Winner: Lasers Could Permanently Destroy Nuclear Waste

"The idea is to transmute this nuclear waste into new forms of atoms which don’t have the problem of radioactivity."

By Jon Christian

Tencent researchers figured out that Tesla's Autopilot mode can be fooled into steering into oncoming traffic just by placing three stickers on the road.
Tesla

A Sticker Can Trick Teslas Into Steering Toward Oncoming Traffic

Tencent figured out how to trick Autopilot with three small stickers.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has told the agency's employees that India's satellite destruction test has put the ISS in danger.
NASA

NASA: When India Blew up a Satellite, It Endangered Astronauts

The missile test was "a terrible, terrible thing," the leader of NASA said.

By Kristin Houser

Australia has proposed a new bill that would punish social media companies that don't do enough to prevent the weaponization of their platforms.
Future Society

Australia Proposes Bill to Stop “Weaponization” of Social Media

It would punish social media companies for allowing terrorists to exploit their platforms.

By Kristin Houser

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg penned an op-ed for The Washington Post asking governments to create new rules for the internet.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Asks Governments for “New Rules” for the Internet

He wants lawmakers to share more of the responsibility for keeping netizens safe.

By Kristin Houser

A new astronomical study found out where the methane on Mars is coming from, and once again confirmed that it's there at all.
Mars

Astronomers Found Mars’ Missing Methane

Mars' methane eluded atmospheric surveys, but now we know where it came from.

By Dan Robitzski

The goal is to look past the space debris to see its event horizon.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Are Teasing the First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole

They're promising a "groundbreaking result" from the Event Horizon Telescope.

By Jon Christian

An airplane wing created from hundreds of identical cube-like structures has the ability to change shape automatically depended on the phase of flight.
Advanced Transport

NASA and MIT Debut Shape-Shifting Airplane Wing

It automatically adjusts to whatever shape is optimal for the current phase of flight.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is currently upgrading its Stryker tanks with laser weaponry that it says could disable drones and incoming RPGs.
Military

The Military Is Mounting Laser Weapons on Tanks

The laser system can autonomously track targets and jam drone communications.

By Dan Robitzski

Listen Up, Entrepreneurs: It’s Time to Launch Your Clean Water Solution
Climate Change

Listen Up, Entrepreneurs: It’s Time to Launch Your Clean Water Solution

It's time to put clean water solutions into action.

By Rachelle Dragani

It sounds like an April Fools prank, but scientists say that music by dubstep star Skrillex can keep mosquitoes from biting.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Say Skrillex Stops Mosquitoes From Biting

Yeah, it sounds like an April Fools' Day joke.

By Jon Christian

Toyota's basketball-playing robot, Cue 3, isn't about to replace athletes, but it does herald a new era of incredibly-precise machinery.
Robotics

Toyota’s Basketball Robot Can Nail Three-Pointers

Swish!

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's Sentry Mode recorded what appears to be a woman keying a Model 3, and the footage reportedly helped police find and arrest the vandal.
Tesla

Tesla’s Sentry Mode Caught Someone Vandalizing a Model 3

Footage from the new security feature reportedly led to the vandal's arrest.

By Kristin Houser

Burger King has added a meatless Whopper to the menu in 59 restaurants with plans to expand the offering nationwide if all goes according to plan.
Future Society

Burger King Debuts Meatless Whopper

The company sees the Impossible Whopper eventually rolling out nationwide.

By Kristin Houser

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Science & Energy

Pluto Has Been Officially Reclassified as a Planet

The story of the planet that could.

By Jolene Creighton