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Human volunteers were less likely to turn off humanoid robot Nao when it protested, particularly when the outburst of emotion was unexpected.
Robotics

Humanoid Robots Can Manipulate Our Emotions When We Least Expect It

We'll need to stay on our toes.

By Kristin Houser

The city of Cupertino is hoping Apple will be willing to heavily subsidize the construction of a hyperloop to ease the city's transportation woes.
Hyperloop

Apple May Prove Powerful Enough to Get the U.S. Its First Hyperloop

Apple's hometown wants a hyperloop, and it just may get it.

By Kristin Houser

Starbucks is teaming up with ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, on a new crypto platform called Bakkt.
Bitcoin

Starbucks’s New Crypto Platform Could Bring Bitcoin Into the Mainstream

You'll soon be able to use crypto to buy your cold brew.

By Kristin Houser

The Elon Musk that chatted with investors and reporters during the Q2 2018 earnings call was a far cry from the erratic Musk we've come to know.
Tesla

Rising Stocks Show Tesla Investors Are Warming up to Musk’s Cool Attitude

There was reportedly no name-calling on *this* earnings call.

By Kristin Houser

According to new NASA estimates, Elon Musk's SpaceX will be ready for a crewed test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft in April 2019.
NASA

SpaceX Will Be Ready to Transport Humans in April 2019, NASA Estimates

It's later than anyone hoped, but, hey, at least it looks like it's going to happen.

By Kristin Houser

The new Conservative government of Ontario has decided to end the city's basic income trial two years early, citing the high cost.
Universal Basic Income

Ontario Ends Its Three-Year Basic Income Trial After Just One Year

“It was certainly not going to be sustainable.”

By Kristin Houser

Two teams of researchers have used gene-editing tool CRISPR to decrease the number of chromosomes in baker's yeast from 16 to one or two.
Science & Energy

Engineers Use CRISPR to Create A New Species With Just One Chromosome

For yeast, one chromosome works about as well as 16.

By Kristin Houser

Inventing America takes travelers to Governor's Island, New York back to the 17th century via an augmented reality simulation that covers the whole island.
Virtual Reality

Augmented Reality Recreates A New York City Not Seen for Centuries

Inventing America brings New Yorkers to Governor’s Island, circa 1623.

By Dan Robitzski

The cod population in the Gulf of Alaska is at the lowest levels ever recording, which is wreaking havoc on the state's economy.
Science & Energy

A Warm Water Mass Called “The Blob” Is Killing Alaska’s Cod

The state's governor is calling the population's decline a disaster.

By Kristin Houser

Think You Could Do More if You Just Had an Extra Hand? You’re Probably Right.
Prosthetics and Devices

Think You Could Do More if You Just Had an Extra Hand? You’re Probably Right.

Training with this robotic limb could improve your ability to multitask.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers successfully transplanted lab-grown lungs into four pigs, with none of the animals rejecting the lungs within two months of the surgery.
Health & Medicine

We Can Now Successfully Transplant Lab-Grown Lungs in Pigs

It's a strong signal that it could work for humans, too.

By Kristin Houser

Through a series of experiments, UK researchers identify abiogenesis zones around stars, helping narrow down the list of planets that could form life.
Science & Energy

Scientists Shed New Light on What Life-Producing Planets Require

New research could help us hone in on ET.

By Kristin Houser

Leaked documents reveal Google's plan to launch a censored search engine in China, a nation that strictly monitors the content its citizens can access.
Future Society

Google’s Censored Chinese Search Engine Shows It’s No Longer Afraid of U.S. Backlash

Google came under fire for such a move a decade ago, but today, it’s just business as usual.

By Kristin Houser

You Can’t Legally 3D Print Guns Quite Yet
Future Society

You Can’t Legally 3D Print Guns Quite Yet

A recent legal battle has cleared the way for the rise of the 3D-printed "ghost gun."

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook Just Shut Down Dozens of Fake Pages
Meta

Facebook Just Shut Down Dozens of Fake Pages

And they won't be the last.

By Victor Tangermann

automation artificial intelligence robotics
Future Society

Experts Answer: Who Is Actually Going to Suffer From Automation?

Is it time to start thinking about a career change?

By Kristin Houser

A new NASA-funded study drawing on 20 years of research says we simply can't terraform Mars using technology available today.
Mars

Scientists Say We Can’t Terraform Mars. Elon Musk Says We Can.

SpaceX's CEO shrugs off 20 years of NASA research.

By Kristin Houser

On Tuesday July 31, Mars will come closer to Earth than it will for another 269 years. Take a look now before it moves on.
Mars

Stop And Look Up: Mars Is Super Close To Earth Right Now

It won't be this close again for another 269 years.

By Dan Robitzski

OpenAi just unveiled Dactyl, an AI system trained to control a robot hand using the same algorithms used to train computer game playing AIs.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI-Operated Robotic Hand Moves With “Unprecedented Dexterity”

A single algorithm can teach AI to do very different tasks, like juggle dice or play video games.

By Kristin Houser

Uber just announced plans to shutter its self-driving truck division, at least temporarily, while it focuses on its self-driving cars.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Uber Kills Self-Driving Truck Division, Clearing the Road for Tesla

The path ahead just got a little less crowded.

By Kristin Houser