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Decades Of Scientific Research Does, In Fact, Suggest Breastfeeding Is Best for Babies
Future Society

Decades Of Scientific Research Does, In Fact, Suggest Breastfeeding Is Best for Babies

*Anyone* who suggests otherwise is just wrong.

By Dan Robitzski

The Digest: That Brain-Tingle Sensation Might Have Physical And Mental Benefits
Brain

The Digest: That Brain-Tingle Sensation Might Have Physical And Mental Benefits

ASMR makes people feel more calm and excited, a new study suggests.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Apps That Provide Benefits Might Actually Make the Gig Economy Sustainable
Future Society

The Digest: Apps That Provide Benefits Might Actually Make the Gig Economy Sustainable

Independent workers need benefits, too.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws
Pollution

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws

Seattleites will have to drink their Starbucks with a recyclable straw.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: The Next Telemarketer You Hang up on Might Be Google’s Duplex AI
Google

The Digest: The Next Telemarketer You Hang up on Might Be Google’s Duplex AI

AI might someday replace millions of call center workers.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: A British Startup Is Using AI to Teach Cars to Drive Themselves
Artificial Intelligence

The Digest: A British Startup Is Using AI to Teach Cars to Drive Themselves

The car learns to drive like we do — through trial and error.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: NASA Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Us From Contaminating Other Planets, Report Says
NASA

The Digest: NASA Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Us From Contaminating Other Planets, Report Says

The agency's 50-year-old policies are in dire need of an update.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: US Officials Plan to Use DNA Tests to Reunite Migrant Children With Their Families
Future Society

The Digest: US Officials Plan to Use DNA Tests to Reunite Migrant Children With Their Families

The administration is reportedly already swabbing children's cheeks.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Baidu’s Autonomous Buses Will Start Transporting Passengers in Japan Next Year
Self-Driving Vehicles

The Digest: Baidu’s Autonomous Buses Will Start Transporting Passengers in Japan Next Year

The company just landed an order for 10 of its buses.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: First Rhino Embryos Produced in a Lab Could Save Almost-Extinct Subspecies
Future Society

The Digest: First Rhino Embryos Produced in a Lab Could Save Almost-Extinct Subspecies

The northern white rhino isn't gone yet.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Blue Origin Plans to Begin Colonizing the Moon No Later Than 2023
Moon

The Digest: Blue Origin Plans to Begin Colonizing the Moon No Later Than 2023

“It is time for America to return to the Moon — this time to stay."

By Kristin Houser

Here’s Why The Blockchain Might Change the Future (And Why It May Not Live Up To the Hype)
Blockchain

Here’s Why The Blockchain Might Change the Future (And Why It May Not Live Up To the Hype)

It's started to expand into applications both useful and bizarre.

By Victor Tangermann

The Digest: The World’s Smallest Surgical Robot Is Almost Ready for the Operating Room
Health & Medicine

The Digest: The World’s Smallest Surgical Robot Is Almost Ready for the Operating Room

The bot can decrease patients' risk of infection and need for painkillers.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: This AI Analyzes Ash to Figure out the Cause of a Volcanic Eruption
Artificial Intelligence

The Digest: This AI Analyzes Ash to Figure out the Cause of a Volcanic Eruption

Knowing what kind of volcano they're dealing with can help emergency responders deploy resources wisely.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: NASA Starts Tests to Prepare For Flight of “Quiet” Supersonic Jet
Advanced Transport

The Digest: NASA Starts Tests to Prepare For Flight of “Quiet” Supersonic Jet

The aircraft would turn a disruptive sonic boom into a subtle sonic thump.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Shocking A Person’s Brain Could Make Them Less Violent, Study Shows
Brain

The Digest: Shocking A Person’s Brain Could Make Them Less Violent, Study Shows

People whose brains were shocked were 47 percent less likely to intend to commit an assault.

By Jacob Banas

The Digest: Facial Recognition Tech Is No Match for Juggalo Makeup
Facial recognition

The Digest: Facial Recognition Tech Is No Match for Juggalo Makeup

Facial recognition systems can't ID fans of ICP.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Uganda Is Now Forcing Citizens to Pay a Tax to Use Social Media
Future Society

The Digest: Uganda Is Now Forcing Citizens to Pay a Tax to Use Social Media

Millions of Ugandans woke up up Sunday morning to find they could no longer access their social media networks.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: The UK Is Creating a Database of Citizens’ DNA and Other Biometrics
Data Privacy

The Digest: The UK Is Creating a Database of Citizens’ DNA and Other Biometrics

It would include lots of data about law-abiding citizens, including their faces and voices.

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: A New Cloaking Approach Could Potentially Make Objects Invisible From Every Direction
Science & Energy

The Digest: A New Cloaking Approach Could Potentially Make Objects Invisible From Every Direction

"Our work represents a breakthrough in the quest for invisibility cloaking."

By Kristin Houser