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A new AI agent taught itself, using reinforcement learning, how to get dressed in the morning. The results could make animation much easier on artists.
Artificial Intelligence

Having a Bad Day? An Adorable Video Shows AI Learning to Get Dressed

Somehow, this self-dressing algorithm is all of us getting up in the morning.

By Dan Robitzski

More Robots Means Fewer Seasonal Workers for Amazon This Holiday
Artificial Intelligence

More Robots Means Fewer Seasonal Workers for Amazon This Holiday

It's not a complete robot takeover. Yet.

By Victor Tangermann

As of November 1, doctors across the U.S. are free to prescribe Epidiolex, a cannabis-derived drug, to epilepsy patients.
Health & Medicine

Doctors Can Now Prescribe FDA-Approved Drug Derived From Cannabis

A rare form of childhood epilepsy may finally meet its match.

By Kristin Houser

A giant space laser, built with mostly-existing technology, could serve as a homing beacon for any aliens that might be out there.
Exobiology

A Giant Space Laser on Earth Could Blast Messages at Alien Planets

And hey, it might work within “decades to centuries!”

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk shared a video walkthrough of the Boring Company's test tunnel in Hawthorne, CA, which will open on December 10.
Advanced Transport

Take a Virtual Ride Through the Boring Company’s First Tunnel

It's "disturbingly long," says CEO Elon Musk.

By Kristin Houser

Jaguar Land Rover is working on a system to prevent riders in autonomous vehicles (AVs) from experiencing motion sickness.
Advanced Transport

A Major Automaker Is Trying to Stop AVs From Making People Sick

It claims it can reduce the effects of car sickness by 60 percent.

By Kristin Houser

The future of architecture could be knitted concrete, a technique in which a textile serves as the basis for a concrete structure.
Science & Energy

Watch the First Knitted Concrete Structure Take Shape

Textiles could give builders materials with previously unattainable levels of flexibility.

By Kristin Houser

A new machine learning algorithm built by 20th Century Fox can compare movie trailers and predict which films will appeal to an audience.
Machine Learning

Fox is Using Machine Learning to Predict Which Movies Will be Hits

The algorithm assumes people will like movies with similar trailers.

By Dan Robitzski

The military and government labs are building new navigation and steering devices that use quantum physics and Earth's magnetic field.
Advanced Transport

Quantum Navigation Could be as Accurate as GPS, Without Satellites

Quantum devices could keep you safe from GPS hackers.

By Dan Robitzski

A US warship just succesfully intercepted a dummy nuclear missile with another missile for the second time. But will it actually prevent disaster?
Nuclear Fusion

Watch a Missile Smash a Dummy Nuclear Warhead Out of the Sky

It's like shooting a bullet out of the sky with another bullet.

By Victor Tangermann

Cryptocurrency millionaire Jeffrey Berns is building a blockchain city in the Nevada desert surrounding Tesla's Gigafactory.
Blockchain

A Millionaire Is Building a Blockchain Utopia in the Nevada Desert

And he's buying up the land around Tesla's Gigafactory.

By Kristin Houser

Palau will ban all coral reef-damaging sunscreens by 2020. It's a small but important drop in the bucket if we want to stop bleaching.
Environment

A Sunscreen Ban Won’t Save the Coral Reefs, but It’s a Good Start

It's like the plastic straw ban all over again.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers find clear evidence of a link between the radio waves emitted by certain cell phones and cancer in male rats.
Cancer

Your Cell Phone Could Cause Cancer — Under Very Specific Conditions

We now have "clear evidence" of a link between cancer and cell phones. Sort of.

By Kristin Houser

A recent phase II clinical trial showed evidence that MDMA treatment, in addition to psychotherapy, might be able to help people with PTSD.
Health & Medicine

MDMA Therapy Eliminated PTSD Symptoms In 76 Percent of Patients

But there’s still a long way to go before the FDA approves it.

By Dan Robitzski

Musk: Tesla Pickup Truck Will Be Straight Out of “Blade Runner”
Tesla

Musk: Tesla Pickup Truck Will Be Straight Out of “Blade Runner”

And he's very, very excited about it.

By Victor Tangermann

New AI Thinks Like a Scientist to Explain the Physics of Virtual Worlds
Physics

New AI Thinks Like a Scientist to Explain the Physics of Virtual Worlds

The algorithm is the first to simplify what it learns into theories.

By Dan Robitzski

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