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Researchers from MIT have created a smart pill that expands in the stomach — and they have no shortage of ideas for how it could improve human health.
Health & Medicine

This Smart Pill Grows 100 Times Bigger Once It’s in Your Stomach

It can stay in your stomach for up to a month.

By Kristin Houser

Chinese media report that one of Tesla competitor Nio's cars shut down in the middle of a Beijing traffic jam after the driver triggered a software update.
Tesla

Tesla Competitor Traps Driver For an Hour While It Completes Software Update

The driver triggered the update in the middle of a Beijing traffic jam.

By Victor Tangermann

CAPTCHAs Are Getting Harder Because AI Is Getting Smarter
Artificial Intelligence

CAPTCHAs Are Getting Harder Because AI Is Getting Smarter

It's getting hard to tell humans and bots apart.

By Jon Christian

Family Tree DNA, recently celebrated as the most privacy-minded consumer genetic testing company, is now granting database access to the FBI.
Data Privacy

This DNA Testing Company Gave Its Data to the FBI

Do you want cops poking around your genetic data?

By Dan Robitzski

Self-driving cars will opt to slowly cruise city streets instead of paying parking fees, according to one transportation expert.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Expert: Self-Driving Cars Will Clog Streets to Avoid Parking Fees

Why pay for parking when your car can circle the block?

By Kristin Houser

NASA administrator Thomas Zurbuchen argues that extraterrestrial life may be out there, given recent discoveries of off-world water and organic molecules.
NASA

NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought

Is there life beyond Earth?

By Dan Robitzski

During a facial recognition trial, London police stopped a man for "suspicious behavior," but the man claims all he did was cover his face.
Facial recognition

Police Said You Could Skip Public Facial Recognition. They Lied.

A London trial did not go the way police promised it would.

By Kristin Houser

A Popular Science reporter tried out a novel way of getting fit: zapping your muscles to add more resistance to your workout.
Future Society

Why People Are Adding Electric Shocks to Their Workouts

Is it worth random muscle twitches?

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon responded to recent criticism its facial recognition system, Rekognition, by claiming safeguards were in place. The cops using it disagree.
Facial recognition

Cops Are Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Software Wrong

The revelation pokes holes in Amazon's defense of Rekognition.

By Dan Robitzski

A U.S. biologist is gene-editing human embryos, but unlike Chinese research He Jiankui, this scientist isn't trying to create any designer babies.
Prosthetics and Devices

Another Scientist Is Gene-Editing Human Embryos — but More Ethically

This research isn't just happening in China.

By Kristin Houser

As the American Midwest is hit by a break in the polar vortex, many electric vehicle owners find themselves unable to hit the roads.
Tesla

It’s So Cold, Even Teslas Are Freezing Shut

The polar vortex shows the limits of today's electric cars.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk announced a streamlined version of SpaceX's Raptor engine design that will take Starship to space and beyond as well.
Moon

Elon Musk’s New Goal: “Reach the Moon as Fast as Possible”

Destination: Moon.

By Victor Tangermann

The tiniest robot with legs is about the size of an ant's face — and you can watch it go for a run in a video released by IEEE Spectrum.
Robotics

Watch an Adorably Tiny Robot Go for a Teeny Run

The whole robot is only as big as an ant's face.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists at the University of California found a way to 3D print objects out of a special resin using light from a projector.
3D Printing

Watch a Super-Fast 3D Printer Scientists Call the “Replicator”

It prints using light.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study found that spaceflight was associated with changes in the brain's white matter, causing it to age faster. But consequences are still unknown.
Off-World

Alarming Research: Zero Gravity Makes Astronauts’ Brains Age Faster

Water inside the brain moves in unusual ways, causing changes to white matter.

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese scientists built a robot submarine designed to travel into storms to fire meteorological rockets that will collect data from the atmosphere.
Robotics

China Built a Robot Submarine to Shoot Rockets Into Typhoons

It brings a new meaning to "storm chasing."

By Jon Christian

Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL's lunar lander Beresheet has now passed a series of launch tests, putting it one step closer to making space history.
SpaceX

First Private Lunar Lander Passes Launch Tests at SpaceX Facility

It's one step closer to making space history.

By Kristin Houser

A self-driving truck was spotted pulling an Amazon trailer down the I-10, a new sign that the company is committed to autonomous transportation.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Amazon Was Spotted Using a Self-Driving Truck to Haul Cargo

"We think successful over-the-road autonomy will create safer roadways."

By Kristin Houser

Hanson Robotics has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Little Sophia, the "little sister" of Sophia, the world most famous robot.
Robotics

You Can Now Buy Sophia the Robot’s “Little Sister”

The tiny bot's purpose goes beyond dancing and telling jokes.

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk flew more than 150,000 miles on Tesla's corporate jet in 2018, according to the Washington Post, and not all of his trips were business-related.
Elon Musk

Tesla Paid for Elon Musk’s Private Jet While Laying off Thousands

See how the CEO managed to rack up 150,000 miles in one year.

By Kristin Houser