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Researchers: Mars Might Have Enough Oxygen For Underground Life
Mars

Researchers: Mars Might Have Enough Oxygen For Underground Life

The Red Planet could support bacteria or even sponges.

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Mars

Future Mars Colonists Could Fly Rockets They 3D Printed Right on the Red Planet

Forgot your wrench back on Earth? Just print one.

Black Widow Spider Research Could Lead to Bulletproof Silk
Science & Energy

Black Widow Spider Research Could Lead to Bulletproof Silk

Scientists piece together the spider's mysterious spinning process.

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Drones

Uber Aims to Replace Delivery Drivers With Drones

Human drivers will shuttle other humans while your burrito takes to the sky.

This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles

This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles

It weighs about half as much as the typical EV.

Elon Musk: First Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: First Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10

This is in "real time," not "Elon time."

Creepiest robot content
Robotics

New Roundup Ranks the World’s Robots by Creepiness

Which is worse: a bot with dead eyes or one with no skin?

Here’s What Experts Think of Stephen Hawking’s Posthumous Predictions About AI, Gene Hacking, and Religion
Hacking

Here’s What Experts Think of Stephen Hawking’s Posthumous Predictions About AI, Gene Hacking, and Religion

Hawking shares bold claims in his final work.

Lose Your Job to a Robot? This Startup Wants to Help You Find Another
Future Society

Lose Your Job to a Robot? This Startup Wants to Help You Find Another

And it just raised $3.15 million to help it in the effort.

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Just Dropped “Full Self-Driving” Mode From the Model 3

News flash: Teslas still can't drive themselves.

Google Adds AI Fairness Lessons to Its Machine Learning Crash Course
Google

Google Adds AI Fairness Lessons to Its Machine Learning Crash Course

The 60-minute module could help ensure that AI works for everyone.

IBM's quantum computers will change technology
Computers

IBM: Quantum Computers Could Be Useful, But We Don’t Know Exactly How

One hope: that quantum tech will lead to better AI.

NASA's new gamma-ray constellastions
Black Holes

NASA Unveils 21 New Constellations Formed by Black Holes and Other Brutal Space Stuff

Say hello to the Hulk, Albert Einstein, and the TARDIS.

Water.io is working on "smart caps" that tell you whether you're hydrating enough or taking all your pills, and even put in orders when you're running low.
Internet Of Things

In the Future, Even Your Dish Detergent Will be Spying on You

These tiny sensors keep track of how much is left in bottles. They could get kinda annoying.

Tokyo-based robotics company Preferred Networks demonstrated its mostly effective but super slow tidying robots at a Japanese convention.
Robotics

These Tidying Robots Clean Up Toys, Put Roomba to Shame

Hate clutter? This robot can help you out.

A new Microsoft patent for a circular input system could change how we type in virtual reality, making the process far more intuitive.
Virtual Reality

Typing in VR Sucks. Microsoft Has an Idea to Make It Better.

The company has patented a new kind of virtual keyboard.

Made of Mars says it's developing the technology to convert Martian minerals into materials we can use to "build the space civilization of tomorrow."  
Mars

Here’s How We’ll Build Things Using Mars’ Natural Resources

One startup is learning to manufacture goods out of raw materials on the Red Planet.

Waymo's newly published AV safety guidelines tell law enforcement officials and first responders how they should deal with crashed AVs.
Self-Driving Vehicles

This Guide Could Dictate How Cops Handle Autonomous Car Crashes

Waymo is helping shape the future of AV safety.

The USDA has lifted regulations on growing a genetically modified cotton plant with edible cottonseeds, and it could eventually help feed the world.
Science & Energy

US Farmers Can Now Grow Edible Cotton

But you're not allowed to eat it. Yet.

Glimpse: Virtual Reality For The Masses Might Solve The Problems Social Media Started
Virtual Reality

Glimpse: Virtual Reality For The Masses Might Solve The Problems Social Media Started

Interacting with others in virtual reality could help us have interactions similar to those we have in the real world.