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Three Signs Google Is Turning to the Dark Side
Future Society

Three Signs Google Is Turning to the Dark Side

Drone warfare and deceptive AIs sure don't sound "good."

There Is Literally No Logical Reason The US Should Allow *More* Uses for Asbestos
Future Society

There Is Literally No Logical Reason The US Should Allow *More* Uses for Asbestos

But that isn't stopping the EPA from considering it.

A Robot Just Operated On A Human Eye for the First Time
Health & Medicine

A Robot Just Operated On A Human Eye for the First Time

It's insanely precise, exactly in the place where there's no room for error.

All the Rage in Sweden: Embedding Microchips Under Your Skin
Future Society

All the Rage in Sweden: Embedding Microchips Under Your Skin

RIP wallets, implanted microchips are here to stay.

The Digest: Tech CEO Pitches Boeing a Flying Train Concept
Advanced Transport

The Digest: Tech CEO Pitches Boeing a Flying Train Concept

It's a plane! It's a train! It's...kinda both?

Devil’s Kettle Falls: The Falls to Nowhere
From Quarks to Quasars

Devil’s Kettle Falls: The Falls to Nowhere

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us
Robotics

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us

We should probably figure that out before everyone starts doing it.

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Just Went For A Cool Jog In The Garden, Like It’s No Big Deal
Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Just Went For A Cool Jog In The Garden, Like It’s No Big Deal

The sentience wars continue.

Biologists Plan to Bring the Woolly Mammoth Back to Life by 2019
Science & Energy

Biologists Plan to Bring the Woolly Mammoth Back to Life by 2019

We have reached the stage where we can resurrect extinct species.

An Injection of Salt in Your Eardrum Might Save You From a Lifetime of Hearing Loss
Health & Medicine

An Injection of Salt in Your Eardrum Might Save You From a Lifetime of Hearing Loss

It's worth the needle to the eardrum.

The 10 Most Significant Scientific Discoveries Of the Year (So Far)
Space

The 10 Most Significant Scientific Discoveries Of the Year (So Far)

It's proving to be one of the best years of the century, and we're barely halfway through.

The Digest: Ripple Is Giving Away Its Cryptocurrency to Get People to Use It
Cryptocurrency

The Digest: Ripple Is Giving Away Its Cryptocurrency to Get People to Use It

One way to get people to use a currency? Make sure they have a lot of it.

Why Live on Earth When You Can Live in a Hole on Mars? No, Really.
Mars

Why Live on Earth When You Can Live in a Hole on Mars? No, Really.

We might not have any other choice.

Here’s The Conspiracy Tearing Bitcoin Crypto Communities Apart
Bitcoin

Here’s The Conspiracy Tearing Bitcoin Crypto Communities Apart

Here is the secret meaning behind the mysterious 21e8.

Even if we meet the emissions limits set by the Paris Agreement, natural feedback processes could create "Hothouse Earth" climate conditions.
Climate Change

No Existing Policies Will Be Enough To Prevent A Future “Hothouse Earth”

We'll need to do more than simply decrease emissions.

Assembly lines are increasingly automated, but for manufacturing at the OG of assembly lines, humans (with exoskeletons) are still behind the wheel.
Prosthetics and Devices

Exoskeletons are About to Walk Ford’s Factory Floors

Jobs haven't all gone to the robots, yet.

Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth’s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study
Climate Change

Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth’s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study

We might want to take geoengineering off the table.

Eight months after the fitness app Strava revealed the location of military bases in Syria, the Pentagon has banned GPS tracking on wearables.
Prosthetics and Devices

The Pentagon Tells Soldiers To Stop Sharing Their Locations With Apps

A new memo comes eight months after fitness trackers revealed the layout of military bases all over the world.

Magic Leap’s Disappointing Demo Could Be A Death Knell For AR
Virtual Reality

Magic Leap’s Disappointing Demo Could Be A Death Knell For AR

$2.3 billion, four years, and not much to show for it.

According to a recent public letter, Elon Musk might actually be serious about taking Tesla private. But will a buyout ever happen?
Tesla

Turns Out Musk Might Actually Be Serious About Taking Tesla Private

Seems like you can believe Twitter sometimes.