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Two robotic buoys will relay location info on North Atlantic right whales back to shore so mariners and the public can help save the endangered species.
Climate Change

Marine Scientists Deploy Whale-Monitoring Robots to Save Endangered Species

Less than 400 are left.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Kids who played video games saw a positive impact on their intelligence, European scientists say in new study published in the Nature journal.
Studies

Good News, Gamers! That Screen Time Could Make You a Little Smarter, Scientists Say

V poggers.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team published a new study in the preprint journal Arxiv and said humanity could become an interplanetary Kardashev Type I Civilization by the year 2371.
Off-World

Humans Approaching Intelligence Level Required for Interplanetary Life, Scientists Say

We haven't even made it to first base yet.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers at MIT have come up with a new way to grow "wood-like plant material" in a lab, without ever having to resort to chopping down a tree.
Science & Energy

MIT Says We Could Build a House With Lab-Grown Wood

Okay, that's pretty awesome.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA said yesterday there's a big problem with the heat shield on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Crew-5 is using and needs to be replaced.
SpaceX

SpaceX Replacing Defective Heat Shield Before Next Astronaut Launch

The heat is on.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new NFT project aims to steal African artifacts back from Western colonialists — and it's actually pretty freakin' awesome.
NFTs

Art Plundered From Africa Stolen Back, Sold as NFTs

This is honestly pretty great.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Pentagon's t-shirt saying not to worry about their "killer robots" is raising a lot of questions answered by their t-shirt, it seems.
Robotics

Pentagon: Stop Asking Questions About Our “Killer Robots,” Which Don’t Exist by the Way

"We believe that a lot of the rules have to change."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Robotic vending machines are making their way to malls, airports, and grocery stores across the US, the latest in last-mile problem-solving technologies.
Robotics

Cyberpunk Overload! It’s the Summer of the Robot Vending Machine

This summer, the candy will come to you, not the other way around.

By Victor Tangermann

Walmart announced an expansion to its drone delivery program that will offer $3.99 deliver fees on shipments of 10 pounds or less.
Drones

Walmart Announces Drone Deliveries to 4 Million Households

If it fits, it ships.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers are puzzled by a number of strange and unexplained lights that show up in photographic plates of the night sky that date back over 70 years.
Exobiology

Scientists Intrigued by Strange Lights in Old Space Photos

There shouldn't have been anything in the sky — because humankind hadn't launched a single spacecraft yet.

By Victor Tangermann

Nicholas Schmidt made history yesterday when his electric Ford F-150 Lightning became the first one delivered, but he originally ordered a Tesla Cybertruck.
Future Society

The First Electric F-150 Buyer Tried to Get a Cybertruck Instead

"Whichever one comes first, I’ll buy it."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Fresh off his recent Twitter-buying fail, Elon Musk is now claiming that it would be good, actually, if the world went into a recession. 
Future Society

Elon Says a Recession Would Be a “Good Thing”

"Some bankruptcies need to happen."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Police are doing something that appears to never have been done before: deepfaking a murder victim to try and help bring his killer to justice.
Artificial Intelligence

Cops Are Now Deepfaking Murder Victims To Catch Their Killers

Creepy or helpful?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Moon dirt that was digested and recovered from cockroach carcasses probably isn't going to a new home, after all. NASA wants RR Auction to halt its sale.
Moon

Someone’s Selling NASA Moon Dust That Got Eaten By Cockroaches

Talk about fine dining.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The first electric Ford F-150 Lightning was delivered to a retail customer today in the automaker's home state of Michigan. Ford CEO Jim Farley celebrated.
Climate Change

Deliveries of All-Electric Ford F-150 Lightning Officially Begin

The first customer just picked his up!

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The dust hasn't even settled from the Terra stablecoin, but the people behind it are already trying to make a new currency.
Blockchain

Creator of “Stablecoin” That Crashed to Zero Says It’s Creating a New One

Sorry, the old Terra can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead!

By Noor Al-Sibai

The New Hampshire Attorney General released names of the cop and security guard who shot 33-year-old Michael Foley outside a New Boston Space Force Station.
Future Society

Man Shot to Death by Police and Guard Near Space Force Station

Okay, this is mysterious.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The hunt has begun for the world's first Turkish astronaut — and one of the country's kookiest minor celebrities has thrown his hat into the ring.
Off-World

Man Who Got Blown Away While Holding Huge Umbrella Announces Plan to Become Astronaut

"I also became famous as a flying man. Now I want to go to space, too."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A United Arab Emirates’ official warned that committing serious crimes including "murder" should be made illegal in the metaverse.
Metaverse

UAE Official Says Murder Should Be Illegal in the Metaverse

Does killing somebody in the metaverse make you a murderer?

By Victor Tangermann

A Microsoft executive faces an allegation he watched VR porn in front of employees and touched women inaporpriately. It's an industry wide problem.
Future Society

Microsoft Exec Accused of Watching VR Porn in Front of Employees

Bizarre.

By Lonnie Lee Hood