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Uranus has a name that lends itself to butt jokes. But it's also immensely important to scientists, who have mixed feelings on the juvenile humor.
Science & Energy

"If the public thinks it's a joke, the next thought in that thread is 'Do they think it's a waste of money?'"

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists used AI to uncover a lost Picasso portrait painted over by the artist back in the early 1900s.
Future Society

Here's what it looks like.

By Tony Ho Tran

China launched a hypersonic missile test in late August that took the United States government by surprise.
Future Society

"We have no idea how they did this."

By Tony Ho Tran

Fraudsters used a deepfaked voice of a company executive to fool a bank manager to transfer the millions to their possession in early 2020.
Future Society

Dubai investigators say that “deep voice” tech was used in the heist.

By Tony Ho Tran

More Cops Have Died from COVID-19 than Guns Since Start of Pandemic
Developments

The pandemic has claimed five times more officer lives than guns since the pandemic's start.

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel
Solar Power

Her model could unify two structures in the sky previously thought to be unconnected.

By Tony Ho Tran

Avi Loeb, former chair of Harvard’s astronomy department, theorizes that the universe could have been formed in a lab by other lifeforms.
Future Society

It’s a compelling (and scary) theory.

By Tony Ho Tran

WHO Honors Woman Whose Cells Were Taken Without Consent for Medical Research
Developments

Henrietta Lacks is getting recognition she justly deserves.

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla has mysteriously scrubbed the price and specs of the much-hyped Cybertruck from its website entirely. 
Tesla

This comes after its release was delayed to next year.

By Tony Ho Tran

A Dutch inventor has helped create a device, dubbed "Jenny," that has collected nearly 20,000lbs of plastic from the Pacific Ocean.  
Climate Change

But there are still concerns about its efficacy.

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk Meets with Creator of Iron Man-Style Suit at SpaceX Launch Site
Elon Musk

"I request an audience with the Cyber King."

By Tony Ho Tran

non alcoholic Kin Lightwave
Future Society

Kin Lightwave tastes great and makes you feel great, but without the hangover.

By Futurism Creative

Former US general Stanley McChrystal warns that AI with the power to launch lethal strikes is inevitable, even if the idea is frightening.
Artificial Intelligence

He says putting AI in charge of pulling the trigger is inevitable but frightening.

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that nuking an asteroid is actually a good plan for saving the planet, even if it's just months before impact.
Science & Energy

Even if they launch it just a few months before impact.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced that its Soyuz spacecraft caused the orientation of the International Space Station to change.
Space

It's not a good look.

By Victor Tangermann

Ian Brackenbury Channell, the official wizard of New Zealand, has been fired after decades of service as the city of Christchurch pursues new "vibes."
Future Society

In other news, New Zealand had an official wizard.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla is technically up $1 billion in its Bitcoin investment, caused by Bitcoin rallying past the $60,000 mark this week.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin is back — for now.

By Victor Tangermann

Onlookers spotted something rather strange being transported on the back of a pickup truck at SpaceX's "Starbase" testing facilities in South Texas.
SpaceX

Elaborate android or Halloween costume?

By Victor Tangermann

George Takei, who was on "Star Trek" alongside Captain Kirk actor William Shatner, wasn't impressed with his costar's trip to "space" earlier this week.
Off-World

"He’s boldly going where other people have gone before."

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors say that a woman who refused treatment and took CBD oil instead showed a remarkable improvement and that the tumor in her lung shrank drastically.
RX and Medicine

There is, unfortunately, a lot to unpack here.

By Dan Robitzski