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Employees at Canon's office in China have to smile into a facial recognition camera before they're allowed into the building.
Facial recognition

Chinese Canon Employees Must Smile at the Facial Recognition Camera Before Returning to Work

Ubiquitous workplace surveillance — with a smile!

By Dan Robitzski

The world's first flying race car has taken to the skies for the very first time, setting the stage for an entirely new kind of racing league.
Advanced Transport

Watch the World’s First Flying Race Car Take Flight for the First Time

Move over Formula 1.

By Victor Tangermann

China just launched the first astronauts to its nascent space station, who blasted off aboard a Long March 2F rocket, a sign of its immense space ambitions.
Off-World

China Just Launched the First Astronauts to Its Space Station

"Exploring the vast universe, developing space activities and building a powerful space nation is our unremitting space dream."

By Jon Christian

Streamers are trying to preserve fading indigenous languages live by broadcasting them on Twitch, but they say it's an uphill battle.
Future Society

Activists Are Keeping Fading Indigenous Languages Alive — on Twitch

"Nowadays, if you're not on the internet, you don't exist. The same will happen very soon with languages."

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers are shipping the world's most powerful magnet to the construction site of the world's largest experimental fusion reactor called ITER.
Energy

World’s Strongest Magnet Could Help Make Fusion Energy a Reality

This mammoth magnet can generate a magnetic field about 280,000 times stronger than the Earth's.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers developed a new artificial skin for prosthetic limbs or robots that actually forms bruises whenever it gets bonked or damaged.
Health & Medicine

Robot Skin Now Gets Bruised When Punched, Horrifyingly

Valuable medical tool or camouflage for Terminators?

By Dan Robitzski

US regulators have rung the alarm bells over the recent rise in stablecoins, cryptocurrency tokens that have a fixed price and are backed by reserves.
Cryptocurrency

US Regulators Are Terrified of Stablecoins

"They’re dangerous to both their users and, as they grow, to the broader financial system."

By Victor Tangermann

COVAX, the international vaccine program for less wealthy nations, is struggling due to low buy-in from richer countries that decided to hoard shots.
Viruses

International Vaccine Program Still Struggling After Rich Countries Hoard Shots

Unfortunately… low-income countries continue to be at back of the line or at the mercy of high-income countries."

By Dan Robitzski

After Decades, Mystery Surrounding Giant Space Explosions Is Solved
Science & Energy

After Decades, Mystery Surrounding Giant Space Explosions Is Solved

What was driving those dying stars' gamma-ray bursts?

By Dan Robitzski

According to a shocking new report by the Associated Press, north of 1,900 firearms were lost by or stolen from the US military between 2010 and 2019.
Future Society

US Military Admits That It Lost 34 Rocket Launchers

Many stolen firearms resurfaced later in violent crimes.

By Victor Tangermann

Despite last last minute warnings from the FAA, SpaceX went ahead and launched its first high-altitude Starship prototype in December.
Starship

Report: SpaceX Ignored FAA Warnings Before Massive Starship Explosion

"These actions show a concerning lack of operational control and process discipline that is inconsistent with a strong safety culture."

By Victor Tangermann

Help Name NASA’s Moon-Bound Manikin
Moon

Help Name NASA’s Moon-Bound Manikin

[Insert Name Here] will take a ride around the Moon to make sure it's safe for humans.

By Dan Robitzski

In order to determine how a scrappy snail evaded an invasive predator for decades, scientists turned it into a cyborg with a mini shell computer.
Robots and Machines

Scientists Turned Snails Into Tiny Cyborgs

They stuck tiny computers onto the snails to understand how it evaded predators.

By Dan Robitzski

Just weeks after news emerged Elon Musk paid zero dollars in federal income tax over several years, the billionaire has decided sell his last home.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: “Decided to Sell My Last Remaining House”

"Devoting myself to Mars and Earth. Possession just weigh you down."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists modeled how long it would take for an advanced alien race to colonize an entire Milky Way-like galaxy, assuming it would want to.
Science & Energy

Here’s How Quickly Aliens Could Conquer the Galaxy

No warp drives allowed — that would be cheating.

By Dan Robitzski

Tencent Robotics X Lab, a Chinese robot maker, has unveiled a terrifying new "novel wheel-legged robot" that can backflip using its tail.
Robots and Machines

Watch This Terrifying Segway on Steroids Backflip Using Its Tail

Keep it away from me.

By Victor Tangermann

Oil companies like Shell are actively trying to rehabilitate their image by paying social media influencers to paint them in a good light.
Climate Change

Oh No, Oil Companies Are Paying Social Media Influencers Now

This road trip brought to you by, uh, gasoline.

By Dan Robitzski

According to this researcher, if we ever make contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, we're unlikely to find a group of little green Martians.
Artificial Intelligence

Astronomer: Aliens Will Most Likely Resemble AI if We Ever Make Contact

"They will probably have gone beyond biological smarts and, indeed, beyond biology itself. They won’t be alive."

By Victor Tangermann

It’s Official: Tesla Model S Plaid Fastest Production Car Ever Made
Tesla

It’s Official: Tesla Model S Plaid Fastest Production Car Ever Made

"From the minute you step on the accelerator, boom you’re gone."

By Victor Tangermann

New Tech Could Take Doctors Out of Hospitals Completely
Prosthetics and Devices

New Tech Could Take Doctors Out of Hospitals Completely

What happens when tech allows for "theoretically limitless distance" between doctor and patient?

By Dan Robitzski