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The team of three that recently published an essay on dream hacking in Aeon includes Harvard professor of psychiatry Robert Stickgold, and they report that a 2021 survey found that, of more than 400 marketers in the United States, 77% plan to use dream-tech advertising in the next three years.
Future Society

Scientists Warn That Marketers Are Trying to Inject Ads Into Dreams

Should advertisers be allowed to hack your dreams?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

This Is the Science of Pleasure
Prosthetics and Devices

This Is the Science of Pleasure

MEL Magazine and Futurism present: Reports, stories, and dispatches from the horny and hedonistic horizons of tomorrow.

By Foster Kamer

A team of scientists are suggesting that we protect humans on Mars from deadly atmospheric conditions by kickstarting the planet's magnetic field.
Mars

Scientists Propose Jumpstarting Mars’ Magnetic Field to Make It Habitable

Even NASA is on board.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team of researchers say that the Moon is peppered with craters from miniature black holes — and they may reveal some breakthrough insights on dark matter. 
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Mini-Black Holes May Have Smashed Into the Moon

Its craters might reveal evidence of dark matter.

By Tony Ho Tran

Back in October, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently had to adjust its orbit to dodge out of the way of India's Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter.
Moon

NASA’s Moon Orbiter Almost Crashed Into India’s Moon Orbiter

They would've gotten way too close for comfort.

By Victor Tangermann

The body of a deceased cargo ship captain spent six months in the ship's walk-in freezer with 13 countries refusing to take care of it.
Future Society

Cargo Ship Spent Months With Captain’s Corpse in Walk-in Freezer

The body spent six months in the ship's walk-in freezer.

By Victor Tangermann

An Arkansas woman found herself in a nightmare scenario recently when she discovered that someone had put an Apple tracking device on her car.
Devices

Woman Freaks Out After Discovering an Apple Tracking Device on Her Car

There's more to this story than meets the eye.

By Noor Al-Sibai

"Don’t want to brag but... I’m the best at humility," Musk tweeted today. To his credit, the billionaire hasn't shied away from admitting when he was wrong.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Brags That He Is the “Best at Humility”

"Don’t want to brag but... I’m the best at humility."

By Victor Tangermann

A high tech upcoming sex toy asks an intriguing question: is it possible to technologically emulate the experience of having a penis?
Robots and Machines

New Sex Toy Aims to Emulate the Experience of Having a Penis

"The goal is biomimicry, to mimic the experience of an orgasm through male sexuality."

By Emma Flint

A woman is suing Tesla after she allegedly received near daily sexual harassment while working at the company — and she says Elon Musk is partly to blame.
Tesla

Women Accuses Tesla of Disgusting Sexual Harassment

"After almost three years of experiencing all the harassment, it robs your sense of security — it almost dehumanizes you."

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA has announced that the International Space Station (ISS) is still at a heightened risk of colliding with Russian space debris.
International Space Station

Surprise! The ISS Is Still at Risk From Russian Weapon Test

Here we go again.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk warned of climate change, comet strikes, and dropping birth rates — not to mention, in his words, "good ol' nuclear Armageddon."
Mars

Elon Musk: We Have to Get to Mars Because of “Nuclear Armageddon” on Earth

"I don't know what quite that risk is but it's not zero."

By Victor Tangermann

Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman to serve as acting president when President Joe Biden temporarily transferred power to her on Friday.
Developments

Kamala Harris Becomes First Acting Woman President While Biden Gets Colonoscopy

That's one way to do it.

By Tony Ho Tran

Cryptographers are unhappy they are no longer the de facto association of the term "crypto." But is that really a bad thing?
Cryptocurrency

Cryptographers Furious That “Crypto” Now Means Something Else

Is that necessarily a bad thing?

By Victor Tangermann

A Canadian teenager was arrested after stealing roughly $36.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from just one individual based in the US.
Cryptocurrency

Teen Hacker Arrested for Stealing $36 Million in Cryptocurrency

It's "currently the biggest cryptocurrency theft reported from one person."

By Victor Tangermann

COVID May Have Messed Up One Million Americans’ Sense of Smell
Developments

COVID May Have Messed Up One Million Americans’ Sense of Smell

A new study sheds some light on the long-term effects of the pandemic.

By Tony Ho Tran

A new pirate website called The NFT Bay is already hosting 15 terabytes of NFTs for "right clickers" to download.
NFTs

New Website Shows How Silly NFTs Are by Pirating Them

Will we look back at NFTs and "collectively go ‘WTF? We destroyed our planet for THIS?!'"

By Victor Tangermann

What if scientists gene-hacked humans, to be more affectionate, amorous and generally happy -- much like our distant cousins the bonobos?
Prosthetics and Devices

Could We Gene Hack Ourselves to Be Blissed Out Sex Maniacs, Like Our Distant Cousins the Bonobos?

And, if so, should we?

By James Anderson

A new study published in Royal Society B reveals that grandmothers typically have an instinctual and neurological urge to care for their grandchildren.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Scan Grandmas’ Brains, Confirm They REALLY Love Their Grandchildren

Unsurprisingly, your grandma probably loves you a whole lot.

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA is sending a spacecraft to the lunar surface to explore "one of the most distinctive and enigmatic natural features on the Moon."
Moon

2024 NASA Landing to Explore Mysterious Magnetic “Swirl” on Moon

Understanding it could be key for our survival once there.

By Victor Tangermann