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YouTube tinkerer Shane Wighton behind the channel Stuff Made Here built a chainsaw-wielding robotic arm that can chisel a dog shape out of bits of foam.
Robotics

Check Out This Deadly Robot Arm With an Actual Chainsaw

"Stay back, I will kill you."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just dropped a 14,000 pound model of its Orion spacecraft into a big pool to make sure that it would hold up during a splashdown.
NASA

Watch as NASA Drops a Spacecraft Into a Huge Dunk Tank

There's a good reason, we promise.

By Dan Robitzski

On March 30 SpaceX's Starship SN11 prototype blew up in a massive cloud of orange light. Now, we get to rewatch the explosion in slow motion.
Starship

Starship Exploding in the Fog Looks Amazing in Slow Motion

A Starship explosion has never looked better.

By Victor Tangermann

Reports of mysterious swarms of drones hovering above US Navy ships in July 2019 have top military officials puzzled.
Drones

Navy Official: Mysterious Drones Are Also Swarming Other Countries’ Ships

The Navy still has no idea what they were or where they came from.

By Victor Tangermann

Multiple research teams are working toward a vaccine that protects against every coronavirus at once, including COVID-19 and the common cold.
Viruses

Scientists About to Start Testing a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine in Humans

It could work on SARS, COVID-19, and even the common cold.

By Dan Robitzski

New simulations show that a compact fusion reactor with compressed plasma would actually produce more electricity than it takes in.
Energy

Simulation Shows This Fusion Reactor Doing Something Amazing

Now scientists just need to make it a reality.

By Dan Robitzski

The "Xupermask," Will.i.am's collaboration with N95 face mask manufacturer Honeywell, is a mask that has more bells and whistles than sense.
SpaceX

This High Tech COVID Mask Was Designed by SpaceX’s Spacesuit Creator

It costs $299 and is basically a smartphone for your face.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter dubbed Ingenuity is online and just snapped its first color photo over the weekend.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is Online and Just Sent Back a Photo

It won't win any awards for the image.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook has been permitting the Chinese government to buy ads that deny it's committing acts of genocide against its Muslim Uyghur population.
Future Society

Facebook Lets Chinese Government Run Genocide-Denying Ads

For the second time, Facebook is tangled up in a genocide.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover's Hazard Avoidance Camera picked up what appears to be a perfect rainbow above the Red Planet's arid surface.
Science & Energy

NASA Releases Breathtaking Rover Photo of “Rainbow” on Mars

Rainbows shouldn't exist on Mars.

By Victor Tangermann

In an email to Futurism, JPL media relations specialist Andrew Good confirmed that the "rainbow" spotted by Perseverance was the result of a lens flare.
Mars

NASA: That’s Not a Rainbow We Photographed on Mars

It's not what you might think.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists says that robodogs could become a suitable, lower-cost replacement for biological seeing eye dogs for visually impaired people.
Robot Dogs

Scientists Want to Replace Seeing Eye Dogs With Robodogs

Service animals may become the next victims of workplace automation.

By Dan Robitzski

Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that the tech company's upcoming augmented reality glasses could become a surprisingly intrusive part of every day life.
Virtual Reality

The CEO of Apple Thinks People Will Use Augmented Reality for Something Absolutely Hilarious

Who wouldn't want "charts" to pop up in their vision while having a conversation?

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers posted the leaked private information of over 533 million Facebook users online. The breach was so big it even includes Mark Zuckerberg's data.
Science & Energy

New Facebook Leak Was So Huge It Included Mark Zuckerberg’s Personal Data

Over 500 million users' data was leaked — and it's available online.

By Dan Robitzski

Here's why SpaceX's SN11 Starship prototype exploded on March 30, according to CEO Elon Musk.
Starship

Elon Musk Reveals Why Last Starship Prototype Exploded Before Landing

Will SN15 be any different?

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has officially survived its first night alone after being deployed by the agency's Perseverance rover.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Night On Its Own

Temperatures can drop down to -130 degrees Fahrenheit.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists finally figured out what caused the gigantic spider-like formations on Mars' south pole by recreating the planet's environment in a lab.
Science & Energy

Scientists Finally Explain Mysterious “Spiders” Spotted on Mars

We regret to inform you that giant spiders don't actually live on Mars.

By Dan Robitzski

Four current crew members on board the ISS took SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft nicknamed Resilience for a spin early Monday morning.
NASA

Watch NASA Astronauts Take SpaceX Spacecraft for a Joyride

Astronauts had to make space for the next Crew Dragon mission.

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in the US, a formerly-homeless person moved into a 3D-printed house that he says turned his life around.
Future Society

Formerly Homeless Man Now Living in 3D Printed House

3D-printed tiny homes are finally delivering on their social promise.

By Dan Robitzski

worlds-deepest-shipwreck-dive-reaches-sunken-WWII-US-battleship
Science & Energy

World’s Deepest Shipwreck Dive Reaches Sunken WWII US Battleship

The dive was twice as deep as the Titanic.

By Tony Ho Tran