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Watch a Jet Wing Pilot “Jetman” Hover Over a Lake
Advanced Transport

Jetman just made his triumphant return with an epic new stunt.

By Victor Tangermann

Marijuana can literally change a user's heart, enlarging its left ventricle and impairing function, according to a new study.
Chemistry

It also impairs the organ's ability to function.

By Kristin Houser

A Russian YouTube channel built a knock-off version of Tesla's Cybertruck and then drove it around the streets of Moscow.
Elon Musk

"How do you like that, Elon Musk?"

By Kristin Houser

Boeing's Starliner missed its intended orbit for its first mission and burned up too much fuel to complete its planned journey to the ISS.
Boeing

SpaceX's main rival just messed up in a major way.

By Kristin Houser

Tech giant Apple reportedly has a secret team working on satellite-based wireless data beaming technology, according to Bloomberg.
Future Society

First SpaceX — and now Apple?

By Victor Tangermann

An Army research center patented bizarre boots that generates electricity every time a soldier takes a step, giving them a new way to power their gear.
Energy

A tiny generator sparks to life with every step.

By Dan Robitzski

Chad Underwood, a Navy pilot who recorded a bizarre UFO encounter in 2004, talked to Intelligencer about what he saw in an interview.
Future Society

"It was just behaving in ways that aren’t physically normal."

By Victor Tangermann

Ocean acidification is literally eating away at sharks' skin, destroying the layer of tiny scales that helps them swim and hunt.
Environment

Sharks are losing their scales — and their ability to swim.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from MIT came up with an invisible ink that can be harmlessly embedded in the skin along with a vaccine to serve as a medical record.
Prosthetics and Devices

They're only visible using a special smartphone camera app and filter.

By Victor Tangermann

A major investigation reveals two terrifying truths: your phone is constantly tracking and sharing your location, and you have no control over it.
Future Society

Dozens of companies are likely tracking your every move with no oversight.

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers taught an artificially intelligent robot to cook and serve hot dogs by training it in a virtual setting and then an actual grill.
Robot Dogs

And all it took was lots of practice on a virtual grill.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at North Carolina State University are exploring if drones can be used to monitor the growth of Christmas trees in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Drones

Tracking the health and growth of Christmas trees is a lot easier with the help of drones.

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers built a soft robotic bug capable of surviving harsh punishment like being flattened, stomped, and folded. It's creepy, but a huge step forward.
Robotics

Exactly what we needed!

By Dan Robitzski

A new CDC study suggests that one in two American adults will be considered obese by 2030. It's a growing problem that affects low-income workers the most.
Studies

Even the fittest among us will feel the impact.

By Dan Robitzski

The Moon’s surface could electrocute future astronauts as they plan to visit areas hit by very little charge-negating sunlight.
Moon

It's not just lunar dust that astronauts have to worry about.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars 2020 rover rolled forward and backward for the first time inside a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, clearing small ramps.
Mars

"A rover needs to rove, and Mars 2020 did that yesterday."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a Wednesday tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has its doubt that the company's upcoming computer upgrade option will be worth $2,000.
Elon Musk

Still no Netflix for those who bought a Tesla before 2018.

By Victor Tangermann

The internet has a shockingly large environmental impact, and data centers are giving off an increasing amount of carbon emissions. Something has to give.
Climate Change

The internet consumes an obscene amount of energy, and it's only getting worse.

By Dan Robitzski

China says its HL-2M tokamak should be operational in 2020, and the “artificial sun” could potentially make nuclear fusion a viable energy option on Earth.
Science & Energy

The HL-2M tokamak is nearing completion.

By Kristin Houser

British startup StandardToilet has designed a productivity toilet that's intentionally made to be uncomfortable thanks to its 13-degree slope.
Future Society

"[Its] main benefit is to the employers, not the employees."

By Victor Tangermann