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U.S. airline Delta is partnering with Sarcos Robotics to test out if its Guardian XO exosuits can give its employees a hand with lifting heavy things.
Future Society

This Airline Is Testing Powered Exoskeletons For Luggage Workers

Watch it heft 200 pound suitcases as if they were weightless.

Tesla shares surged at the beginning of this year, making it the most valuable U.S. auto maker of all time, as The Wall Street Journal reports.
Tesla

Tesla Is Now the Most Valuable Auto Company In US History

The company has yet to actually turn an annual profit.

Researchers from Italy claim to have discovered two new cannabinoids, including one they say is 30 times more potent than THC.
Chemistry

Newly Discovered Weed Compound Is 30 Times More Potent Than THC

A dose of THCP was as active as a larger dose of THC

Startup Ao Air has announced a $350 face mask called the Atmos Faceware, a gadget that promises to protect its wearer against dangerous air pollution.
Climate Change

This $350 Breathing Mask Is Cashing in on Climate Change

Should clean air really only be available to those who can afford it?

China is reportedly working on a "laser attack platform" for cannons that can be attached to its military's planes, the South China Morning Post reports.
Future Society

China Wants to Mount Laser Cannons on Its Fighter Jets

Attached to an aircraft, the lasers could shoot down incoming missiles or other enemy aircraft.

Impossible Foods’ Fake Pork Looks Absolutely Scrumptious
Food

Impossible Foods’ Fake Pork Looks Absolutely Scrumptious

Plant-based meat is coming after pork next.

Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut, firmly believes that aliens exist and that they may even be on the Earth already.
Off-World

UK’s First Astronaut: Aliens Definitely Exist, May Be on Earth

"It’s possible they’re here right now and we simply can’t see them."

For the second time ever, scientists found a repeating radio burst from deep space. This time, it came from a galaxy that resembles the Milky Way.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Capture Repeating Radio Burst From Spiral Galaxy

The signal came from the arms of a distant, Milky Way-like galaxy.

Intense cosmic rays given off by short-lived stars are bombarding a nearby galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, from within.
Science & Energy

Intense Stellar Activity Is Ripping Apart a Nearby Galaxy

A huge burst of cosmic rays threatens the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Facebook Bans All Deepfakes
Future Society

Facebook Bans All Deepfakes

Good luck, Facebook.

Hackers placed a pro-Iran propaganda image of U.S. President Donald Trump being punched in the face on the homepage of a U.S. government-run website.
Future Society

US Website Defaced With Pro-Iran Propaganda, Bloody Trump Face

At least one U.S. official is dismissing the hack as "a nothing event."

Boeing is investigating whether a wiring oversight in the 737 Max commercial airplane could potentially result in a crash.
Advanced Transport

Boeing Finds Even More Issues With Its Troubled 737 Max Plane

Will Boeing's 737 Max ever fly again?

Newly leaked videos and a tweet by Pranav Mistry offer a sneak peak at NEON, a Samsung project focused on the creation of "artificial humans."
Artificial Intelligence

Samsung’s Artificial Humans Look Eerily, Well, Human

Leaked videos offer a sneak peek at NEON.

The fires currently raging in Australia are turning New Zealand's glaciers brown and potentially speeding up their melting.
Science & Energy

The Fires in Australia Are Turning Distant Glaciers Brown

"If fire frequency, ash, and dust transport increase, there is a chance that this will hasten the demise of New Zealand glaciers."

Samsung has built an "artificial human" called NEON that it plans to unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show kicking off on January 7.
Artificial Intelligence

Samsung Tweets Cryptic Plans to Unveil an “Artificial Human”

"NEON is NOT about Bixby, or anything you have seen before."

A team of astronomers combined data from three different NASA observatories to create a 3-D visualization of the Crab Nebula.
Science & Energy

Check Out the 3D Wreckage From This Exploded Star

Kaboom!

Iran's vow of "crushing revenge" for the murder of military general Qassim Suleimani has America on high alert for a Iranian cyberattack.
Future Society

Here’s How an Iranian Cyberattack Could Affect You

The nation could attempt to take out American power grids — but probably won't.

The local government overseeing Fukushima has vowed to supply the region with 100% renewable energy by 2040, The Guardian reports.
Renewable Energy

Fukushima Plans to Power Region With 100% Renewable Energy

Over eight years after the meltdown, Fukushima wants to turn a new leaf.

Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla may consider adding an anti-dooring feature to protect bicyclists by keeping doors locked until they pass.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Teslas Might Prevent Riders From Dooring Bicyclists

Software updates might keep Teslas from dooring cyclists.

Bosch has come up with a clever car windshield cover featuring an AI LCD panel to cast a shadow on the driver's eyes, blocking out only a small portion.
Artificial Intelligence

This Clever Car Add-On Uses AI to Block Out Just The Sun

No more staring into the Sun while you drive.