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Ever since Trump announced a flavored vape ban, advisers and lobbyists have been trying to nip it in the bud. Now, it seems that they succeeded.
Developments

Lobbyists and advisers have been pushing Trump to abandon the ban for months.

By Dan Robitzski

YouTubers systematically tested over 15,000 keywords to demonstrate that YouTube is automatically demonetizing LGBTQ content.
Future Society

The evidence is piling up.

By Dan Robitzski

Space companies trying to make off-world tourism a thing will likely cause major environmental destruction in the process as spaceflight ramps up.
Off-World

Increased rocket launches will be environmentally catastrophic.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists used a powerful supercomputer to create a new simulation that lets you see a galaxy form over the course of 13.8 billion years.
Science & Energy

Scientists had to speed the simulation up just a little bit.

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists used data collected by the European Space Agency's Cluster mission to map out Earth's "eerie song" it sings during a solar storm.
Solar Power

You can even "listen" to the otherworldly music it creates.

By Victor Tangermann

Companies in India like Oxy Pure are selling customers access to pure oxygen as the area's air pollution becomes increasingly dangerous.
Future Society

The air pollution is so bad that children are getting brain damage — and entrepreneurs see a possibility.

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers were advertising thousands of stolen and hacked Disney+ accounts and credentials online within hours of the streaming service's launch.
Hacking

Within hours of the service's launch, thousands of stolen credentials were online.

By Kristin Houser

A special panel of scientists studied the idea of hibernation pods for astronauts and how it would affect the design and size of habitation modules.
Developments

A key advantage: it could protect astronauts from cosmic radiation.

By Victor Tangermann

A haunting quest to source a viral video of a man apparently capturing catfish using Coca-Cola brand soda, Mentos, and an ordinary egg.
Science & Energy

We asked Coke — and Mentos.

By Jacob Banas

Richard Browning, British inventor and daredevil, has broken his own speed record flying in his "Iron Man" style jet suit.
Advanced Transport

"It truly feels like that dream of flying you have sometimes in your sleep."

By Victor Tangermann

By targeting protein-producing cells in the brains of mouse models of Down syndrome, researchers reversed some of the animals' cognitive impairments.
Neuroscience and Brain

"Nobody thought anything could be done. But we may have struck gold."

By Kristin Houser

DARPA is funding research into bacteria for bomb detection that could sense explosives below the ground and then glow on its surface.
DARPA

If one bacteria detects explosives, another will glow on the ground's surface.

By Kristin Houser

The Boring Company has officially started digging a tunnel for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's futuristic transportation system.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk's Boring Company finally starts work on its first major project.

By Victor Tangermann

When British teen Ewan Fisher was 16 years old, he took up vaping. Within five months, he was in intensive care on two forms of life support.
Chemistry

"I ended up in intensive care... I almost died."

By Kristin Houser

Google is secretly working with one of the biggest healthcare systems in the U.S. to collect personal medical records from millions of Americans.
Developments

Should Google be able to access your full medical history without telling you?

By Victor Tangermann

Using head-mounted cameras to scan faces in Washington, D.C., Fight for the Future protestors hoped to draw attention to facial recognition surveillance.
Artificial Intelligence

They donned hazmat suits to warn of the dangers of facial recognition.

By Kristin Houser

Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI has released the full version of GPT-2, an algorithm capable of writing coherent paragraphs of text.
OpenAI

The startup may have overstated the threat.

By Kristin Houser

A whistleblower claims the emergency oxygen systems on the Boeing 787 jet don't always work and that Boeing did nothing to address the issue.
Advanced Transport

"I believe it's just a matter of time before something big happens with a 787."

By Kristin Houser

This AI Draws Horrifying New Pokémon
Artificial Intelligence

Gotta catch 'em all?

By Victor Tangermann

Kanye West just shared a new shoe prototype from his Yeezy fashion line — and the kicks contain environmentally friendly algae foam.
Science & Energy

"We're going to be farming and going seed to sole."

By Kristin Houser