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Astronomers developed a new trick that will help them determine whether so-called Earth-like exoplanets actually have their own atmospheres.
Science & Energy

Scientists’ New Trick Can Tell if an Exoplanet Has an Atmosphere

Enhance! Enhance!

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Homeland Security is proposing regulations that would require all travellers to have their faces scanned when entering or leaving the U.S.
Future Society

U.S. Homeland Security Wants to Scan the Face of All Travelers

The plans are already being met with sharp criticism.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers used eye-tracking tech on people looking at breasts in the hopes the data would lead to better breast surgery outcomes.
Studies

Surgeons Use Eye-Tracking Tech to Find the “Perfect Boob”

A hundred people stared at breasts — for science.

By Kristin Houser

New studies suggest that planet-wide dust storms and gigantic plumes called dust towers could have sucked up the planet's surface water.
Science & Energy

NASA Suggests Giant Dust Storms Blew Mars’ Water Into Space

Massive dust towers might have helped dry out the planet's surface.

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers stole the personal data of women who bought plus-size clothing, selling the records to online advertisers who can now target the victims.
Science & Energy

Hackers Stole, Sold Data of Women Who Bought Plus-Sized Clothes

They were auctioning the personal data off to online advertisers.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists recreated the bizarre activity of brain cells in tiny new chips, potentially leading to a new generation of artificial medical devices.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Finally Build Artificial Brain Cells

Brain-inspired circuitry just took a huge leap forward.

By Dan Robitzski

Infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar's brother Roberto Escobar is now selling a folding phone he claims is practically unbreakable.
Robots and Machines

Pablo Escobar’s Brother Is Selling An “Unbreakable” Folding Phone

The Escobar Fold 1 costs $349, and you can't return it or get a refund.

By Kristin Houser

A Boeing 767 airplane losing the evacuation slide off the jet while flying over a Boston suburb, landing just feet away from where two people were standing.
Advanced Transport

Evacuation Slide Falls off Boeing Jet, Lands in Backyard

It landed feet away from a Boston homeowner.

By Kristin Houser

The cops of San Luis Potosi, Mexico just announced plans to buy a Cybertruck fleet, making it the second police force interested in the vehucle.
Advanced Transport

Mexican Cops Pre-Order Fleet of Cybertrucks

Is this the police vehicle of the future?

By Dan Robitzski

The Russian government confirmed it will replace Wikipedia with an online version of the "Great Russian Encyclopedia," Reuters reports.
Future Society

Russia Says It Will Replace Wikipedia With State-Run Site

"At least that will be reliable information, presented in a good, modern way."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just announced that it finally found the crash site debris and remains of India's long lost lunar lander called Vikram.
NASA

NASA Spots Remains of India’s Lost Lunar Lander

An impact crater and debris field mark the lander's final resting place.

By Victor Tangermann

IKEA interior designer Christina Levenborn just helped researchers outfit the Mars Desert Research Station, a Mars analogue habitat in the Utah desert.
Mars

IKEA Designed the Interior of a Mars Habitat

Time to load the Starship up with flat packs.

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon just unveiled its new quantum computer cloud service, Braket, which will give developers a chance to test out their quantum applications.
Quantum Physics

Amazon Is Now Letting Anyone Run Programs on Its Quantum Computer

Amazon Braket is meant to help scientists and developers tinker with quantum computing.

By Dan Robitzski

A new study found that fish would flock to dead coral reefs if researchers blasted the sounds of a healthy reef from nearby underwater speakers.
Science & Energy

Fish Rave: Loudspeakers Draw Wildlife to Dead Reefs

"Boosting fish populations in this way could help to kick-start natural recovery processes..."

By Kristin Houser

NASA is about to test a prototype cosmic radiation-blocking vest by strapping it to a dummy and sending ti around the Moon.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Sending Dummies Around the Moon to Test Cosmic Radiation

Only one dummy will get a prototype radiation shield.

By Dan Robitzski

Australia's New South Wales is rolling out a system of AI cameras designed to catch drivers using their mobile phones illegally.
Artificial Intelligence

On Your Phone While Driving? These AI Cameras Will Snitch on You.

The cameras detect drivers using their phones when they shouldn't be.

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk tweeted that "with extreme effort," Cybertruck aerodynamics could hit an extremely low drag coefficient that'd be "insane for a truck."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Cybertruck Aerodynamics Could be “Insane”

There's a lot we still don't know about Tesla's controversial truck.

By Victor Tangermann

Free dating apps and services owned by Match Group, which include Tinder, PlentyofFish, and OkCupid, don't screen users against the sex offenders registry.
Future Society

Tinder and OkCupid Don’t Screen For Sex Offenders

"There are definitely registered sex offenders on our free products."

By Dan Robitzski

In an attempt to prevent bullying and discrimination, TikTok reportedly limits the reach of users with disabilities with discriminatory practices.
Future Society

TikTok Secretly Hid Videos by Fat, LGBTQ, Mentally Disabled Users

The company claimed it was trying to prevent bullying.

By Dan Robitzski

A former sales rep recounts the tactics Big Pharma used to convince doctors to prescribe opioids in greater and greater numbers.
RX and Medicine

Drug Rep Exposes How Big Pharma Pushed Opioids

New drugs, same old sales tactics.

By Kristin Houser