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Belgium-based machine learning researcher and educator Xander Steenbrugge has developed a neural network AI that can turn music into trippy animations.
Artificial Intelligence

"The AI does not fully create the work, and neither do I. It is very much a collaboration."

By Victor Tangermann

In a new study, a team of astronomers from Ohio State University claim to have discovered an entirely new and previously missing class of black holes.
Science & Energy

This entirely new class of small black holes could open up "a new area of study."

By Victor Tangermann

Japan has unveiled a wooden car two years in the making, but while the vehicle looks cool, it seems far from road ready at this time.
Advanced Transport

Would you drive a wooden car?

By Kristin Houser

A physicist created a calculator that uses mathematical models to determine the likelihood that humanity would survive a vampire attack.
Future Society

Bad news, fellow human — if vampires attack, science says we're probably not going to survive.

By Kristin Houser

Boeing admitted today that dozens of its third-generation 737 NG ("Next Generation") planes have been grounded by a number of airlines.
Advanced Transport

Only yesterday, Boeing's CEO received a grilling in front of Congress over mistakes in relation to the 737 Max.

By Victor Tangermann

The latest from music coding group Dadabots is a neural net trained on Cannibal Corpse music and lyrics that writes endless metal about killing humans.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI generates endless death metal — complete with music and lyrics.

By Dan Robitzski

After denying reports of a system malware infection Tuesday, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) admitted that its plants had been hacked.
Nuclear Fusion

One analyst called it an act of war.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronauts on the International Space Station played a quick game of low-gravity baseball in orbit to promote the World Series.
International Space Station

Don't break a window!

By Dan Robitzski

MIT researchers have created a fleet of robot cubes that can move autonomously, climbing, spinning, and even jumping to form shapes.
Robotics

It's like Minecraft — in real life.

By Kristin Houser

In the video game "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice," players see the world through the eyes of a young warrior suffering from severe mental health issues.
Health & Medicine

And the studio behind it just announced a new project.

By Kristin Houser

In a surprise announcement by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey today, the platform has decided to ban all political ads across the globe starting November 22nd.
Future Society

"We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought."

By Victor Tangermann

Last week, scientists achieved "first light" with the Mayall Telescope's Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. It could teach us about dark energy.
Energy

The instrument has the potential to "spark a revolution in theoretical physics."

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

By Jappy Lim

A new lawsuit claims that JUUL shipped a million contaminated vape pods to customers and then fired an exec for voicing his concerns about it.
Chemistry

When he questioned the decision, he was told to "remember his loyalty to JUUL."

By Kristin Houser

A new visualization shows just how vast space is by taking people from the size of an astronaut to that of the entire universe.
Science & Energy

It spans from the size of an astronaut to the entire observable universe.

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors in Texas recorded a livestream of a brain surgery during which the person under the knife, Jenna Schardt, was awake and talking.
Neuroscience and Brain

They removed a mass of seizure-causing blood vessels from the patient's brain — while she was still awake.

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk announced Tuesday that he's donating $1 million worth of trees to a campaign by YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, better known as "MrBeast."
Elon Musk

Donating to a tree planting organization could give Musk a much-needed PR boost.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center believe the recently discovered interstellar comet 2I/Borisov may hold water.
Science & Energy

It could be the first time we've ever discovered interstellar water in our own Solar System.

By Victor Tangermann

By the year 2069, digital personhood — the granting of rights to machines — could be the norm, a tech expert told Pew Research Center.
Future Society

Digital beings could have "rights, personality, and limited responsibility."

By Kristin Houser

NASA has released an image for Halloween that looks like a ghostly face but is actually two galaxies colliding some 704 million light-years away.
Science & Energy

This galactic horror comes courtesy of NASA.

By Kristin Houser