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

DARPA Is Engineering Glowing Bacteria for Bomb Detection

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 Starts Digging “Viva Las Vegas Loop”

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

UK Teen Needed Life Support After Vaping for Just Five Months

"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

Google Is Secretly Hoarding Your Medical Records

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

Protestors Wearing Head-Mounted Cameras Scan 13,000 Faces in DC

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

OpenAI Just Released the AI It Said Was Too Dangerous to Share

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

Whistleblower Says Boeing 787 Oxygen Masks Don’t Work

"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

This AI Draws Horrifying New Pokémon

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

Kanye West Unveils Yeezy Sneakers Made of Algae Foam

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

By Kristin Houser

Last week, Sophia the robot answered a question about love by saying it doesn't have sex. Now, Sophia's developers say the robot got confused.
Robotics

Sophia the Robot Says She Doesn’t Have Sex, Confusing Creators

We got an explanation for Sophia's sexual outburst last week.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA: Boeing Spaceflights Are Way Pricier Than SpaceX
Boeing

NASA: Boeing Spaceflights Are Way Pricier Than SpaceX

Boeing is charging more than what NASA currently pays Russia to send Americans to the ISS.

By Victor Tangermann

Rising global temperatures could lead to more unplanned explosions of military ammunition stockpiles, experts told Scientific American.
Science & Energy

Ammunition Stockpiles Are Exploding As Global Temps Rise

"In the military, everything is more difficult when it’s summer. And now summer never ends."

By Kristin Houser

Research suggests that extended trips into space might cause cognitive decline in astronauts, as the brain changes without the influence of gravity.
Science & Energy

New Research: Astronauts Are Experiencing Cognitive Decline

At least, that's what early brain scans suggest.

By Dan Robitzski

Nine year old Belgian genius Laurent Simons is on track to graduate with a degree in electrical engineering this year. He plans to grow artificial organs.
Science & Energy

A 9-Year-Old Genius Is Getting an Engineering Degree Next Month

Next, he's planning on a doctorate and a medical degree.

By Dan Robitzski

In a new paper, an international team of quantum physicists argue that thanks to the unusual rules of quantum mechanics, reality is actually be subjective.
Quantum Physics

Bizarre New Quantum Research: Reality Itself May Be Subjective

There is no spoon. Or at least on the quantum level.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from the University of Sussex have found a way to create cutting-edge holograms that you can not only see but also hear and even feel.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create Holograms You Can See, Hear, and Feel

Watch a video of the amazing hologram in action.

By Kristin Houser

According to a shocking new report by NASA scientists, blood flow can stop and even reverse in the upper bodies of astronauts.
NASA

NASA Research: Astronauts Are Getting Clots, Bizarre Blood Flow

Scientists are shocked — spending lots of time in space could be far more dangerous than previously believed.

By Victor Tangermann

Phil Schiller, the head of marketing at Apple, argues that students with Chromebooks in their classroom instead of iPads won't succeed.
Science & Energy

Apple Exec: Kids With Chromebooks Are “Not Going to Succeed”

The company behind iPads says iPads are the ultimate learning tool.

By Dan Robitzski

Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe started making its long trek back to Earth after collecting asteroid rock samples some 186 million miles away.
Science & Energy

Japanese Space Probe Returning to Earth, With Chunks of Asteroid

The tiny spacecraft has nearly 200 million miles to cover.

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft-owned Github dumped physical copies of the world's open source code in an apocalypse-proof vault to save it for when society collapses.
Future Society

Microsoft Is Hiding Source Code in an Apocalypse-Proof Cave

GitHub's archives are backed up on microfilm in an Arctic mine.

By Dan Robitzski