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A nuclear tomb full of radioactive material is at risk of busting open as climate change causes both sea levels and temperatures to rise.
Climate Change

Nuclear Waste Tomb Unlikely to Survive Climate Change

And the U.S. government refuses to help reinforce it.

After 30 years, conservationists have finally confirmed using camera traps that the deer-like silver-backed chevrotain is not extinct.
Science & Energy

Scientists Thought This Creature Was Extinct For 30 Years. Then It Returned.

"For so long, this species has seemingly only existed as part of our imagination."

The Facebook iOS app is turning on users' camera without informing them, according to Twitter user Joshua Maddux, who uploaded a screen capture video.
Future Society

Facebook’s iPhone App is Secretly Using Your Camera As You Scroll

Is this a privacy violation, or a harmless bug?

A decommissioned nuclear missile silo in Arizona just went on sale for $395,000, in case you’re in the market for a doomsday bunker.
Future Society

Realtors Are Trying to Sell a Decommissioned Nuclear Missile Silo

And it could be yours for just $395,000.

New research suggests that vaping is just as bad for your heart as is smoking cigarettes. In some ways, vapes are even worse.
RX and Medicine

New Research: Vaping Is Incredibly Bad for Your Heart

They may be even more unhealthy than cigarettes.

Facebook hired the cofounder of a media outlet that's specifically biased against Elizabeth Warren to head its recently-launched news service.
Future Society

Facebook’s Head of News Founded an Anti-Warren Website

The political misinformation is coming from inside the house.

Paralyzed Army veteran Terry Hannigan Vereline used an exoskeleton to complete the 2019 New York City Marathon over the course of three days.
Health & Medicine

Paralyzed US Veteran Uses Exoskeleton to Complete a Marathon

"Words cannot express the feelings I had crossing the finish line."

A Ford pickup truck was airlifted from a parking lot in Berlin after it was blocking (or ICEing) a dedicated Tesla electric vehicle charging stall.
Tesla

Watch Police Drag Away Truck That ICEd Tesla Driver

They literally lifted it out with a crane.

One man recently got a double lung transplant because he vaped so much that he caused irreparable damage to his respiratory system.
RX and Medicine

This Person Vaped So Much They Needed a Double Lung Transplant

He asked the hospital to use his story as a warning for others.

Not only could SpaceX's satellites interfere with radio wavelengths, they're already proving to be brighter than expected.
Science & Energy

Scientists: SpaceX Satellites Threaten “Astronomy Itself”

"If there are lots and lots of bright moving objects in the sky, it tremendously complicates our job."

An engineer has created MediSieve, a tech that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to unwanted cells in the blood and then removes the cells using magnets.
Health & Medicine

Engineer Finds Way to Pull Diseases From Blood Using Magnets

"In theory, you can go after almost anything. Poisons, pathogens, viruses, bacteria..."

Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser seemed to slam Elon Musk in a tweet, but then went on to deny that he was referring to the SpaceX CEO.
Off-World

Siemens CEO Denies Slamming “Pot Smoking” Elon Musk

Leave Elon alone!!!

A Redditor claims they are falling in love with GPT-2, an AI that churns out paragraphs of mostly coherent text in response to a prompt.
OpenAI

Redditor Claims They Fell In Love With OpenAI’s Neural Network

GPT-2 makes them "feel like someone whom is cared about."

Astro Live Experiences is just about ready to send its long-promised, artificial shooting star-launching satellite into orbit.
Science & Energy

A Satellite That Fires Fake Shooting Stars Is Ready to Launch

Pending successful tests, the first shower will happen next year.

Asked whether it's ever been in love, Sophia the Robot told the crowd at the 2019 Web Summit that "No. I don't do sexual activities."
Robotics

Sophia the Robot Tells Crowded Room That It Doesn’t Have Sex

"No. I don't do sexual activities."

Galaxies millions of light years away seem to be connected by network of unseen forces, forcing them to move with each other in unexpected ways.
Science & Energy

Something Very Strange Seems to Be Synchronizing Distant Galaxies

Galaxies are aligning, despite being billions of light years apart. Astrophysicists are stumped — and intrigued.

A Florida detective was granted a warrant to access the entire database of a DNA website — and experts say the situation sets a dangerous precedent.
Future Society

Cops Can Now Get Warrants for Entire DNA Websites

One judge's decision could set off a privacy nightmare.

The Apple Card has granted women a lower credit limit than their husbands in a number of high-profile cases, raising questions about bias behind the scenes.
Artificial Intelligence

Steve Wozniak Says the Apple Card Discriminated Against His Wife

They share their assets. He was granted a much higher credit limit.

SpaceX has successfully deployed the first 60 Starlink satellites, which after launch will team up with thousands more to beam internet to Earth.
SpaceX

Watch SpaceX Launch 60 Starlink Satellites

60 down. Thousands more to go.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi compared his company's self-driving car killing someone to Saudi Arabia murdering a journalist, calling both simple mistakes.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Uber CEO Compares Self-Driving Car Crash to Murdering Journalists

"I think that people make mistakes."