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A woman tried to call for help via a Knightscope security robot covered in "police" markings, just to be told to step aside.
Robotics

The robot told the woman calling for help to "step out of the way."

By Dan Robitzski

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Hyperloop

Elon Musk isn't just sponsoring competitions anymore. He's entered the race.

By Dom Galeon

Researchers have recorded a video of pigs using tools, a hallmark of advanced intelligence exhibited by only the smartest species.
Evolution

It’s evolution, Babe.

By Kristin Houser

Starting Wednesday, the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric will turn off customers' power to prevent its aging infrastructure from causing wildfires.
Energy

California is about to get post-apocalyptic.

By Dan Robitzski

In a paper, NASA scientist Jeremy Schnittman argues that it's pretty unlikely planets that orbit black holes could harbor life.
Science & Energy

Across the universe, is someone looking up from their home planet into a vast black hole?

By Victor Tangermann

Gravity Industries added a shoulder-mounted toy rifle to its Iron Man-style flying jet suit, and then took it for a spin above a parking lot.
Advanced Transport

The mock rifle aims wherever the pilot looks.

By Kristin Houser

The AI used by the UK government to review people's passport photos contains built-in biases against people with darker skin. The gov. deployed it anyway.
Artificial Intelligence

Government officials knew about the problem and decided it was fine.

By Dan Robitzski

A 17-year-old teenager from New York died of "vaping-related illness" on Friday according to officials, as the New York Times reports.
Developments

He was the youngest to have died from the mysterious illness in the country.

By Victor Tangermann

In case the world collapses and modern gadgets fall into disrepair, a developer is making an operating system to run on salvaged computers.
Future Society

I don't remember this from "Mad Max."

By Dan Robitzski

Startup Anduril has built an anti-drone quadcopter for the U.S. military that kills other drones by slamming into them at 100 miles per hour.
Drones

And it reportedly almost always survives the attack.

By Kristin Houser

Not everybody is on board with the growing adoption of fake meat, with critics arguing that it's unhealthy and over-processed.
Future Society

Some argue that plant-based meats are overprocessed and unhealthy.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronauts were treated to an amazing sight on June 22, 2019 when the Raikoke Volcano in Eastern Russia erupted into a massive cloud of dark smoke.
Science & Energy

You've never seen a volcano like this before.

By Victor Tangermann

California is now the first state to allow residents to obtain the HIV prevention drugs PrEP and PEP directly from their pharmacists.
Developments

Californians can now get PrEP and PEP directly from their pharmacist.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists discovered 20 more tiny moons orbiting Saturn, meaning the gas giant is the new record holder within the confines of our solar system.
Science & Energy

Here's how you can submit your own naming suggestions.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, the center of the Milky Way galaxy exploded in a huge flare-up of hot gas. And an explosion might explode again in the future.
Science & Energy

And it could happen again.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are learning more and more ways to gene-hack new traits into animals, including genetic alterations that could enhance their intelligence.
Biology

Some believe it's a moral obligation to give animals human-level intelligence.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk regrets calling Vernon Unsworth a "child rapist" in an email to BuzzFeed, according to court documents filed by British diver.
Elon Musk

It seems Musk regrets calling that cave diver a "pedo guy."

By Victor Tangermann

New warnings about "zombie deer disease" are sweeping the U.S., but according to one expert, it may already be too late to stop the spread to humans.
Developments

Whatever you do, don't eat the meat.

By Kristin Houser

Transhumanist Winter Mraz has modified her body with a number of implants, including a pair of LEDs that light up under a magnet.
Prosthetics and Devices

"Because they are sparkly and I’m a magpie."

By Kristin Houser

Farmers in China are breeding pigs that weigh as much as 500 kilograms in response to the African swine fever that recently devastated its pig population.
Future Society

One of the porkers weighs a whopping 1,102 pounds.

By Kristin Houser