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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

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may investigate Tesla over how it handled its exploding battery issue.
Tesla

A software update could have reduced the driving range of thousands of Teslas.

By Dan Robitzski

California has banned the creation of political deepfakes — clips manipulated to make it look like a politician said or did something they didn't.
Artificial Intelligence

But only under very specific circumstances.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Space Development Agency is seeking over $11 billion to deploy up to 1,200 low-orbit satellites to monitor next-generation hypersonic missiles.
Space

Up to seven layers of satellite constellations will make sure the U.S. will have the edge over adversaries.

By Victor Tangermann

Jesse Karmazin, founder of blood transfusion clinic Ivy Plasma, suggested a former patient faked his own death. He says it must have been a prank caller.
Developments

A controversial "young blood" transfusion treatment. A patient who may have faked his own death. It's just another day in the future.

By Dan Robitzski

Based on rover findings, NASA scientists envision Mars' Gale Crater to once have resembled the Altiplanos, the high altitude regions of South America.
Science & Energy

Scientists say this Martian crater was once dotted with streams and salty pools.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station grew meat from bovine cells — and the experiment could help feed people in space and on Earth.
Future Society

Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!

By Kristin Houser

Porn deepfakes featuring actresses and musicians from the entertainment industry account for the vast majority of the manipulated videos currently online.
Artificial Intelligence

And the victim of the deepfake was almost always a female actor or musician.

By Kristin Houser

Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO who's accumulated a nice $69.8 billion, suggests that maybe no one needs a billion dollars after all.
Future Society

"…on some level no one deserves to have that much money."

By Dan Robitzski

Musk revealed that the Tesla will soon be getting "customized horn and movement sounds,"— including "goats" and "farts" according to a Sunday tweet.
Elon Musk

They'll also make Monty Python-inspired coconut sounds.

By Victor Tangermann

To help her deal with depression, Sofia Barrett-Ibarria hired a dominatrix life coach — and she's not the only one seeking out dommes for that purpose.
Mental Health

"I wanted motivation, advice, and accountability from a woman who spanks grown men for a living."

By Kristin Houser

This Silicon-Valley based psychiatrist wants people to take a break from over-stimulation through "dopamine hacking." Some have already taken it too far.
Health & Medicine

Unsurprisingly, some are already taking this concept to a bizarre extreme.

By Victor Tangermann

Watch the First Video of a Virus Growing in Real-Time
Viruses

The footage could help us find new ways to fight infections.

By Victor Tangermann

Toyota, Japanese tech giant, is using virtual reality to teach a home helper robot how to fulfill random tasks around the house.
Robotics

The tech lets humans look through the robot's eyes.

By Victor Tangermann

A visit to the seafloor at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill revealed a nightmarish landscape populated by gruesome, tumor-filled sea life.
Biology

"Nothing prepared us for what we saw," a researcher said. "There were deformities, but mostly things were missing."

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese government has a startling level of control over TikTok, according to leaked documents that reveal how the government censors political posts.
Future Society

Also banned: Tibetan independence and Falun Gong.

By Dan Robitzski

It's a vision in which humankind has gone off world, built an orbital economy, and then watched it slowly disintegrate, like your hometown after the factory closed. It's hard to say if it's plausible, but it's emotionally resonant.
Off-World

Applebee's on the Moon. Feral dogs on Mars. Is this the washed-up solar system we deserve?

By Jon Christian

An experimental TikTok feature available in China lets users highlight someone's face and search for any other time it appears in a post.
Science & Energy

An experimental new feature lets you search for a person's face instead of by account. Is it a privacy risk?

By Dan Robitzski

German carmaker BMW released — and promptly deleted — an ad called "New Moments of Joy" about a future where people can have sex inside self-driving cars.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Is this the future of "Netflix and chill?"

By Victor Tangermann