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An international team of astronomers have found new evidence of a second exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, called Proxima c.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Evidence of Second Planet Orbiting Closest Star

"Proxima is our closest neighbor in an immense universe. How could we not be charmed by it?"

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Army is developing tech that uses facial recognition software to identify targets from up to .5 kilometers away, even in the dark.
Artificial Intelligence

Army Developing Tech to ID Terrorists in the Dark From .5 KM Away

The super-charged face scanning tech is costing the military at least $4.3 million.

By Kristin Houser

NASA's new instrument, NEID, can measure the mass of a distant exoplanet with three times the sensitivity of any other equipment out there.
Science & Energy

Here’s How NASA’s New Machine Weighs Exoplanets

NASA just unveiled a new exoplanet instrument named NEID.

By Dan Robitzski

Harvard Law Journal has published a bold — but entirely constitutional — plan to save democracy by creating 127 tiny new states.
Future Society

Harvard Plan Suggests Adding 127 States to the United States

The radical idea could save democracy.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists working with DARPA developed a living concrete, teeming with bacteria, that resembles Jell-O. It can grow and regenerate itself when it breaks.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create “Living Concrete” That Can Heal Itself

"It really does look like a Frankenstein material."

By Dan Robitzski

Spotify is launching a playlist generator today that can line up some killer tunes for you and your hamster, bird, iguana, dog or cat.
Future Society

New Spotify Feature Will Generate a Playlist For Your Iguana

"While music for pets isn’t an exact science, we consulted with experts in the pet industry for the best approximation for what might work best for our featured animals."

By Victor Tangermann

Trump is displeased that Apple refused to give the FBI backdoor access into iPhone security, but the company already sends lots of data to law enforcement.
Future Society

Trump Demands That Apple Give Government Access to iPhones

"We have always maintained there is no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys."

By Dan Robitzski

Even tardigrades — one of the most resilient creatures in the known universe — might not be able to survive global warming, according to a new study.
Global Warming

Scientists: Global Warming Could Kill Tardigrades

"We had found their Achilles' heel."

By Kristin Houser

Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie. has partnered with Surrey NanoSystems — the company behind Vantablack — to create a watch that looks like a black hole.
Future Society

This Vantablack Watch Costs $75,000

It's like staring into a black hole on your wrist.

By Victor Tangermann

A new book takes a deep dive into panpsychism, a millennia-old theory that argues that all forms of matter experience consciousness.
Science & Energy

Professor: Electrons and Quarks May Experience Consciousness

"What this offers us is a beautifully simple, elegant way of integrating consciousness into our scientific worldview..."

By Kristin Houser

17 children and nine adults are being treated for minor injuries today after a jet approaching LAX dumped a bunch of jet fuel over an elementary school.
Future Society

Boeing 777 Dumps Fuel on California Schoolchildren

As if climate change wasn't enough.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland have found a way to keep human livers alive for an entire week outside the body.
Developments

Scientists Keep Human Livers Alive In Machine For a Week

The machine features an artificial heart, pancreas, lung, kidneys, bowels, and even an artificial diaphragm.

By Victor Tangermann

A new report has found that Grindr, Tinder, and other dating apps have been covertly selling users' sensitive information to third-party companies.
Data Privacy

Researchers: Grindr and Tinder Are Selling Your Personal Data

"These practices are out of control..."

By Kristin Houser

For the second time, LIGO researchers detected gravitational waves given off by a merging pair of neutron stars, but the collision challenges their models.
Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Epic Neutron Star Collision

LIGO picked up gravitational waves from a brutal crash.

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft has created a tool that analyzes text-based chats for signs of pedophiles online — and it's giving it away for free.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Says New Tool Detects Pedophiles Grooming Kids Online

And they're giving it away to qualified companies.

By Kristin Houser

A scientist has compared the amount of heat causing ocean warming to the amount of energy released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Ocean Warming at the Rate of Five A-Bombs per Second

"It’s about five Hiroshima bombs of heat, every second, day and night, 365 days a year."

By Kristin Houser

Tesla is selling a new T-shirt featuring an image of the glass that was shattered during the company's Cybertruck unveiling in November.
Tesla

New Tesla Merch Pokes Fun at Cybertruck Unveil Fail

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself.

By Victor Tangermann

On Saturday, a man named Adam Gorlitsky, who is paralyzed from the waist down, broke a world record for finishing a marathon wearing a robotic exoskeleton.
Health & Medicine

Paralyzed Man Runs Marathon In Robotic Exoskeleton

"I want to challenge [the previous record holder] to a one-on-one exoskeleton race one day."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers confirmed that climate change is indeed making wildfires worse after analyzing 57 peer-reviewed papers published since 2013.
Climate Change

Research: Climate Change Is Indeed Making Wildfires Worse

Climate change isn't just making wildfires more severe — they're also happening more frequently.

By Victor Tangermann

Many of San Francisco's recently opened robot restaurants are already going out of business, as pointed out by a new Business Insider story.
Robotics

San Francisco’s Robot Restaurants Are Going out of Business

The futuristic eateries are closing almost as quickly as they opened.

By Kristin Houser