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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just took questions from employees during a Q&A session, and for the first time, the company livestreamed the event.
Future Society

And during it, he blamed Tuesday's audio leak on an intern.

By Tag Hartman-Simkins

A team of researchers have figured out a way to implant memories in the brains of young zebra finches, thereby teaching them how to sing.
Science & Energy

They taught the animals to mimic a song they'd never heard before.

By Victor Tangermann

An experiment in California tested how people would spend a universal basic income, and found that most spent it on food, utility bills and clothing.
Universal Basic Income

Most of the money went toward food, utility bills, and even donations.

By Natalie Coleman

After a week away from Facebook, undergrads felt better and made healthier choices. But they were also eager to sign on again.
Meta

It also means you'll probably read less news.

By Dan Robitzski

Various companies now sell devices they say can prevent concussions — but the science simply doesn't back up their claims.
Neuroscience and Brain

The science doesn't back up claims that the devices prevent brain trauma.

By Kristin Houser

Flying car startup Kitty Hawk has revealed Heaviside, an electric aircraft that's "roughly 100 times quieter than a regular helicopter."
Advanced Transport

It makes less noise than your average dishwasher.

By Victor Tangermann

Maria Elena Gimeno has turned herself into police after a video of her keying a Tesla Model 3 was captured by the car's Sentry Mode feature.
Tesla

It's not the first time vandals have turned themselves in after getting caught on camera.

By Victor Tangermann

A French man was able to regain control over all four of his paralyzed limbs again thanks to a mind-controlled exoskeleton suit, the BBC reports.
Robots and Machines

"It was like [being the] first man on the Moon."

By Victor Tangermann

Six of the 10 authors behind a controversial mosquito study are calling for its retraction, saying they never approved the version that was published.
Science & Energy

More than half the authors behind a controversial study are calling for its retraction.

By Kristin Houser

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk paid a convicted felon $52,000 to investigate Vernon Unsworth, the man that Musk called a "pedo guy."
Elon Musk

Musk's operative stole over half a million dollars from his own company.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists finally managed to directly observe the cosmic web, a vast network of hydrogen gas that connects and feeds galaxies.
Science & Energy

A huge breakthrough confirms a startling theory about the structure of the universe.

By Dan Robitzski

A judge ruled that plans to open an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia would not violate the Controlled Substances Act's "crack house statute."
Developments

The site would aim to give drug users a safe place to shoot up.

By Kristin Houser

Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope are upping the ante: they just announced plans to capture real-time video of our galaxy's central black hole.
Science & Energy

Static black hole pictures are so April 2019.

By Dan Robitzski

The lung tissue of people suffering from a mysterious vaping-related illness exhibited damage similar to that of lungs exposed to poisons.
Chemistry

Every lung sample the researchers examined showed the same thing: damage similar to the effects of mustard gas.

By Kristin Houser

Strange balls of fire rained down on a Chilean island last week and astronomers have no idea what they are. Geologists have already ruled out meteorites.
Science & Energy

Astronomers have no idea what they are. And no, they're not meteorites.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado State University have found "strong links" between air pollution exposure and "aggressive behavior."
Pollution

"The results are fascinating, and also scary."

By Victor Tangermann

Internet experts are tracking the bizarrely-coordinated #WeVapeWeVote campaign on Twitter that's trying to convince politicians to abandon the vape ban.
Robots and Machines

Trump wants to ban flavored vape juice. Vapers are furious.

By Dan Robitzski

Contractors hired to collect face scans for Google specifically targeted homeless black people and lied to them about the nature of the collection.
Google

The homeless people "didn’t know what was going on at all."

By Kristin Houser

A new video uses deepfake tech to turn recorded footage of New York City into a bizarre, stylistic Picasso-like landscape.
Artificial Intelligence

See New York — as if it was designed by Picasso.

By Dan Robitzski

In what's perhaps one of the most frivolous lawsuits in recent memory, a Russian man is suing Apple for having his iPhone drive him to homosexuality.
Future Society

We can't believe we have to say this, but no, your iPhone won't turn you gay.

By Victor Tangermann