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Russia says that it has an operational hypersonic weapon — the world's first — and plans to mount it on an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Future Society

Russia Becomes First Nation with an Operational Hypersonic Weapon

The new class of nuke can travel 27 times the speed of sound.

By Dan Robitzski

German automaker Volkswagen has unveiled a robot that can autonomously take care of charging your electric car without the need of any human interaction.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Volkswagen Unveils Robot That Autonomously Charges Electric Cars

This robot could turn any parking spot into a charging one.

By Victor Tangermann

Without further ado, please enjoy this compilation of utter self-regard: The Futurism Team's favorite science and technology stories of 2019.
Future Society

Editor’s Picks: The Futurism Team’s 10 Favorite Tech and Science Stories of 2019

We had some fun in 2019. These were our favorite moments.

By Foster Kamer

Ten full years of idiots, breathless fanboys, and everyone else who did their part to nip all forms of progress in science and technology in the bud.
Future Society

The Decade in Dumbasses: The Idiots, Morons, and Rubes Who Made the 2010s Insufferable

Cheers to the people who made this decade feel like a century.

By Dan Robitzski

We the editors of Futurism took a look at the science and tech stories Futurism readers reacted to the most in 2019. Here's our year in review.
Future Society

Futurism’s Top Ten Most-Discussed, Shared, and Socialed Stories of 2019

And you sure let us know what you think about them.

By Jacob Banas

Boeing's Starliner may not have reached the International Space Station on its first mission, but astronauts are still excited about the spacecraft.
International Space Station

Astronauts “Can’t Wait” to Try out Starliner Despite ISS Failure

"We don't have any safety concerns."

By Kristin Houser

The year 2019 was filled with weird, comical, and truly "WTF" moments that had us scratching our heads. Here's the craziest science and tech news of 2019.
Science & Energy

JFC: The Most WTF Science and Tech Moments of 2019

2019 might've been the weirdest year on record, yet. And these are the stories making that case.

By Victor Tangermann

MIT scientists developed a system of lasers that works like a remote ultrasound system: it can peer into a patient's body without touching them.
Developments

MIT Scientists Can Look at Your Insides From a Distance

A series of lasers acts like an ultrasound without requiring physical contact.

By Dan Robitzski

Here are our most read stories from 2019 — along with our best guesses about what our popular science writing might mean for the future.
Future Society

The Top Ten Most-Read Futurism Stories of 2019

These are the 2019 stories we (along with the rest of the world) couldn't look away from. Read 'em and weep.

By Jon Christian

Scientists just shared new information on the bizarre class of exoplanets that they'e named "super-puffs" due to their cotton candy-like fluffiness.
Science & Energy

These Rare Exoplanets Have the “Density of Cotton Candy”

The class of exoplanet is actually called — get this — a "super-puff."

By Dan Robitzski

Medical researchers gave Alzheimer's patients LSD to see how it affected their cognition. The treatment seemed safe, paving the way for future studies.
Chemistry

Doctors Are Giving Alzheimer’s Patients LSD

There was no sign that it improved cognition, but it didn't hurt.

By Dan Robitzski

Criminals are using drones to drop items infected with swine flu on herds of pigs in order to force farmers to sell the animals cheaply.
Drones

Chinese Farmers: Criminals Are Using Drones to Infect Our Pigs

Their plan to fight back landed them in trouble with a local airport.

By Kristin Houser

The United States Navy bans its members from using short video sharing app TikTok on their government-issued mobile devices.
Cybersecurity

Navy Bans TikTok, Calling It a “Cybersecurity Threat”

Navy members must delete the app from their government-issued devices.

By Kristin Houser

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a single speech that he both “doesn’t understand wind” and has “studied it better than anybody.”
Wind

Donald Trump Doesn’t Seem to Know Anything About Wind Power

"I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much."

By Kristin Houser

Russia's floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is now operational and generating power for the town of Pevek.
Nuclear Fusion

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Began Generating Electricity

"Chernobyl on ice" is now operational.

By Dan Robitzski

An engineer strapped propellers onto a robot vacuum, creating the ultimate abomination: a Roomba that kicks up more dust than it cleans.
Robotics

This Madman Built a Flying Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Spoilers: It sucks!

By Dan Robitzski

Authorities have identified the green slime oozing onto a highway in Michigan as groundwater contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical.
Science & Energy

Green Slime Oozing Onto US Highway Tracked to Illegal Waste Site

"The multi-agency investigation continues."

By Kristin Houser

Baltimore police will spend half of 2020 surveilling the entire city with a network of spy planes, putting everyone under constant monitoring.
Future Society

Baltimore Police Plan to Monitor the Whole City With Spy Planes

The resurrected surveillance program will last six months.

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers at Stanford have taught a self-driving DeLorean how to drift around a complex track that even human drivers would struggle with.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving DeLorean Burn Rubber on a Stunt Course

"Back to the Future" meets "Tokyo Drift."

By Victor Tangermann

During Thursday's debate, Bernie Sanders suggested cutting the military's bloated budget and putting it towards a more important fight: climate change.
Climate Change

Bernie Sanders: Spend Money on the Climate Instead of Weapons

A novel concept!

By Dan Robitzski