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This AI Draws Horrifying New Pokémon
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Draws Horrifying New Pokémon

Gotta catch 'em all?

By Victor Tangermann

Kanye West just shared a new shoe prototype from his Yeezy fashion line — and the kicks contain environmentally friendly algae foam.
Science & Energy

Kanye West Unveils Yeezy Sneakers Made of Algae Foam

"We're going to be farming and going seed to sole."

By Kristin Houser

Last week, Sophia the robot answered a question about love by saying it doesn't have sex. Now, Sophia's developers say the robot got confused.
Robotics

Sophia the Robot Says She Doesn’t Have Sex, Confusing Creators

We got an explanation for Sophia's sexual outburst last week.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA: Boeing Spaceflights Are Way Pricier Than SpaceX
Boeing

NASA: Boeing Spaceflights Are Way Pricier Than SpaceX

Boeing is charging more than what NASA currently pays Russia to send Americans to the ISS.

By Victor Tangermann

Rising global temperatures could lead to more unplanned explosions of military ammunition stockpiles, experts told Scientific American.
Science & Energy

Ammunition Stockpiles Are Exploding As Global Temps Rise

"In the military, everything is more difficult when it’s summer. And now summer never ends."

By Kristin Houser

Research suggests that extended trips into space might cause cognitive decline in astronauts, as the brain changes without the influence of gravity.
Science & Energy

New Research: Astronauts Are Experiencing Cognitive Decline

At least, that's what early brain scans suggest.

By Dan Robitzski

Nine year old Belgian genius Laurent Simons is on track to graduate with a degree in electrical engineering this year. He plans to grow artificial organs.
Science & Energy

A 9-Year-Old Genius Is Getting an Engineering Degree Next Month

Next, he's planning on a doctorate and a medical degree.

By Dan Robitzski

In a new paper, an international team of quantum physicists argue that thanks to the unusual rules of quantum mechanics, reality is actually be subjective.
Quantum Physics

Bizarre New Quantum Research: Reality Itself May Be Subjective

There is no spoon. Or at least on the quantum level.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from the University of Sussex have found a way to create cutting-edge holograms that you can not only see but also hear and even feel.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create Holograms You Can See, Hear, and Feel

Watch a video of the amazing hologram in action.

By Kristin Houser

According to a shocking new report by NASA scientists, blood flow can stop and even reverse in the upper bodies of astronauts.
NASA

NASA Research: Astronauts Are Getting Clots, Bizarre Blood Flow

Scientists are shocked — spending lots of time in space could be far more dangerous than previously believed.

By Victor Tangermann

Phil Schiller, the head of marketing at Apple, argues that students with Chromebooks in their classroom instead of iPads won't succeed.
Science & Energy

Apple Exec: Kids With Chromebooks Are “Not Going to Succeed”

The company behind iPads says iPads are the ultimate learning tool.

By Dan Robitzski

Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe started making its long trek back to Earth after collecting asteroid rock samples some 186 million miles away.
Science & Energy

Japanese Space Probe Returning to Earth, With Chunks of Asteroid

The tiny spacecraft has nearly 200 million miles to cover.

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft-owned Github dumped physical copies of the world's open source code in an apocalypse-proof vault to save it for when society collapses.
Future Society

Microsoft Is Hiding Source Code in an Apocalypse-Proof Cave

GitHub's archives are backed up on microfilm in an Arctic mine.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk recently claimed that Neuralink tech would be able to "cure" autism, along with schizophrenia. But autism isn't a brain disease that needs a cure.
Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk Claims Neuralink Can “Solve” Autism, Schizophrenia

He incorrectly suggested that autism is a brain disease.

By Dan Robitzski

In a move seemingly done to express his Tesla hate, a man in a Honda Odyssey nearly ran a couple off the road in Avon, Ohio.
Tesla

Video Shows Man Trying to Run “Piece of Shit” Tesla off the Road

"Why are you putting our lives in danger?"

By Kristin Houser

In a call with reporters on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the social media company has nixed 5.4 billion fake accounts in 2019 alone.
Future Society

Facebook Says It Has Shut Down 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts in 2019

That's over two thirds of the global population.

By Victor Tangermann

Chilean protestors banded together to disable a hovering police drone using hundreds of consumer laser pointers in a dazzling concerted effort.
Future Society

Watch Protestors Kill a Drone Using Hundreds of Laser Pointers

Chilean protestors are borrowing a page from the Hong Kong playbook.

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors are treating two people in China for an outbreak of the pneumonic plague, the most serious form of the infamous Black Death disease.
Developments

There’s an Outbreak of the “Black Death” Plague in China

"The plague is not the most terrifying part. What’s even scarier is the information not being made public."

By Kristin Houser

China has successfully launched its Tianwen-1 — Heavenly Questions — mission to Mars, including an orbiter, lander, and a rover.
Mars

China Successfully Tests Mars Lander in Giant Drop Test

Both China and the U.S. are planning to launch uncrewed missions to the Red Planet next year.

By Victor Tangermann

Nobel-winning cosmologist James Peebles argues that we need a better way to describe how the beginning of the universe happened than the "Big Bang."
Science & Energy

Nobel-Winning Scientist: I Have No Idea if the Big Bang Happened

"We don't have a strong test of what happened earlier in time."

By Dan Robitzski