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British startup StandardToilet has designed a productivity toilet that's intentionally made to be uncomfortable thanks to its 13-degree slope.
Future Society

Startup Invents Uncomfortable Toilet to Boost Productivity

"[Its] main benefit is to the employers, not the employees."

By Victor Tangermann

If companies are given free rein to scrape the ocean floor for precious minerals, entire undiscovered ecosystems will be snuffed out.
Environment

This Plan to Mine the Ocean Floor May Erase Whole Ecosystems

Mining the ocean floor for minerals would be environmentally devastating.

By Dan Robitzski

To fight his alcohol addiction, Frank Plummer agreed to have electrodes implanted into his brain as part of an experimental study.
Neuroscience and Brain

This Scientist Got Brain Surgery to Fight His Alcohol Addiction

A brain implant is doing what a liver transplant couldn't.

By Kristin Houser

CIMON-2, the new version of the International Space Station's (ISS) bizarre, spherical robot assistant, should be better at picking up on emotional cues.
Robotics

The International Space Station’s Robot Got an Emotional Upgrade

This time, it's staying for three years.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists built a bizarre, tiny circuit that changes as electricity flows through it that they say could help them construct an artificial brain.
Brain Implants

Scientists: Tiny Silver Wires Demonstrate “Brain-Like” Properties

"This is a system between order and chaos, on the edge of chaos."

By Dan Robitzski

The Earth's magnetic north pole has been wandering towards Siberia at an increasing pace that has scientists scratching their heads.
Science & Energy

Earth’s Magnetic Field is Doing Something Very Strange

The Earth's magnetic North has moved 1,400 miles since it was discovered in 1831.

By Victor Tangermann

Department store Bloomingdale's incorporated robots into its 2019 holiday window displays — and the whimsical scenes could foreshadow the future of retail.
Robotics

Robots Decorate Trees, Perform Carols in Store’s Holiday Display

Bloomingdale's brought out the robots this holiday season.

By Kristin Houser

Russia is pouring big money into quantum research in a bid to catch up to other world leaders' quantum computer programs.
Quantum Physics

Russia Desperately Wants a Quantum Computer

"We're five to 10 years behind."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Brazilian researchers have succesfully bioprinted tiny organoids like a mini-liver that perform all of the human liver's functions.
Developments

Scientists Print Functional Human “Mini-Livers”

Another step closer to ending our reliance on a short supply of donor organs.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently spotted yet another gigantic storm on Jupiter's south pole, bringing the total count up to seven swirling vortices.
Science & Energy

Check Out This Hypnotic Array of Colossal Storms on Jupiter

Yet another cyclone popped up on Jupiter's south pole.

By Dan Robitzski

A group is developing an AI to finished Ludwig van Beethoven's 10th symphony, which the composer was writing when he died in 1827.
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Is Completing Beethoven’s Unfinished Symphony

In April, a full symphony orchestra will perform the piece live.

By Kristin Houser

NASA is sending Boeing's Starliner passenger spacecraft to the International Space Station early Friday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Boeing

This Week, Boeing Will Try to Dock Its Space Taxi With the ISS

"Being on the cusp of this huge moment in history is really exciting," said a NASA spokesperson.

By Victor Tangermann

Unless it's particularly old, your car is likely spying on you, sending an unsettling amount of information about you and your behavior to the manufacturer.
Advanced Transport

Cars Are Secretly Spying on Us

Your car is constantly sending out a massive torrent of information about you.

By Dan Robitzski

New York-based research and design company Lars Buro has come up with the "Cybunker," a "hi-tech depot" or "off-grid residence" for you and your Cybertruck.
Advanced Transport

Check Out the “Cybunker,” a Post-Apocalyptic Cybertruck Garage

Oh, and you can live in it.

By Victor Tangermann

New research reveals that Mars auroras — the Red Planet's version of the Northern Lights, are far more common than previously thought.
Science & Energy

Majestic Auroras Sweep the Martian Sky Almost Every Day

Mars has its own version of the Northern Lights.

By Dan Robitzski

Someone shared GIFs of strobe lights via Twitter and tagged the Epilepsy Foundation in an apparent attempt to trigger seizures in people with epilepsy.
Future Society

Cyberattack Aims to Cause Seizures in Twitter Users With Epilepsy

The attacker shared posts of strobe lights — and tagged the Epilepsy Foundation.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon is full of third-party merchants selling food and other stuff they found in the garbage. It turns out it's not hard to sneak through the system.
Food

Scammers Are Selling Dumpster-Dived Food on Amazon

Oh no.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have created an AI that is able to come up with a recipe for "perovskite" that could one day be used to create spray-on solar cells.
Solar Power

Scientists Are Working on Spray-On Solar Panels

This artificial intelligence might make it a reality.

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA engineer Mark Rober is back with a new-and-improved Glitter Bomb Trap 2.0, an upgrade to his rigged package for "porch pirates."
NASA

NASA Alum Upgrades Glitter Stink Bomb for “Porch Pirates”

If you've ever had a package stolen, you'll want to watch this.

By Kristin Houser

Google fired a fifth employee who had been trying to organize the comapny's workforce, though the tech giant denies that was the root issue.
Future Society

Google Reportedly Fires Fifth Worker For Organizing Unionization

Kathryn Spiers distributed educational tools about labor rights.

By Dan Robitzski