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New radar maps and digital models reveal a massive underground valley beneath Greenland, including a thousand-mile-long "Dark River."
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Dark River” Under Greenland

New maps reveal a vast underground river.

By Dan Robitzski

The rats that survive eradication attempts could have sickly offspring — or they could produce "super rats" that are even harder to kill.
Evolution

Our Attempts to Kill Rats Are Making Them Evolve at Super Speed

And we don't know if their offspring will be sickly or "super."

By Kristin Houser

Turkey's military expects to have its hands on the first Songars, a drone equipped with a machine gun, before the end of 2019.
Drones

Middle Eastern Nation First to Buy Drone Armed With Machine Gun

It can hit a human with every bullet from 200 meters away.

By Kristin Houser

Tesla's general counsel, Jonathan Chang, left the company last week. That makes three lawyers and 16 executives to leave Tesla this year.
Tesla

Tesla’s Top Lawyers Keep Leaving

This was the third one they lost in 2019.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers were able to easily fool facial recognition systems at a variety of places, including banks, border crossings, and airports using a mask.
Facial recognition

Hackers Dupe Facial Recognition Systems With Creepy Mask

This mask defeated facial recognition systems at border crossings, airports, and banks.

By Victor Tangermann

Creeps have used Ring cameras to hack into customers' homes, using the internet-connected cameras to spy on and harass families and children.
Hacking

Watch Terrifying Creeps Hack Ring Cameras and Spy on Families

There were four cases of hacked Ring harassment this week alone.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists thought they ruled out dark matter as the source of bizarre cosmic gamma rays coming from the core of the Milky Way. New evidence disagrees.
Science & Energy

MIT: Dark Matter At Our Galaxy’s Core May Be Blasting Gamma Rays

New evidence resuscitated a theory thought to be debunked.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk might send a Tesla Cybertruck into space aboard a SpaceX Starship rocket, which he mused on Twitter has "the payload capacity."
Off-World

Elon Musk Might Send a Tesla Cybertruck to Space

"[Starship's] def got the payload capacity…"

By Kristin Houser

Makr Shakr, the company behind a robot bartender called Toni, says it will offer monthly stipends to displaced workers for every robot it sells.
Robotics

Robot Bartender Developer Wants to Pay the Humans It Replaces

Makr Shakr says it'll give out a new monthly stipend for every robot it sells.

By Dan Robitzski

Older folks in Japan are using exoskeletons to help them do their jobs as they are spending more of their lives in the workforce, as New Scientist reports.
Health & Medicine

The Elderly in Japan are Using Exoskeletons to Delay Retirement

"The father is in his 70s and was supposed to retire but is still working with our muscle suit."

By Victor Tangermann

After analyzing the atmospheres of 19 exoplanets, researchers determined that 14 contained water vapor — more than they'd anticipated.
Science & Energy

Survey Finds That Water Is Common Around Exoplanets

But in smaller amounts than expected.

By Kristin Houser

Toys "R" Us has opened two new stores after closing hundreds in 2018, and these ones are equipped with sensors that spy on every move shoppers make.
Artificial Intelligence

Toys “R” Us Says Tech Used to Spy on Shoppers Ignores Children

But only if they're less than four feet tall.

By Kristin Houser

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has resurfaced his idea to turn 10,000 square miles in the U.S. desert into a solar farm that can power the entire nation.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Talking About Powering All of America with Solar

"All you need is a 100 by 100 mile patch in a deserted corner of Arizona, Texas or Utah."

By Victor Tangermann

Ohio University pulled a press release detailing a professor’s “evidence” that Mars is home to bugs, but won’t say if it stands behind the research.
Mars

Ohio University Has Yet to Deny Professor’s ‘Bugs on Mars!’ Claim. So.

And until it does, people will continue to ask questions.

By Kristin Houser

A startup just shipped 40,000 pounds of butter 2,800 miles from California to Pennsylvania in under three days using a truck that was driving itself.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Truck Completes First Cross-Country Freight Run

Is self-driving technology ready for prime time?

By Victor Tangermann

The Canadian airline Harbour Air just successfully tested an electric plane for the first time, potentially marking a new era of clean travel.
Advanced Transport

New First: A Fully Electric Plane Just Flew for 15 Minutes

"This proves that commercial aviation in all-electric form can work."

By Dan Robitzski

In March 2020, SpaceX will deliver cannabis plant cultures to the International Space Station for agri-tech company Front Range Biosciences.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Delivering Cannabis to the Space Station

But not the kind that could get astronauts stoned.

By Kristin Houser

A group of Tesla owners in Croatia organized an ICEing protest at a gas station to bring attention to the problem of non-EVs blocking charging stations.
Tesla

Tesla Owners Block Gas Pumps in ICEing Protest

"[I]t was not our intention to harass anyone."

By Kristin Houser

We're solidly into the beginning of the 2019-2020 flu season and so far it's proving to be an unusual one as atypical strains of flu virus are turning up.
Developments

2020 Flu Season Off to Quirky Start, Also Affects Seals

Thankfully early testing suggests this year's flu vaccine seems to cover the dominant viral strain.

By Jacob Banas

Toys "R" Us has opened two new stores after closing hundreds in 2018, and these ones are equipped with sensors that track every move shoppers make.
Internet Of Things

Smart Toys Often Contain Child-Endangering Security Flaws

Popular internet-connected toys are full of security holes.

By Dan Robitzski