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A housing developer has a plan to bring affordable housing to San Francisco: pack people into tiny underground sleeping pods.
Future Society

This Developer Wants to Pack Renters Into Tiny Underground Pods

"And no pod sex."

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have built a flying robot drone called PigeonBot that features real pigeon feathers in an effort to understand the kinetics of birds' flight.
Drones

Scientists Made a Drone Fly Better Using Real Pigeon Feathers

"Future airplanes may not flap their wings, but I think they will change shape."

By Victor Tangermann

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) compared facial recognition tech to the dystopian sci-fi series "Black Mirror" during a House committee meeting.
Facial recognition

AOC Warns That Facial Recognition Is “Real-Life ‘Black Mirror'”

That selfie filter isn't as innocuous as you might think.

By Kristin Houser

Over 20,000 people have offered to become Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's flight companion on his trip around the Moon and "life partner."
Moon

20,000 Apply to Be Billionaire’s Girlfriend, Get Free Moon Trip

Starship and chill.

By Victor Tangermann

The decision by Delta Flight 89 pilots to dump jet fuel over a populated area and from a Boeing at an elevation of just 2,300 feet has left experts baffled.
Advanced Transport

Experts Don’t Know Why Boeing 777 Doused Children With Jet Fuel

"I'm just puzzled why these folks decided to do it this way."

By Kristin Houser

Vanderbilt University law student Ramon Ryan argues in a new paper that the FCC's approval of over 30,000 planned SpaceX satellites could've been unlawful.
SpaceX

Researcher: SpaceX Satellite Plans Break US Environmental Law

In "the most basic sense, it would be unlawful."

By Victor Tangermann

An experimental NASA program is tinkering with the idea of building a Mars or Moon base out of living mushrooms that astronauts would grow onsite.
Moon

NASA Wants to Grow a Moon Base Out of Mushrooms

Moon colonists could live in fungus-based structures.

By Dan Robitzski

A piece of astronaut Christina Koch's helmet fell off during an ISS spacewalk on Wednesday, forcing her to rely on her partner Jessica Meir for light.
Off-World

Piece of Astronaut’s Spacesuit Falls Off During Spacewalk

Yikes!

By Kristin Houser

Scientists sequenced the entire giant squid genome, revealing new hints into how the unusual creature reached its huge size and developed a complex brain.
Biology

Researchers Finally Sequence Giant Squid’s Entire Genome

Sequence the kraken!

By Dan Robitzski

Silicon Valley startup Mojo Vision unveiled a working AR prototype of the Mojo Lens today, what it claims to be "the world’s first true smart contact lens."
Prosthetics and Devices

Startup Unveils Working Prototype of AR Contact Lens

It even lets you see in the dark.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from UCLA have identified six shape-shifting G objects orbiting the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
Science & Energy

Strange Shape-Shifting Objects Found Near Milky Way’s Black Hole

"These objects look like gas and behave like stars."

By Kristin Houser

An international team of astronomers have found new evidence of a second exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, called Proxima c.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Evidence of Second Planet Orbiting Closest Star

"Proxima is our closest neighbor in an immense universe. How could we not be charmed by it?"

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Army is developing tech that uses facial recognition software to identify targets from up to .5 kilometers away, even in the dark.
Artificial Intelligence

Army Developing Tech to ID Terrorists in the Dark From .5 KM Away

The super-charged face scanning tech is costing the military at least $4.3 million.

By Kristin Houser

NASA's new instrument, NEID, can measure the mass of a distant exoplanet with three times the sensitivity of any other equipment out there.
Science & Energy

Here’s How NASA’s New Machine Weighs Exoplanets

NASA just unveiled a new exoplanet instrument named NEID.

By Dan Robitzski

Harvard Law Journal has published a bold — but entirely constitutional — plan to save democracy by creating 127 tiny new states.
Future Society

Harvard Plan Suggests Adding 127 States to the United States

The radical idea could save democracy.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists working with DARPA developed a living concrete, teeming with bacteria, that resembles Jell-O. It can grow and regenerate itself when it breaks.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create “Living Concrete” That Can Heal Itself

"It really does look like a Frankenstein material."

By Dan Robitzski

Spotify is launching a playlist generator today that can line up some killer tunes for you and your hamster, bird, iguana, dog or cat.
Future Society

New Spotify Feature Will Generate a Playlist For Your Iguana

"While music for pets isn’t an exact science, we consulted with experts in the pet industry for the best approximation for what might work best for our featured animals."

By Victor Tangermann

Trump is displeased that Apple refused to give the FBI backdoor access into iPhone security, but the company already sends lots of data to law enforcement.
Future Society

Trump Demands That Apple Give Government Access to iPhones

"We have always maintained there is no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys."

By Dan Robitzski

Even tardigrades — one of the most resilient creatures in the known universe — might not be able to survive global warming, according to a new study.
Global Warming

Scientists: Global Warming Could Kill Tardigrades

"We had found their Achilles' heel."

By Kristin Houser

Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie. has partnered with Surrey NanoSystems — the company behind Vantablack — to create a watch that looks like a black hole.
Future Society

This Vantablack Watch Costs $75,000

It's like staring into a black hole on your wrist.

By Victor Tangermann