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An experimental text adventure game is generated in real-time by artificial intelligence, making for a fascinating, disjointed journey.
Artificial Intelligence

A Neural Network Dreams up This Text Adventure Game as You Play

Here's where you can play a trippy game that literally writes itself.

By Dan Robitzski

Tyson Foods announced its investment in New Wave Foods, a Silicon Valley startup that's preparing to the flood the markets with its plant-based shrimp.
Future Society

Plant-Based Shrimp is Coming to a Stir-Fry Near You

"It has to provide the bite and texture and characteristic snap of shrimp."

By Victor Tangermann

A second person has died from an illness contracted after vaping, and the THC product they'd vaped was legal in their state.
Chemistry

Mysterious Vaping-Related Sickness Kills Second Person

"At this point, we’d say we don’t really know what is safe." 

By Kristin Houser

NASA just attached its new semi-autonomous helicopter drone to the rover it's sending to Mars next year. Pending a few more tests, it should be ready to go.
Self-Driving Vehicles

NASA Installs Autonomous Mini-Helicopter on Its Next Mars Rover

It's headed to Mars next year.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he is "highly confident" that his space company will land humans on the Martian surface as soon as 2026.
Starship

SpaceX Working With NASA to Find Mars Landing Sites for Starship

Starship could attempt to make its first voyage to the Red Planet as soon as 2022.

By Victor Tangermann

In 50 Years, Your Romantic Partner Will Be a Robot
Robotics

In 50 Years, Your Romantic Partner Will Be a Robot

By Andrew Tieu

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden suggests sending Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to prison for the lies he has told the American people.
Future Society

Senator Suggests Sending Mark Zuckerberg to Prison

"I think he ought to be held personally accountable..."

By Kristin Houser

New artificial intelligence and virtual reality tools are making it easier for doctors and their patients to fit new prosthetic limbs.
Virtual Reality

Doctors Are Using AI and VR to Improve People’s Prosthetic Limbs

Fitting a new limb is less fraught a process with virtual tools.

By Dan Robitzski

A Michigan town is upgrading its high school with features designed to minimize fatalities in the event of a school shooting.
Future Society

This $48M School Was Designed to Minimize Mass Shooting Deaths

It includes walls for students to hide behind and a special lockdown system.

By Kristin Houser

Over 419 million database records on hundreds of millions of Facebook users, including their phone numbers, were stored in an unprotected server.
Future Society

Phone Numbers of 400M Facebook Users Were Publicly Available

The data was stored on a server that wasn't even password-protected.

By Victor Tangermann

Sophia the Robot and Evan Rachel Wood sit in dramatic lighting
Robots and Machines

From Futurism Studios, “SophiaWorld” is Westworld Meets Reality

By Jacob Banas

Elon Musk: “A Big Rock Will Hit Earth Eventually”
Science & Energy

Elon Musk: “A Big Rock Will Hit Earth Eventually”

Musk: "And we currently have no defense."

By Victor Tangermann

An Illinois resident had died from a mysterious respiratory illness related to vaping, and officials still aren't certain as to its cause.
Chemistry

Officials Announce First Death From Vaping-Related Illness

A mystery disease is sweeping the country — and experts are seemingly no closer to pinpointing its cause.

By Kristin Houser

A newly proposed type of space elevator called the Spaceline could theoretically be built out of materials that exist today, hinting at easier space travel.
Moon

These Researchers Want to Run a Cable From the Earth to the Moon

It's a space elevator concept that could actually work.

By Dan Robitzski

YouTube Kids is using basic math problems to ensure that young children don't access content that they're not supposed to be watching.
Future Society

YouTube’s Plan to Protect Your Kids from Watching ISIS Snuff Films: Math Problems

A revolution in cybersecurity.

By Victor Tangermann

A BMW covered in Vantablack, a coating that absorbs nearly all light, is about to go on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Advanced Transport

BMW Unveils a Car Coated in Vantablack

See it — sort of — at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

By Kristin Houser

Johns Hopkins announced a new privately-funded research center to develop psychedelics-based medical treatments for conditions like depression and PTSD.
Health & Medicine

The First Center for Psychedelics Research is Opening in the US

Johns Hopkins doctors will pursue treatments for conditions like PTSD.

By Dan Robitzski

PayPal has suspended an account used by the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to collect donations from supporters.
Future Society

PayPal Suspends Ku Klux Klan’s Donation Account

The hate group just got the boot.

By Kristin Houser

The doctor behind the young blood transfusion clinic Ambrosia is back with a mysterious new venture — a transfusion clinic called Ivy Plasma.
RX and Medicine

Doctor Behind Failed “Anti-Aging” Blood Clinic Tries Again

We tried to ask him some questions, but he was very evasive.

By Dan Robitzski

A non-profit group called Privacy International found that mental health-focused websites in Europe are selling user data to third-party advertisers.
Data Privacy

Mental Health Sites Sell Your Psychological Data to Advertisers

"It is exceedingly difficult for people to seek mental-health information and for example take a 'depression test' without countless third parties watching."

By Dan Robitzski