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Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”
Energy

"So go green and get green. See what I'm saying?"

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists observed a neutron star "glitching" and rapidly accelerating. A look under the hood could finally explain why it happens.
Science & Energy

A bizarre stellar glitch could provide the first glimpse at a neutron star's interior.

By Dan Robitzski

VR training company Talespin has created Barry, an artificially intelligent virtual reality character managers can practice firing over and over again.
Virtual Reality

You can fire Barry again... and again... and again.

By Kristin Houser

A cybersecurity company called Crown Sterling gave a bizarre, buzzword-filled talk at the cybersecurity conference Black Hat and got roasted to oblivion.
Science & Energy

People at the conference called the company's tech a scam.

By Dan Robitzski

AI built to detect hate speech online, including a widely-used tool built by Google, tends to flag tweets written by black people as toxic more often.
Google

This type of AI still needs some work.

By Dan Robitzski

Using a supercomputer, scientists simulated 8 million virtual universes — and discovered something new about galactic evolution in the process.
Science & Energy

Their study contradicts what we thought we knew about galactic evolution.

By Kristin Houser

NASA's mobile Kilopower mobile fission nuclear power generator could be sent off to Mars by 2022, according to team members.
Mars

A mobile nuclear power system could keep the lights on for astronauts traveling to the Moon or Mars.

By Victor Tangermann

A cybersecurity expert found that smart speakers and laptops could be controlled by hackers to blast out inaudible, deafening frequencies of sound.
Robots and Machines

Compromised speakers could be used to track or deafen people.

By Dan Robitzski

California just passed the first CRISPR law, and famous biohacker Josiah Zayner thinks he's the reason for the bill's creation.
Gene Editing

California doesn't want any more self-editors on its hands.

By Kristin Houser

If simulation theory is real, we should stop trying to prove it lest our universe get rebooted or unplugged, writes philosopher Preston Greene
Future Society

Maybe we shouldn’t try to get unplugged.

By Dan Robitzski

A Tesla Model 3 exploded into flames on the side of Moscow's Ring Road highway after colliding with a stationary tow truck.
Tesla

Autopilot was reportedly on during the crash.

By Victor Tangermann

To help us detect deepfakes, researchers are training mice to listen for the kinds of speech irregularities that can crop up in faked audio.
Artificial Intelligence

And they've already started the training process.

By Kristin Houser

A leaked executive order draft would put Facebook and Twitter social media content moderation under the purview of the FCC to stamp out perceived bias.
Future Society

The order would put the FCC in charge of Facebook and Twitter's content curation.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers observed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A* flare up growing 75 times brighter than usual.
Science & Energy

Why did the center of the Milky Way just light up to the brightest levels we've ever observed?

By Victor Tangermann

Artificial Intelligence

Is artificial intelligence a friend or foe to humans?

By Singularity University

YouTube moderators tell the Washington Post that the company lets its most popular content creators get away with things other couldn't.
Future Society

The company, meanwhile, claims it applies its policies "consistently."

By Kristin Houser

Radioactive dust from an ancient supernova was just found buried in Antarctica, helping scientists better understand what's outside our solar system.
Science & Energy

It was hidden in the snow.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created a new bionic eye system that sends electrical signals to the wearer's brain via an implant to allow them to see again.
Future Society

Could brain implants allow us to see through walls in the future?

By Victor Tangermann

To address melting Arctic ice, a team of Indonesia designers proposes building and deploying submarines that could simply make more ice.
Climate Change

Unfortunately, the subs could do more harm than good, experts warn.

By Kristin Houser

The company behind instant ramen packets are about to launch nutrient-rich noodles that can fully satisfy people's nutritional requirements.
Health & Medicine

Finally, we can actually live off of noodles.

By Dan Robitzski