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While the U.S. doesn't have a social credit score system like China, several shadowy companies are using private data to do something similar in the U.S.
Science & Energy

Here’s How to Check Your Totalitarian “Social Credit Score”

These companies are secretly monitoring your every move.

By Dan Robitzski

With the 8,200 pounds of research, supplies, and hardware contained in a Northrup Gruman resupply rocket sent to space, there were also 12 bottles of wine.
International Space Station

This Startup Is Aging Red Wine on the International Space Station

Let's just hope the astronauts don't drink it.

By Jacob Banas

This startup's plan is to send swarms of smart robots to the surface of a distant moon and planets to extract resources including water ice and minerals.
Moon

Meet the Startup Building Robot Swarms to Mine Ice on the Moon

"They operate in swarms, collaborating together, making decisions on their own."

By Victor Tangermann

According to Axios, the Trump administration will announce plans for a complete ban on all flavored vape products, except tobacco and mint flavors.
Developments

Report: Trump to Ban All Vape Flavors Except Tobacco, Menthol

Will underage kids want to vape mint instead of mango?

By Victor Tangermann

Russian startup Promobot says it can create robot clones of any person, from Michael Jordan to William Shakespeare to you.
Robotics

A Russian Startup Is Selling Robot Clones of Real People

The company says it's offering its customers "digital immortality."

By Kristin Houser

Hundreds of schools in the U.S. have traded in the physical hall pass for an app called e-Hallpass — and It has some parents furious.
Future Society

Schools Are Using an App to Track Students While They Pee

“I will not allow this app to be utilized in my kids’ schools, period."

By Kristin Houser

The life expectancy for American men has steadily dropped for several years. Meanwhile, deaths from drug overdose have nearly doubled.
Developments

The Life Expectancy for American Men Keeps Falling

Drug abuse is likely to blame.

By Dan Robitzski

Yet another study has calculated the Hubble Constant and come to a different conclusion, raising more questions about the nature of our universe.
Physics

Scientists: Something About the Universe Doesn’t Look Right

The numbers just don't add up.

By Kristin Houser

Hyperstealth Biotechnology has filed a patent on a new invisibility cloak material that bends light to make objects disappear.
Military

Watch a Real-Life Invisibility Cloak Designed for Military Use

This "Quantum Stealth" material can render a tank invisible.

By Kristin Houser

A satirical app called "Bull and Moon" recommends stocks to people based on their astrological sign, offering a "compatibility score" for companies.
Robots and Machines

Investment App Recommends Stocks Based on Your Horoscope

People are definitely going to buy into this.

By Dan Robitzski

Dunkin' Donuts has accelerated the nationwide rollout of a breakfast sandwich featuring a plant-based sausage patty created by Beyond Meat.
Future Society

Dunkin’ Donuts Is Rolling out Fake Meat at More Spots Than Any Other Chain

The Beyond Sausage Sandwich is headed to more than 9,000 locations.

By Kristin Houser

A mysterious robotics company wants to buy the rights to someone's face so it can put them on its new line of virtual humanoid companion robots.
Robotics

Startup: We’ll Pay You $125,000 to Turn Your Face Into Robot Skin

Would you take $125,000 if it meant putting your face onto humanoid robots?

By Dan Robitzski

On the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast, Edward Snowden told Rogan that he "couldn't find anything" about aliens despite having "ridiculous access."
Future Society

Edward Snowden Searched For Evidence That Gov Is Hiding Aliens

"If [evidence of alien contact is] hidden, and it could be hidden, it's hidden really damn well."

By Victor Tangermann

China has a new plan to send robotic vehilces to the Moon and bring back lunar samples of rocks. It'll be the first lunar retrieval mission since 1976.
Moon

China Is Going to the Moon, Coming Back With Moon Rocks

The robotic mission has a bunch of complicated moving parts.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers claim to have spotted a tiny black hole that's only 20 kilometers across. That's tiny.
Physics

Astronomers Spot Black Hole the Size of Manhattan

The diameter of this cosmic monster is about 12 miles.

By Victor Tangermann

ACLU had filed a lawsuit against the FBI, DOJ, and DEA for information on their use of surveillance technology, such as facial recognition software.
Future Society

ACLU Sues FBI For “Dystopian Surveillance Technology” Info

It's also suing the Justice Department and the DEA.

By Kristin Houser

Google has purchased Fitbit for $2.1 billion, but it promises not to try to recoup any of that money by using people's health data to sell ads.
Prosthetics and Devices

Google Buys Fitbit, Promises Not to Use Health Data to Sell Ads

Your fitness profile is safe, according to Google.

By Kristin Houser

Cognizant, a firm providing Facebook with content moderation services, has announced that it plans to end its relationship with the social media company.
Future Society

The Firm That Deletes Gore and Child Porn on Facebook Just Quit

Remember when a Facebook moderator died at his desk? The contractor he worked for is saying "bye" to Facebook.

By Kristin Houser

While studying hypersonic jet propulsion, a team of engineers stumbled upon the mechanism that could've led to the Big Bang.
Physics

Scientists Accidentally Recreate Big Bang Detonation in the Lab

"When we started to dig deeper, we realized that this is relatable to something as profound as the origin of the universe."

By Kristin Houser

According to a new report by Common Sense Media found that the average screen time for children in the U.S. is as high as its ever been.
Developments

Most American 11-Year-Olds Now Have Smartphones

Is this trend a bad sign for kids' health — or nothing to worry about?

By Victor Tangermann