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A team of computer science professors have invented a special bracelet that jams any nearby microphones, including the ones in smart assistants.
Robots and Machines

This Cyberpunk Bracelet Jams Any Spying Microphones Nearby

"When you have something private to say, you can activate it in real time."

Scientists found a way to turn locusts into explosives-sniffing cyborgs according to a study funded by the U.S. Navy. Yes, bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts.
Robots and Machines

Bomb-Sniffing Cyborg Locusts? Bomb-Sniffing Cyborg Locusts.

Locusts in tiny remote controlled cars could spot explosive chemicals in just half a second.

It turns out that a thin coating of powdered rust could serve as a killer, lightweight shield against deadly cosmic radiation.
Off-World

It Turns Out Rust Is… a Great Shield for Deadly Space Radiation

Space jalopies, your time has come.

Tourists are ignoring safety measures when going to see endangered gorillas, spreading deadly diseases and putting the animals in greater danger.
Studies

Endangered Gorilla Community Ravaged by Exotic Man-Borne Disease

Get your stinking germs off me, you damn dirty tourists!

A newly published Amazon patent that dates back to 2017 lays out plans for a ship-based launch system that whips paylods into space using a miles-long whip.
Off-World

Amazon Patented a System That Literally Whips Stuff Into Orbit

Because, really, why the hell not.

Delta just threw down a carbon-neutral pledge at a first-class price: $1 billion over ten years. Is it a realistic ambition, or a pie-in-the-sky dream?
Renewable Energy

Uh, Delta Just Threw Down a $1 Billion Carbon-Neutral Pledge

They've given themselves ten years to get it done.

Swiss startup Energy Vault wants to overcome the limitations of lithium-ion batteries by storing wind and solar energy by stacking massive brick towers.
Solar Power

Here’s How to Store Wind and Solar Energy Using Just Gravity

This startup wants to store green energy by stacking giant blocks.

A team of scientists has nearly dug deep enough inside Earth to tap into a reservoir of supercritical fluid, which could serve as a limitless power supply.
Energy

This Team Wants to Capture Unlimited Energy From Inside the Earth

They have to dig so deep that they risk triggering a massive earthquake.

Russian director and producer Timur Bekmambetov is producing the first "vertical blockbuster movie," called "V2. Escape From Hell."
Future Society

This “Blockbuster” Movie Will Be Shot Entirely in Vertical Video

The director of "Hardcore Henry" is back with a movie shot entirely on vertical video.

A research team's new technique has improved the development of transparent organs creating stunning images of 3D cellular maps.
Developments

Scientists Turn Entire Human Organs Fully Transparent

See-through pancreases, hearts and kidneys could lead to functional, 3D printed human organs.

On Friday, Chinese authorities only reported 14 new fatalities linked to COVID-19. But the sudden drop isn't necessarily the good news it appears to be.
Developments

Here’s Why There Are So Few Reported COVID-19 Fatalities Today

It seems like the count is correcting after a massive spike in reported cases.

Officials at The Health Commission of Hubei Province in China have announced a nearly tenfold increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday morning.
Developments

China Announces Spike in Deadly Virus Infections, Deaths

Here's why there was an explosion in the count of COVID-19 infections and deaths today.

Tesla decided to reinstate $8,000 worth of Autopilot features to a used 2017 Model S after the owner found the company had removed them after he bought it.
Tesla

Tesla Returns Autopilot Features to Used Car After Outrage

Tesla says the incident was "not intentional" and a "miscommunication."

South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported today that the deadly coronavirus COVID-19 is spreading in North Korea.
Developments

Deadly Outbreak COVID-19 Reportedly Spreads to North Korea

This is bad — and Pyongyang could respond with characteristic brutality.

NASA is building a huge dish in California that it hopes will allow Mars astronauts to communicate with Earth — using high-powered lasers.
Mars

NASA: Mars Astronauts Will Use Lasers to Communicate With Earth

Radio waves are so 2000-and-late.

In a new lawsuit, the state of Massachusetts claims that fashionable vape brand Juul marketed to kids with ad buys on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.
Developments

Lawsuit: Juul Targeted Kids with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network Ads

Here are the ads that got them in trouble.

The European Space Agency releaed a troubling time-lapse video showing a gigantic iceberg splitting off of Antarctica and drifting away.
Climate Change

Watch a Las Vegas-Sized Iceberg Break Off Antarctica

The iceberg split into smaller ones, which the ESA is calling "piglets."

The 2020 Democratic primaries are well underway and the campaign for Bloomberg is getting down and dirty with top-notch Instagram memes.
Future Society

Bloomberg Hires Fyre Fest Promoters to Make Memes

Welcome to our new normal: presidential campaign meme accounts.

An tech company published a website, purportedly meant to help journalists write better, that's using AI to publish believable fake news articles.
Artificial Intelligence

This Site Uses AI to Generate Fake News Articles

It's hard to mince words about how much this sucks.

The asteroid belt will get turned into dust when, as the Sun is finally dying, it will get incredibly bright, and destroy ithe entire asteroid belt. Fun!
Science & Energy

In Its Dying Gasp, Our Sun Will Obliterate the Asteroid Belt

"Not only will our own asteroid belt be destroyed, but it will be done quickly and violently."