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A new German study concluded that 97 percent of blood and urine samples from 2,500 chidlren between three and 17 showed toxic levels of plastic byproducts.
Studies

Scientists Tested Children and 97 Percent Contained Toxic Plastic Byproducts

Microplastics aren't just showing up in our oceans — they're showing up in kids.

By Victor Tangermann

Google Assistant was initially supposed to have a male-sounding voice, according to Google, but the technology at the time didn't cooperate.
Google

Google: We Weren’t Being Sexist Giving Assistant a Female Voice

Using a female voice was just easier, the company says.

By Kristin Houser

The FBI arrested a man who used his drone to drop a homemade bomb on his ex's home, potentially heralding a terrifying era of futuristic, violent crimes.
Drones

FBI Arrests Man For Bombing Ex’s House With a Drone

He used a drone to drop homebrewed explosives.

By Dan Robitzski

Ethan J. Lindenberger, an advocate of vaccines, spotted his own photo amongst those of "dead" children at an anti-vax vigil in California.
Developments

Pro-Vaxxer Spots Own Photo at Vigil for Kids “Killed by Vaccines”

Sorry, anti-vaxxers, but Ethan J. Lindenberger is still very much alive.

By Kristin Houser

Facebook released a new data policy for its Portal devices that reveals the company will occasionally store audio recordings of Portal users.
Meta

Facebook: Actually, We Do Listen to You Sometimes

Occasionally, Portal audio recordings make it to Facebook servers.

By Dan Robitzski

An increasing number of children in the UK are being treated by healthcare professionals for "eco-anxiety," a growing sense of fear over climate change.
Health & Medicine

Shrinks Are Treating Climate-Traumatized Kids For “Eco-Anxiety”

“The fear is of environmental doom — that we’re all going to die.”

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new U.N. report based on global censuses, the number of international migrants is increasing faster than the world's population.
Future Society

The Number of Migrants Is Growing Faster Than the World Population

There are now 272 million international migrants in the world.

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook is soliciting bodycam footage of police shooting their firearms so it can use the video to train its AI to detect violent content.
Future Society

Cops Are Giving Facebook Bodycam Footage

"With this initiative, we aim to improve our detection of real-world, first-person footage of violent events."

By Kristin Houser

Oxford Physicist: Geogineering Away Climate Change Won’t Work
Climate Change

Oxford Physicist: Geogineering Away Climate Change Won’t Work

"There is simply no substitute for decarbonization."

By Dan Robitzski

While performing a close flyby of Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured several stunning images of a solar eclipse on the gas giant.
Solar Power

Juno Captures Stunning Images of a Solar Eclipse on Jupiter

Jupiter's moon Io casts a *really* big shadow.

By Kristin Houser

The editor of Chinese state-backed newspaper, the Global Times, protested government censorhip in a Weibo post that was soon deleted.
Future Society

Editor of Chinese Paper Complains About Censorship, Gets Censored

The editor complained about the Great Firewall — and was promptly censored for it.

By Dan Robitzski

A new meta-study concluded that mass shootings perpetrated by black people are blamed on external factors, while white shootings were linked to video games.
Future Society

Researchers: Blaming Violent Video Games for Shootings is Racist

When the shooter is white, we blame video games — but not if they're black.

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian research lab known to house smallpox suffered an explosion that blew out windows and sent one person to the hospital with severe burns.
Developments

Explosion Reported at Russian Facility Storing Smallpox

The blast was strong enough to blow out windows.

By Kristin Houser

The Japanese government has suggested it may dump contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, but experts say it's too dangerous.
Environment

Experts: Fukushima Water Is Too Dangerous to Dump Into the Sea

"They do not want to pay the full costs of storing and processing the contaminated water."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers from West Virginia University claim they've discovered the most massive neutron star to date.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Spotted the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

A piece of this neutron star the size of a sugar cube would weigh 100 million tons — about the mass of the entire human population.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists built rudimentary soft robots that are controlled and steered by living neurons and muscles, just like a living organism.
Robotics

Scientists Built Tiny Robots Powered by Muscles and Nerves

The biological machines start swimming when they detect light.

By Dan Robitzski

Pengyi Li from China attempted to smuggle sensitive spacecraft and military missile components out of the U.S. according to documents obtained by Quartz.
Future Society

The U.S. Says China is Stealing Military Spacecraft Technology

A Chinese national was just caught trying to smuggle sensitive aerospace parts out of the country.

By Victor Tangermann

There's a small chance that a defunct space habitat collides with a retired Russian satellite on Wednesday, illustrating the threat of space debris.
Science & Energy

A Derelict Space Habitat May Crash Into an Old Russian Satellite

Genesis II and Cosmos 1300 might collide on Wednesday.

By Dan Robitzski

New apps use AI to scrutinize your texts and determine whether someone is really into you or if you might not be the best match.
Artificial Intelligence

Can an AI Scan Your Messages to Detect if Someone’s Flirting?

Finally, AI to help the oblivious flirters of the world.

By Dan Robitzski

On Jupiter's moon Io, the strongest volcano in the solar system is likely about to erupt within the next couple of days, according to new calculations.
Science & Energy

A Giant Volcano on One of Jupiter’s Moons Is About to Erupt

A giant space volcano named Loki is ready to blow.

By Dan Robitzski