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Someone used machine learning to superimpose the face of Jim Carrey onto Jack Nicholson's character in Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1980 film "The Shining."
Artificial Intelligence

Here's Johnny!

By Jon Christian

An attempt to reconcile the discrepancy among Hubble Constant calculations only complicated the matter, raising questions about our models of the universe.
Physics

A new attempt to find the universe's age revealed troubling flaws.

By Dan Robitzski

Congress wants to know if the US miltary experimented with creating bioweapons out of ticks and other insects — and then released them into the wild.
Health & Medicine

Rumors have circulated for decades. It's time for answers.

By Kristin Houser

In a new report by CNBC, Tesla employees said that they used electrical tape to fix plastic housings thanks to aggressive deadlines.
Tesla

Some cars on the production line ended up missing bolts, nuts or lugs.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new survey, American and British kids would much rather become YouTubers than astronauts, while the opposite is true in China.
Future Society

The opposite is true in China.

By Dan Robitzski

Australian futurist Richard Hames told news.com.au that he believes we're overdue for a drone assassination and that one will take place within three years.
Future Society

And he thinks the drone might use "a toxic poison" to kill its target.

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX has preliminary results to share about what it suspects caused its Crew Dragon capsule to fail during an engine test in April.
Crew Dragon

Did SpaceX learn their lesson?

By Victor Tangermann

We're one step closer to invisibility cloaks thanks to a new artificial intelligence that designs metamaterials with specific optical properties.
Artificial Intelligence

It designs new metamaterials far faster than humans can.

By Kristin Houser

It may be possible to terraform Mars by blanketing future space farms with a thin layer of aerogel that blocks radiation and heats the ground.
Science & Energy

Blanketing Mars with aerogel may be enough to help plants grow.

By Dan Robitzski

Englands Department for Transport announced that every new home needs to have an electric car charging port as part of a push to make EVs more accessible.
Advanced Transport

The U.K. would be the first to mandate in-home EV chargers.

By Dan Robitzski

An AI-developed flu vaccine is now undergoing clinical trials, meaning we could be headed toward an era of fewer flus and more AI-developed drugs.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI's new flu vaccine is already undergoing clinical trials.

By Kristin Houser

India officially called off the launch of its first mission to the Moon on Sunday a mere hour before launch due to a "technical snag."
Moon

“As a measure of abundant precaution, Chandrayaan 2 launch has been called off for today."

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, scientists managed to capture photographic evidence that two photons were linked by quantum entanglement.
Physics

The image paves the way for tools to analyze quantum behavior.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists who work on extraterrestrial-seeking projects like SETI report a stigma within science that gets their work dismissed and funding killed.
Science & Energy

Investigating extraterrestrial life is a great way to have your work written off.

By Dan Robitzski

Neural Implant Sends Camera Feed Into Blind People’s Brains
Brain

"This is a complete paradigm shift for treating people with complete blindness."

By Kristin Houser

A NASA Astrobiology Institute-funded project will be trying to find out if life could ever exist in Titan's ocean — and if it does, how to look for it.
Science & Energy

Can the massive ocean of Saturn's largest moon sustain life?

By Victor Tangermann

During a speech at the National Conservatism conference, Peter Thiel called for the CIA and FBI to investigate Google's "seemingly treasonous" ties with China.
Future Society

Thiel suggested that Google was infiltrated by Chinese intelligence.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just awarded Made In Space a $73.3 million contract to demonstrate 3D-printing spacecraft parts while in orbit using a small spacecraft.
NASA

NASA is funding a startup to 3D print two massive structural beams while orbiting Earth.

By Victor Tangermann

Vacuum Tube-Era Tech is Ushering in a New Generation of Superfast Devices
Devices

We may not need semiconductors in the future.

By Dom Galeon

Carbon capture will be key to addressing climate change, and now, scientists have found a gene that could make plants better at capturing and storing CO2.
Renewable Energy

This one gene could help save the environment.

By Kristin Houser