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According to a new essay, several companies trying to develop nuclear fusion reactors believe they're getting pretty close.
Energy

What You Need To Know About Fusion Energy

Nuclear fusion has the power to fundamentally transform our world. And it will likely be realized in our lifetime.

By Cameron McCloskey

A massive study reveals a link between dads drinking in the months leading up to conception and an increased risk of congenital heart defects in their kids.
Developments

Dads Drinking Before Conception May Cause Heart Defects in Babies

Heavy drinking was correlated with heightened risk of congenital heart defects.

By Dan Robitzski

Electric car company Tesla has given its customers a heads up: charge your cars. Almost a million Californians are about to lose power for five days.
Tesla

Tesla Screens Flash Warning: Charge Your Cars Before CA Blackout

What happens to electric cars when the power goes out?

By Victor Tangermann

A woman tried to call for help via a Knightscope security robot covered in "police" markings, just to be told to step aside.
Robotics

Police Robot Ignores Woman Trying to Call Police

The robot told the woman calling for help to "step out of the way."

By Dan Robitzski

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Hyperloop

The Boring Company Isn’t Just Digging Tunnels. They’re Building a Hyperloop.

Elon Musk isn't just sponsoring competitions anymore. He's entered the race.

By Dom Galeon

Researchers have recorded a video of pigs using tools, a hallmark of advanced intelligence exhibited by only the smartest species.
Evolution

Pigs Caught Using Tools in First-of-Its-Kind Video

It’s evolution, Babe.

By Kristin Houser

Starting Wednesday, the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric will turn off customers' power to prevent its aging infrastructure from causing wildfires.
Energy

California Is Cutting Power For Nearly a Million Homes

California is about to get post-apocalyptic.

By Dan Robitzski

In a paper, NASA scientist Jeremy Schnittman argues that it's pretty unlikely planets that orbit black holes could harbor life.
Science & Energy

NASA Scientist Ponders Life on Planets Orbiting Black Holes

Across the universe, is someone looking up from their home planet into a vast black hole?

By Victor Tangermann

Gravity Industries added a shoulder-mounted toy rifle to its Iron Man-style flying jet suit, and then took it for a spin above a parking lot.
Advanced Transport

Oh Good, They’re Adding Guns to the Flying Iron Man Jet Suit

The mock rifle aims wherever the pilot looks.

By Kristin Houser

The AI used by the UK government to review people's passport photos contains built-in biases against people with darker skin. The gov. deployed it anyway.
Artificial Intelligence

The UK Knew Its Passport AI Was Racist — and Used It Anyway

Government officials knew about the problem and decided it was fine.

By Dan Robitzski

A 17-year-old teenager from New York died of "vaping-related illness" on Friday according to officials, as the New York Times reports.
Developments

First Teen Dies of “Vaping-Related” Illness in the U.S.

He was the youngest to have died from the mysterious illness in the country.

By Victor Tangermann

In case the world collapses and modern gadgets fall into disrepair, a developer is making an operating system to run on salvaged computers.
Future Society

Someone Built an OS for Computers Salvaged After the World Ends

I don't remember this from "Mad Max."

By Dan Robitzski

Startup Anduril has built an anti-drone quadcopter for the U.S. military that kills other drones by slamming into them at 100 miles per hour.
Drones

See a Drone Kill Another Drone by Slamming Into It at 100 MPH

And it reportedly almost always survives the attack.

By Kristin Houser

Not everybody is on board with the growing adoption of fake meat, with critics arguing that it's unhealthy and over-processed.
Future Society

There’s a Huge, Angry Backlash Against Fake Meat

Some argue that plant-based meats are overprocessed and unhealthy.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronauts were treated to an amazing sight on June 22, 2019 when the Raikoke Volcano in Eastern Russia erupted into a massive cloud of dark smoke.
Science & Energy

Watching This Volcano Erupt From Space Is Absolutely Epic

You've never seen a volcano like this before.

By Victor Tangermann

California is now the first state to allow residents to obtain the HIV prevention drugs PrEP and PEP directly from their pharmacists.
Developments

New Law Makes HIV Prevention Drugs Available Without Prescription

Californians can now get PrEP and PEP directly from their pharmacist.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists discovered 20 more tiny moons orbiting Saturn, meaning the gas giant is the new record holder within the confines of our solar system.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Found 20 More Moons Around Saturn

Here's how you can submit your own naming suggestions.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, the center of the Milky Way galaxy exploded in a huge flare-up of hot gas. And an explosion might explode again in the future.
Science & Energy

3.5 Million Years Ago, Our Galaxy Was Rocked by an Explosion

And it could happen again.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are learning more and more ways to gene-hack new traits into animals, including genetic alterations that could enhance their intelligence.
Biology

Fringe Idea: Should We Gene-Hack Animals to Make Them Smarter?

Some believe it's a moral obligation to give animals human-level intelligence.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk regrets calling Vernon Unsworth a "child rapist" in an email to BuzzFeed, according to court documents filed by British diver.
Elon Musk

Court Documents: Elon Musk Called Himself a “Fucking Idiot”

It seems Musk regrets calling that cave diver a "pedo guy."

By Victor Tangermann