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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

Researchers are working on the next generation of bionic glasses that could give the blind back much more of their vision in the future.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Let Blind “See” With Next-Gen Bionic Glasses

A new device is giving patients the ability to recognize objects on a table and read letters on a screen.

By Victor Tangermann

The Keystone Pipeline just had a spill of over 380,000 gallons of crude oil into North Dakota wetlands, the latest in a line of catastrophic oil spills.
Energy

The US Said This Pipeline Would Have “No Impact.” Now It’s Leaking Crude Oil.

The extremely predictable thing happened.

By Dan Robitzski

The 1982 sci-fi film "Blade Runner" takes place in November 2019. Needless to say, our tech fell a teensy bit short of what the movie predicted.
Artificial Intelligence

“Blade Runner” Was Set This Month. Where Are Our Flying Cars?

Let's compare the real November 2019 to the one imagined in "Blade Runner."

By Dan Robitzski

Belgium-based machine learning researcher and educator Xander Steenbrugge has developed a neural network AI that can turn music into trippy animations.
Artificial Intelligence

Watch an AI Turn Music Into a Brain-Melting Visualization

"The AI does not fully create the work, and neither do I. It is very much a collaboration."

By Victor Tangermann