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MOZI 2, a solar-powered drone with a wingspan of 15 meters, just successfully completed its maiden flight, according to Chinese media reports.
Drones

This Strange Solar-Powered Drone Could Save You in a Disaster

Its maiden flight just went off without a hitch.

Jailed sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein reportedly met with prominent scientists for years to discuss his interest in eugenics and other fringe sciences.
Science & Energy

Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Obsessed With Eugenics, Cryogenics

Epstein wanted to cryogenically freeze his penis and seed humanity with his DNA.

A Denver beverage company is developing teas and coffees infused with psilocybin, the compound that gives "magic mushrooms" hallucinogenic properties.
Health & Medicine

This Startup Is Developing Tea, Coffee Infused With Psilocybin

They're taking the "magic" out of shrooms and putting it in your morning mocha.

An experiment called BioRock is figuring out whether bacteria could turn space rocks into farmable soil for future off-world settlements.
Biology

Astronomers Want to Use Bacteria to Mine Space Rocks

They're investigating how well mineral-leeching microbes fare without gravity.

Researchers have developed a new Turing Test to determine when machines are able to not only think like humans, but act like us as well.
Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Robotics Forced Scientists to Invent a New Turing Test

It's designed for humanoids, not just computer programs.

For the last nine years, the U.S. government has been working on a top-secret military artificial intelligence "brain" platform called "Sentient."
Artificial Intelligence

The Military Secretly Built An “Artificial Brain” Called Sentient

The system can guide satellites and direct military operations.

The Pentagon is working on a laser that can beam human speech directly into people's brains, tech that could warn intruders as they approach military bases.
Robots and Machines

Pentagon: New Laser Tech Can Make People Hear Voice Commands

The U.S. Military wants to make you hear voices.

Astronomers from Cornell University claim they've found the first potentially habitable "super-earth," an Earth-like planet outside the Solar System.
Science & Energy

Satellite Spots “First Nearby Super-Earth” That Could Harbor Life

"This is exciting, as this is humanity's first nearby super-Earth that could harbor life."

When police departments partner with Amazon's smart doorbell company, Ring, the company gets control over all statements to the press or public.
Future Society

Amazon Is Feeding Talking Points About Its Spy Doorbell to Police

Amazon has gained a startling amount of control over local police departments.

A team of Chinese engineers are working on developing an electric helicopter, according to local news.
Advanced Transport

Chinese Researchers Are Working on an Electric Helicopter

Going electric could mean lighter and easier to control helicopters.

A Bulgarian hacker took control of the country's tax agency and also hijacked the sprinkler system outside of Parliament.
Hacking

Hackers Seize Control of Bulgarian Tax Agency, Sprinkler System

They used the hacked sprinklers to soak government officials.

New evidence suggests that Mars may have had a liquid ocean on its surface, and that meteor impacts caused a planet-sized tsunamis.
Science & Energy

Ancient Meteor Strike Deluged Mars With Planet-Scale Tsunami

A massive crater lends evidence to the idea that Mars once had liquid oceans.

A Japanese scientist from the University of Tokyo just got permission from the government to create animal embryos that contain human cells, Nature reports.
Health & Medicine

Japanese Scientist Wants to Grow Human Organs In Animal Embryos

"An animal with a human face will never be born."

More and more funeral homes are livestreaming services, giving people a chance to tune in if they couldn't travel or revisit moments they couldn't process.
Future Society

People Are Livestreaming Funerals

The difficulties of travel have made it difficult for some to pay their respects.

Astronomers believe a newly discovered trio of exoplanets just 73 light-years from Earth could serve as the ideal "lab" for future exoplanet research.
Science & Energy

Nearby Star System Looks to Be Ideal “Lab” for Exoplanet Studies

It's like a "Disneyland" for planetary research.

Startup Sierra Energy has found a way to vaporize trash, turning it into gases that can be used to create everything from fuel to fertilizer.
Science & Energy

Startup’s Tech Vaporizes Trash From Overflowing Landfills

It heats garbage to twice the temperature of a volcano’s core.

A rare, brain-swelling deadly virus spread via mosquitoes was just spotted in Orange County, Florida, prompting public advisories warning to avoid bites.
Brain

Mosquitoes in Florida Are Spreading a Deadly Brain Virus

Eastern equine encephalitis virus just popped up in Florida.

There's no short supply of aspirational, bold claims about how we'll colonize Mars. Unfortunately, none of them are realistic.
Mars

Reality Check: It Would Take Thousands Of Years To Colonize Mars

Bad news, Elon.

By hacking cars and forcing them to stall, bad actors could grind a city's traffic to a halt — and the easiest entry point may be the vehicle's radios.
Advanced Transport

Hackers Could Gridlock a City by Stalling Just 20 Percent of Cars

Here's an argument against internet-connected vehicles.

Across the U.S., parents are buying bulletproof backpacks for their children in an effort to protect them against school shootings.
Future Society

Fearful Parents Are Buying Bulletproof Backpacks for Their Kids

"You got to do what you got to do to protect your child."