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A new book takes a deep dive into panpsychism, a millennia-old theory that argues that all forms of matter experience consciousness.
Science & Energy

Professor: Electrons and Quarks May Experience Consciousness

"What this offers us is a beautifully simple, elegant way of integrating consciousness into our scientific worldview..."

By Kristin Houser

17 children and nine adults are being treated for minor injuries today after a jet approaching LAX dumped a bunch of jet fuel over an elementary school.
Future Society

Boeing 777 Dumps Fuel on California Schoolchildren

As if climate change wasn't enough.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland have found a way to keep human livers alive for an entire week outside the body.
Developments

Scientists Keep Human Livers Alive In Machine For a Week

The machine features an artificial heart, pancreas, lung, kidneys, bowels, and even an artificial diaphragm.

By Victor Tangermann

A new report has found that Grindr, Tinder, and other dating apps have been covertly selling users' sensitive information to third-party companies.
Data Privacy

Researchers: Grindr and Tinder Are Selling Your Personal Data

"These practices are out of control..."

By Kristin Houser

For the second time, LIGO researchers detected gravitational waves given off by a merging pair of neutron stars, but the collision challenges their models.
Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Epic Neutron Star Collision

LIGO picked up gravitational waves from a brutal crash.

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft has created a tool that analyzes text-based chats for signs of pedophiles online — and it's giving it away for free.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Says New Tool Detects Pedophiles Grooming Kids Online

And they're giving it away to qualified companies.

By Kristin Houser

A scientist has compared the amount of heat causing ocean warming to the amount of energy released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Ocean Warming at the Rate of Five A-Bombs per Second

"It’s about five Hiroshima bombs of heat, every second, day and night, 365 days a year."

By Kristin Houser

Tesla is selling a new T-shirt featuring an image of the glass that was shattered during the company's Cybertruck unveiling in November.
Tesla

New Tesla Merch Pokes Fun at Cybertruck Unveil Fail

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself.

By Victor Tangermann

On Saturday, a man named Adam Gorlitsky, who is paralyzed from the waist down, broke a world record for finishing a marathon wearing a robotic exoskeleton.
Health & Medicine

Paralyzed Man Runs Marathon In Robotic Exoskeleton

"I want to challenge [the previous record holder] to a one-on-one exoskeleton race one day."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers confirmed that climate change is indeed making wildfires worse after analyzing 57 peer-reviewed papers published since 2013.
Climate Change

Research: Climate Change Is Indeed Making Wildfires Worse

Climate change isn't just making wildfires more severe — they're also happening more frequently.

By Victor Tangermann

Many of San Francisco's recently opened robot restaurants are already going out of business, as pointed out by a new Business Insider story.
Robotics

San Francisco’s Robot Restaurants Are Going out of Business

The futuristic eateries are closing almost as quickly as they opened.

By Kristin Houser

China's world record, "alien-hunting" telescope, FAST, became fully operational on Saturday, quadrupling the amount of the universe astronomers can examine.
Science & Energy

China Finally Boots Up Colossal Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope

You could fit an entire neighborhood inside this massive dish.

By Dan Robitzski

A link between the protein Sestrin and exercise could one day allow us to enjoy the benefits of physical activity without ever leaving our couches.
Treatments

Study: Treatment Provides Benefits of Exercise Without Exercising

It works on mice and fruit flies. Could something similar work in humans?

By Kristin Houser

A team of researchers have developed an AI that can detect hyoglycaemic events — drops in blood sugar — in raw ECG data from a wearable.
Prosthetics and Devices

This AI Can Detect Low Blood Sugar From ECG Readings

This is impressive.

By Victor Tangermann

On opposite side of the Earth's core lie two massive, mysterious blobs of ultrahot ancient rock that have scientists locked in a decades-long disagreement.
Science & Energy

Geologists Baffled By “Massive Anomalies” at Edge of Earth’s Core

"It would be like having an object in the sky, and asking, 'Is that the moon?' And people are like, no. 'Is that the sun?' No. 'What is it?' We don’t know."

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that the Big Bang theory could be off: some assumptions about the early unvierse don't match the actual data.
Science & Energy

Another Astronomer Says the Big Bang Might Not Have Happened

Eric Lerner says his findings contradict the popular theory.

By Dan Robitzski

A journalist crashed Segway's new S-Pod into a wall at CES 2020, bringing an end to the self-balancing electric wheelchair's demonstration.
Advanced Transport

Segway’s New Vehicle Crashes Into Wall During CES Demo

"At the very end of my ride, the joystick came loose, and the Segway egg (and I) crashed into the wall."

By Kristin Houser

In a video uploaded to Twitter by Elon Musk, a Tesla Model 3 can be heard talking to pedestrians, the newest feature Musk has announced for the Tesla.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Teslas Will Talk to Pedestrians

Teslas will also "fart in their general direction," Musk said.

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Department of Energy will build the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a cutting-edge particle collider, at New York's Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Physics

DOE: New York Will Be Home to a New Particle Collider

The cutting-edge device will cost upwards of $2.6 billion to build.

By Kristin Houser

Spanish startup Novameat has unveiled its latest product: Steak 2.0, a plant-based steak it says is the "most realistic" yet.
Future Society

This Meaty-Looking “Steak” Is Made From Peas and Seaweed

Novameat calls it the "most realistic" plant-based steak yet.

By Kristin Houser