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MIT scientists developed a system of lasers that works like a remote ultrasound system: it can peer into a patient's body without touching them.
Developments

MIT Scientists Can Look at Your Insides From a Distance

A series of lasers acts like an ultrasound without requiring physical contact.

By Dan Robitzski

Here are our most read stories from 2019 — along with our best guesses about what our popular science writing might mean for the future.
Future Society

The Top Ten Most-Read Futurism Stories of 2019

These are the 2019 stories we (along with the rest of the world) couldn't look away from. Read 'em and weep.

By Jon Christian

Scientists just shared new information on the bizarre class of exoplanets that they'e named "super-puffs" due to their cotton candy-like fluffiness.
Science & Energy

These Rare Exoplanets Have the “Density of Cotton Candy”

The class of exoplanet is actually called — get this — a "super-puff."

By Dan Robitzski

Medical researchers gave Alzheimer's patients LSD to see how it affected their cognition. The treatment seemed safe, paving the way for future studies.
Chemistry

Doctors Are Giving Alzheimer’s Patients LSD

There was no sign that it improved cognition, but it didn't hurt.

By Dan Robitzski

Criminals are using drones to drop items infected with swine flu on herds of pigs in order to force farmers to sell the animals cheaply.
Drones

Chinese Farmers: Criminals Are Using Drones to Infect Our Pigs

Their plan to fight back landed them in trouble with a local airport.

By Kristin Houser

The United States Navy bans its members from using short video sharing app TikTok on their government-issued mobile devices.
Cybersecurity

Navy Bans TikTok, Calling It a “Cybersecurity Threat”

Navy members must delete the app from their government-issued devices.

By Kristin Houser

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a single speech that he both “doesn’t understand wind” and has “studied it better than anybody.”
Wind

Donald Trump Doesn’t Seem to Know Anything About Wind Power

"I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much."

By Kristin Houser

Russia's floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is now operational and generating power for the town of Pevek.
Nuclear Fusion

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Began Generating Electricity

"Chernobyl on ice" is now operational.

By Dan Robitzski

An engineer strapped propellers onto a robot vacuum, creating the ultimate abomination: a Roomba that kicks up more dust than it cleans.
Robotics

This Madman Built a Flying Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Spoilers: It sucks!

By Dan Robitzski

Authorities have identified the green slime oozing onto a highway in Michigan as groundwater contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical.
Science & Energy

Green Slime Oozing Onto US Highway Tracked to Illegal Waste Site

"The multi-agency investigation continues."

By Kristin Houser

Baltimore police will spend half of 2020 surveilling the entire city with a network of spy planes, putting everyone under constant monitoring.
Future Society

Baltimore Police Plan to Monitor the Whole City With Spy Planes

The resurrected surveillance program will last six months.

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers at Stanford have taught a self-driving DeLorean how to drift around a complex track that even human drivers would struggle with.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving DeLorean Burn Rubber on a Stunt Course

"Back to the Future" meets "Tokyo Drift."

By Victor Tangermann

During Thursday's debate, Bernie Sanders suggested cutting the military's bloated budget and putting it towards a more important fight: climate change.
Climate Change

Bernie Sanders: Spend Money on the Climate Instead of Weapons

A novel concept!

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just released an image of a "cosmic candy cane" in the center of the galaxy. The unusually shaped cloud is likely linked to active star formation.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Cosmic Candy Cane” in Milky Way Galaxy

The celestial goody is made of enough raw materials for millions of years.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch a Jet Wing Pilot “Jetman” Hover Over a Lake
Advanced Transport

Watch a Jet Wing Pilot “Jetman” Hover Over a Lake

Jetman just made his triumphant return with an epic new stunt.

By Victor Tangermann

Marijuana can literally change a user's heart, enlarging its left ventricle and impairing function, according to a new study.
Chemistry

New Research: Marijuana Changes Heart Structure

It also impairs the organ's ability to function.

By Kristin Houser

A Russian YouTube channel built a knock-off version of Tesla's Cybertruck and then drove it around the streets of Moscow.
Elon Musk

Russians Troll Elon Musk With Knockoff Cybertruck

"How do you like that, Elon Musk?"

By Kristin Houser

Boeing's Starliner missed its intended orbit for its first mission and burned up too much fuel to complete its planned journey to the ISS.
Boeing

Boeing’s Starliner Fails First Attempt to Reach Space Station

SpaceX's main rival just messed up in a major way.

By Kristin Houser

Tech giant Apple reportedly has a secret team working on satellite-based wireless data beaming technology, according to Bloomberg.
Future Society

Apple Is Reportedly Working on Secret Satellite Tech

First SpaceX — and now Apple?

By Victor Tangermann

An Army research center patented bizarre boots that generates electricity every time a soldier takes a step, giving them a new way to power their gear.
Energy

The Army Wants to Generate Electricity Inside Soldiers’ Boots

A tiny generator sparks to life with every step.

By Dan Robitzski