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Virtual Reality

These Technologists Are Trying to Recreate Psychedelic Trips in VR

Trippy visuals are one thing. Inducing ego death is another.

Environment

Australia Is Running out of Drinking Water

Wait... "Mad Max" wasn't supposed to be a documentary!

Medical

Medical Experiments in Space Could Fight Aging on Earth

"Pretty quickly, even within the next three to five years, they could help us provide cures for cancer down here on the ground."

Space

With “Storm Area 51” Looming, FAA Shuts Down Area 51 Airspace

They want clear skies in case they need to fly people to safety.

Advanced Transport

Police Detain “Flying” Taxi for Speeding During Test

The taxi reportedly produces no noise or CO2 emissions.

Elon Musk

Azealia Banks Reveals Song About Publicly Executing Elon Musk

The song's "ungrateful technocrat" dies at the hands of an AI overlord.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Say This High Tech Baseball Cap Can Reverse Baldness

The scientist who invented the hat tested it on his dad.

Studies

Scientists Tested Children and 97 Percent Contained Toxic Plastic Byproducts

Microplastics aren't just showing up in our oceans — they're showing up in kids.

Google

Google: We Weren’t Being Sexist Giving Assistant a Female Voice

Using a female voice was just easier, the company says.

Drones

FBI Arrests Man For Bombing Ex’s House With a Drone

He used a drone to drop homebrewed explosives.

Developments

Pro-Vaxxer Spots Own Photo at Vigil for Kids “Killed by Vaccines”

Sorry, anti-vaxxers, but Ethan J. Lindenberger is still very much alive.

Solar Power

Juno Captures Stunning Images of a Solar Eclipse on Jupiter

Jupiter's moon Io casts a *really* big shadow.

Future Society

Researchers: Blaming Violent Video Games for Shootings is Racist

When the shooter is white, we blame video games — but not if they're black.

Environment

Experts: Fukushima Water Is Too Dangerous to Dump Into the Sea

"They do not want to pay the full costs of storing and processing the contaminated water."

Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Spotted the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

A piece of this neutron star the size of a sugar cube would weigh 100 million tons — about the mass of the entire human population.

Future Society

The U.S. Says China is Stealing Military Spacecraft Technology

A Chinese national was just caught trying to smuggle sensitive aerospace parts out of the country.

Science & Energy

A Derelict Space Habitat May Crash Into an Old Russian Satellite

Genesis II and Cosmos 1300 might collide on Wednesday.

Artificial Intelligence

Can an AI Scan Your Messages to Detect if Someone’s Flirting?

Finally, AI to help the oblivious flirters of the world.

Science & Energy

A Giant Volcano on One of Jupiter’s Moons Is About to Erupt

A giant space volcano named Loki is ready to blow.

Future Society

MIT Researcher Who Defended Sex With Children Resigns

Richard Stallman is out.