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Robot Fish Can Swim For 37 Hours With Blood-Powered Batteries
Robotics

And it looks creepy as hell.

By Dan Robitzski

Instead of creating "dead zones," the radiation from black holes could facilitate the emergence of life on a nearby planet, according to a Harvard study.
Science & Energy

Harvard scientists think there may be a "galactic Goldilocks zone" we're overlooking.

By Kristin Houser

Russian scientists want to study reproduction and fertility in space, but cosmonauts are refusing to provide some crucial biological samples.
Off-World

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

By Dan Robitzski

A British student was just convicted today by London police of manufacturing a firearm using a 3D printer, according to Agence France-Presse.
3D Printing

It's the first conviction of its kind in the UK.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has announced the Tesla Arcade, a temporary event where people can visit its showrooms to play the games available through the cars' touchscreens.
Tesla

The company's showrooms now double as gaming centers.

By Kristin Houser

A new system could enable smart speakers to listen in for signs of a heart attack and immediately call for medical assistance.
Health & Medicine

It could call 911 during the crucial first moments of a heart attack.

By Dan Robitzski

Health & Medicine

Basis from Elysium Health takes a proactive approach to growing old.

By Futurism Creative

Facebook's cryptocurrency could give the company even more sway and influence — perhaps even turn them into a virtual nation according to Jennifer Grygiel.
Cryptocurrency

"I don’t believe Facebook should be allowed to wreck the global financial system."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have discovered a glue that's both strong and reversible — so of course they used it to suspend an engineering student from the ceiling.
Science & Energy

It’s slippery when wet, and like super glue when dry.

By Kristin Houser

The first expedition for Boaty McBoatface has taught researchers something new about how climate change in Antarctic waters affects the rest of the world.
Climate Change

"The data from Boaty McBoatface gave us a completely new way of looking at the deep ocean."

By Kristin Houser

Earlier this month, researchers from Australia's Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration published research containing a dire warning: prevent and reverse climate change or face the end of human civilization as we know it.
Climate Change

If human civilization is to survive, they'll have to do better.

By Dan Robitzski

The inward migration of a recently formed exoplanet is causing never-before-seen structures to form in its host star's protoplanetary disk.
Science & Energy

Stunning images show how it's sculpting the dust into thin rings.

By Kristin Houser

Surveillance cameras will only get more sophisticated and harder to avoid, so privacy expert William Webster calls for increased transparency.
Artificial Intelligence

Cameras will continue to grow smarter, smaller, and more ubiquitous.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just zipped really close to tiny asteroid Bennu to snap an incredibly detailed image.
NASA

Say "cheese!"

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA wants contractors to develop an "air-breathing" hypersonic weapon. Now Raytheon is ready to test a missile that can travel 5x faster than sound.
DARPA

The missile comes from a new partnership between Raytheon and Northrop Grumman.

By Dan Robitzski

Amnesty International argues that Facebook took away a crucial tool for humans rights investigators without consulting them.
Future Society

Facebook disabled research tools Amnesty International says were crucial.

By Dan Robitzski

Twitch is suing the trolls that hijacked its platform to share extreme, sometimes illegal videos — even though it doesn't actually know who they are.
Future Society

Twitch wants to hold the trolls accountable — if it can figure out who they are.

By Kristin Houser

Adobe trained a neural net to detect faces that were manipulated using Photoshops' liquify tool, though the company hasn't released it to the public.
Artificial Intelligence

"We live in a world where it's becoming harder to trust the digital information we consume."

By Dan Robitzski

YouTuber Simone Giertz bought a Tesla Model 3 into a pickup truck in her latest video.
Tesla

"I’m doing it because I really, really want this car. This is truly my dream car."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA head Jim Bridenstine announced that the SpaceX capsule explosion earlier this year has delayed the space agency's plans for crewed missions.
NASA

But he didn't say for how long.

By Dan Robitzski