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Older folks in Japan are using exoskeletons to help them do their jobs as they are spending more of their lives in the workforce, as New Scientist reports.
Health & Medicine

The Elderly in Japan are Using Exoskeletons to Delay Retirement

"The father is in his 70s and was supposed to retire but is still working with our muscle suit."

By Victor Tangermann

After analyzing the atmospheres of 19 exoplanets, researchers determined that 14 contained water vapor — more than they'd anticipated.
Science & Energy

Survey Finds That Water Is Common Around Exoplanets

But in smaller amounts than expected.

By Kristin Houser

Toys "R" Us has opened two new stores after closing hundreds in 2018, and these ones are equipped with sensors that spy on every move shoppers make.
Artificial Intelligence

Toys “R” Us Says Tech Used to Spy on Shoppers Ignores Children

But only if they're less than four feet tall.

By Kristin Houser

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has resurfaced his idea to turn 10,000 square miles in the U.S. desert into a solar farm that can power the entire nation.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Talking About Powering All of America with Solar

"All you need is a 100 by 100 mile patch in a deserted corner of Arizona, Texas or Utah."

By Victor Tangermann

Ohio University pulled a press release detailing a professor’s “evidence” that Mars is home to bugs, but won’t say if it stands behind the research.
Mars

Ohio University Has Yet to Deny Professor’s ‘Bugs on Mars!’ Claim. So.

And until it does, people will continue to ask questions.

By Kristin Houser

A startup just shipped 40,000 pounds of butter 2,800 miles from California to Pennsylvania in under three days using a truck that was driving itself.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Truck Completes First Cross-Country Freight Run

Is self-driving technology ready for prime time?

By Victor Tangermann

The Canadian airline Harbour Air just successfully tested an electric plane for the first time, potentially marking a new era of clean travel.
Advanced Transport

New First: A Fully Electric Plane Just Flew for 15 Minutes

"This proves that commercial aviation in all-electric form can work."

By Dan Robitzski

In March 2020, SpaceX will deliver cannabis plant cultures to the International Space Station for agri-tech company Front Range Biosciences.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Delivering Cannabis to the Space Station

But not the kind that could get astronauts stoned.

By Kristin Houser

A group of Tesla owners in Croatia organized an ICEing protest at a gas station to bring attention to the problem of non-EVs blocking charging stations.
Tesla

Tesla Owners Block Gas Pumps in ICEing Protest

"[I]t was not our intention to harass anyone."

By Kristin Houser

We're solidly into the beginning of the 2019-2020 flu season and so far it's proving to be an unusual one as atypical strains of flu virus are turning up.
Developments

2020 Flu Season Off to Quirky Start, Also Affects Seals

Thankfully early testing suggests this year's flu vaccine seems to cover the dominant viral strain.

By Jacob Banas

Toys "R" Us has opened two new stores after closing hundreds in 2018, and these ones are equipped with sensors that track every move shoppers make.
Internet Of Things

Smart Toys Often Contain Child-Endangering Security Flaws

Popular internet-connected toys are full of security holes.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers used a type of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict ADHD in patients by having it analyze magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
Neuroscience and Brain

This AI Can Detect ADHD Better than Humans

The same approach could be applied to other neurological conditions as well.

By Victor Tangermann

TIME magazine has chosen 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as its 2019 Person of the Year for launching a global movement.
Climate Change

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is TIME’s Person of the Year

She's the youngest person to ever earn the distinction.

By Kristin Houser

The World Wildlife Fund published a report arguing that if we want to stop the worst impacts of climate change, world leaders need to take stronger action.
Climate Change

WWF: Climate Change Efforts Need “Dramatic Increase” in Response

The organization called on world leaders to better preserve nature.

By Dan Robitzski

Car enthusiast Instagram account hypercarslands uploaded a render of Tesla's Cybertruck if it were amphibious, going for a dip with a passenger fishing.
Tesla

Tesla Cybertruck Goes Amphibious in Hilarious Fan-Made Video

Splish splash, Cybertruck is takin' a bath.

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre plot to steal a domain name at gunpoint has earned Instagram influencer Rossi Lorathio Adams II a 14-year prison sentence.
Future Society

Man Behind Plot to Steal a Domain at Gunpoint Is Headed to Prison

He'll be behind bars for 14 years.

By Kristin Houser

NVIDIA has built an AI that can create a detailed 3D model of an object in less than 100 milliseconds from just a single image of it.
3D Printing

New AI Can Create a 3D Model of an Object From a Single 2D Image

And it does so in less than 100 milliseconds.

By Kristin Houser

GEDMatch, the DNA ancestry company that famously helped police track down a serial killer, just got bought by a genetic forensics firm.
DNA

Tech Firm That Develops Tools for Police Buys Massive DNA Database

Verogen claims it will only give people's info to cops if they opt in.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists encoded instructions for creating a 3D-printed plastic bunny in DNA and then embedded the DNA right in the bunny itself.
Science & Energy

This Plastic Bunny Has DNA Explaining How to Make More Bunnies

It could hold the key to solving the world's data storage problem.

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists wants to colonize and populate another world to protect humanity from Earth's eventualy demise or destruction.
Off-World

Scientists Are Planning a 1,000 Year Trip to Another Planet

"There are a lot of challenges, but no fundamental principle of physics is violated."

By Dan Robitzski