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The best way to help robots learn to deal with new challenges might be to let them explore the world like children do: in supervised day care centers
Artificial Intelligence

This Psychologist Wants to Create Day Care Centers for Robots

"It may be that what we really need is robots that have childhoods."

By Kristin Houser

A single dose of ketamine helped heavy drinkers cut their alcohol intake in half during an experimental study out of the United Kingdom.
Neuroscience and Brain

Study: Want to Stop Drinking So Much? Do Ketamine Once.

"I was surprised by how effective it was."

By Kristin Houser

Three charities have launched the world's first sperm bank for HIV-positive donors called Sperm Positive in New Zealand. Three men have already signed up.
Developments

New Zealand Opens World’s First HIV-Positive Sperm Bank

"I know what joy children can bring, I love having them around."

By Victor Tangermann

During the segment Grimes, who studied neuroscience before pursuing her music career, opined that humanity is at the "end of art, human art."
Artificial Intelligence

Grimes: Humanity Is At The “End of Art, Human Art”

Zola Jesus fired back, saying Grimes' comments were the "voice of silicon fascist privilege."

By Tag Hartman-Simkins

Tesla has secured 250,000 Cybertruck pre-orders in the week since the vehicle's debut, according to tweets by CEO Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: 250K People Have Pre-Ordered Cybertrucks

For a hundred bucks, why not?

By Kristin Houser

Twitter is set to begin doing some spring cleaning and delete accounts that are inactive for longer than six months. That includes accounts of dead people.
Future Society

Twitter Plans to Delete Dead People’s Accounts, Prompting Outrage

"My father’s Twitter account isn’t active. He passed away over four years ago."

By Victor Tangermann

Just in time for the holiday season, AI researcher Janelle Shane taught an AI around 2,000 existing names of pies and some juicy Harry Potter fan fiction.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Came Up With Hilarious Pie Names Based on Harry Potter

"They don’t sound exactly delicious to me, but maybe this [AI] knows something we don’t."

By Victor Tangermann

Lee Se-dol, the Go champion who lost to DeepMind's AI Go player, announced that he's quitting professional Go because the algorithms are too good.
Artificial Intelligence

Human Go Champion Who Lost to AI Says Machines Cannot Be Defeated

"Even if I become the number one, there is an entity that cannot be defeated."

By Dan Robitzski

The inventor of the World Wide Web has unveiled the Contract for the Web, a global plan of action designed to stop internet misuse.
Future Society

Web Inventor Unveils Plan to Save the Web

"We could end up with a digital dystopia if we don’t turn things around."

By Kristin Houser

Japanese researchers have unveiled a quadruped robot that uses a combination of sensors and AI to climb straight up a ladder.
Robot Dogs

Watch a Dog-Like Robot Climb Straight up a Ladder

It seems anything's possible with enough perseverance — and the right neural network.

By Kristin Houser

Russian farmers strapped VR headsets onto their cows to see if pleasant virtual worlds would improve their milk. So far, all they know is the cows liked it.
Science & Energy

Russian Farmers Are Strapping VR Headsets to Dairy Cows

The cows are trapped on crowded farms — but the VR shows them a beautiful open field.

By Dan Robitzski

The Indian government released a short report detailing its Moon lander Vikram's demise in early September — the first time it admitted its lander crashed.
Moon

India Finally Admits Its Moon Lander Crashed

RIP Vikram.

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA just sent a torrent of letters warning there's no evidence that CBD use has the medical benefits that companies claim, and it's in fact dangerous.
Chemistry

FDA Cracks Down on CBD, Saying It Has “Real Risks”

"The FDA is concerned that people may mistakenly believe that trying CBD 'can't hurt.'"

By Dan Robitzski

Signs that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is on its deathbed actually represent normal activity for the storm, scientists now say.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Isn’t Dying After All

"I think... it will last for the indefinite future."

By Kristin Houser

A new U.N. climate report details how many countries have totally failed to curb their greenhouse gas emissions and argues that dire action is needed.
Climate Change

New UN Climate Report Calls the Future “Bleak”

"Countries collectively failed to stop the growth in global [greenhouse gas] emissions."

By Dan Robitzski

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has told FedEx to get its delivery bots off his city's streets or NYC will "send them packing" itself.
Robots and Machines

NYC Threatens to Seize Any FedEx Delivery Bots on City Streets

"[W]e didn’t grant permission for these to clog up our streets."

By Kristin Houser

A comprehensive new study confirms that the American life expectancy has been dropping for years and that the problem is broader than expected.
Studies

The American Life Expectancy Is Now Falling Due to Drugs, Suicide

There's "something terribly wrong."

By Dan Robitzski

Strategic design consultancy Manyone proposes building an elevated train called the AeroSlider as a way to cut the emissions caused by air travel.
Advanced Transport

This Rail Gun-Style Elevated Train Goes 500 MPH

Oh, and it hovers 65 feet over the ground.

By Kristin Houser

A U.S. police force has tested the capabilities of a robot dog for the first time, but it's keeping mum on the exact details of the bot's use.
Boston Dynamics

It’s Official: Police Are Testing Out Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog

"All too often, the deployment of these technologies happens faster than our social, political, or legal systems react."

By Kristin Houser

A study suggests that there could be thousands of giant exoplanets and planets that form around and orbit a supermassive black hole.
Science & Energy

New Calculations: Black Holes Could Have Thousands of Planets

"Around black holes, there might exist planetary systems of astonishing scale."

By Dan Robitzski