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Air Force “Stands Ready” to Defend Area 51 From Facebook Event
Meta

Air Force “Stands Ready” to Defend Area 51 From Facebook Event

"The U.S. Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets."

By Victor Tangermann

To demonstrate the potential military benefits of the Flyboard Air, the inventor of the flying hoverboard rode it above a parade while wielding a rifle.
Advanced Transport

Someone Carrying a Rifle Just Flew Over Paris on a Hoverboard

Remember the Green Goblin, from Spider-Man?

By Kristin Houser

A Puerto Rican startup called Instarz plans on building a self-assembling, self-sustaining Moon habitat that can support eight astronauts for a year.
Moon

Puerto Rican Startup Plans to Launch Self-Sustaining Moon Habitat

"Remnant" is a self-sustaining lunar habitat that sleeps eight.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. military says it downed an Iranian drone using a new directed-energy weapon — but Iran is denying to incident even took place.
Drones

US Navy’s Energy Weapon Gets First “Kill,” Shoots Iranian Drone

Instead of disabling a drone with bullets, it uses radio frequencies.

By Kristin Houser

Neither the government nor private tech companies have taken steps to protect the 2020 presidential election from being manipulated.
Hacking

Congressman: The 2020 Election Is Not Safe From Hackers

Adam Schiff says companies like Facebook and Google haven’t prepared for the election.

By Dan Robitzski

Franky Zapata's second attempt to cross the English Channel on his flying hoverboard was a success — and now he's turning his attention to his flying car.
Advanced Transport

Inventor Set to Fly Across the English Channel on His Hoverboard

"I reckon I’ve a 30 percent chance of succeeding."

By Kristin Houser

Henk Rogers wants to build a lunar spaceport so that all the billionaires building shiny new rockets actually have someplace to land.
Science & Energy

The Guy Who Popularized “Tetris” Wants to Build a Lunar Spaceport

First he brought "Tetris" to America. Now he wants to bring America to the Moon.

By Dan Robitzski

India successfully launched their first ever lunar lander as part of its Chandrayaan-2 mission early Monday morning local time.
Moon

India Successfully Launches Lunar Lander Toward The Moon

If all goes according to plan, India could become only the fourth country in the world to land a rover on the Moon.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has big plans for the Starship: a "Super Heavy" variant will feature up to 41 Raptor engines, 35 of which will be used as a booster.
Starship

Elon Musk: Starship Super Heavy Will Have 41 Raptor Engines

This'll be the most powerful rocket ever built. Really.

By Victor Tangermann

The FaceApp aging filter may be a viral sensation right now, but earlier versions of the smartphone app were incredibly racist.
Future Society

Earlier Versions of FaceApp Were Incredibly Racist

Everyone's favorite face-aging app isn't actually that new, and it has a checkered past.

By Kristin Houser

The Chinese space station Tiangong-2 incinerated as planned during its scheduled decommissioning on Friday. Now there's video footage of the event.
Science & Energy

Watch a Chinese Space Station Burn up in Earth’s Atmosphere

The space station Tiangong-2 is no more.

By Dan Robitzski

A new smart glove makes VR more immersive by making the virtual objects people touch feel as though they're really there.
Science & Energy

Smart Glove Lets You Grip Virtual Objects

The glove helps you "feel" whatever you're grabbing in virtual reality.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists believe they were able to make mice hallucinate by stimulating just 20 of their brain neurons, raising new questions about the human brain.
Science & Energy

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate by Shining Light Into Their Brains

And now they're wondering why humans aren't hallucinating all the time.

By Kristin Houser

A new subset of 7,500 unmodified photographs of natural objects is still able to completely throw AIs for a loop.
Artificial Intelligence

Why AIs Have No Idea What’s In These Mundane Pictures

You don't have to modify a photo to fool an AI.

By Victor Tangermann

Research suggests that the Earth's core and mantle have been swapping tungsten and hafnium for the last 2.5 billion years.
Science & Energy

The Earth’s Core Is Leaking, Baffling Scientists

Remember that movie "The Core"?

By Dan Robitzski

A new lightweight knee brace generates electricity as people walk around, potentially charging medical devices or wearables.
Energy

Weird Gadget Uses Your Knee Motion to Charge Your Phone

The energy-generating knee brace could power medical devices or gadgets.

By Dan Robitzski

Just one inning into the "robot umpire" Trackman's major league debut, a human coach decided to pick a fight and got ejected from the game.
Robotics

Baseball Coach Ejected for Fighting With Robot Umpire

He only lasted one inning before arguing about the strike zone.

By Dan Robitzski

A pair of musicians-turned-programmers used a John Coltrane record to train a neural network, and the result is provocative.
Artificial Intelligence

Jazz Generated by a Neural Network Is Absolutely Terrifying

Here's what we can say for sure: it's unlike anything you've ever heard before.

By Jon Christian

A driverless bus collided with a 30-year-old woman in Vienna, Austria while traveling at 7.5 mph, according to Bloomberg.
Future Society

Driverless Bus Collides with Pedestrian in Vienna

The self-driving shuttle trial is now on hold.

By Victor Tangermann

A major conservation organization just added over 7,000 more species to its endangered "Red List." The next stop on the list is extinction.
Climate Change

Climate Change Poised to Eradicate Over 7,000 More Species

Thousands of species were just added to the endangered species "Red List."

By Dan Robitzski