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A new report fings that NASA has been downplaying the expected costs of its missions while rewarding contractors despite preventable delays
Moon

Gov. Watchdog: NASA Hid True Cost of Boeing Moon Rocket

And despite delays, NASA keeps giving Boeing millions.

By Dan Robitzski

The city of San Francisco is voting next week on a total ban of sales of e-cigarettes. It could become the first city in the U.S. to do so.
Health & Medicine

San Francisco is Voting to Ban Sale of E-Cigarettes Next Week

“I’m not going to put the profits of Big Tobacco over the health of young people.”

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

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: Radiation From Black Holes May Create Life

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

Cosmonauts Refuse to Provide Semen Samples in Space

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

UK Student Convicted for 3D Printing Gun

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

Tesla Uses Arcade Games to Lure Potential Buyers to Showrooms

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

Future Smart Speakers Could Call 911 if They Hear a Heart Attack

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

By Dan Robitzski

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Health & Medicine

This NAD+ Supplement Takes the Fight Against Aging to the Cellular Level

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

Expert: Facebook Is Trying to Become an Independent Country

"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

Snail-Inspired Glue Can Paste You to the Ceiling, Then Let You Go

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

Boaty McBoatface Makes Major Discovery on Maiden Voyage

"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

Doomsday Report Author: Earth’s Leaders Have Failed

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

A Baby Exoplanet Is Creating Strange Dust Rings Around Its Star

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

Privacy Expert: Surveillance Cams Will Soon Be Impossible to Spot

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

NASA Photographs Asteroid That Could Smash Into Earth in 22nd Century

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

New Missile Lobs Nukes 5x Faster Than Sound

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

Human Rights Group: Facebook Won’t Let Us Investigate War Crimes

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 Sues Anonymous Users for Streaming Porn, Murderous Rampage

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

Adobe Built an AI to Spot Photoshopped Faces

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

By Dan Robitzski