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When deployed its remote-controlled robot tanks in Syria, the Russian military ran into all sorts of problems like delayed signals and inadequate sensors.
Robotics

Russia’s Semi-Autonomous Robot Tanks Were Utterly Useless in Syria

These killer robots were a glitchy mess.

By Dan Robitzski

To help teens battle their smartphone addiction, South Korea's government now funds more than a dozen detox camps every year.
Health & Medicine

Phone-Addicted Teens Are Now Enrolling in Detox Camps

They're taking a 12-day breather from their phones.

By Kristin Houser

20 year-old Austin Grabas from Edmonton, Alberta turned himself in after vandalizing a Tesla Model 3 by keying it in a parking lot last week.
Tesla

Pickup Truck Driver Turns Himself In After Vandalizing Tesla

This is why you don't mess with a Tesla.

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI build an AI-powered robot hand that can solve a Rubik's cube more often than not, even when they started messing around with it.
Robotics

Watch a Robot Hand Solve a Rubik’s Cube

Look ma, one (robot) hand!

By Dan Robitzski

Customers using Amazon to buy food have reported receiving spoiled, expired products, and the company isn't always quick to grant a refund.
Food

Amazon Keeps Delivering Moldy, Spoiled Food to Customers

For sale on Amazon: moldy beef jerky, "rancid smelling" coffee creamers, and Hostess brownies more than a year past their expiration date.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers managed to extend the lifespan of lab mice significantly, making them live longer by cultivating embryonic cells without genetic modification.
Gene Editing

Scientists Made Mice Live 12% Longer by Hacking Their Telomeres

Amazingly, the mice were also less likely to develop tumors and other age-related effects.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists used stem cells to grow a living mouse embryo in a lab without using any sperm or egg cells whatsoever for the first time.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Grew Living Mouse Embryos Using Only Stem Cells

This may be the first-ever animal created without sperm or eggs.

By Dan Robitzski

By the end of 2018, 50 Salt Lake City-based users of a CBD vape product called Yolo! experienced "an intense high of hallucinations and even seizures."
Developments

A CBD Vape Called “Yolo!” Contained a Psychosis-Inducing Drug

Investigators found traces of synthetic marijuana — not the advertised CBD — in the vapes.

By Victor Tangermann

As lab-grown mini brains become increasingly complex, some neuroscientists warn that scientists may be creating and killing off sentient life.
Science & Energy

Scientists Worried That Human Brains Grown in Lab May Be Sentient

Imagine the endless horror of conscious existence with no body.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have developed a human-inspired, artificial skin that can "augment" interactive devices, including a phone and wearables.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Wrapped a Phone in Fake Human Skin

We wish we were kidding: "The intensity of the touch controls the size of the emojis."

By Victor Tangermann

One of the mockup Moon habitats NASA is considering is a 55-foot-long inflatable tent that reaches a height equivalent to a two-story building.
Moon

NASA’s Considering Giant Inflatable Tents for Moon Habitats

This giant balloon could house six astronauts.

By Kristin Houser

Severe storms can actually shake the ocean floor, causing "stormquakes," according to a newly published study of seismic activity.
Science & Energy

Some Storms Are so Strong They Shake the Ocean Floor, Says Study

Researchers dubbed this newly discovered phenomenon a "stormquake."

By Kristin Houser

A local photographer used his heat-seeking drone to find a six-year-old boy who'd gotten lost in a cornfield in Minnesota.
Drones

Man Uses His Heat-Seeking Drone to Find Missing Child

The drone spotted Ethan in a cornfield at 2 a.m.

By Kristin Houser

When Donald Trump confused the first all-female ISS spacewalk for the first female spacewalk, astronaut Jessica Meir was quick to correct him.
Off-World

Watch Astronaut Jessica Meir Tell Trump He’s Wrong, From Space

During a call with the Space Station, Trump said something that wasn't true — and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir was quick to correct him.

By Jon Christian

Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov has begun editing human eggs, putting him one step closer to his goal of creating CRISPR babies.
Gene Editing

Russian Biologist Confirms He’s Working on More CRISPR Babies

He's already editing donated human eggs and bodily cells.

By Kristin Houser

Public health researcher Joel Moskowitz argues that we don't yet understand the risks of 5G, such as causing cancer, and that more research is necessary.
Cancer

Researcher Warns That 5G Might Actually Cause Cancer After All

"Meanwhile, we are seeing increases in certain types of head and neck tumors."

By Jon Christian

An alien and UFO research group founded by former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army.
Space

Tom DeLonge’s UFO Research Group Partners With US Army

They say they're going to be studying active camouflage, beamed energy propulsion, and... time travel?

By Kristin Houser

You can now visit the control room where the decisions leading up to the Chernobyl disaster were made. But only for five minutes.
Future Society

Daring Tourists Can Now Visit Chernobyl’s Control Room

You have five minutes to endure radiation levels 40,000 times higher than normal.

By Victor Tangermann

Two Canadian parents are spearheading a class-action lawsuit against Epic Games because they say its popular video game "Fortnite" is addictive.
Future Society

Lawsuit: “Fortnite” Is as Addictive as Cocaine, Ruins Lives

The suit claims players "don't eat or shower, and no longer socialize."

By Kristin Houser

In this deepfake, former U.S. president Barack Obama takes over for Chadwick Boseman as the Marvel superhero Black Panther.
Future Society

Someone Deepfaked Barack Obama Into “Black Panther”

Wakanda forever!

By Victor Tangermann