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Jeff Bezos

Behold: Jeff Bezos Just Showed off a Pair of Huge Mecha-Hands

Think how many Prime packages you could lift with these things!

Moon

Wild Idea: Use Railguns to Extract Resources From the Moon

Could electromagnetic railguns be used to sling payloads off the surface of the Moon at hypersonic speeds?

Ethereum

Why Someone Hid a Giant Dong on the Ethereum Blockchain

Permanent. Immutable. NSFW.

Science & Energy

Scientists Produce Most Precise Black Hole Simulations Ever

They used them to solve a mystery that's stumped scientists since 1975.

Artificial Intelligence

This AI Shows What You’d Look Like as a Puppy

Furries rejoice.

Artificial Intelligence

We Found “Jeopardy!” Kingslayer Emma Boettcher’s Thesis on Data Mining

Did Boettcher's data work help her dethrone reigning champ James Holzhauer?

Artificial Intelligence

Creepy Human-Like Robot’s Art Is Selling for Astronomical Prices

The bot's first solo exhibition opens in a week — and it's already sold out.

Advanced Transport

Uber Is Launching an On-Demand Helicopter Service

Forget UberBLACK. How about your own helicopter instead?

Data Privacy

Microsoft Quietly Deletes Massive Facial Recognition Database

Company executives have been very vocal about limiting facial recognition software in the past.

Environment

Training Advanced AIs is Surprisingly Terrible for the Environment

Training a single large neural network has the equivalent carbon footprint of a human living for almost 57 years.

Science & Energy

Wait, What? New Research Says Internet Use Is Killing Your Memory

It turns out the internet is changing our brains.

Future Society

Alan Turing Finally Got His New York Times Obituary

At the time of his death, homosexuality was a crime.

Science & Energy

Bizarre Theory: “Mirror-Image Universe” Could Explain Dark Matter

A universe where everything is flipped just might exist, scientists say — and it could contain your mirror-image twin.

Off-World

Watch China Launch a Rocket From Sea for the First Time

The nation now has a cheaper, safer way to reach space.

Health & Medicine

Harvard Just Gene-Hacked Stem Cells Inside a Living Organism

DNA is starting to look like one more type of code to hack and rewrite.

Health & Medicine

Magic Mushrooms Decriminalized in Second US City

Oakland has decided to follow in Denver's footsteps.

Mars

European Space Agency: Radiation Will Make Mars Mission Deadly

Scientists are working on new shields to protect astronauts as they venture out.

Robotics

Here Are Some Headlines for This Incredibly Boring Robot Video

Other robots ran so this one could walk.

Robotics

Amsterdam Is Paying MIT to Develop Robot Barges For Its Canals

The self-steering boats can form bigger platforms and ferries.

Virtual Reality

A German Circus Is Using Amazing Holograms Instead of Animals

Circus Roncalli traded in trained animals for a futuristic light show.