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Flying Taxi Takes Off from International Airport for the First Time
Advanced Transport

Flying Taxi Takes Off from International Airport for the First Time

It's the first time a flying taxi shared the same airspace as commercial airliners.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla had a hell of a time getting its new insurance business in California off the ground mere hours after launch.
Tesla

Tesla’s New Insurance Business Had 24 Hours of Hell

Disappointed customers claim they received higher rate quotes than what they are already paying.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk believes that we will have a hard time communicating with futuristic AI because it will process information far more rapidly than we do.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk: We Communicate Too Slowly for Future AI to Understand

He said we would be making the equivalent of "whale sounds."

By Dan Robitzski

A life expectancy study found that Americans with four-year degrees saw their mortality rates drop between 2010 and 2017, while rates increased for others.
Studies

Lifespans Increasing for Educated Americans, Falling for Others

Having a four-year degree can seemingly extend your life.

By Kristin Houser

Bad weather encounters on highways might become a lot less scary thanks to advancements in self-driving car technology.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving Car Deftly Zoom Through a Heavy Rainstorm

This open-source self-driving software can turn almost any car into a cutting edge — albeit illegal — self-driving vehicle.

By Victor Tangermann

A massive international study debunked the long-standing myth of a so-called "gay gene." The genetic links to sexual orientation are far more complex.
Biology

Huge Study Conclusively Debunks the “Gay Gene” Myth

The biological basis for sexual orientation is far more complicated.

By Dan Robitzski

MIT's autonomous boats can now shapeshift, starting in one configuration, separating, and then joining up to form a new configuration.
Self-Driving Vehicles

MIT’s Fleet of Autonomous Boats Can Now Shapeshift

They can form bridges or platforms, and then disassemble.

By Kristin Houser

Facebook scientists built a minecraft-playing AI assistant that they hope will learn to understand natural language as it performs tasks.
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Research is Using Minecraft to Train AI. Here’s Why.

The scientists decided Minecraft's sandbox made the perfect training ground.

By Dan Robitzski

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak believes his recent interview with Bloomberg was misinterpreted, and he wants to set the record straight.
Future Society

Steve Wozniak: I Didn’t Mean the Gov’t Should Break up Apple

Apple's co-founder says his Bloomberg interview was misinterpreted.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists found that lab-grown mini-brains on the International Space Station are giving off brain waves, potentially posing a new ethical dilemma.
Biology

Scientists Grew Tiny Human Brains and Hooked Them up to Robots

Oh yeah, and they sent them to space, too.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla has launched a car insurance program in the U.S. that it claims will be able to save drivers up to 30 percent on their rates.
Tesla

Tesla Just Launched a Car Insurance Program

But for now, it's only available in California.

By Kristin Houser

German startup Sono Motors has revealed a new solar-powered electric car with moss integrated into the vehicle's dashboard that help the car filter air.
Advanced Transport

This Electric Car Uses Moss in the Dashboard to Filter Air

It's like a mini forest built right into the interior.

By Victor Tangermann

After finding that simulated zero gravity killed off cancer cells, a team of doctors wants to send samples up to the International Space Station.
Cancer

Doctors to Test Fringe Theory That Zero Gravity Kills Cancer Cells

Could the cure for cancer be a space vacation?

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with "CBS This Morning," JUUL Labs CEO Kevin Burns called the rash of respiratory illnesses related to vaping "worrisome."
Chemistry

JUUL CEO Tries Blaming “Worrisome” Vaping-Related Illness on THC

And gets called out for it.

By Kristin Houser

Former Google manager Jennifer Blakely shared her story of how the company's Chief Legal Officer abandoned and abused her after they had a child.
Future Society

Google Exec Accused of Fathering, Abandoning Baby With Employee

The victim's account is making waves in the community.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers from at MIT have invented a tiny robotic worm that could be steered through the tiny arteries in the human brain using a magnet.
Prosthetics and Devices

Creepy Robotic Worm Could Wriggle Through Your Brain Arteries

The worm could open new doors for minimally invasive brain surgery.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA finally pieced together the James Webb Space Telescope, connecting the telescope piece with the spacecraft piece. Now it just needs to get it in orbit.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Finally Assembled The James Webb Space Telescope

It's still on Earth, but at least it's all in one piece.

By Dan Robitzski

In an inexplicable tweet, DARPA called all city dwellers to please find them "commercially managed underground urban tunnels and facilities."
DARPA

DARPA Needs a Creepy Underground Lair ASAP

Nobody knows why. But here's our theory.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists think they've detected a bizarre black hole that, at 100 times the mass of our sun, is twice the theoretical size limit.
Science & Energy

Spotted: A Black Hole That Shouldn’t Be Physically Possible

This raises questions.

By Dan Robitzski

China's central bank is set to launch a state-backed cryptocurrency and hand it out to several major institutions in the country, according to Forbes.
Cryptocurrency

Report: China’s Central Bank is Ready to Launch Cryptocurrency

Will China's national cryptocurrency have a better chance than Facebook's Libra?

By Victor Tangermann