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Startup Sierra Energy has found a way to vaporize trash, turning it into gases that can be used to create everything from fuel to fertilizer.
Science & Energy

Startup’s Tech Vaporizes Trash From Overflowing Landfills

It heats garbage to twice the temperature of a volcano’s core.

By Kristin Houser

A rare, brain-swelling deadly virus spread via mosquitoes was just spotted in Orange County, Florida, prompting public advisories warning to avoid bites.
Brain

Mosquitoes in Florida Are Spreading a Deadly Brain Virus

Eastern equine encephalitis virus just popped up in Florida.

By Dan Robitzski

There's no short supply of aspirational, bold claims about how we'll colonize Mars. Unfortunately, none of them are realistic.
Mars

Reality Check: It Would Take Thousands Of Years To Colonize Mars

Bad news, Elon.

By Dan Robitzski

By hacking cars and forcing them to stall, bad actors could grind a city's traffic to a halt — and the easiest entry point may be the vehicle's radios.
Advanced Transport

Hackers Could Gridlock a City by Stalling Just 20 Percent of Cars

Here's an argument against internet-connected vehicles.

By Kristin Houser

Across the U.S., parents are buying bulletproof backpacks for their children in an effort to protect them against school shootings.
Future Society

Fearful Parents Are Buying Bulletproof Backpacks for Their Kids

"You got to do what you got to do to protect your child."

By Kristin Houser

Right now, money is pouring into the drinkable weed industry, despite ever-changing regulations and a seemingly-nonexistant consumer base for weed drinks.
Future Society

Alcohol Companies Want to Make Disgusting Weed Drinks

The market for drinkable weed is all-but-nonexistent.

By Dan Robitzski

A new bill seeks to ban addictive website and social media features like autoplaying videos, endlessly-scrolling timelines, and other deceptive designs.
Future Society

Congress May Ban “Addictive” Website Features Like Autoplay Videos

"Big tech has embraced a business model of addiction."

By Dan Robitzski

A new study suggests that extraterrestrial life might be possible after all on distant icy planets that conventionally are thought to be too cold.
Science & Energy

Study: Icy Planets Could Be Warm Enough to Harbor Life

Regions on Earth-like planets could reach temperatures above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

By Victor Tangermann

The source of a major Capital One data breach is now in federal custody after authorities were able to track the hacker down via her own social media posts.
Hacking

Capital One Hacker Arrested After Bragging About Theft on Twitter

And on Slack. And on Meetup...

By Kristin Houser

The massive radiation leak that plumed over Eastern Europe in 2017 was just definitively traced back to a Russian nuclear facility.
Energy

Did Russia Cover Up a Radiation Leak 100x Worse Than Fukushima?

In 2017, Russia denied responsibility for the massive radioactive leak.

By Dan Robitzski

Up to 18 people will be part of the first ever human study in the U.S. that uses gene editing technique CRISPR inside the body to treat blindness.
Gene Editing

This Human Gene Editing Trial Will Use CRISPR to Treat Blindness

It's the first-ever study in the U.S. that uses CRISPR inside the body.

By Victor Tangermann

A Green Future is Possible for NYC Thanks to One Innovative Organization
Future Society

A Green Future is Possible for NYC Thanks to One Innovative Organization

A sustainable revolution is coming.

By Rachelle Dragani

Scientists found out that tiny flaws in circuitry that disrupt the flow of electricity can act as a digital fingerprint for electronic devices.
Science & Energy

New Research: Every Transistor Has a “Unique Quantum Fingerprint”

Tiny defects at the atomic scale make each device unique.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir hopes she's the next Moonwalker — but she isn't thrilled with NASA's emphasis on putting a woman on the Moon.
Moon

Retired Astronaut: Sending a Woman to the Moon “Sounds Like a Stunt”

NASA's former ISS commander isn't thrilled with the space agency's emphasis on gender.

By Kristin Houser

A new deep-sea robot called Aquanaut can "transform" between being an autonomous submarine and a mermaid-like humanoid robot.
Robotics

A New Deep-Sea Robot Can Shape-Shift Into an Autonomous Submarine

Aquanaut has both a humanoid and submarine form for deep-sea work.

By Dan Robitzski

By killing the WannaCry ransomware, British cybersecurity expert Marcus Hutchins may have saved himself from a decade in jail and a $500,000 fine.
Hacking

Hacker Who Killed WannaCry Sentenced to Time Served

His very major good deed helped him avoid 10 years in jail.

By Kristin Houser

Extremely bright objects that first appeared close to the Big Bang — theoretical objects called "dark stars" — could have seeded supermassive black holes.
Science & Energy

These Bizarre Objects May Have “Seeded” Supermassive Black Holes

Long-dead celestial objects called "dark stars" may have become today's supermassive black holes.

By Victor Tangermann

IBM just announced that it was making three of its artificial intelligence projects designed to help doctors and cancer researchers open-source.
Artificial Intelligence

IBM Just Made its Cancer-Fighting AI Projects Open-Source

Now other cancer researchers can use the IBM-built tools.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch footage of Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 return to the site of where it bombed asteroid Ruyugu in order to scoop up rock samples.
Space

Watch a Japanese Spacecraft Grab Rock Samples From Tiny Asteroid

The spacecraft left a 10-meter crater when it bombed the asteroid's surface in April.

By Victor Tangermann

China recently published a white paper outlining its nuclear strategy, which describes how it will never strike first or nuke non-nuclear powers.
Future Society

China Promises to Never Use Nukes — Unless Another Country Does First

Nuclear experts were surprised.

By Dan Robitzski