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Japanese auto giant Toyota has partnered with a local energy company to test a Prius hybrid that's almost entirely covered in solar panels.
Advanced Transport

Toyota Wants to Slather Solar Panels All Over Its Prius Hybrid

Say goodbye to charging stations and wait times.

By Victor Tangermann

A newly released Spider-Man deepfake sees Tom Holland take over for Tobey Maguire as emo Peter Parker in 2007's "Spider-Man 3"
Artificial Intelligence

New Deepfake Transforms Tom Holland Into Emo Spider-Man

See what it looks like when one Spider-Man plays another.

By Kristin Houser

An AP investigation shows that a troubling number of CBD products are spiked with synthetic marijuana, which can cause comas, psychotic behavior, and death.
Chemistry

Some CBD Tainted With Substance That Causes Death, Comas, Insanity

Thanks to patchwork regulation, a number of CBD products contain stuff that could cause a psychotic episode — or even kill you.

By Dan Robitzski

A new simulation by researchers at Princeton University paints a terrifying picture of what a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia might look like.
Future Society

This Video Shows Horrifying Devastation of US-Russia Nuclear War

The simulation shows 90 million immediate casualties — and that's just the beginning.

By Victor Tangermann

Former Googler Laura Nolan warns that the military should never use fully-autonomous weapons, lest they accidentally spark a war.
Google

Former Google Engineer: Killer Bots Could Commit “Mass Atrocities”

Killer AI could do "calamitous things that they were not originally programmed for."

By Dan Robitzski

When scientists released gene-hacked mosquitoes into the wild population in Jacobino, Brazil, they thought it would quell the bugs. They had no such luck.
Science & Energy

Gene-Hacking Mosquitoes to Be Infertile Backfired Spectacularly

Life finds a way.

By Dan Robitzski

German flying car startup Volocopter just showed off its flying taxi as it was taking flight at Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum
Advanced Transport

Watch This Flying Taxi Soar Over a German City

This 18-rotor two-seater drone could one day fly you to work.

By Victor Tangermann

MIT scientist Richard Stallman backpedaled his statements on the Jeffrey Epstein debacle, clarifying that adults shouldn't have sex with kids.
Future Society

MIT Scientist Says He Doesn’t Think Pedophilia Is Okay Any More

Richard Stallman is backpedaling his disgusting comments defending Jeffrey Epstein — and sex with kids as young as 14.

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to the Gemini Observatory, we get a closer look at the object called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), a comet believed to be from beyond our solar system.
Solar Power

Here’s a Pic of That Mysterious Object From Beyond Solar System

Behold: a visitor from beyond.

By Victor Tangermann

After photographing dead bodies for 17 months, scientists at a body farm made a greusome discovery: decomposing corpses wriggle around as they dry up.
Developments

Horrifying Study: Corpses Thrash Around For a Year After Death

Scientists photographed a corpse for 17 months so you don't have to.

By Dan Robitzski

France's Minister of the Economy and Finance said that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will be barred from the country if it's released as planned.
Cryptocurrency

French Gov Official Warns Facebook: Libra Is Not Welcome Here

"…we cannot authorize the development of Libra on European soil."

By Dan Robitzski

A news reporter caught a Tesla Model X plowing its way down a flooded street in South Dakota, exiting the water seemingly no worse for wear.
Tesla

Watch a Tesla Model X Blast Through Deep Flood Waters

"Don't do what you see right there. Very dangerous."

By Kristin Houser

Scientists can finally take a closer look at the big, radioactive bubbles our galaxy's black hole burped out millions of years ago.
Science & Energy

Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole Lets out Two Giant, Radioactive Burps

Excuse you.

By Dan Robitzski

British fishmonger Rex Goldsmith found that Instagram was censoring his photos for featuring "offensive content" twice in two weeks.
Future Society

Instagram Keeps Accidentally Flagging Fish Photos as Offensive

"I think it's a bit ridiculous really."

By Kristin Houser

Computer scientist Richard Stallman sent an email seemingly defending an MIT professor accused of assaulting one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
Future Society

MIT Community Horrified by Famed Researcher’s Epstein Outburst

Richard Stallman just inserted himself into the Epstein scandal in the worst possible way.

By Kristin Houser

Over the course of nine years, Harvard University accepted about $9 million in donations from child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Future Society

Unlike MIT, Harvard Cut Off Epstein Donations After Conviction

Another day, another institution taking Epstein's cash.

By Dan Robitzski

After a horrifying case where an unauthorized Uber driver raped his passenger, the company says its inroducing human oversight to its driver-verifying tech.
Future Society

A Driver Tricked Uber’s Algorithm, Sexually Assaulted a Passenger

Will hiring humans to verify Uber's drivers be enough to protect riders?

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just traced the path of a runaway star, first spotted in the 80s, back to its original home and learned it got cast away by a black hole.
Science & Energy

A Runaway Star Is Escaping a Black Hole at 1.2 Million MPH

The terrifying takeaway: our galaxy may be loaded with monster black holes.

By Dan Robitzski

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin used a drone to fly his electronics out of his high-rise apartment prior to a police raid on his home.
Drones

Putin Critic Uses Drone to Save Hard Drives Before Police Raid

"The evacuation has been carried out. The drone reached its destination."

By Kristin Houser

In an effort to personalize the experience of flying, Airbus is testing out a new Internet of Things platform that collects data like bathroom visits.
Future Society

Airbus Planes Will Track How Often Passengers Go to the Bathroom

It will even track how long you have to wait outside bathrooms and if they're low on toilet paper.

By Victor Tangermann