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A startup says it's building a futuristic facility that'll suck as much CO2 out of the atmosphere of every year as 40 million trees.
Renewable Energy

It locked down initial funding with the help of Bill Gates.

By Jon Christian

New video footage shows that a dangerous problem with the Tesla Autopilot system that makes cars veer towards highway dividers is still happening.
Tesla

This isn't the first time Tesla's AI veered off course.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposed to send a spacecraft called "Trident" to Neptune's largest moon Triton.
Moon

NASA suspects it could harbor an ocean — and maybe even life.

By Victor Tangermann

More details emerge about the U.S. Army's virtual reality combat training simulations, which a software developer says is ramping up its scale.
Virtual Reality

The virtual battlefield can simulate millions of "intelligent entities."

By Dan Robitzski

MoviePass is launching a new app, PreShow, which will force you to watch — actually watch — 20 minutes of ads in exchange for movie tickets.
Future Society

It's basically like "A Clockwork Orange."

By Dan Robitzski

The New York Times reports that both Boeing planes that crashed lacked two optional safety features that Boeing charges extra for.
Advanced Transport

"Boeing charges for them because it can. But they’re vital for safety."

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Navy says that it's going to outfit a destroyer with a laser system made by military contractor Lockheed Martin.
Military

The HELIOS system is designed to obliterate drones and small boats.

By Jon Christian

The World Health Organization called for a public registry for all human gene-editing research to prevent any more debacles like that caused by He Jiankui
Biology

An advisory committee fell short of calling for a ban on the technology.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at Scripps Research say they've found a way to reverse rats' alcoholism by blasting particular neurons in their brains with lasers.
Brain

The researchers likened the addiction-suppressing effect to the "flip of a switch."

By Jon Christian

The Air Force recently announced plans to build "Skyborg," an AI program that will be able to fly fighter planes and drones and lessen the burden on people.
Artificial Intelligence

Why does it have to sound so much like "Skynet?"

By Dan Robitzski

In a new op-ed for scientific american, scientists argue that anti-vaxxers are such a danger to society that they shouldn't be allowed near others.
Health & Medicine

"Both are selfishly, recklessly and knowingly putting the lives of everyone they encounter at risk."

By Dan Robitzski

China is following Russia's lead and constructing nuclear power plants on top of floating barges so it can bring cheap energy to distant islands.
Nuclear Fusion

They could be used to power artificial islands.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists found they achieved high pressure plasma — enough to achieve fusion power — at an old fusion reactor in San Diego called DIII-D.
Energy

A simple change led to higher pressure and stabler plasma.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook admits to storing "hundreds of millions" of account passwords in plain text.
Future Society

Time to change your password again.

By Victor Tangermann

Fans of YouTube star PewDiePie have taken to ransomware attacks in order to try and drive up PewDiePie's subscriber count.
Science & Energy

Another ransomware variant encrypts your files unless you subscribe to PewDiePie — but even if you do, it deletes them anyway.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia is working to develop a ground force of killer robots. For now, the tank-like bots need help from humans, but that may change as AI improves.
Robotics

Here's a Kremlin video showing the human soldiers and killer robots working side by side.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is officially considering the use of the first-ever medical device to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Health & Medicine

Could magnetic stimulation ease the symptoms of Alzhiemer's?

By Victor Tangermann

According to a lawsuit, Tesla is accusing four former employees of stealing proprietary information and handing it over to their current employer Zoox.
Tesla

"The theft here was blatant and intentional."

By Victor Tangermann

A drone just flew through an Icelandic cave and generated a 3D map of the area in minutes, in a test run for systems that will do the same on Mars.
NASA

The drone quickly completed a test run in Iceland.

By Dan Robitzski

A new antimicrobial coating kept bacteria from growing on the International Space Station's door, which could protect immune-compromised astronauts.
International Space Station

A new antimicrobial coating could give the ISS bathroom a much-needed cleaning.

By Dan Robitzski