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When storage room for Fukushima's radioactive water runs out in 2022, one government official thinks the nation will start dumping it into the ocean.
Science & Energy

Japan Might Dump Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Pacific

"The only option will be to drain it into the sea and dilute it."

A new delivery drone called the Silent Arrow GD-2000 could replace military airdrops, delivering supplies by drones to battlefields at half the cost.
Drones

Gliding Delivery Drones Could Replace Military Airdrops

The drone is expected to cost half as much as a conventional airdrop.

A team of researchers have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet nine times Earth's mass and 111 light years away.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Water — and Maybe Rain — on a Distant Planet

It's the first time we've detected water vapor that can condense into liquid water on an exoplanet.

The Trump administration is reportedly thinking about demolishing homeless camps and moving their populations into government-run facilities.
Future Society

Trump Admin Proposes Putting Homeless In “Government Facilities”

This could go very, very wrong.

Trump told reporters on Wednesday morning that the FDA would soon ban the sale of flavored vape products, saying that they were becoming a problem for kids.
Developments

White House Calls for Ban on Flavored Vape Juice

Trump is coming for your mango Juul pods.

In his new book, Microsoft President Brad Smith describes being approached by a Trump adviser who wanted him to spy on other countries.
Future Society

A Trump Adviser Wanted Microsoft to Spy on World Governments

Microsoft President Brad Smith says he politely declined.

NASA scientists are starting fires in space to learn more about fuel combustion. They hope it can make engines more efficient here on Earth.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Starting Fires in Space Just to Watch Them Burn

NASA is literally setting things on fire aboard the International Space Station. Seems safe, right?

Elon Musk tweeted that the Tesla Model S set the record for the fastest 4 door ever at Laguna Seca in California challenging Porsche's electric sports car.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Model S Set a New Track Record in California

Porsche welcomes Tesla to have a crack at Germany's Nürburgring track.

The launch pad for a Japanese rocket inexplicably caught fire, forcing the nation to abort an International Space Station supply mission.
Off-World

Japanese Rocket’s Launch Pad Inexplicably Bursts Into Flames

"Now we are trying to extinguish a fire."

A new bill, just passed by California's state senate, makes Uber and Lyft contractors actual employees and eligible for benefits.
Future Society

New California Law Makes Uber and Lyft Drivers Employees

The bill makes drivers eligible for minimum wage, sick leave, and other benefits.

An Indian doctor used a remotely controlled robot to perform heart surgery on five patients while he was 20 miles away from the operating table.
Health & Medicine

Doctor Uses Robot to Perform First Long-Distance Heart Surgery

When the patient was on the operating table, the doctor was 20 miles away.

Right now, the U.S. government is ill-equipped to defend against and counter high-tech means of warfare like cyberattacks or hypersonic missiles.
Future Society

NSA: The US Is Vulnerable to Cyberattacks, Hypersonic Missiles

High-tech weapons may be evolving too rapidly to adapt to them.

Apple just unveiled the iPhone 11 Pro, but based on the public's response, it didn't run the design past anyone with trypophobia.
Robots and Machines

The New iPhone Design Is Horrifying People With an Obscure Phobia

The iPhone 11's weird triple-camera design is leaving people disgusted.

SpaceX filed paperwork with the FCC yesterday, requesting permission to communicate with its first generation Starship up to an altitude of 22.5 km.
Starship

SpaceX Files Paperwork for Starship Maiden Voyage

Will Starship Mk1 be ready for its launch debut in October?

A Swedish scientist has suggested humans might need to turn to cannibalism to survive food shortages brought about by climate change.
Climate Change

Scientist Suggests New Response to Climate Change: Cannibalism

He says he'd be open to tasting it. Would you?

A new AI tool that can turns selfies into fully-rendered characters in the video game "Justice Online." Apparently it's been used 1 million times.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazing AI Turns Your Selfie Into a 3D Video Game Character

Researchers solved the pressing crisis of character customization taking too long.

Alienstock, a free music festival that spun off the popular "Storm Area 51" Facebook event, has been canceled, founder Matty Roberts announced.
Future Society

Amid Drama, “Storm Area 51” Founder Cancels Tie-In Music Festival

"We are not interested in... a FYREFEST 2.0."

Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed in his new book that Taylor Swift threatened to sue the company over "Tay" the Twitter chatbot-turned-Nazi.
Artificial Intelligence

Taylor Swift Reportedly Threatened Microsoft Over Racist Chatbot

Apparently "Tay" was too close to Swift's name for comfort.

Facebook has announced a trio of new initiatives designed to prevent suicide and self-harm amongst the platform's many users.
Future Society

Facebook Announces New Efforts to Prevent Suicide and Self-Harm

The social network has a trio of new initiatives in the works.

As brain-computer interface and neural implant technology improves, the Royal Society argues we may soon be able to communicate telepathically.
Brain Implants

Scientists: Brain Implants Could Essentially Make Us Telepathic

"Not only thoughts, but sensory experiences, could be communicated from brain to brain."