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A newly proposed type of space elevator called the Spaceline could theoretically be built out of materials that exist today, hinting at easier space travel.
Moon

These Researchers Want to Run a Cable From the Earth to the Moon

It's a space elevator concept that could actually work.

By Dan Robitzski

YouTube Kids is using basic math problems to ensure that young children don't access content that they're not supposed to be watching.
Future Society

YouTube’s Plan to Protect Your Kids from Watching ISIS Snuff Films: Math Problems

A revolution in cybersecurity.

By Victor Tangermann

A BMW covered in Vantablack, a coating that absorbs nearly all light, is about to go on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Advanced Transport

BMW Unveils a Car Coated in Vantablack

See it — sort of — at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

By Kristin Houser

Johns Hopkins announced a new privately-funded research center to develop psychedelics-based medical treatments for conditions like depression and PTSD.
Health & Medicine

The First Center for Psychedelics Research is Opening in the US

Johns Hopkins doctors will pursue treatments for conditions like PTSD.

By Dan Robitzski

PayPal has suspended an account used by the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to collect donations from supporters.
Future Society

PayPal Suspends Ku Klux Klan’s Donation Account

The hate group just got the boot.

By Kristin Houser

The doctor behind the young blood transfusion clinic Ambrosia is back with a mysterious new venture — a transfusion clinic called Ivy Plasma.
RX and Medicine

Doctor Behind Failed “Anti-Aging” Blood Clinic Tries Again

We tried to ask him some questions, but he was very evasive.

By Dan Robitzski

A non-profit group called Privacy International found that mental health-focused websites in Europe are selling user data to third-party advertisers.
Data Privacy

Mental Health Sites Sell Your Psychological Data to Advertisers

"It is exceedingly difficult for people to seek mental-health information and for example take a 'depression test' without countless third parties watching."

By Dan Robitzski

First US State Bans Flavored E-Cigarettes
Developments

First US State Bans Flavored E-Cigarettes

It's now against the law to market vapes as "clean," "safe," or "healthy" — at least in Michigan.

By Kristin Houser

A doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley built tiny flapping-wing and hopping robots that could one day explore distant planets.
Robots and Machines

These Tiny “Fruit Fly Bots” Could Explore Distant Planets

Tiny flying and hopping microrobots could fare much better on Mars than rovers.

By Victor Tangermann

A software company is making construction robots that learn to excavate and assemble structures by imitating human movements and may someday work in space.
Robotics

Robots Could Build Martian Settlements by Imitating Humans on Earth

Construction bots are learning to work by mirroring people's movements.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX said it didn't do anything to avoid a satellite collision because a software bug prevented it from knowing the risk of a crash had increased.
SpaceX

SpaceX Blames Bug for Decision Not to Avert Satellite Collision

It didn’t even know the chance of a collision had increased.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon is working on a system called Orville that would let people pay for things by waving their hands in front of a scanner.
Future Society

Amazon Wants You to Pay for Things With Your Handprint

Amazon is testing the new biometric system on its own employees first.

By Dan Robitzski

A sociological research survey of AI chatbots' capabilities found that they could empathize with each other and tell jokes among themselves.
Artificial Intelligence

Surprise Research: AIs Can “Sympathize With Each Other”

Chatbots empathized, joked, and even tried to seduce each other.

By Dan Robitzski

Italian sports car maker Lamborghini just revealed the Sián, its first ever hybrid. But this isn't a Prius — far from it.
Advanced Transport

Lamborghini Debuts First Hybrid and It’s an Absolute Beast

This extremely rare $3.6 million hypercar is definitely not a Prius.

By Victor Tangermann

The National Transportation Safety Board found that a Tesla driver who crashed into a fire truck was eating and drinking with Autopilot on before the crash.
Tesla

A Tesla Driver Was Eating, Drinking During Autopilot Crash

Autopilot still doesn't mean your Tesla can fully drive itself.

By Victor Tangermann

Authorities in Hong Kong are spraying crowds of protestors with canons full of blue dye to make them easy to identify for later arrest.
Future Society

Police Are Spraying Protesters With Dye to Round Them up Later

Protestors found a way around facial recognition tech. Now they have to deal with blue dye.

By Kristin Houser

Inventor Richard Browning donned his Iron Man-style jet suit to deliver a letter to the Isle of Wight — and broke a personal flight record in the process.
Advanced Transport

Watch the Iron Man-Style Jet Suit Inventor Fly to an Island

And break a personal flight record in the process.

By Kristin Houser

Apple was just granted three new patents for the Apple Watch, one of which involves taking an uncomfortably-close look at the skin on your wrist.
Robots and Machines

Instead of Fingerprints, Future Apple Watches May Scan Your Wrist

A new patent does away with the usual biometrics.

By Dan Robitzski

Using a deepfake imitating the voice of its parent company's CEO, a scammer convinced an energy executive to transfer $243,000 to a third-party account.
Artificial Intelligence

A Scammer Reportedly Used a Deepfake to Steal $243,000

You gotta give 'em points for creativity!

By Dan Robitzski

In a first-person view video uploaded to Twitter by Russia's space agency today, humanoid robot Fedor can be seen manning an electric drill.
Robotics

Watch Russia’s Gun-Toting Robot Use a Power Drill on the ISS

Let's hope he doesn't drill a hole in the wall!

By Victor Tangermann