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Today, Pitchfork reports that a material shortage of has thrown a roadblock into the production of cassette tapes.Yes, you read that right: cassette tapes.
Future Society

It’s Almost 2020 and There’s a Cassette Tape Shortage

Yes, you read that right: cassette tapes.

By Tag Hartman-Simkins

A tabloid called Express publishes at least one article about killer asteroids almost every single day. Futurism investigates!
Science & Energy

This Awful Tabloid Predicts a Killer Asteroid Almost Every Day

Is this the worst science journalism on the internet?

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have discovered a way to use the powerful gene-editing system CRISPR-Cas13 in the fight against RNA-based viruses.
Gene Editing

Researchers Turn CRISPR Into a Virus-Killing Machine

It could help us fight everything from Ebola to the flu.

By Kristin Houser

France is assembling a "red team" of sci-fi writers to help it predict what sorts of technologies it might face on the battlefield of the future.
Future Society

France Is Hiring Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Future Military Threats

They'll "propose scenarios of disruption" to help the military prepare for them.

By Kristin Houser

Rwandan tech company Mara Group just released the first entirely-African-made smartphones, marking the country's progress as a tech hub.
Robots and Machines

This Is the First-Ever Smartphone Made Completely in Africa

Mara Group's new Android OS phones are made entirely in-house.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created an insulin pill that could deliver the protein directly into the small intestines of people with diabetes.
Prosthetics and Devices

Don’t Like Shots? Swallow This Pill Full of Microneedles Instead

It can deliver drugs directly into the small intestine, pain-free.

By Kristin Houser

As the International Space Station approaches its inevitable retiring, NASA is encouraging private companies to build their own.
NASA

NASA Has a Plan to Encourage Private Space Stations

NASA has $561 million for private space station projects burning a hole in its pocket.

By Dan Robitzski

The idea of colonizing exoplanets if Earth becomes uninhabitable is "completely crazy," according to Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Michel Mayor.
Exoplanets

Nobel-Winning Astrophysicist Says We’ll Never Colonize Exoplanets

He calls the idea of trading in Earth for a new home "completely crazy."

By Kristin Houser

A cyberstalker used a reflection in his target's eye in a selfie to determine her location, and then went to her house and attacked her.
Future Society

Cyberstalker Locates Victim by Enhancing Reflection in Her Eye

He then attacked her right outside her home.

By Kristin Houser

Former NASA scientist Gilbert Levin argues we already discovered we're not alone in the universe during NASA's Viking mission to find life on Mars in 1976.
Science & Energy

Former NASA Scientist “Convinced” We Already Found Life on Mars

Is this 1976 experiment on the surface of Mars proof that alien life exists?

By Victor Tangermann

Navy "UFO "scientist Salvatore Cezar Pais has filed another bizarre patent. This time, it's for a compact nuclear fusion reactor.
Energy

Navy Scientist Known For “UFO-Like Tech” Patents Fusion Reactor

It's allegedly more powerful than America's largest nuclear plants.

By Dan Robitzski

Citizens in China will have to have their face scanned by facial recognition when signing up for internet services or a new number.
Future Society

China Will Make Citizens Scan Faces to Sign Up for Internet

Greetings, citizen. Prepare to be scanned.

By Victor Tangermann

Cybercriminals have use a bit of malicious code to hack the official Sesame Street online store — and potentially 20,000 other e-commerce sites.
Hacking

Criminals Hacked the “Sesame Street” Store, Stole Credit Card Info

H is for "hack."

By Kristin Houser

Airplane pilots are abandoning their gigs captaining rich folks' private jets for more steady work at commercial airlines.
Future Society

The Mega Rich Are Having Trouble Finding Pilots For Private Jets

Billionaires may have to suffer the indignities of flying first class.

By Dan Robitzski

Popular at-home DNA testing company 23andMe just opened its first store, a pop-up retail shop at Santa Clara's Westfield Valley Fair mall.
Gene Editing

23andMe Just Opened a Pop-Up Shop in a Mall

And it could be just the first store of many.

By Kristin Houser

A scientist recently said that dads should stop drinking alcohol six months prior to conception — but his study doesn't back up the suggestion.
Studies

No, Dads Don’t Need to Stop Drinking Six Months Before Conception

There's absolutely no data to back up the claim.

By Kristin Houser

Robots Could Be Performing a Third of U.S. Surgeries by 2021
Artificial Intelligence

Robots Could Be Performing a Third of U.S. Surgeries by 2021

Watch the da Vinci Surgical System in action.

By Andy Palma

electrons are round
Physics

Physics Breakthrough: Quasiparticle Formation Was Observed for the First Time Ever

Physicists were able to slow down the process of quasiparticle formation.

By Dom Galeon

According to a new essay, several companies trying to develop nuclear fusion reactors believe they're getting pretty close.
Energy

What You Need To Know About Fusion Energy

Nuclear fusion has the power to fundamentally transform our world. And it will likely be realized in our lifetime.

By Cameron McCloskey

Electric car company Tesla has given its customers a heads up: charge your cars. Almost a million Californians are about to lose power for five days.
Tesla

Tesla Screens Flash Warning: Charge Your Cars Before CA Blackout

What happens to electric cars when the power goes out?

By Victor Tangermann