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Military

The U.S. Military is Mounting a Giant Laser Cannon on a Destroyer

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

Biology

United Nations Calls for Registry of Human Gene-Editing Projects

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

Brain

Scientists Reversed Rats’ Alcoholism by Firing Lasers at Their Brains

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

Artificial Intelligence

The Air Force Is Building AI to Fly Fighter Jets Called “Skyborg”

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

Health & Medicine

Scientists: Anti-Vaxxers Are the Moral Equivalent of Drunk Drivers

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

Nuclear Fusion

China Is Building up to 20 Floating Nuclear Power Plants

They could be used to power artificial islands.

Science & Energy

New Virus Steals Your Files Until PewDiePie Gets 100M Subscribers

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

Robotics

Russia Is Planning A “Ground Force” of Armed Military Robots

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

Health & Medicine

The FDA Is Considering First-Ever Machine to Treat Alzheimer’s

Could magnetic stimulation ease the symptoms of Alzhiemer's?

NASA

NASA’s Working on a Drone to Hunt For Life in Martian Caves

The drone quickly completed a test run in Iceland.

International Space Station

Scientists’ New Goal: Make the ISS Bathroom Less Disgusting

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

Health & Medicine

This High-Tech Toilet Seat Can Detect Heart Failure

Heart disease accounts for one in every four deaths a year in the U.S. Maybe this toilet seat can help.

Health & Medicine

A Smuggler Just Got Caught With a Live Human Embryo in His Luggage

Durai had hidden the embryo in a "nitrogen-packed canister."

Future Society

Hong Kong Is Planning a $79 Billion Artificial Island

Hong Kong wants to build one most ambitious artificial islands in the history of the world.

Nuclear Fusion

China Is Building a 33,000 Ton Nuclear Icebreaker

Designed to grind and smash through ice, it'll be one of the most epic ships on Earth.

Mars

NASA Isn’t Sure What’s Wrong With Its InSight Mars Lander

Something has gone wrong on the Red Planet, according to NASA collaborators.

Education

Americans Built Tech for China’s Sinister “Re-Education Camps”

MIT and Yale — and possibly Microsoft — are helping build China's surveillance state.

Food

Japan Poised to Declare CRISPR-Edited Foods Safe to Eat

This could be a huge moment for global food systems.

Future Society

Report: Marijuana Is the Fastest Growing Job Sector in the U.S.

"US marijuana legalization is a rare example of disruption creating jobs rather than destroying them."

Moon

The “Super Worm Moon” Is Ridiculous and It’s Time to Stop

Calm down, Karen. "Super Moons" happen all the time.