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The U.S. Army is currently upgrading its Stryker tanks with laser weaponry that it says could disable drones and incoming RPGs.
Military

The Military Is Mounting Laser Weapons on Tanks

The laser system can autonomously track targets and jam drone communications.

By Dan Robitzski

Listen Up, Entrepreneurs: It’s Time to Launch Your Clean Water Solution
Climate Change

Listen Up, Entrepreneurs: It’s Time to Launch Your Clean Water Solution

It's time to put clean water solutions into action.

By Rachelle Dragani

It sounds like an April Fools prank, but scientists say that music by dubstep star Skrillex can keep mosquitoes from biting.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Say Skrillex Stops Mosquitoes From Biting

Yeah, it sounds like an April Fools' Day joke.

By Jon Christian

Toyota's basketball-playing robot, Cue 3, isn't about to replace athletes, but it does herald a new era of incredibly-precise machinery.
Robotics

Toyota’s Basketball Robot Can Nail Three-Pointers

Swish!

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's Sentry Mode recorded what appears to be a woman keying a Model 3, and the footage reportedly helped police find and arrest the vandal.
Tesla

Tesla’s Sentry Mode Caught Someone Vandalizing a Model 3

Footage from the new security feature reportedly led to the vandal's arrest.

By Kristin Houser

Burger King has added a meatless Whopper to the menu in 59 restaurants with plans to expand the offering nationwide if all goes according to plan.
Future Society

Burger King Debuts Meatless Whopper

The company sees the Impossible Whopper eventually rolling out nationwide.

By Kristin Houser

#pluto #pluto's heart #new horizons
Science & Energy

Pluto Has Been Officially Reclassified as a Planet

The story of the planet that could.

By Jolene Creighton

A German pharma company patented a process in which genetically modified tequila bacterium produce a range of cannabinoids by just feeding on sugar.
Bacteria

Scientists Gene-Edited Tequila Bacteria to Make Cannabinoids

This bacteria spits out THC instead of tequila.

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch completed a nearly seven-hour-long ISS spacewalk, the 215th in space station history.
International Space Station

NASA Announces Successful Completion of ISS Spacewalk

The nearly seven-hour-long spacewalk went off without a hitch.

By Kristin Houser

Four Canadians have filed a class-action lawsuit against Ontario for cancelling what was supposed to be a three-year-long basic income project early.
Universal Basic Income

Canadians Sue Ontario for Canceling Its Basic Income Trial

They planned their lives around the money — and then Ontario took it away early.

By Kristin Houser

USC researchers claim evidence of a deep Martian groundwater system that spills out through surface cracks to form visible above-ground streams.
Mars

Researchers Detect “Deep Groundwater” on Mars

There might be a lot of water on Mars — hidden under the surface.

By Jon Christian

Researchers have 3D-printed tissues to replicate the bone and cartilage most often injured through sports — and their creation could save athletes' careers.
3D Printing

These Scientists Are 3D-Printing New Body Parts for Athletes

These tissues could help athletes bounce back from what are currently career-ending injuries.

By Kristin Houser

A small robotic idol can listen to people's troubles and recite relevant passages from religious texts. Its creator says it could keep the elderly company.
Robotics

This Robot Reads the Bible to Old People in Nursing Homes

For now, the robots recite but don't interpret the biblical verses.

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists build a DNA computer that can be written and rewritten to run different software, just like a conventional computer.
Computers

The World’s First Reprogrammable DNA Computer is Here

This extraordinary breakthrough could rewrite the rules of biological computing.

By Dan Robitzski

Climate change is affecting when the spring season starts, and as a result, more people are suffering from seasonal allergies, says study.
Climate Change

Climate Change May Be Giving You Seasonal Allergies

Shifting seasons mean more stuffy noses and itchy throats.

By Kristin Houser

After two days of testing, NASA is confident its four-pound Mars Helicopter is ready to begin its journey to the Red Planet.
Mars

Mini Helicopter Destined for Mars Aces Flight Tests

"It was a heck of a first flight."

By Kristin Houser

The EU voted on Wednesday to support plans for the elimination of most uses of single-use plastic, including cutlery, straws, and plastic plates.
Environment

The EU Approved a Ban on Single-Use Plastics

Good riddance, plastic cutlery and straws.

By Victor Tangermann

Using cells they harvested from cadavers, researchers grew scaffolds that became blood vessels when transplanted into patients.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Grew Artificial Blood Vessels from Cadaver Cells

They then implanted the vessels into 60 patients.

By Kristin Houser

A distant asteroid named 6478 Gault likely fell prey to the YORP effect — sunlight caused it to spin so fast that it's ripping apart.
Off-World

Astronomers Just Spotted an Asteroid Ripping Itself Apart

6478 Gault is spinning itself into pieces.

By Dan Robitzski

A Finnish startup called Vainu relies on prison labor to train its AI algorithms, arguing that labeling training data is giving inmates valuable skills.
Artificial Intelligence

A Finnish Startup Is Using Prison Labor to Train AI

"Hey, we could actually use prison labor."

By Dan Robitzski