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The wildly popular video game "Fortnite" made history yesterday with a live show by EDM artist Marshmello that reportedly drew millions of viewers.
Future Society

Is this the future of entertainment?

New Tech That Sucks Carbon From Chimneys Has “Tremendous Potential”
Environment

It takes 24 percent less energy than conventional methods.

The FBI had to reiterate the FAA's decision to declare a "no drone zone" around the Super Bowl stadium in Atlanta. Six drones were confiscated already.
Drones

Local law enforcement officers have already confiscated six drones.

Researchers developed artificial skin that could give its wearer — robotic or human — superhuman capabilities like sensing strong magnetic fields.
Health & Medicine

It's Spider-Man's "Spidey-Sense" come to life.

Researchers from MIT have created a smart pill that expands in the stomach — and they have no shortage of ideas for how it could improve human health.
Health & Medicine

It can stay in your stomach for up to a month.

Chinese media report that one of Tesla competitor Nio's cars shut down in the middle of a Beijing traffic jam after the driver triggered a software update.
Tesla

The driver triggered the update in the middle of a Beijing traffic jam.

CAPTCHAs Are Getting Harder Because AI Is Getting Smarter
Artificial Intelligence

It's getting hard to tell humans and bots apart.

Family Tree DNA, recently celebrated as the most privacy-minded consumer genetic testing company, is now granting database access to the FBI.
Data Privacy

Do you want cops poking around your genetic data?

Self-driving cars will opt to slowly cruise city streets instead of paying parking fees, according to one transportation expert.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Why pay for parking when your car can circle the block?

NASA administrator Thomas Zurbuchen argues that extraterrestrial life may be out there, given recent discoveries of off-world water and organic molecules.
NASA

Is there life beyond Earth?

During a facial recognition trial, London police stopped a man for "suspicious behavior," but the man claims all he did was cover his face.
Facial recognition

A London trial did not go the way police promised it would.

A Popular Science reporter tried out a novel way of getting fit: zapping your muscles to add more resistance to your workout.
Future Society

Is it worth random muscle twitches?

Amazon responded to recent criticism its facial recognition system, Rekognition, by claiming safeguards were in place. The cops using it disagree.
Facial recognition

The revelation pokes holes in Amazon's defense of Rekognition.

A U.S. biologist is gene-editing human embryos, but unlike Chinese research He Jiankui, this scientist isn't trying to create any designer babies.
Prosthetics and Devices

This research isn't just happening in China.

As the American Midwest is hit by a break in the polar vortex, many electric vehicle owners find themselves unable to hit the roads.
Tesla

The polar vortex shows the limits of today's electric cars.

Elon Musk announced a streamlined version of SpaceX's Raptor engine design that will take Starship to space and beyond as well.
Moon

Destination: Moon.

The tiniest robot with legs is about the size of an ant's face — and you can watch it go for a run in a video released by IEEE Spectrum.
Robotics

The whole robot is only as big as an ant's face.

Scientists at the University of California found a way to 3D print objects out of a special resin using light from a projector.
3D Printing

It prints using light.

A new study found that spaceflight was associated with changes in the brain's white matter, causing it to age faster. But consequences are still unknown.
Off-World

Water inside the brain moves in unusual ways, causing changes to white matter.

Chinese scientists built a robot submarine designed to travel into storms to fire meteorological rockets that will collect data from the atmosphere.
Robotics

It brings a new meaning to "storm chasing."