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The EU is considering a microplastics ban that would prevent 40,000 tons of the tiny particles from entering the environment every year.
Science & Energy

The plastics are in everything from cosmetics and detergents to paints and fertilizers.

By Kristin Houser

Tech startup Ironclad wants to help legal professionals automate their own jobs. For now, its products cut down on tedious paperwork.
Artificial Intelligence

Ironclad streamlines some of the paperwork that bogs down legal professionals.

By Dan Robitzski

The electric car maker just showed off its jeans-wearing butt robot that tests its Model 3 seats in a showcase on Twitter.
Tesla

It even wears jeans.

By Victor Tangermann

The pandemics of obesity, starvation, and climate change are inextricably linked as a Global Syndemic, according to a new report.
Climate Change

The three pandemics are inextricably linked, according to a new report.

By Kristin Houser

A new Reuters investigation reveals that the UAE used a sophisticated hacking tool to easily access iPhone messages, pictures, and passwords.
Hacking

Former spy: "It was like Christmas."

By Dan Robitzski

TechCrunch reports Facebook is running a program that pays users ages 13 to 35 $20 in e-gift cards for access to all of their information.
Data Privacy

Facebook is still snooping.

By Victor Tangermann

A 26-ton electric excavator is about to hit construction sites in Norway — and it has the potential to dramatically decrease the nation's emissions.
Advanced Transport

This Caterpillar rig can operate for up to seven hours without needing a charge.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon has started to test autonomous delivery robots in Washington State. Meanwhile, lawmakers are struggling to properly regulate the new tech.
Robotics

"Is it a motor vehicle, is it a pedestrian?"

By Dan Robitzski

By scanning the brains of people while they tripped on LSD, researchers think they've figure out how the drug causes its effects.
Science & Energy

They asked 25 people to trip for science.

By Kristin Houser

Despite "less than 0.3% of the budget of large international projects," a team of Japanese astronomers found a tiny object at the edge of our Solar System.
Off-World

"This is a real victory for little projects."

By Victor Tangermann

The new rectenna developed by MIT engineers is the first that's flexible enough for wearables while still generating practical amounts of electricity.
Energy

Where we're going, we don't need batteries.

By Dan Robitzski

Israeli pharmaceutical company Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies claims it is working on a cancer cure that will be ready within a year.
Cancer

An Israeli pharmaceutical company is making some very bold claims.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers at the University of Arizona found that astronauts who spent more than six months in space had fewer cells capable of fighting off leukemia.
Cancer

Astronaut first-timers are more vulnerable than their veteran colleagues.

By Victor Tangermann

A new algorithmic tool can determine if artificial intelligence is biased and then go in and retrain the system to treat people more equitably.
Artificial Intelligence

It's like sensitivity training for algorithms.

By Dan Robitzski

In a world's first, neuroengineers from Columbia University have built a device that translates thoughts into recognizable speech.
Health & Medicine

The device could be a game-changer for people who've lost the ability to speak.

By Kristin Houser

A bombshell report revealed a shocking Apple bug in the company's FaceTime video chat app that lets callers eavesdrop on other users before they pick up.
Robots and Machines

Apple's drastic response: taking Group FaceTime offline entirely.

By Jon Christian

According to a new report, the Trump Administration has attacked science more than 80 times — and it's time for Congress to fight back.
Future Society

The "administration is undermining science in the policy process."

By Kristin Houser

During an interview, the head of psychedelic research at Imperial College in London said that "the climate's looking good" for psychedelic treatments.
Health & Medicine

"The climate's looking good."

By Victor Tangermann

NSA's Curiosity rover just took a last selfie before leaving the Vera Rubin Ridge on the surface of Mars. Its next stop is a suspected dried-up lake bed.
NASA

It's probably better than anything you took on vacation.

By Victor Tangermann

Florida Law Would Allow Self-Driving Cars With No Safety Drivers
Self-Driving Vehicles

Politicians are dangerously optimistic about autonomous cars.

By Dan Robitzski