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A new weapon called the Wattozz fires out wireless "bullets" that can be used to shock and incapacitate a would-be assailant.
Robots and Machines

This Futuristic Non-Lethal Weapon Will Electrocute Your Enemies

Freeze!

By Dan Robitzski

A lobbyist for Chevron was caught asking the company's retirees to oppose legislation supporting electric cars in Arizona.
Advanced Transport

Big Oil Operative Gets Busted Secretly Undermining Electric Cars

This letter-writing campaign turned out to be industry astroturfing — from Chevron.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists built a neural net called GROVER that can create — and identify — fake news better than any human or algorithm out there.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Generates Horrifyingly Plausible Fake News

But the scientists who built it say it's the best tool against online propaganda.

By Dan Robitzski

startup Alaka'i has designed a flying car that the company touts as the "first air mobility vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cells."
Advanced Transport

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Flying Car Has a Range of 400 Miles

Could hydrogen-powered flying taxis go the extra mile?

By Victor Tangermann

The buyer of a $85 million penthouse in Manhattan will get a slew of perks to go with it, including a Hamptons mansion, a yacht, and two tickets to space.
Off-World

This Luxury Apartment Comes With Two Free Tickets to Space

The path to space might run through Manhattan.

By Kristin Houser

The director of China's space agency told the press that scientists are currently attaching scientific instruments to its Mars rover.
Mars

China Is Now Assembling Its 2020 Mars Rover

NASA is the only group ever to land a spacecraft on Mars. China wants to be second.

By Dan Robitzski

Hungary is planning on building a fully carbon-neutral town from the ground up in the northwest of the country to boost fruit and vegetable production.
Renewable Energy

Hungary is Building a $1 Billion Carbon-Neutral Town From Scratch

"This investment is the biggest and most complex agricultural and food industrial project of the last few decades."

By Victor Tangermann

Google will ban any marijuana or THC products from being sold over apps available on its platform, likely in a bid to be more child-friendly.
Future Society

Google Bans Weed Delivery Apps From Play Store

Selling weed on Google Play conflicts with plans to be child-friendly.

By Dan Robitzski

Physicists created a sonic black hole in the lab and then took its temperature — and the measurement seems to confirm a prediction made by Stephen Hawking.
Science & Energy

Scientists Just Took the Temperature of a Lab-Made Black Hole

And the measurement confirms a prediction made by Stephen Hawking.

By Kristin Houser

Volkswagen's futuristic Golf GTI Aurora concept has a high-end sound system in its trunk that can be operated through a hologram.
Advanced Transport

This Volkswagen Prototype Has a Holographic Interface

Tailgates in the future will be awesome.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists report that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is shrinking and that it could totally dissipate within the next 20 years.
Off-World

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Dying

The iconic oval storm could dissipate in a matter of decades.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese state scientists claim to have developed a network of meter-long radar systems capable of spotting and tracking stealth aircraft.
Military

China Says New Tech Can Detect Stealth Jets Including F-22, F-35

The new system can spot and target radar-skirting stealth planes.

By Dan Robitzski

The Navy will outfit a destroyer with the HELIOS laser weapon system for the first time in 2021, and hopes to upgrade the technology from there.
Military

The US Military Is Officially Rolling out Its HELIOS Laser Weapon

It'll be the last line of defense against missiles from China or Russia.

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon's new privacy updates for its Alexa voice assistant are a step in the right direction, but the company still has a lot of ground to make up.
Artificial Intelligence

You Can Now Tell Alexa to Delete Everything You Said Today

Amazon is making it slightly easier for you to control your private data.

By Kristin Houser

According to the World Health Organization, burnout is now a fully-recognized work-related psychological condition and can be diagnosed as such.
Health & Medicine

So Tired: Doctors Can Now Diagnose You With Burnout

The World Health Organization finally recognized work-related exhaustion.

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a "forbidden planet" in an orbit previously thought to be impossible.
Off-World

Astronomers Find Distant “Forbidden Planet” In “Neptunian Desert”

This alien world whips around its sun every 1.3 days.

By Victor Tangermann

After using AI to analyze "junk" DNA, a Princeton-led team concluded that mutations within the noncoding DNA can cause autism.
DNA

Princeton Scientists: Mutations in “Junk” DNA Can Cause Autism

The impact of their research could shed light on many other disorders.

By Kristin Houser

Congress allocated $125 million to NASA, directing it to develop nuclear propulsion technology that would improve flight speed on missions to deep space.
NASA

NASA Just Got $125 Million to Develop Nuclear Rockets

That's $125 million more than NASA asked for.

By Dan Robitzski

The Japanese video game company announced "Pokémon Sleep" today, the natural conclusion to its massive smartphone hit.
Future Society

New Nintendo Game Lets You Catch Pokémon by Sleeping

Pokémon Go made you walk more. Will Pokémon Sleep make you sleep more?

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has selected a number of companies to complete studies about the future of commercial spaceflight in low-Earth orbit.
NASA

NASA’s New Goal: A “Robust Economy” of Orbital Space Habitats

Is this what the commercialization of space will be like?

By Victor Tangermann