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To address the world's plastic problem, startup Loliware has created seaweed straws that can be composted or allowed to biodegrade in the ocean.
Pollution

Seaweed Straw “Looks, Feels, and Acts Like Plastic,” Says Startup

It biodegrades like a banana peel on land and breaks down in weeks if in water.

Police Arrest Vandal Who Trashed Tesla Supercharger
Tesla

Police Arrest Vandal Who Trashed Tesla Supercharger

First ICEing, now this.

Local Motors demonstrates how its Olli self-driving shuttle reacts during crash testing in a pair of video shared exclusively with The Verge.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a 3D Printed Self-Driving Shuttle Smash Into a Wall

"We want people to see the progress," says the vehicle's creator.

Home invaders tortured a crypto trader with an electric to force him to give up his cryptocurrency, according to a Dutch newspaper.
Bitcoin

Robbers Tortured a Man With a Drill to Steal His Cryptocurrency

A gruesome crime shows the dark side of cryptocurrency.

Mitsubishi’s New Hybrid Can Power Your Home During a Blackout
Advanced Transport

Mitsubishi’s New Hybrid Can Power Your Home During a Blackout

Generate solar power by day, buy cheap electricity from the grid by night.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft Splashes Down in the Atlantic
Crew Dragon

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft Splashes Down in the Atlantic

Mission complete.

The positive benefits of ingesting psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can last for up to a week, according to a new study.
Health & Medicine

Psychedelic Mushrooms Can Boost Creativity and Empathy for a Week

The benefits of psychedelics can last long after the trip ends.

Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announced a bold plan today to break up tech giants Amazon, Facebook, and Google.
Future Society

Elizabeth Warren Shares Plan to Break up Facebook, Google, Amazon

"Today's big tech companies have too much power — too much power over our economy, our society, and our democracy."

Farmers in New Zealand have a new tool to herd sheep and cows, according to Radio New Zealand: drones outfitted with speakers so they can bark like dogs.
Drones

New Zealand Farmers Are Using Drones to Herd Sheep

Who needs sheepdogs when you have drones that bark?

The Woman who Put Men on the Moon featured image
Space

The Woman Who Put Men On The Moon [Comic]

NASA Is About to Test a Giant Solar Drone That Broadcasts 5G
Drones

NASA Is About to Test a Giant Solar Drone That Broadcasts 5G

Could this ultra-ambitious solar-powered drone beam internet to the most remote places on Earth?

On March 29, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will leave the ISS to embark on the world's first all-female spacewalk.
NASA

NASA Announces World’s First All-Female Spacewalk

Anne McClain and Christina Koch are about to make history.

By telling companies such as Verizon and T-Mobile they're cops, stalkers and scammers can get users' real-time location data.
Future Society

Stalkers Are Pretending to be Cops to Steal Your Phone’s Location

They sometimes claim the information will help save kidnapped children.

A new paper suggests that we could spot an alien civilization by looking for signs of starships powered by the radiation thrown off by small black hole.
Starship

New SETI Plan: Detect Alien Starships Powered by Black Holes

Hold onto your hats: This researcher thinks we might have already spotted signs of an alien civilization.

A Chinese official claims the nation is poised to wrap up construction on the HL-2M tokamak, a new "artificial sun," this year.
Science & Energy

China: New “Artificial Sun” Will Be Completed This Year

It could put us one step closer to harnessing the power of nuclear fusion.

Researchers believe the strange behavior of galaxies could be caused by the combined mass of untold zillions of photons and not dark matter.
Physics

New Theory: Mass of Photons Could Explain Effects of Dark Matter

If each photon had just a tiny bit of mass, it could upend the theory of dark matter.

Uber is not criminally liable for a March 2018 self-driving car death, say prosecutors, but the safety driver behind the wheel might still face charges.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Prosecutors: Uber Isn’t Criminally Liable for Self-Driving Car Death

But the safety driver might face criminal charges.

A Russian space expert argued on Russian TV that SpaceX's recent launch of its Crew Dragon spacecraft will pose a threat to Russia's space efforts.
SpaceX

Expert: SpaceX Just Made Russia’s Space Program “Null and Void”

"They have shown Roscosmos who’s who."

Tesla has announced a trio of improvements that it claims will cut charging time by 50 percent, including its next-generation Supercharger system.
Tesla

Tesla: New Supercharger Features Will Cut Charge Time in Half

Teslas will "charge faster than any other electric vehicle on the market today," the company claims.

In an interview, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about a device that could one day allow users to navigate menus or even type using their minds alone.
Meta

Zuckerberg: Facebook is Building a Machine to Read Your Thoughts

Would you let Facebook read your brain?