Read the latest articles from Futurism (Page 998)

Israel-based startup SpaceIL has decided that April's failed Moon mission was actually a success — and that it's time to move on to the next challenge.
Moon

SpaceIL Kills Second Moon Landing Attempt, Teases New “Objective”

It's now decided that April's mission was actually a success.

By Kristin Houser

The lyrics database Genius embedded a hidden typography code into its lyrics to prove that Google was copying content directly from its site.
Science & Energy

Genius Used a Typography Trick to Bust Google For Stealing Lyrics

A hidden bit of Morse code literally translates to "Red Handed."

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX is targeting November 15th as a tentative date to launch its astronaut-ferrying Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS according to NASA.
NASA

NASA Sets Tentative Date For Launching Astronauts In SpaceX Ship

Get ready for NASA x SpaceX, the hottest collab of 2019.

By Victor Tangermann

An investigation into the potential link between CBD and nightmares confirms that researchers still aren't sure what the cannabis compound can do.
Health & Medicine

CBD Seems to Be Giving People Bizarre Nightmares

CBD is all over the place — and so is the research on it.

By Kristin Houser

Shortly after Facebook annoucned Libra, its new cryptocurrency, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and European leaders called for strong regulations.
Blockchain

Senator Slams Facebook’s New Crypto: “Facebook Is Already Too Big”

"We cannot allow Facebook to run a risky new cryptocurrency out of a Swiss bank account without oversight."

By Dan Robitzski

Contractors who moderate flagged posts for Facebook describe hellish and hostile working conditions while reviewing the worst of the internet.
Future Society

Facebook Moderators Are Dying at Their Desks

Facebook moderator: "I think Facebook needs to shut down."

By Dan Robitzski

A bizarre, futuristic contests invited space agencies and astronomers from around the world to find the best way to colonize the Milky Way.
Space

Astronomers Model How Humanity Could Colonize the Milky Way

A contest imagined a distant future where humanity could expand outward.

By Dan Robitzski

In a landmark move, San Francisco just became the first U.S. city to ban e-cigarettes last night. The bill could go into effect in 30 days.
Health & Medicine

San Francisco Moves to Ban Sale of E-Cigarettes

"It’s really smart politics but dubious public health."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of French physicists claim to have created metallic hydrogen. Scientists say this experiment is more credible than past, overhyped attempts.
Physics

Scientists May Have Created Metallic Hydrogen—For Real this Time

Metallic hydrogen could be the superconductor breakthrough we've been hoping for.

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook will now help French courts identify users suspected of spreading hate speech on the platform, a deal it hasn't made with any other nation.
Future Society

Facebook to Identify Hate Speech-Spouting Users for France

The social media giant has never made such a deal before.

By Kristin Houser

Michael Manga, a planetary scientist at the University of California at Berkeley, has a new theory as to what may be causing marsquakes.
Science & Energy

New Theory: Marsquakes Could be Caused by Frozen Groundwater

We could be experiencing marsquake-like tremors here on Earth as well.

By Victor Tangermann

Sydney became the first major Australian city to declare a state of emergency to prevent the worst effects of climate change on Monday.
Climate Change

Sydney Is in a State of Emergency to Fight Climate Change

The goal: 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.

By Dan Robitzski

Israeli startup Eviation Aircraft made a big splash at the Paris Air Show last week with a prototype of their $4 million commercial electric airliner.
Advanced Transport

We’ve Never Been This Close to Making Electric Flight a Reality

This nine-seater electric plane could cut fuel costs by a magnitude of ten.

By Victor Tangermann

Eating Crap as a Teen Can Permanently Affect Men’s Fertility
Health & Medicine

Eating Crap as a Teen Can Permanently Affect Men’s Fertility

Your after-school snack could prevent you from having kids later in life.

By Kristin Houser

Someone — likely Chinese state actors — hacked over ten cell service companies around the world and monitored people's activity for seven years.
Science & Energy

Someone Hacked Global Telecom Companies. Experts Blame China.

Security research firm Cybereason wouldn't give any names during the investigation.

By Dan Robitzski

By analyzing the oldest known minerals from Mars, researchers think they've discovered a 700 million year period during which Martian life could've thrived.
Science & Energy

Mars Had a Chance to Grow Life 4.4 Billion Years Ago, Study Shows

They've identified a 700-million-year period when Martian life could've thrived.

By Kristin Houser

An MIT postdoctoral student has a strange new suggestion for finding extraterrestrial life: scan the skies for phosphine, a foul-smelling, toxic gas.
Exobiology

Weird New Theory: Aliens Could Be Using Toxic Gas as Defense

Scanning the skies for "outrageously foul-smelling" gases could lead us right to them.

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook's pivot to blockchain and its new Libra cryptocurrency could sow the seeds of the company's destruction, argues fintech expert Marc-David Seidel.
Blockchain

Fintech Expert: Libra Could Be Facebook’s Downfall

Libra may legitimize the very technology that diminishes Facebook's authority.

By Dan Robitzski

Google has expanded its "Be Internet Awesome" program to include media literacy activities designed to help kids tell if something is "fake news."
Future Society

Google Is Trying to Teach Kids How to Spot Fake News

The death of fake news might just be the birth of a generation that’s immune to it.

By Kristin Houser

A team of German scientists have figured out a way to grow tobacco plants that contain 99.7 percent less nicotine. It could help millions of smokers quit.
Health & Medicine

Gene-Edited, Less Addictive Tobacco Could Help You Quit Smoking

Are low-nicotine cigarettes the answer to getting millions to quit smoking?

By Victor Tangermann