790 Results From "laser"

Authorities in Hong Kong are spraying crowds of protestors with canons full of blue dye to make them easy to identify for later arrest.
Future Society

Police Are Spraying Protesters With Dye to Round Them up Later

By Kristin Houser

Using a combination of CRISPR and antiretroviral therapy, researcher eliminated the HIV virus from the genomes of mice engineered to produce human T cells.
Health & Medicine

CRISPR Helps Scientists Cure HIV In Living Animals For First Time

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk's Neuralink announced that it's almost ready for human experimentation. People on Twitter want to offer up their brains.
Elon Musk

People Are Begging Elon Musk to Drill Holes in Their Skulls

By Dan Robitzski

A team of physicists at Trinity College Dublin have build what they claim is the world's smallest engine. And it's only the size of a single calcium ion.
Physics

The World’s Smallest Engine is the Same Size as a Single Ion

By Victor Tangermann

A future space war won't look like "Star Wars." Instead it'll be almost imperceptible on the planet's surface.
Future Society

This Is What a Space War Would Look Like, According to Experts

By Victor Tangermann

Radioactive dust from an ancient supernova was just found buried in Antarctica, helping scientists better understand what's outside our solar system.
Science & Energy

Radioactive Dust From an Ancient Supernova Is Buried in Antarctica

By Dan Robitzski

Japan is putting nearly $1 billion into moonshot projects like cyborg tech, human hibernation, and recycling its industrial waste.
Future Society

Japan Pledges $900 Million to Cyborg, Human Hibernation Research

By Dan Robitzski

If the U.S. and Russian engaged in nuclear war, it would plunge the Earth into a nuclear winter, with tempteratures plummeting and soot blocking the Sun.
Future Society

This Is What Would Happen if the US and Russia Nuked Each Other

By Kristin Houser

Scientists believe they spotted the supernova of the largest star to ever detonate, giving them a glimpse into the universe's past.
Science & Energy

This Is the Most Brutal Supernova in Recorded History

By Dan Robitzski

France is assembling a "red team" of sci-fi writers to help it predict what sorts of technologies it might face on the battlefield of the future.
Future Society

France Is Hiring Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Future Military Threats

By Kristin Houser

A giant space laser, built with mostly-existing technology, could serve as a homing beacon for any aliens that might be out there.
Exobiology

A Giant Space Laser on Earth Could Blast Messages at Alien Planets

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists believe they were able to make mice hallucinate by stimulating just 20 of their brain neurons, raising new questions about the human brain.
Science & Energy

Scientists Made Mice Hallucinate by Shining Light Into Their Brains

By Kristin Houser

A new "artificial throat" attaches to the neck like a temporary tattoo, then translates noiseless throat movements into audible speech.
Health & Medicine

This “Artificial Throat” Is Like a Neck Tattoo That Creates Sound

By Kristin Houser

A Chinese-made robot can automatically zap mosquitos to stop the spread of disease. It's like a Roomba meets the Terminator.
Robotics

A Toy-Sized, Laser-Wielding Robot Is Here to Kill Mosquitoes

By Dan Robitzski

When the ESA launches LISA, a constellation of gravitational wave-detecting satellites, it will likely be able to spot new exoplanets across the galaxy.
Science & Energy

Gravitational Wave Detector May Find Exoplanets in Nearby Galaxies

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers are looking to get a much higher resolution shot of a black hole by sending two to three satellites into Earth orbit. 
Black Holes

Explained: Why the Next Black Hole Image Will Be Incredible

By Victor Tangermann

The Pentagon Wants an Orbital Space Weapon to Blast Enemy Missiles
Off-World

The Pentagon Wants an Orbital Space Weapon to Blast Enemy Missiles

By Jon Christian

Startup Luminar has announceda production-ready lidar system for autonomous cars that costs just $500 — a huge decrease in price over existing systems.
Elon Musk

This $500 Lidar System Could Prove Elon Musk Wrong

By Kristin Houser

“Halo Drive” Would Use Black Holes to Power Spaceships
Black Holes

“Halo Drive” Would Use Black Holes to Power Spaceships

By Jon Christian

Researchers at Caltech have found a way to levitate and propel objects of practically any size or shape by using only light.
Space

Researchers Found a Way to Levitate Objects Using Only Light

By Victor Tangermann

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo