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Instead of cutting a person open, future surgeries could be done by shocking cartilage until it's malleable and reshaping it with molds.
Biology

New Technique Alters Your Facial Appearance Without Surgery

New research upends the common assumption that sound waves are weightless. It turns out they carry a trace amount of mass in the form of phonons.
Physics

Sound May Be Carried by Tiny Particles With Negative Gravity

Russian media confirmed yesterday that the Russian Navy is developing a "new non-lethal light-based optical interference system" that could blind enemies.
Military

Russian Military Confirms New Weapon Causes “Hallucinatory Symptoms”

Russia Wants to Vaporize Space Junk With a Laser. There Is No Way This Will Go Wrong.
Science & Energy

Russia Wants to Vaporize Space Junk With a Laser. There Is No Way This Will Go Wrong.

A small, levitating glass bead the size of a virus might be the long-awaited key to directly observing dark matter, if new research is to be believed.
Physics

A Floating, Virus-Sized Bead Could Help Find Dark Matter

A new quantum physics experiment demonstrates that objective reality may not exist. Two scientists can make irreconcilable measurements of an event.
Quantum Physics

Quantum Physics Experiment Suggests That Reality Isn’t Objective

A new "acoustic metamaterial" that blocks sound by reflecting waves back to their source could make the future a far quieter place.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create Material That Blocks Sound, but Not Air or Light

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

Tiny satelietes could help stabilize massive space telescopes.
Off-World

Tiny Satellites Could Be “Guide Stars” for Massive Space Telescopes

Chinese scientists recently announced plans to build and launch a solar power plant that would float in outer space and beam electricity down.
Off-World

China Is Building a Solar Power Station in Space

Local law enforcement and transport agencies will have to come up with a solution to ward off unwanted drones at airfields.
Drones

We Have No Idea How to Deal With Unexpected Drones at Airports

Alcarelle, a synthetic alcohol with none of the downsides of the traditional kind, could be ready for market in just 5 years.
Health & Medicine

“Fake Alcohol” That Gets You Buzzed but Never Drunk Is on the Way

New images surfaced on Russian social media of what appears to be Russia's "Okhotnik" heavy strike drone seen at an unidentified runway.
Drones

Images Surface of Russia’s Alleged Heavy Strike Drone

DARPA is testing a sensor that would allow stratospheric balloons to remain in one place, possibly leading to a new military surveillance platform.
Future Society

DARPA’s Balloons Could Hover at the Edge of Space Indefinitely

According to the Pentagon's Missile Defense Review, the military is interested in equipping the F-35 fighter jet with anti-ICBM weaponry.
Military

The Military Wants to Use F-35s to Shoot Down Nuclear Missiles

Wireless tech company Global Energy Transmission (GET) has created a new drone charging system that can power the crafts while they are mid-flight.
Drones

Wireless Charging Tech Lets Drones Stay Aloft Indefinitely

An artist's depiction of what Excitons look like in advanced electronics
Physics

A Physics Breakthrough Could Lead to a New Generation of Advanced Electronics

This Military Device Uses Lasers to Scream, Flash, and Burn Clothes
Devices

This Military Device Uses Lasers to Scream, Flash, and Burn Clothes

Researchers from CERN have just moved one step closer to cooling antimatter, which should make it easier for us to study the mysterious substance.
Physics

We’re Almost Able to Cool Antimatter. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.

MIT Figured out a Way to Shrink Objects to Nanoscale
Science & Energy

MIT Figured out a Way to Shrink Objects to Nanoscale