803 Results From "laser"

We're just not good enough at complicated ways space junk falls through the atmosphere, even stuff that's designed to burn-up.
Off-World

Experts Warn That We’re Vastly Underestimating the Threat of Falling Space Junk

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered rocky material that's riddled with manganese, a potential sign of ancient life.
Mars

Mars Loaded With Mineral Closely Associated With Life, NASA Rover Finds

The flamethrower on the "Thermonator" has a fire breathing range of up to 30 feet, for those willing to shell out nearly $10,000.
Robot Dogs

What Could Go Wrong? Company Selling Robot Dog With Attached Flamethrower

A Japanese spacecraft claims to have rendezvoused with a three-ton piece of rocket debris in a high-stakes flight, the BBC reports.
Off-World

Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket

Andrew Cuomo's campaign embraced AI — and it made him a toxic laughingstock, while Zohran Mamdani cruised to victory.
Ethics

Andrew Cuomo’s Extensive Use of AI Made His Campaign a Toxic Joke

Elon Musk and ex-girlfriend Grimes are seemingly flirting with each other this week on the social media platform X-formerly-Twitter.
Elon Musk

Messiest Exes on Earth Elon Musk and Grimes Are Flirting Again

In a new Washington Post interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted that he's not "100 percent" sure the company's AI will stop lying.
Artificial Intelligence

Tim Cook Admits Apple May Never Be Able to Make Its AI Stop Lying

Researchers say they've used gravitational wave reserach statistics to solve an Antikythera mechanism mystery.
Science & Energy

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Study of Mysterious 2000-Year-Old Computer Found in Shipwreck

A professor at the University of Virginia claims to have created a "freeze ray"-like device that was apparently inspired by Mr. Freeze.
Robots and Machines

Professor Says He’s Invented a Real-Life “Freeze Ray”

NASA's new Moon lander may have made a relatively safe landing, but all indications point to it being less successful than initially thought.
Moon

NASA’s New Moon Lander Is Turning Into a Disaster

A team of astronomers have discovered a powerful new space laser — technically a "megamaser" — a whopping five billion lightyears from Earth.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Detect Galactic Laser Coming From Deep Space

A private, Space-X launched Moon lander has entered lunar orbit, setting it up for a safe and historic landing.
Moon

Private Moon Lander Enters Lunar Orbit

South Korean researchers have maintained plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds inside a tokamak fusion reactor.
Energy

Korean “Artificial Sun” Reactor Sets Record at 100 Million Degrees

Scientists have built a real-life tractor beam that can pull actual objects using nothing but light.But it has one big drawback: it's absolutely tiny.
Science & Energy

Scientists Build Working Tractor Beam, Although It’s Comically Tiny

A close-up of a model Odysseus Moon lander on a desk, with Intuitive Machines CEO Stephen Altemus' hand and torso behind it.
Moon

NASA’s Precious Moon Lander Has Toppled Over

Japan has officially inaugurated the world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor called JT-60SA just north of Tokyo.
Energy

Japan Finishes World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

Physicists accomplished the feat using lasers as optical traps, though they had quantum computing in mind more so than a national pastime.
Physics

Scientists Play Tiniest Game of Baseball By Throwing and Catching Individual Atoms

And after months of testing, the review embargo for Humane's mysterious AI "Pin" finally lifted — and it sounds like a nightmare to use.
Artificial Intelligence

Humane’s AI “Pin” Is a $700 Flaming Dumpster Fire

The team from McGill University designed a rocket system that uses a 10-meter wide laser array on Earth to power up an orbiting spacecraft.
Advanced Transport

Scientists Propose Mission to Mars Powered by Giant Laser on Earth

In a thread on the Tesla subreddit, a driver found that their brand-new Model 3's cameras kept fogging up, disabling Full Self-Driving.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Full Self-Driving Helpless When Cameras Fog Up in Cold Weather