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Science & Energy
The World’s Largest Collection of Rice Is Now Permanently Funded
By
Kristin Houser
Science & Energy
The World’s Fastest Camera Can “Freeze Time,” Show Beams of Light in Slo-Mo
By
Jon Christian
Boston Dynamics
Watch Boston Dynamics’ Lazy Robodog March Around a Construction Site Without Helping at All
By
Kristin Houser
Tesla
Tesla Filed a Trademark Application for “Teslaquila,” Because of Course It Did
By
Jon Christian
Robotics
This Weird Robot Has 32 Legs and Is Shaped Like a Lumpy Sphere
By
Kristin Houser
Climate Change
To Feed a Hungry Planet, We’re All Going to Need to Eat Less Meat
By
Jon Christian
Health & Medicine
Creeps Will Soon Be Able to Find Almost Anyone on Genealogy Sites
By
Jon Christian
Boston Dynamics
The Boston Dynamics Robot Atlas Is Now a Parkour Master
By
Kristin Houser
Robotics
A Robot Is Scheduled to Testify in Front of the UK Parliament
By
Jon Christian
Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families
By
Kristin Houser
Cryptocurrency
Reports: Crypto Is a Threat to Your Savings Account, But Not World Markets
By
Kristin Houser
Science & Energy
These Healthy Mice Pups Have Two Moms and No Dads
By
Kristin Houser
Mental Health
We’ll Soon Know Exactly How Terrible the Internet Is for Our Mental Health
By
Kristin Houser
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Built an AI to Evaluate Job Applicants. One Problem: It Seemed Sexist.
By
Jon Christian
NASA
Lockheed Engineers Are Using HoloLens to Build NASA’s New Space Capsule
By
Jon Christian
Tesla
Government to Tesla: We Never Said the Model 3 Was the “Safest Car Ever”
By
Dan Robitzski
Health & Medicine
Fitness Trackers Say This Coffee Cup Has a Pulse. Wait, What?
By
Victor Tangermann
Health & Medicine
This Wireless Implant Heals Damaged Nerves and Then Self-Destructs
By
Jon Christian
Moon
SpaceX’s First Tourist Isn’t Worried About Training for His Trip to the Moon
By
Kristin Houser
Medical
The Latest Prostheses Take Orders Directly From Your Nerves
By
Jon Christian
Facial recognition
Farmers Are Using Facial Recognition to Keep Farmed Fish Healthy
By
Jon Christian
Future Society
Lab-Grown Collagen Is Vegan and Eco-Friendly — and Identical to the Real Stuff
By
Kristin Houser
Military
Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons
By
Dan Robitzski
Google
Google Won’t Bid on Pentagon Contract, but Not Just Because Employees Wanted It To
By
Kristin Houser
Moon
Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s Largest Moon
By
Kristin Houser
Robotics
A Startup’s Bold Plan to Open Robot Farms Near U.S. Cities
By
Jon Christian
Advanced Transport
Ford Patent Would Let You Steer Your Car by Tilting Your Phone
By
Jon Christian
Artificial Intelligence
Expert: To Understand an Algorithm, Treat It Like an Animal
By
Jon Christian
SpaceX
SpaceX Just Landed Its First Rocket in California
By
Kristin Houser
Health & Medicine
Edible Tech Is Finally Useful, Is Here to Help You Poop
By
Dan Robitzski
Science & Energy
A “Vaccine” Created from Mushrooms Could Help Save the Bees
By
Jon Christian
Climate Change
Report: Unless We Make Dramatic Changes, We’re Headed for Climate Catastrophe
By
Kristin Houser
Health & Medicine
We Need a Backup Supply of the World’s Helpful Germs, Say Researchers
By
Kristin Houser
Climate Change
Experts Worry a Landmark Report on Climate Change Will Call For Unrealistic Tech
By
Jon Christian
Brain
This Brain-Analyzing AI Could Kill Your Dream of Being a Professional Athlete
By
Kristin Houser
Off-World
Pour One out for MASCOT, the Asteroid-Exploring Lander
By
Kristin Houser
Energy
Oil Will Be Used Less for Fuel, More for Plastics and Fertilizers
By
Jon Christian
Cancer
Australia’s Success Shows That the US Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer If It Really Wanted To
By
Kristin Houser
Self-Driving Vehicles
The US Government Wants to Allow Fully Autonomous Vehicles on US Roads
By
Victor Tangermann
Health & Medicine
This Startup Says Its App Can Detect Signs of Depression and Anxiety. Experts Aren’t Sure.
By
Jon Christian
Renewable Energy
A Plane Powered by Recycled Waste Just Flew Across the Atlantic
By
Kristin Houser
Data Privacy
Fitbit Data Helped California Police Track Down a Murder Suspect
By
Jon Christian
Robotics
This Humanoid Robot Can (Slowly) Install Drywall All by Itself
By
Kristin Houser
Moon
Lockheed Martin’s Giant Moon Lander Is an Absolute Unit
By
Victor Tangermann
Brain
A Neural Network, Connected to a Human Brain, Could Mean More Advanced Prosthetics
By
Dan Robitzski
Prosthetics and Devices
You Can Now Pick Your Baby’s Eye Color Before You’re Even Pregnant
By
Kristin Houser
Advanced Transport
This Futuristic Aircraft Could Take You From New York to Boston in 36 Minutes
By
Jon Christian
Hyperloop
The First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Has Arrived
By
Kristin Houser
Solar Power
Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System
By
Kristin Houser
Science & Energy
We Just Learned Something New About “One of the Weirdest Objects in the Milky Way”
By
Kristin Houser
Tesla
Tesla Seems to Be Producing Plenty of Cars. They Just Aren’t Ending up on the Road.
By
Kristin Houser
Future Society
The FDA Just Raided the Headquarters of E-Cigarette Maker JUUL
By
Victor Tangermann
Robotics
The Military Wants Robots That Can Explore Tunnels Barely Large Enough to Fit a Human
By
Kristin Houser
Science & Energy
The Stuff in IKEA’s Biodegradable Packaging Will Now Make Tasty Lab-Grown Meats
By
Jon Christian
Mars
Traveling to Mars Could Cause Life-Threatening Damage to Astronauts’ Guts, Says Study
By
Kristin Houser
Google
Google Used Its Most Sophisticated AI yet to Create Pictures of Burgers
By
Dan Robitzski
Moon
A Nonprofit Plans to Store Human Knowledge in DNA and Store It on the Moon
By
Jon Christian
Artificial Intelligence
An AI Took a Road Trip and Wrote a Terrible Novel About It
By
Dan Robitzski
Tesla
Here’s What It’s like to Drive with Tesla’s New “Mad Max” Autopilot Mode
By
Kristin Houser
Off-World
Scientists Want to Use a Plasma Beam to Push Space Junk Out of Orbit
By
Kristin Houser
Future Society
Netflix Plans To Try Out “Interactive” Shows
By
Jon Christian
Future Society
You Can Now Navigate a US Airport Terminal Using Just Your Face as ID
By
Kristin Houser
Future Society
Automation Could Destroy Poor Economies, Says Historian
By
Jon Christian
Robotics
Giving Robots Lizard-Like Tails Could Improve Their Mobility
By
Kristin Houser