A single drone can release about 450 incendiary devices in a matter of minutes.

Firefighters are using drones that drop fireballs

Dropping Fire

Firefighters across the West Coast are dropping special fireballs from drones to keep an unusually severe wildfire season under control.

Firefighters Are Using Drones That Drop Fireballs

There's a perfectly reasonable explanation, we promise.

LA cops use aircraft to hunt mystery jetpack dude

Worst PR Stunt

Two separate mysterious sightings of a person flying a jetpack near the Los Angeles International Airport have law enforcement worried.

LA Cops Use Aircraft to Hunt Mystery Jetpack Dude

"That’s a catastrophic accident waiting to happen."

Take spinach and add a pinch of salt. Then blend, freeze-dry, and heat-treat to perfection.

Scientists built a fuel cell out of spinach

Green Thumb

Using spinach as a catalyst, a team of scientists built an experimental fuel cell that outperformed conventional platinum cells.

Scientists Built a Fuel Cell Out of Spinach

A proof-of-concept spinach cell was both cheaper and more efficient.

"We can't postpone a decision on the plan to deal with the... processed water, to prevent delays in the decommission work of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant."

Japan plans to dump Fukushima's radioactive water into the sea

*Flush*

The Japanese government announced that it plans to dump radioactive water stored at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

Japan Plans to Dump Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Sea

Wait, wasn't this the plot to "Godzilla"?

中国电科陆空协同固定翼无人机“蜂群”系统

Experts are worried that drone swarms could be used to confuse and overwhelm air defense systems.

Brutal Chinese weapon launches swarm of explosive suicide drones

Terrifying

China has released a video of a test involving an array of 48 weaponized drones launching from the back of a truck and from a helicopter.

Brutal Chinese Weapon Launches Swarm of Explosive Suicide Drones

Well, that's terrifying.

"It's not worse than anybody else's failure rates. The concern is that even a normal failure rate in such a huge constellation is going to end up with a lot of bad space junk."

Three percent of SpaceX's Starlink satellites died

Dead Space

Three percent of SpaceX's Starlink satellites seem to have failed. That's not bad, but it gets dangerous considering how big the constellation will become.

Three Percent of SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Died

They're dead in the water — in space.

“How we can turn technological progress, new business models and higher productivity into progress not only for a few, but for many people?"

Germany wants to make remote work a legal right

Empty Office

The German government will soon publish a draft law that would legally enforce workers' right to stay home and do their job remotely.

Germany Wants to Make Remote Work a Legal Right

Say goodbye to the office.

Less like an orbital dogfight and more like satellites careening into each other.

Experts: Space battles will be very slow and deliberate

Crash Course

If a war were waged in space, it wouldn't look anything like Star Wars or Star Trek, reserachers argue. Any conflict would need to be planned in advance.

Experts: This Is What Actual Space Battles Will Be Like

"Any conflict in space will be..."

Ultra-speed Caltech camera films light moving through space in 3D

But Can It Do 4K

For the first time, researchers have figured out how to record videos of light moving in three dimensions, shooting at 100 billion frames a second.

Ultra-Speed Caltech Camera Films Light Moving Through Space in 3D

It captures 100 billion frames per second.

Edge Oceanarium Prototype

If it looks like a dolphin, swims like a dolphin, and breathes like a dolphin...

Ultra-realistic remote controlled dolphin looks like the real thing

Robots & Machines

San Francisco-based engineering company Edge Innovations has designed and built a robot dolphin that looks and acts just like the real thing.

Ultra-Realistic Remote Controlled Dolphin Looks Like the Real Thing

It's meant to replace dolphins kept in captivity for our entertainment.

"Before the end of the year, we'll be sending cars out onto the streets of SF."

CA says General Motors can test fully driverless cars on its roads

Runaway Car

Cruise just got permission from the California DMV to test out fully-driverless cars in the state, and it plans to be the first to test in San Francisco.

CA Says General Motors Can Test Fully Driverless Cars on Its Roads

It's going to test a fully driverless car on the streets of San Francisco. 

Scientists are already looking forward to BepiColombo's next Venus flyby in August 2021 as it will get much closer then.

Spacecraft shoots epic Venus selfies on the way to Mercury

BepiColombo is Not a 70s Crime Drama

BepiColombo, the European-Japanese spacecraft headed to Mercury, snapped some incredible selfies while making a close flyby past Venus.