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AI Revolution: China Unveils Robot Doctors, Teachers, Soldiers
China's "robot revolution" is reportedly pouring out bots to diagnose illnesses, teach and go to war...
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Study: Flushing Contact Lenses Adds to Microplastic Pollution
Research has found treated waste water has been shown unable to reliably filter out contact lenses, so those who flush their lenses down the toilet are contributing microplastic pollution, according to The New York Times."
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Cox Survey: Support for Self-Driving Cars Declines
In a new survey, almost half of Americans vowed to not purchase a fully automated vehicle, part of a trend of declining support for self-driving cars.
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Report: New-Age Tech Might Equip Soldiers in Spider Silk
The U.S. military might be outfitting virtual spider men, as researchers believe spider silk can help make combat gear lighter and cooler, according to Business Insider."
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Report: Scientists Find 'Hydrogen Wall' at End of Solar System
The end of our solar system might be marked by a "hydrogen wall," according to measurements by the New Horizon's spacecraft, Gizmodo reported."
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Report: Self-Driving Vehicles Have Safety Flaws
Flaws with the safety systems of self-driving cars were found by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which issued a warning saying the issues could put passengers at risk.
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SpaceX Hosts Gathering to Discuss Mars Colonization
To discuss future Mars colonization, SpaceX is secretly gathering with officials from the public and private sectors this week, according to Ars Technica.
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Scientists Warn of 'Hothouse Earth,' 200-Foot Rise in Sea Levels
Global warming could result in average temperatures nearly 10 degrees higher than they are now and rising seas of up to 200 feet, according to a new paper.
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Report: 'Insanely Powerful' Space Signal May Have 'Artificial Origin'
The universe's "invisible light" is sending "puzzling pulses" of "mysterious, ultrastrong sparks of energy" toward us from deep space in the way of fast radio bursts (FRBs) and may be a signal from extraterrestrial life, according to a Live Science.
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Scientists Discover a New Shape: Scutoid
According to USA Today, University of Seville scientists discovered a new shape called a scutoid, which was previously thought to be a prism, in the skin and organ cells of fruit flies and zebrafish.
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Einstein's Theory of Relativity Passes Yet Another Test
More than a century after Albert Einstein proposed it, his theory of general relativity has passed another test.With giant telescopes pointed at the center of our galaxy, a team of European researchers observed a fast-moving star that got close to a monstrous black hole....
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Mars Underground Lake Found, Raising Possibility of Life
Using a radar instrument on an orbiting spacecraft, scientists have spotted what they said on Wednesday appears to be a sizable salt-laden lake under ice on the southern polar plain of Mars, a body of water they called a possible habitat for microbial life.
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Pentagon Creating 'Neural Interface,' Linking Humans to Machines
The Pentagon is researching the ability to use the human mind to control machines and weapons, according to a Defense One report.
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Angry Indonesian Mob Slaughters 292 Crocodiles After Villager Killed
People in a small town in Indonesia slaughtered close to 300 crocodiles after a villager was killed by one, the Jakarta Post reports.
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Report: U.S. Sees Decline in Carbon Emissions
The United States in 2017 had the largest decline in carbon emissions in the world, according to conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.
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Elon Musk Trolls Critical Thai Cave Rescuer
Elon Musk responded to criticism from Vernon Unsworth, a British diver who had ripped the renowned tech developer for his rigged Thai cave rescue submarine, calling it "just a PR stunt" and saying Musk "can stick his submarine where it hurts," the U.K.'s Daily Mail...
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NYT: 'Downloadable Gun' Era Officially Begins Aug. 1
Having won a free speech rights settlement against the U.S. government, Cody Wilson will be permitted to post online code for 3-D printing of a "ghost gun - an untraceable, unregistered firearm without a serial number," The New York Times reported.Wilson's Defense...
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Report: NASA Burned Up Proof of Mars Life 40 Years Ago
NASA probes reportedly turned up signs of life on Mars 40-plus years ago, then accidentally burned it up, according to a report.
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Israeli Company Plans Lunar Landing Next Year
An Israeli organization said Tuesday that it hopes to become the first non-governmental entity to land a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts to launch a module later this year.
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New Radio-Wave Technology Can See People Through Walls
New smart technology known as RF-Pose can see through walls to track and identify people, according to a group of MIT researchers, NBC News Mach reports."We've seen that monitoring patients' walking speed and ability to do basic activities on their own gives healthcare...
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Astronomers Report 1st Image of Baby Planet Being Formed
Astronomers say they've captured the first confirmed image of a planet forming in the dust swirling around a young star.
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Scientists Growing Neanderthal Brains in Petri Dishes
In a scientific study, researchers are reportedly growing pea-sized Neanderthal brains in petri dishes that they will put inside crab-like robots, comparing them to human-brained robots in a science fiction-like battle of the cyborgs.
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Scientists: 'Substantial Probability' No Alien Life Exists
Claims there is intelligent life in the observable universe might be unfounded, according to a new scientific paper casting doubt on intelligent alien life.
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Google's 'Medical Brain' Thinks It Can Predict When You'll Die
Google is training machines to predict when a patient will die by using electronic health record data, which has been 95 percent accurate in predicting whether hospital patients will die 24 hours after being admitted, according to a study in the journal Nature.
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NASA's Record-Breaking Spacewoman Retires as Astronaut
NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, retired Friday less than a year after returning from her last and longest spaceflight. She's spent more time off the planet than any other American: 665 days over three space station missions.