Chinese scientists create the first AI military commander the world has ever seen
China may forbid the use of AI to lead armed forces, but that hasn’t stopped Chinese scientists from creating an AI military commander to take …
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Tech giant SoftBank built emotion-canceling AI for its employees
Customer service is a tough business. No matter what industry you’re in, there’s always a possibility that you’ll end up with someone on the other …
Starlink will launch a portable ‘mini dish’ within the next few months
SpaceX has been working hard to expand its Starlink internet service offerings, and now it looks as if the company is set to bring even …
SpaceX will attempt to catch Starship after its fifth launch
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has shared ambitious plans for Starships’s fifth launch. The mega-rocket is slated to complete its next test launch sometime …
Strawberry Moon 2024: When and where to watch
The next full moon of the year is set to hit this week, and it’ll fill the night sky as the Strawberry Moon. This lunar …
DARPA’s new military-grade quantum laser is like nothing we’ve seen before
Researchers working with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have been awarded a $1 million grant to create a prototype quantum laser unlike …
Scientists found a power source with negative carbon emissions
The discovery of a clean power source has been a scientific goal for decades at this point. While some are looking for ways to create …
Just 3 days in space was enough to cause cognitive decline in astronauts
A new series of studies dives deep into medical data gathered during 2021’s Inspiration4 space mission. The data gathered shows that just three days in …
Scientists used AI to learn elephants may have a language and names like humans
Elephant communication may more complex than we previously thought. That’s because new evidence suggests that elephants likely have unique names for each other, which they …
First clinical trials for deafness treatment prove successful in children
A new study has shared details about the first clinical trial surrounding a new deafness treatment. The treatment relies on gene therapy to treat inherited …
These Lego-like bricks can store carbon for centuries
A Bill Gates-backed startup claims it could be one step closer to helping clean up air pollution. The solution? A new type of carbon-removing brick …
Movies may soon use AI to change the story each time you rewatch
What if each time you watched a movie, it played out differently? That’s the idea behind generative film, a new genre that some filmmakers are …
Voyager 1 is finally transmitting science data again
It’s been an extremely stressful seven months for the Voyager 1 team. However, the latest Voyager 1 update gives us some much-needed good news. NASA …
There’s scientific evidence that your name can affect the direction of your life
Names have power. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy books. Even here in the real world, some people believe that the influence of names …
Researchers claim GPT-4 passed the Turing test
OpenAI’s GPT-4 has become the first AI to pass the Turing Test. At least, that’s what a group of researchers claim in a new study. …
Starship may have bigger problems than just getting its launch right
SpaceX wants to bring Starship to Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A. The space center is iconic in the space community, having hosted many of the …
Climate change could drive these polar bears to extinction in just 10 years
Located in the northeastern portion of Canada, Hudson Bay is known for its cooler temperatures, with the southern areas of the bay offering subarctic temperatures …
Whoops, NASA accidentally aired audio from an ISS emergency test to the public
The International Space Station has been in orbit for over two and a half decades now. In that time, it has swerved to avoid space …
Researchers invented an X-ray vision device that can see through solid surfaces
A new X-ray vision chip could soon bring the powers of Superman’s powerful X-ray vision to smartphones everywhere. Researchers created the tiny chip to take …
Forget AI, I want my iPhone to steal this must-have feature from Android
Now that Apple is taking more cues from Android—the addition of a customizable home screen and a few other features coming to iOS 18 have …
Scientists found a new species of long-tailed sea creatures off the coast of Japan
A long-tailed sea creature first caught in 2011 has now been identified as a brand-new species. the specimen was found off the coast of Japan. …
Scientists are making energy-storing concrete to turn buildings into giant batteries
Researchers at MIT continue to look for ways to turn concrete into a perfect energy storage option. The researchers first shared their findings in 2023, …
Scientists are scrambling to find ways to refreeze the Arctic
We’ve seen a lot of crazy ideas to try to reverse climate change, including some proposals to send bubbles to space or even to set …
Researchers are using AI to monitor malaria-spreading mosquitos in Africa
Researchers with the University of South Florida plan to leverage AI to revolutionize the monitoring and current state of mosquito control and combat the spread …
Groundbreaking tech could lead to realistic holograms in regular eyeglass lenses
Scientists have created a new device small enough to fit inside of a regular pair of glasses. This new design could help solve one of …
Apple debuts macOS Sequoia at WWDC 2024
Today, during WWDC 2024, Apple revealed macOS Sequoia, the latest version of its computer operating system. On top of building off the new features seen …
Researchers made ultra-thin night-vision lenses that fit regular glasses
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) in Australia has made an extraordinary breakthrough. The researchers working at TMOS have devised a …
New cancer treatment increases efficacy by injecting chemo directly into tumor cells
Chemotherapy has proven to be a fairly successful treatment for cancer. But there’s one big problem: the drugs attack almost everything they touch. So what …
This electric spoon tricks your brain and makes food taste saltier
An electric salt spoon is making waves in Japan. The spoon is designed to deliver weak electrical currents through the tip of the device to …
This Redditor made a camera that turns photos into AI-generated images
A Reddit user created a homemade AI camera that can take photos of the world around them. It then creates descriptions of the images and …
