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New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis

"This is not anti-Tesla." The post New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis appeared first on Futurism.

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New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis

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New York Times Science

A Chinese Spacecraft Captures First Image of Quasi-Moon

A Chinese spacecraft has captured the first image of the asteroid Kamo‘oalewa.

1 hour ago

New York Times Science

A Chinese Spacecraft Captures First Image of Quasi-Moon

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You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming

"Many people assume that if solar and wind are growing quickly, fossil fuels must be shrinking." The post You'll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming appeared first on Futurism.

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You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming

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American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AI

Reality is setting in. The post American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AI appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

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American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AI

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Coinbase AI Sends Mass “Breaking News” Alert That’s Completely Hallucinated

"Maybe the AI knew something we didn't!" The post Coinbase AI Sends Mass "Breaking News" Alert That's Completely Hallucinated appeared first on Futurism.

3 hours ago

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Coinbase AI Sends Mass “Breaking News” Alert That’s Completely Hallucinated

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Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety

Just in time. The post Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety appeared first on Futurism.

18 hours ago

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Wild Video Shows Quadcopter Drone Plucking Man From Raging Floodwaters, Whisking Him to Safety

New York Times Science

Mysterious Spheres Found in Australia Are Likely Space Debris

The discovery bemused residents of a small town in northeastern Australia. The objects appear to be junk from a space launch, the country’s space agency said.

21 hours ago

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Mysterious Spheres Found in Australia Are Likely Space Debris

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Sheriff Unveils Humanoid Robot for Hostage Negotiation Purposes, Which Definitely Won’t End in Disaster

"Any motion I want it to do, I can program it to do." The post Sheriff Unveils Humanoid Robot for Hostage Negotiation Purposes, Which Definitely Won't End in Disaster appeared first on Futurism.

21 hours ago

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Sheriff Unveils Humanoid Robot for Hostage Negotiation Purposes, Which Definitely Won’t End in Disaster

New York Times Science

Spread of Seafloor Directly Observed for the First Time

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented the process in action.

21 hours ago

New York Times Science

Spread of Seafloor Directly Observed for the First Time

WIRED Science

Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño

As worries about a growing super El Niño mount, new findings suggest a radical solution to mitigating its impacts.

22 hours ago

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Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño

New York Times Science

Our Bacteria Are Talking. We’ve Just Begun to Understand What They’re Saying.

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists still know very little about it. Two researchers set out to map this largely uncharted terrain.

23 hours ago

New York Times Science

Our Bacteria Are Talking. We’ve Just Begun to Understand What They’re Saying.

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Chernobyl’s Wildlife Cameras Reveal How War Affects Wild Animals

A rare camera-trap study logged the effects of armed conflict on wild animals in real time.

1 day ago

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Chernobyl’s Wildlife Cameras Reveal How War Affects Wild Animals

WIRED Science

Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan

Something on Pluto and one of Saturn’s moons, Titan, absorbs light in a way unexplained by anything in spectroscopic databases.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan

National Science Foundation

Podcast: The fight against high blood pressure [hypertension]

U.S. National Science Foundation-supported professor Tao Zhou discusses the development of a new 3D-printed hydrogel-based bioelectronic device for hypertension treatment.

1 day ago

National Science Foundation

Podcast: The fight against high blood pressure [hypertension]

New York Times Science

Cosmic Conjoined Twins, Caught on Camera

A Japanese spacecraft flew by an asteroid and snapped a picture. It turned out to be a “contact binary”: two space rocks that somehow fused together.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Cosmic Conjoined Twins, Caught on Camera

WIRED Science

British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit

The lab will beam back data to train AI models to predict how proteins behind age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s and certain cancers behave.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit