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The organ shortage could get worse with the advent of self-driving cars, but advances in xenotransplantation could make up the difference and then some.
Health & Medicine

The Organ Shortage Will Soon Get Worse. Animal Organs Could Help.

"It’s no longer a question of if. It’s just a question of when."

By Kristin Houser

The FDA, the United States' consumer health watchdog, is now raising the alarm that they could be associated with dangerous seizures.
Health & Medicine

The FDA Is Investigating Whether Vaping Causes Seizures

The agency is cracking down on vaping once again.

By Jon Christian

For the past eight years, IBM's Watson AI division has boasted about plans to revolutionize healthcare. Now, doctors are getting tired of waiting.
Artificial Intelligence

Doctors Are Losing Faith in IBM Watson’s AI Doctor

"They came in with marketing first, product second, and got everybody excited."

By Dan Robitzski

North Korea's hacking division, APT 38, stole $1 billion from online banks and crypto exchanges in 2018. All that money is helping fund nuclear weapons.
Cryptocurrency

North Korea Is Using Hackers to Steal Money for Nuclear Bombs

The hack could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

By Dan Robitzski

A video of a gigantic Amazon drone mothership blimp is making the rounds online. It's creepy and fun, but it's also completely fake.
Advanced Transport

Good News, People: That Amazon Mothership Blimp is Fake

We've had our fun; it's just terrifying CGI.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have implanted transparent skulls into mice to get an unimpeded look at their brain activity on a wider scale over a longer period.
Brain

Scientists Add Windows to Mice Skulls to Watch Their Brains

"These are studies we couldn’t do in humans."

By Kristin Houser

At a test flight for UK startup Gravity's "jet suit," UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson enthused about using similar suits for combat missions.
Military

UK Military Could Deploy Iron Man-Style Jet Suit in Combat

"Can you just imagine doing an assault on to a ship?"

By Jon Christian

As Google's new advisory council for artificial intelligence development prepares to convene for the first time, one member has a dire warning.
Ethics

Google Ethics Adviser: Controlling Future AI is “Wishful Thinking”

"AI is the single most disruptive force that humanity has ever encountered."

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have given transparent wood the ability to store and release heat, making it a promising building material of the future.
Science & Energy

This “Transparent Wood” Could Cut the Cost of Heating Your Home

It could absorb heat during the day and release it at night.

By Kristin Houser

Ebook distributor Overdrive is leveraging its vast collection of library rental data to improve the book reading experience with interactive elements.
Future Society

This Ebook Company Is Trying to Make Reading More Like Videogames

Books too boring? Maybe they need badges and achievements.

By Dan Robitzski

By getting them to absorb metallic nanomaterials, scientists figured out how to make cyborg plants that may be able to survive out in space.
Mars

Scientists Say New Cyborg Plants Could Someday Grow on Mars

Plants sponge up nanomaterials that augment photosynthesis.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla will hold an "Investor Day" on April 19 during which it will demonstrate the capabilities of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) computer.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Will Demonstrate Full Self-Driving Capabilities This Month

Mark your calendar for April 19.

By Kristin Houser

Instead of cutting a person open, future surgeries could be done by shocking cartilage until it's malleable and reshaping it with molds.
Biology

New Technique Alters Your Facial Appearance Without Surgery

Doctors figured out how to reshape cartilage using electricity.

By Dan Robitzski

Singapore's newly proposed fake news bill would force Facebook and other platforms to issue corrections alongside posts containing false statements.
Future Society

New Singapore Law Would Force Facebook to Issue “Corrections”

Mark Zuckerberg asked for governments' help regulating the internet. Now he's getting it.

By Kristin Houser

A new genetic trick allowed researchers to use bacteria to manufacture super-strong spider silk faster than spiders do themselves.
Biology

Scientists Gene-Hacked Bacteria to Make Bullet-Proof Spider Silk

Genetically-altered bacteria churn out high-strength silk faster than spider farms.

By Dan Robitzski

A futuristic restaurant plans to collect samples of diners' bodily fluids so it can create meals hyper-personalized to meet their nutritional needs.
Future Society

Restaurant Analyzes Your Bodily Fluids to Make Ultra-Nutritious Sushi

Every meal is tailored to meet the nutritional needs of the person eating it.

By Kristin Houser

Right now there are 45 experimental projects in Europe working to generate hydrogen fuel using renewable sources of electricity.
Wind

Europe Is Stockpiling Wind Energy by Converting It to Hydrogen

It would mean cleaner fuel for cars and energy stores for windless days.

By Dan Robitzski

A fascinating new story looks at the growing market for mice that have been gene-edited to mimic human disease ranging from prostate cancer to diabetes.
Health & Medicine

These $17,000 Mice Are Gene-Edited to Mimic Human Diseases

Pick a disease, any disease.

By Jon Christian

Russia's weapon maker Almaz-Antey built a drone that can fire a semi-automatic 12 caliber shotgun. Video footage shows the thing in action.
Drones

Watch Russia’s New Shotgun-Wielding Drone in Action

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a shotgun with wings!

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese prison's new surveillance system will monitor inmates constantly to prevent escape attempts — but perhaps at the cost of prisoners' mental health.
Artificial Intelligence

China Is Installing “AI Guards” in Prison Cells

They'll make escape impossible — but the trade-off might be inmates' mental health.

By Kristin Houser