As a Marine biologist that specializes in invertebrates, Alexander Semenov is no stranger to unusual sea creatures. He also happens to be the head of the divers’ team at Moscow State University’s White Sea Biological…
Far from barking its orders, a robot dog enlisted by Singapore authorities to help curb coronavirus infections in the city-state politely asks joggers and cyclists to stay apart. The remote-controlled, four-legged machine built by Boston…
Human-animal hybrids are set to be developed at the University of Tokyo after the Japanese government recently lifted a ban on the controversial stem-cell research. Hiromitsu Nakauchi—director for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the University…
The last half century has seen humanity take its first, tentative steps into outer space. Initially, through American and Russian astronaut missions into Earth orbit and then to the Moon, though more recently robotic probes…
Performer Lindsey Stirling made an (almost)-out-of-this-world performance within view of the launch pad that could send people to the moon in 2024. The American violinist is famous not only for her music, but also for her…
The world’s first self-sufficient sea vessel, Energy Observer, is due to leave her home port of Saint-Malo in Brittany, France, over the next few days on the first leg of a global voyage to test…
Renowned entrepreneur Elon Musk this week confirmed earlier rumors that he will be the CEO of a startup called Neuralink Corp. aimed at merging computers with the human brain. The technology could one day lead to what…
As the name suggests, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are devices that provide a direct line of communication between the brain and a computer. Essentially, they pull off the seemingly sci-fi feat of reading minds, and research…
The first steps toward a ‘social network of brains’ Forward-looking: What will communication be like in the far-flung future? If there really does come a day when we’re able to project our thoughts into someone else’s brain,…
Renewable device could help mitigate climate change, power medical devices. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air, a…
Liftoff is set for 10:05 a.m. EST (1505 GMT). The private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites to join its growing megaconstellation in orbit today (Feb .17) and you can watch the action live online. …
Update! (December 2019) CtrlShiftFace has a new video Home Stallone produced with Paperspace: Deepfake technology is unlocking a new era of media production. As with all technologies, both positive and harmful use cases exist. As ethical technologists, we aspire to…
These supremely stable particles could explain dark matter. After decades of poking around in the math behind the glue holding the innards of all matter together, physicists have found a strange hypothetical particle, one that…