MIT's Robot Cheetah Looks Hilariously Awkward Teaching Itself to Run
Chester Burster MIT’s long-jumping, back-flipping mini cheetah is at it again — and this time, it’s taught itself how to run. The engineers behind the robot released a video showcasing its new skills...
View ArticleBored Ape Launched a Coin and So Far, It's Not Going So Great
Rich Get Richer The day is finally here: Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) has released its much anticipated ApeCoin and the results are… not looking too good, actually. Yuga Labs, the crypto startup behind...
View ArticleAmazing Augmented Reality Demo Automatically Counts Cards at Poker
Beat the House Looking for a good way to beat the odds at a casino? Developers seem to be working on an augmented reality (AR) filter that can help you win at poker. In the video showcasing the...
View ArticleBad News For Your Ex-Roommate: Netflix to Start Charging for Password Sharing
End of an Era Pour one out, binge-watchers. Netflix has signaled that it’s going to start charging people who share their passwords with others outside their households. The streaming giant announced...
View ArticleChipotle Unveils Robot Designed to Make Mediocre Food Just Like Humans
Meet Chippy With places like Buffalo Wild Wings and even Walmart turning to automation to help fry up artery clogging goodness, the robot revolution is turning out to be a lot more delicious than maybe...
View ArticleWatch: Kawasaki's New Deeply Weird, Chaotic Robotic Goat
Mount Up! Sorry, Tesla-stans. Electric cars are yesterday’s news. Robo-goats are the new hot way to get around. Or at least that’s a possibility now that automotive company Kawasaki unveiled a new...
View ArticleJapanese "Killing Stone" Snaps In Half, Demon Possibly Set Loose
Cursed Stones Well, this can’t be good. A rock in Japan known as the "Killing Stone" has broken in half — potentially releasing an evil, nine-tailed fox spirit that was believed to have resided in...
View ArticleUniversal Music Buys Ape NFT to Frontline a New Cursed Band
Virtual Band Have you ever wanted a band as gimmicky as Gorillaz, but with grifty NFT nonsense instead of musical talent? No? Well, too bad! Universal Music has purchased a Bored Ape NFT to the tune...
View ArticleChina Says It'll Let Tourists Pay to Vacation on Its Space Station
Orbital Vacation The Chinese space programs's habit of copying NASA continues as it announces plans to get into the space tourism industry. Beijing hopes to allow tourists to visit its Tiangong space...
View ArticleMale Birth Control Pills Might Start Human Trials This Year
Dudes, rejoice! Scientists say that they might have created a birth control pill for men — and they could start human trials as early as this year. Gizmodo reports that researchers from the University...
View ArticleScientists Say Quantum Tech Will Charge Electric Cars as Fast as Gas Ones
Quantum Battery Long charging times are one of the biggest headaches for electric vehicle (EV) owners today, ranging anywhere from 10 hours with a home charger to roughly 30 minutes with a high-powered...
View ArticleScientist Warns That a Huge Tanker Is Probably Going to Spill a Million...
A scientist is sounding the alarm on a massive oil tanker that he says will likely spill roughly 40 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean. Christopher Reddy, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole...
View ArticleUS Government Releases Classified UFO Report With Huge, Intriguing Redactions
Top Secret Name a better duo than the US government and hiding secrets about UFOs. We’ll wait. While the Pentagon has in recent years started trickling out documents acknowledging its interest in...
View ArticleWhy Hasn’t NASA Hired More Black and Brown Astronauts?
Charles Bolden recalls that he and his wife were driving on a road outside of Pasadena, Texas when they saw a giant billboard emblazoned with a menacing message: "Welcome to Pasadena, Heart of the Ku...
View ArticleUS Create Emergency Plans Just In Case Putin Decides to Nuke the World
Emergency Protocols As war continues to rage in Ukraine after the Russian military launched a full-scale invasion of the country last month, the US government is quietly planning for the worst. The...
View ArticleOh Great: Scientists Are Finding Microplastics in Human Blood Now
Researchers have detected microplastics in human blood for the first time ever — indicating that the plastic pollution crisis is growing more dire, expansive, and possibly dangerous than previously...
View ArticleNASA Says It Wants Second Moon Lander After Jeff Bezos Sued It for Not...
Bezos Bump After a lawsuit that was embarrassing for both NASA and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, it looks like his space company Blue Origin will get a chance to make its own Moon lander after all. Bill...
View ArticleUkraine Is Selling NFTs to Finance Its Military
Blockchain Battle As if the Russian invasion of Ukraine couldn’t feel anymore 2022, Kyiv is resorting to selling NFTs in order to fund its military. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s minister of digital...
View ArticleThey Let Me Fly an Experimental Jetpack and... Well, I Survived
As I flew uncontrollably towards the side of a mountain ridge with an experimental jetpack strapped to my back, I began to wonder if I'd made the right decision. I was going too fast. Everything was...
View ArticleResearchers Teach Human Brain Cells in a Dish to Play "Pong"
Cyborg Brains Scientists have successfully taught a collection of human brain cells in a petri dish how to play the video game "Pong" — kind of. Researchers at the biotechnology startup Cortical Labs...
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