Science

Come To Aid For the millions of Americans with hearing loss, a hearing aid is a life-changing but prohibitively expensive solution. Neither covered by Medicare nor available over-the-counter, you’d have to shell out the big bucks and get a doctor’s approval. But not anymore: the FDA says it’s creating a new class of hearing aids […]

Want further proof that we're living in a sci-fi level dystopia? Look no further than to New Jersey, where newly-uncovered records reveal that cops used DNA from a newborn to arrest the child's father for a crime he allegedly committed decades ago. As Wired reports, a public records request filed by the NJ Public Defender's Office […]

Orbital Greenhouse Private space company Redwire Corporation has announced plans for "the only commercially owned and operated spaceflight-qualified plant growth platform capable of growing plants from seed to maturity in space." Redwire is hoping to install "the first-ever commercially owned greenhouse" on the International Space Station no earlier than spring 2023. The greenhouse is meant […]

Bot in the Mirror Last year, UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts made a huge splash, showing off an impressive demo of its humanoid robot with uber-uncanny expressions. In a new video, the Ameca humanoid takes 12 new actuators for a spin as it stares into a mirror, contorting her face into expressions of disbelief, disgust, […]

The latest tale from the Tolkienverse, “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” takes us all back to a world unspoiled by the ravages of man. You know, New Zealand. Set thousands of years before “The Hobbit” or “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “The Rings of Power” shows just where the Middle Earth […]

For the better part of the last century, one question has dogged humanity: if and when we use our nukes, what will happen next? Climate scientists devised a terrifying simulation to test out the classic thought experiment, and their findings, published in the Nature Food journal this week, are nothing short of apocalyptic. Death at the […]

Tesla’s "full self-driving" may have to come to a full stop — under its current name, at least, because the California DMV isn’t a fan of the feature’s misleading marketing, filing a complaint against the automaker last month. That’s a move that’s gotta sting for Tesla, given the Golden State is its home stomping grounds […]