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Mack DeGeurin
Popular Science
Tech policy reporter. Hosts 'The Future is Ow' podcast.
New York, New York
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Why scientists made vampire bats run on treadmills
- 10 days ago
Dinosaurs discovered in ‘Chinese Pompeii’ actually died in extremely boring ways
- 12 days ago
Oh good, the humanoid robots are working on their own
- 17 days ago
Satellite imaging can now spot plastic trash hiding on beaches
- 18 days ago
Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy
- 19 days ago
AI helps plants tell you when they are thirsty
- 23 days ago
Why McDonald’s E. coli outbreak could be a sign of more to come
- 24 days ago
Drones are playing a critical role in Milton and Helene recovery
- about 1 month ago
How Prada’s fancy Artemis III spacesuits work
- about 1 month ago
Google bets big on ‘mini’ nuclear reactors to feed its AI demands
- about 1 month ago
I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling
- about 2 months ago
Bats’ weird wings inspired this drone
- about 2 months ago
How an AI ‘debunkbot’ can change a conspiracy theorist’s mind
- 2 months ago
Hyperloop’s not dead, apparently
- 2 months ago
Ford files patent for a car with holographic cops and guard dogs
- 2 months ago
Scientists finally get a 3D view of degrading microplastics
- 2 months ago
This robot is being controlled by a King oyster mushroom
- 2 months ago
‘The world is not prepared:’ How AI energy thirst might tap into geothermal power
- 2 months ago
Chefs are using fungus to transform food garbage into fancy, fully edible dishes
- 3 months ago
AI can spot tuberculosis early by listening to your cough
- 3 months ago
Researchers worry about AI turning humans into jerks
- 3 months ago
‘What goes up, must come down:’ Junk satellites are a looming hazard
- 3 months ago
Ready or not, here come the police drones
- 4 months ago
Swimming, soccer, and surveillance: Paris preps for an AI-monitored Olympics
- 4 months ago
Bug brains could help drone swarms find their way home
- 4 months ago
This camera turns people into stick figures to preserve privacy
- 4 months ago
Future astronauts could safely drink their own urine with this Dune-like device
- 4 months ago
A hydrogen-powered air taxi flew 523 miles emitting only water vapor
- 4 months ago
This egg-shaped security robot is now roaming hospitals
- 4 months ago
The ‘smart’ animal club keeps getting bigger
- 5 months ago
Can grocery-bagging robots make self-checkout less of a pain?
- 5 months ago
These robots learned tennis and boxing after observing people
- 5 months ago
AI-enabled virtual training could make robotic exoskeletons more common
- 5 months ago
AI candidates are running for office
- 5 months ago
YouTube restricts kids’ ability to see some gun content
- 5 months ago
How drones and AI could help farmers fight a stink bug invasion
- 5 months ago
AI-powered headphones can tune into a single voice in a crowd
- 6 months ago
Speeding cars could start beeping to nag their drivers into slowing down
- 6 months ago
Why did Florida ban lab-grown meat?
- 7 months ago
What happened when scientists taught parrots to video chat?
- 7 months ago
Battery prices are plummeting. That’s good news for the planet.
- 7 months ago
Boeing supplier defends using dish soap as lubricant: ‘This is actually an innovative approach’
- 7 months ago
Ready or not, AI is in our schools
- 7 months ago
Internet providers finally forced to reveal all hidden fees on ‘nutrition’ label
- 7 months ago
Make it snow! Researchers explore sci-fi scenarios of human weather control
- 8 months ago
Apple’s ‘next big thing’ could be a robot butler
- 8 months ago
Online porn restrictions are leading to a VPN boom
- 8 months ago
NYC takes first step towards unleashing robotaxis on city roads
- 8 months ago
Autonomous robots help farmers prepare for world’s largest tulip bloom
- 8 months ago
AI companies eye fossil fuels to meet booming energy demand
- 8 months ago