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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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How an AI ‘debunkbot’ can change a conspiracy theorist’s mind
- 4 days ago
Hyperloop’s not dead, apparently
- 6 days ago
Ford files patent for a car with holographic cops and guard dogs
- 7 days ago
Scientists finally get a 3D view of degrading microplastics
- 10 days ago
This robot is being controlled by a King oyster mushroom
- 11 days ago
‘The world is not prepared:’ How AI energy thirst might tap into geothermal power
- 12 days ago
Chefs are using fungus to transform food garbage into fancy, fully edible dishes
- 14 days ago
AI can spot tuberculosis early by listening to your cough
- 17 days ago
Researchers worry about AI turning humans into jerks
- about 1 month ago
‘What goes up, must come down:’ Junk satellites are a looming hazard
- about 1 month ago
Ready or not, here come the police drones
- about 2 months ago
Swimming, soccer, and surveillance: Paris preps for an AI-monitored Olympics
- 2 months ago
Bug brains could help drone swarms find their way home
- 2 months ago
This camera turns people into stick figures to preserve privacy
- 2 months ago
Future astronauts could safely drink their own urine with this Dune-like device
- 2 months ago
A hydrogen-powered air taxi flew 523 miles emitting only water vapor
- 2 months ago
This egg-shaped security robot is now roaming hospitals
- 2 months ago
The ‘smart’ animal club keeps getting bigger
- 2 months ago
Can grocery-bagging robots make self-checkout less of a pain?
- 3 months ago
These robots learned tennis and boxing after observing people
- 3 months ago
AI-enabled virtual training could make robotic exoskeletons more common
- 3 months ago
AI candidates are running for office
- 3 months ago
YouTube restricts kids’ ability to see some gun content
- 3 months ago
How drones and AI could help farmers fight a stink bug invasion
- 3 months ago
AI-powered headphones can tune into a single voice in a crowd
- 4 months ago
Speeding cars could start beeping to nag their drivers into slowing down
- 4 months ago
Why did Florida ban lab-grown meat?
- 5 months ago
What happened when scientists taught parrots to video chat?
- 5 months ago
Battery prices are plummeting. That’s good news for the planet.
- 5 months ago
Boeing supplier defends using dish soap as lubricant: ‘This is actually an innovative approach’
- 5 months ago
Ready or not, AI is in our schools
- 5 months ago
Internet providers finally forced to reveal all hidden fees on ‘nutrition’ label
- 5 months ago
Make it snow! Researchers explore sci-fi scenarios of human weather control
- 5 months ago
Apple’s ‘next big thing’ could be a robot butler
- 6 months ago
Online porn restrictions are leading to a VPN boom
- 6 months ago
NYC takes first step towards unleashing robotaxis on city roads
- 6 months ago
Autonomous robots help farmers prepare for world’s largest tulip bloom
- 6 months ago
AI companies eye fossil fuels to meet booming energy demand
- 6 months ago
Surgeons complete first-ever gene-edited pig kidney transplant
- 6 months ago
AI-generated nonsense is leaking into scientific journals
- 6 months ago
‘Parkour’ robot dog can leap, jump, and crawl its way through complex obstacle courses
- 6 months ago
‘Safe’ driver assist tools could be doing more harm than good
- 6 months ago
Dish soap, hotel key cards, and confusion: Boeing FAA audit unearths dozens of issues
- 6 months ago
Can this robot help solve a guide dog shortage?
- 6 months ago
Too many screens? Why car safety experts want to bring back buttons
- 6 months ago
Why scientists are tracking whale tails with AI
- 7 months ago
OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter
- 7 months ago
Tourists say they got stranded in the Australian wilderness after following faulty Google Maps route
- 7 months ago
Researchers taught a robot dog to open a door with its leg
- 7 months ago
Google pauses Gemini image tools after AI generates ‘inaccuracies’ in race
- 7 months ago