Among all the far-out, futuristic claims peddled by Elon Musk at this year’s annual Code Conference in Southern California, his ideas about “neural lace” were arguably the most interesting. “We’re already a cyborg,” said Musk. “You have a digital version of yourself, a partial version of yourself online in the form of your emails, your […]

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp Ready herbicide, is a slippery chemical that permeates everything. In March, the World Health Organization (WHO) deemed glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Just as glyphosate is excellent at killing plants, it is just as effective at killing your immune system. While glyphosate is owned by Monsanto, it […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently made claims that humans are very likely to become the equivalent of stupid “house pets” for robots with artificial intelligence. His solution? Implant a form of technology into our brains that allows us to compete with the machines. Musk has recommended a “neural lace” – a brain implant that can […]

Evidence has surfaced that the super bacteria resistant to all antibiotics has made its way to several Olympic sites in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that will host the swimming part of the triathlon and in a lagoon where rowing and canoe athletes will compete on August 5. Health concerns have been hanging over the upcoming […]

Young people may have their first sexual encounter with robots in the near future, according an expert, which could hinder their ability to form meaningful relationships. Speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival, professor Noel Sharkey from Sheffield University cautioned that android sex dolls may have damaging reverberations for society. “Sex robots are accessible now and […]

Stan Larkin, 25, was able to survive without a heart for a whopping 555 days by carrying around an artificial organ in his backpack. Larkin and his other brother, Dominique, were diagnosed as adolescents with familial cardiomyopathy, a genetic disorder that causes heart failure with age. Around nine years ago, Larkin collapsed while playing basketball. […]

Recently, an Australian study claimed that cannabis users are damaging their DNA and their altered genes will affect future generations. Not only that, but university paper’s authors concluded that pot smokers were effectively giving their kids cancer. However, a response from a leading cannabis researcher debunked the article as false. A press release from the […]

Oh, the mystery of life. Its complexity and wonder is astonishing to behold. We rush about without thought of our heartbeats or respiration, the wonders of vocalization or thought processes, we masticate food with nary a clue as to the workings of a jawbone, giving no mind to digestive juices or the piping through which it flows. […]

Doomsday is a lot closer than you might think, but don’t worry; scientists have contrived a variety of possible ways we might be able to survive the impending apocalypse. Although the sun isn’t expected to burn out for another 6 billion years, astronomers believe in about 500 million years, the gradual swelling of the sun […]

Would you trust a surgeon or a robot with your life? Recent events suggest you should prefer the latter. A piece of technology known as the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) did a better job at stitching a pig’s small intestines than human surgeons who performed the same task. The creators of STAR do not […]

Dr. Xiaoping Ren, otherwise known as “Doctor Frankenstein” in China, claims he and colleagues will perform the first human head transplant next year. Speaking on the specifics of the procedure with the New York Times, Dr. Ren said the surgery would consist of removing two heads from two bodies and attaching the donor body to […]

E-waste is a growing problem. In the U.S. alone, over 400 million units, or 3.4 million tons, of consumer electronics are scrapped each year replete with their toxic ingredients. According to the Electronics Take Back Coalition (ETBC), tube televisions “have between four and eight pounds of lead in them. Most of the flat panel monitors and TVs […]

Extraterrestrial life may flash out of existence as quickly as it flashes into existence, according to astrobiologists from ANU Research School of Earth Sciences. In an effort to understand how life might have originated, the researchers hypothesize that life quickly dies out as soon as it develops due to the runaway heating or cooling of […]

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) are sending four strains of fungi to the International Space Station in an effort to develop new medicines for use on Earth and beyond. The experiment will be conducted in collaboration with scientists from the university and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “This is an ambitious project for […]

James Young lost his arm in an unfortunate accident about 4 years ago, when he accidentally fell under a train while trying to board it. Fortunately, through innovative technology, Young now has a bionic-arm like a character straight out of Metal Gear Solid. In wake of the accident, James went  home with what he dubbed a […]