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China's new robot bodyguard does kung fu and lifts a car. Here's what's real.

Unitree's H2-X disarms a knife attacker, smashes a car door and lifts a car off a trapped person, all in one 61-second video. What it proves, what it doesn't, and what the robot really is.

Health & Wellness

This is insane. AI makes things up. Lawyers got caught. Now it's in your emergency room.

Health & Wellness

Your body is full of 'zombie cells' that speed up aging. Mayo Clinic just found new ways to fight them, including one from tomatoes.

Tech

Nothing is more infuriating: AI is now customer service, and it keeps sending you in circles instead of to a person.

Health & Wellness

Scientists solved a 30-year mystery behind Crohn's and colitis: in some people, the body attacks its own inflammation brakes.

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What the Fwuck?!

We put plastic in everything. Now it's in everyone. Why are we acting like it isn't happening?

Tiny bits of plastic have turned up in human blood, hearts and bottled water, and most plastic never gets recycled. Glass doesn't shed plastic and can be remade forever. So why aren't we using it? The honest answer, explained simply.

What the Fwuck?!

Charge twice as much, make twice as much: oil company profits doubled. Here's the math.

Shell just doubled its profit. Pump prices jumped far more than the oil they're made from. Here's where the extra money goes, why electric cars and biodiesel didn't bring prices down, and what the numbers actually say, explained simply.

Problems & Possible SolutionsSee all 3

Real problems, explained plainly, and the possible solutions. Every fact linked to its source. Its 3 stories are already shown above. See Problems & Possible Solutions

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Health & Wellness

Scientists reversed Parkinson's symptoms in mice with a 'low-oxygen pill.' Here's what that really means.

Too much oxygen may be part of what hurts the brain in Parkinson's. A Harvard team made a two-drug pill that lowers it, and sick mice started moving better. What they found, explained simply, and why it's not a human treatment yet.

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Humanoids, robot helpers and the machines that are moving out of the lab and into real life. Its 1 story is already shown above. See Robots

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Cars & Driving

Forget the flying. The Roadster's biggest secret is the motor and battery you can't see.

Two small motors that out-muscle a Plaid, a battery that fills in about 10 minutes, and parts borrowed from a robot and a rocket company. Here's the new tech, in plain words.

Cars & Driving

It was designed after a stealth jet, and it might be the only thing that's cooler.

It takes its looks from the SR-71 Blackbird and the F-35 stealth fighter. Then it does something neither jet can do.

Cars & Driving

Tesla Roadster price: what we know, what it costs to reserve, and what happens to 2017 buyers

Tesla has not priced the new Roadster. Reserving costs $50,000 or $250,000 by version, and Tesla's terms say it can't guarantee delivery. How it works, and what 2017 buyers still don't know.

Cars & Driving

Roadster Track Mode explained: a robot-powered wing and fans that pull 2 g

Tesla says the new Roadster's Track Mode gives 'approaching F1' downforce. Here's how the moving wings, Optimus actuators and suction fans work, in plain words.

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Tech

Warning: a flaw in the code behind most of the internet is under attack right now. Here's what it means for you.

Websites around the world went offline this week to patch PHP2Shell, two serious holes in PHP, the language that runs WordPress and a huge share of the web. Attacks have already started. What it is, explained simply, and what to do.

Tech

Bitcoin, explained for the average person: why the hype disappears and comes back every four years

Ever notice Bitcoin is everywhere for a year, then gone for two? That's not your imagination. It's a cycle, it runs on a clock built into Bitcoin, and it's called the halving. Explained so anyone can follow it.

Cars & Driving

The first Roadster needed a rocket to fly. The new one does it on its own.

In 2018 a Tesla Roadster rode a Falcon Heavy into space. In 2026 the new Roadster lifted itself off the ground. Here's where the first one is now.

Cool Gadgets

Clever gadgets worth knowing about, and what they really do. First stories coming soon.

Life Hacks

Things you wish somebody told you sooner. First stories coming soon.

Food Hacks

Kitchen tricks, food science and shortcuts that make cooking easier. First stories coming soon.