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Health

Robotic Hugs Could Keep Failing Hearts Beating

01.20.17

By Susan Rinkunas
Tech

This Soft Robot Squeezes the Heart to Pump Blood

01.19.17

By Madison Margolin
Tech

Elite Scientists Have Told the Pentagon That AI Won’t Threaten Humanity

01.19.17

By Ben Sullivan
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Giving Robots Human Rights Could Stop Them Destroying Us

01.18.17

By Tom Whyman
Entertainment

Brilliant Text Animation Pits Bunny Against Robot

01.16.17

By Kevin Holmes
Entertainment

Road Trip into a VR-Triggered Wasteland in These Vivid Sci-Fi Paintings

01.13.17

By DJ Pangburn
Tech

Swarms of Tiny Drones Could Accompany US Fighter Jets

01.13.17

By David Axe
Food

This KFC Uses Facial Recognition Technology to Tell You What to Order

01.13.17

By Jelisa Castrodale
Entertainment

Watch Robots Being Built and Broken in a New VR TV Series

01.12.17

By Beckett Mufson
Entertainment

Think Your Job Sucks? Wait Until You See These Robots

01.11.17

By Beckett Mufson
Thandie Newton in HBO's 'Westworld'

Sex

How Close Are Sex Robots to Having Their Mainstream Moment?

01.11.17

By Cristina Roca
Tech

Living With Robots Will Change Humans in Unexpected Ways

01.11.17

By Rose Simone

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Rainy day dabs with a sunshine vibe.

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Music

Iconic Hip-Hop Mogul Auctions Off Life Rights for Hefty Windfall He Won’t Even Get to Keep Amidst Bankruptcy

To mitigate some of his bankruptcy debts, former Roc-a-Fella boss Dame Dash has auctioned off his life rights to a film company.

36 minutes ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Music

How the Tragic Death of His Little Brother in 1993 Launched MF Doom’s Supervillain Persona Six Years Later

In 1999, MF Doom returned to rapping as a supervillain, directly inspired by his brother’s tragic death in 1993.

38 minutes ago

By Dan Milam
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Music

Eminem’s Former Employee Pleads Guilty to Illegally Leaking the Rapper’s Music

Eminem has more than two dozen songs leaked from his private studio, and one of his ex-employees has confessed to the copyright crime.

1 hour ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
Photo by Kelly Buck

Music

3 Perfect Songs for a Whimsigoth 90s Fall

What is whimsigoth anyway? Why does it make so much sense in the fall? And why do these 90s songs sound so perfect?

2 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert