Thor Benson

Research shows high wealth inequality can lead to autocracy and societal failure

A new study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE uses virtual reality to show how the very logic behind one of soccer's key defense moves may work in the opposing team’s favor.

If you think you’re good at Atari games, just wait until you see DeepMind’s skills.

It seems Congress thinks this might be a good time to kill encryption and trample on our civil liberties.

Space Force has built the Space Fence. Yes, really.

With people avoiding leaving the house as much as they can, a lot of people are getting their groceries from Amazon, and its warehouses are struggling to keep up.

If you want to understand how to protect an office from a fire, sometimes you have to burn it down.

A Chinese company has announced that it has developed facial recognition software that can identify people even if they’re wearing a surgical mask.

Though advancements still need to be made, robots and A.I. could help us fight the coronavirus outbreak and save lives.

Toyota is working on a heavy-duty fuel-cell truck. Will it compete with electric trucks?

So far we haven’t seen commercial drones being used for terrorist attacks, but we need to prepare for that happening.

Elon Musk says Tesla could easily start making ventilators to help deal with a shortage, but he didn't seem to realize there is a shortage.

A new model shows how we can locate unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War and save lives.

Alexa is listening, and it may soon know where you are in your house, too.

Andrew Yang says a Universal Basic Income program would greatly help individuals and their communities during the coronavirus outbreak.

A newly developed wearable device can camouflage your body heat.

Wind energy is growing and has become the top source of renewable energy.

Researchers have developed a new device that can turn an electron microscope into a high-speed camera.

New research looks at how it could get done.

We need to more efficiently use certain materials if we’re going to keep up with the growing popularity of electric cars.