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Future-predicting robots are all the rage this year in machine learning circles, but today’s deep learning techniques can only take the research so far. That’s why some ambitious AI developers are turning to an already […]

Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. The solar system, but here on Earth. Image: AstroReality By TEAM COMMERCEMashable Deals2018-09-19 10:00:00 UTC Becoming an astronaut […]

Yusaka Maezawa, the Japanese billionaire which will fly to the moon with SpaceX. Image: Mario Tama/Getty Images By Johnny Lieu2018-09-18 15:02:53 UTC SpaceX revealed the first passenger its signed up to fly to the moon […]

A North Carolina Highway Patrol drone captured this image of the I-40 on September 17, 2018. Image: North Carolina Highway Patrol By Mark Kaufman2018-09-18 18:34:07 UTC While flying a drone over the completely flooded four-lane […]

A wildland firefighter battling the Ferguson Fire in July 2018. Image: U.S. Forest Service By Mark Kaufman2018-09-17 20:46:40 UTC Thousands of miles away from the deadly deluges brought by the now-tropical depression Florence, wildland firefighters […]

SpaceX has announced the identity of its first passenger to fly on its forthcoming BFR spacecraft, headed around the moon in 2023. Yusaku Maezawa, the 42-year-old billionaire founder of Japan’s colossal online fashion mall, Zozotown, […]

As Hurricane Florence continues to wreak havoc on the Carolinas, weather people and storm chasers are heading as close as they can to the eye of the storm without putting themselves in danger. One such […]

That’s one big effing rocket. With the imminent reveal of the mystery passenger who will be flying around the moon in SpaceX’s forthcoming BFR, Elon Musk tweeted two new renders of the spacecraft. The 106 […]

Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong on Sunday pulled off scaffolding on a high-rise building. Image: ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images By Sasha Lekach2018-09-16 20:11:58 UTC Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall Sunday in mainland China, but not before deadly […]

How much plastic does it take to kill a sea turtle? According to new research, it doesn’t take very much. A study published in the journal Nature Thursday found that sea turtles have a 50 […]