(Natural News) A new aquatic drone has been introduced to the scintillating waters of Dubai. Its mission is to devour any and all bits of plastic trash that it comes across. WasteShark is an aquadrone designed by Dutch environmental tech firm RanMarine. It has been compared to the eponymous protagonist of the movie Wall-E, the […]

(Natural News) It looks like being dead won’t prevent the cops from knowing if you took drugs. A team from the University of East Anglia recently developed a revolutionary drug test that can detect four classes of drugs via the sweat found in your fingerprint. The creepy (yet kind of cool) part? The technology apparently […]

(Natural News) That’s, at least, what certain experts predict. After all, it is only the natural step forward after social companion robots — a technology that is only gaining popularity as more people attempt to fill the void in their lives with a non-human “human.” The concept of a robot psychologist might seem off-putting to […]

(Natural News) When you’re eating, your meal doesn’t just involve the taste of the food that fills your belly. Eating also involves other senses like sight and smell. According to the results of a study on virtual reality (VR), people are also “influenced by the environment in which they eat.” For the study, which was published […]

(Natural News) Some people claim they can see apparitions, things that aren’t really there, or just straight up ghosts. If you’re a skeptical person, you may chalk it up to fatigue, drunkenness, or even hallucinations — anything but actual ghosts. But there may be a sliver of truth to those claims after all. In a new paper […]

(Natural News) A high-tech computer game is being tested to find out if it holds potential as a remedy for people experiencing hallucinations, especially among schizophrenic patients.  Should these intriguing conclusions be medically verified, it could introduce a new fun alternative to conventional psychiatric therapies. Scores of research have already suggested that while current treatment plans for […]

(Natural News) In our modern world full of cell phones, digital technology, and wireless connections, we are constantly bombarded by electromagnetic frequencies. Even though we can’t see them, these invisible frequencies may cause health issues to those who are exposed to them on a regular basis. This should be a cause for concern considering most […]

(Natural News) Practical fusion power requires an overseer that can keep an unblinking eye on the tokamak reactor and rein in any complication that could interrupt the production of energy. That is why the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) came up with the bright idea of developing an artificial intelligence system to handle the job. […]

(Natural News) In a few more years, American astronauts will return to the Moon. Not long afterwards, they will embark on the very first manned journey to Mars. Their future spacecraft will be propelled by a new generation of ion engines, the prototype of which has just passed an important test. In a New Atlas […]

(Natural News) The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has completed a limited study on “wearable biosensors, similar to the Apple Watch or Fitbit.” The NIBIB biosensors tracked respiration, heartbeat, and temperature measurements just like the popular personal fitness devices, but the more powerful NIBIB sensors also had the capacity to record a male participant’s “level of activity, radiation exposure, levels of […]