A Croatian woman recently adopted a family of five puppies after they had been abandoned in a box in a field. Only they weren't Belgium Shepherds, as she originally thought they were. In fact, they weren't dogs at all – they were jackals. The five pups were dropped off at the Faun Kutina shelter four months ago. At... Continue Reading →

Earlier this month, a report warned that over 6 million workers in the UK fear losing their jobs as a result of developments in automation. The Bank of England has gone further: its own study in 2015 estimated that 15 million British jobs could be at risk; more recently Mark Carney, the bank’s governor, suggested job losses caused by... Continue Reading →

An expedition that will help NASA search for life in deep space launched today – not with a rocket’s roar, but with a gentle splash into the deep Pacific Ocean. The project, called the Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog, or SUBSEA, will use underwater robots to explore the biology, geology and chemistry of... Continue Reading →

Baltimore loves its crab. The city is rightly known for delicious recipes using the iconic ‘Maryland crab,’ or blue crab, which made PETA’s attempts to get people to stop eating seafood quite a long shot, to say the least. The animal rights organisation posted a huge billboard in the city, urging people to see each... Continue Reading →

The government is starting to pay farmers that have been hurt by the fallout of President Donald Trump's widening trade feuds. The USDA announced Monday that it would release an initial $4.7 billion payment, and buy $1.2 billion of surplus food. The move is part of a larger, $12 billion aid program that was announced... Continue Reading →

Michigan has shifted $4.5 billion from K-12 education funding to universities and community colleges since 2010. That's according to a new report from the Michigan League for Public Policy. The funds have been appropriated from the School Aid Fund, established in 1955 as an amendment to the Michigan Constitution. The School Aid Fund is used... Continue Reading →

What if, at the start of every month, you received in your mailbox a check from the federal government that you could do with as you please? No strings attached, just cash for you and your family. This regular infusion to your bank account could range anywhere from a few hundred dollars to maybe even... Continue Reading →

THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT SPENT 13 YEARS ORBITING SATURN. IT REVEALED THE PLANET AND ITS RINGS IN STRIKING DETAIL, FOUND LIQUID AROUND EVERY CORNER, AND INVIGORATED THE IDEA THAT ALIEN LIFE NOT ONLY EXISTS, BUT COULD BE RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP. A strange device sits on the end table, a few dozen vertical light strips around... Continue Reading →

SpotMini, the robotic dog and social media sensation, is looking for a job. Boston Dynamics, the company behind the cybernetic canine, excels at two things: designing cool robots, and making viral videos of them in action. SpotMini has racked up an impressive 30 million YouTube views in just a few years, and a photo of... Continue Reading →

LAST YEAR, THE Japanese company SoftBank opened a cell phone store in Tokyo and staffed it entirely with sales associates named Pepper. This wasn’t as hard as it sounds, since all the Peppers were robots. Humanoid robots, to be more precise, which SoftBank describes as “kindly, endearing, and surprising.” Each Pepper is equipped with three... Continue Reading →