Daniel Oberhaus
News Editor
daniel.oberhaus@vice.comI report on (astro/nuclear/quantum) physics, artificial intelligence, space exploration, the future of energy, DIY tech/open source development, and the psychedelic renaissance.
Plants are Losing Their Capacity to Absorb Human CO2 Emissions
A team of Columbia researchers finds that the climate tipping point may come sooner than we think.
Upcoming Version of Google Chrome Will Make It Harder to Block Ads
Google’s main source of revenue is ads, but Chromium developers claim the change is necessary to enhance user privacy and control.
Scientists Recreate 25-Year Old Freak Wave in a Laboratory for the First Time
For the past 25 years, scientists have struggled to explain how large and unexpected waves are created.
This Algorithm Finds Ways to Make Life-Saving Drugs While Avoiding Patents
The researchers expect the algorithm will be used to both create stronger patents and navigate around existing pharmaceutical patents.
Researchers Create Perfect Blood Vessels in a Petri Dish for the First Time
The researchers also demonstrated that it is possible to grow functioning human blood vessels in another species.
The ‘World’s Most Beautiful Data Center’ is a Supercomputer Housed in a Church
The MareNostrum 4 is only the world’s 25th most powerful supercomputer, but it definitely has the most style.
This Guy Made a Computer Mouse That Is Itself a Computer
It doesn’t have the best UI, but it is a pretty creative take on a laptop.
Desalination Produces 50 Percent More Toxic Brine Than Previously Thought
The world’s desalination plants, which use energy intensive processes to remove salt from water, produce enough toxic brine each year to cover all of Florida under a foot of water.
Astronomers May Have Seen a Star Turn Into a Black Hole for the First Time
Last year astronomers witnessed an explosion like no other. Now astronomers are debating if what they witnessed was the exact moment a star became a black hole.
Astronomers Discover a Supermassive Black Hole Rotating At Half the Speed of Light
The astronomers took advantage of a fortuitous discovery to measure the rotation of a supermassive black hole with unprecedented accuracy.
Scientists Are Automating Plutonium Production So NASA Can Explore Deep Space
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have eliminated a major bottleneck in the production of plutonium-238 for deep space exploration through automation.
Tons of Stars Are Actually Solid 'Crystal Spheres' Hanging In Space
Turning into crystal spheres is the ultimate fate of billions of stars in our galaxy, including our own Sun.