Via: Guardian: Apple executives have discussed their plans\nfor an \“autonomous vehicle\” with officials at California’s\ndepartment of motor vehicles (DMV), the Guardian has learnt.\nAccording to documents obtained by the Guardian, Mike Maletic, a\nsenior legal counsel at Apple, had an hour-long meeting on 17\nAugust with the department’s self-driving car experts Bernard\nSoriano, […]
Via: The Atlantic: Seven decades after its surrender ended\nWorld War II, Japan took its most significant step away from the\npacifist foreign policy that shaped 70 years of its post-war\nhistory. … The bill passed on Friday does not change Article 9’s\nlanguage. That would require a constitutional amendment and\ntwo-thirds support in both […]
Via: Vice: I asked Anthes why she thought the military was so\nkeen to work with insects. \“I’d imagine there are several reasons,\”\nshe said. \“Firstly those creatures are simpler to work with,\nbiologically speaking. It’s much easier to commandeer an insect’s\nnervous system than a dog’s or a human’s. But also, for the\nspecific […]
Via: Gallup: Three in four Americans (75%) last year\nperceived corruption as widespread in the country’s government.\nThis figure is up from two in three in 2007 (67%) and 2009\n(66%).
Via: Independent: Human sperm cells have been made in the\nlaboratory for the first time by culturing immature cells taken\nfrom the testes of infertile men. The breakthrough promises to help\nyoung boys made sterile by cancer treatments and adult men who\ncannot make their own sperm, scientists have claimed. The sperm\ncells made in […]