Tile Driver A dentist was in for a huge shock when he looked down at his parents' new tile floor and saw what appeared to be the fossil of a human mandible. The dentist, who has not provided media outlets with his name to protect his privacy and that of his parents, first made waves on the r/fossils subreddit when he posted a photo of the jawbone...

Convicted Arfonist Pyromaniacs rejoice! If you live in the US, you can now buy a stout little robot dog mounted with a full-blown flamethrower — because what else are you going to do with those terrifyingly capable quadrupeds? The "Thermonator," as it's known, was first teased by its manufacturer Throwflame last summer. And behold, it's now officially...

Taser maker and police contractor Axon has announced a new product called "Draft One," an AI that can generate police reports from body cam audio. As Forbes reports, it's a brazen and worrying use of the tech that could easily lead to the furthering of institutional ills like racial bias in the hands of police departments. That's not to mention the...

Emission Control NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has made consistent and puzzling findings while roaming the barren surface of the planet's Gale Crater: mysterious puffs of methane gas that only appear at night and vanish during the day. Over the years, the rover's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument has repeatedly detected significant concentrations...

Sun Police California, which gets over a quarter of its electricity from solar, is generating more power than it knows what to do with. On sunny days, there's now so much solar energy being supplied that electricity prices can dip into the negative, The Washington Post reports — a preview of the economic and infrastructural problems that renewables...

Driving Distracted While using Tesla's so-called "Autopilot" capabilities, a Washington man hit and killed a motorcyclist — because he was, apparently, scrolling through his phone while driving. As the local Everett Herald newspaper reports, a 56-year-old Tesla driver was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide after hitting 28-year-old Jeffrey...