Mack DeGeurin

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About

Mack DeGeurin is a tech reporter who’s spent years investigating where technology and politics collide. His work has previously appeared in Gizmodo, Insider, New York Magazine, and Vice.

More from Mack DeGeurin

An oil rig in Oklahoma.
AI

‘A needle in a haystack:’ How AI is helping uncover abandoned oil wells

By Mack DeGeurin

Scientists are drawn to coral because its surface resembles the spongy structure of human bones.
Health

3D-printed, coral-inspired material can heal bones

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers say they were inspired by the way the Manta ray effortlessly propels itself forward using its fins.
Animals

This Manta ray robot is the world’s fastest soft-bodied swimmer

By Mack DeGeurin

A Tesla Model 3 engaged in the so-called ‘Full Self Driving’ mode reportedly plowed through a deer without ever detecting it. While more advanced driverless systems use a mix of sensors including LiDAR, Tesla is trying to attain full autonomy using only cameras.
Ask Us Anything

Why are ‘driverless’ cars still hitting things?

By Mack DeGeurin

Peach and Blossom, the National Thanksgiving Turkeys, are seen on the South Lawn of the White House before recieving a Presidential Pardon from US President Joe Biden in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2024.
Animals

How did Thanksgiving turkeys get so darn big?

By Mack DeGeurin

bottlenose dolphin screaming
Animals

A lone dolphin has been yelling into Baltic Sea for years

By Mack DeGeurin

The Shadow Robot company's Dextrous Robotic Hand was the most advanced robot hand in the world in 2008.
Robots

Why advanced robots still struggle with simple tasks

By Mack DeGeurin

Aerial view of brine ponds and processing areas of the lithium mine of the Chilean company SQM (Sociedad Quimica Minera) in the Atacama Desert, Calama, Chile, on September 12, 2022.
Electric Vehicles

‘Everything has a cost:’ High-tech products and the new era of mineral mining

By Mack DeGeurin

An AI-generated rendition of the "Daisy" AI bores a scammer with descriptions of her fictional cat.
AI

This AI-generated grandma thwarts scammers with long stories about her cat

By Mack DeGeurin

knob in car
Technology

Goodbye, annoying touchscreens. Welcome back, buttons?

By Mack DeGeurin

Professor Jade Morton (co-author) posing with a phone and a monitoring station at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A monitoring station has a large and expensive antenna. Phones have smaller antennas, which leads to noisier measurements, but phones are present in more parts of the world.
Science

Google used millions of Android phones to map the worst enemy of GPS

By Mack DeGeurin

bats on treadmills
Animals

Why scientists made vampire bats run on treadmills

By Mack DeGeurin

Two perfectly articulated skeletons of the sheep-size dinosaur Psittacosaurus, found in China's Yixian Formation. New research suggests they died in burrow collapses, not via volcanism, as previously thought.
Archaeology

Dinosaurs discovered in ‘Chinese Pompeii’ actually died in extremely boring ways

By Mack DeGeurin

autonomous atlas
Robots

Oh good, the humanoid robots are working on their own

By Mack DeGeurin

Geospatial scientists have found a way to detect plastic waste on remote beaches, bringing us closer to global monitoring options.
Climate Change

Satellite imaging can now spot plastic trash hiding on beaches

By Mack DeGeurin

Boston Dynamic's Spot getting kicked in a routine test.
Health

Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy

By Mack DeGeurin

Sensors spread throughout the garden will measure the garden soil for changes in temperature, moisture, and other environmental factors.
AI

AI helps plants tell you when they are thirsty

By Mack DeGeurin

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the first illness linked to the contaminated Quarter Pounders was reported in September.
Food Safety

Why McDonald’s E. coli outbreak could be a sign of more to come

By Mack DeGeurin

First responders and residents alike are using drones to assess hurricane damage and search for missing persons.
Aviation

Drones are playing a critical role in Milton and Helene recovery

By Mack DeGeurin

Axiom and Prada designed a custom white fabric that can protect astronauts from extreme heat and dangerous lunar dust.
Science

How Prada’s fancy Artemis III spacesuits work

By Mack DeGeurin