Real Science | NOAA claims global temperatures are the hottest ever, based on some rather spectacular junk science. NOAA doesn’t actually have any temperature data over most of the land surface.

The Daily Sheeple | As far as most people are concerned, the current wave of robotic automation that’s sweeping the globe is frightening enough.

Anna Scanlon | Utah health officials have confirmed that an elderly woman who passed away in late June has died after contracting the Zika virus.

Sputnik | The so-called robot revolution may ride roughshod over people’s right to privacy, Gor Nakhapetyan, advisor to the Russian innovation center Skolkovo, told Sputnik.

London Independent | China had hoped to guide the satellite back to Earth – but they might not be able to.

Defence One | As military-grade robotics get cheaper and more capable, someone will arm them and put them on American streets.

The Hill | A bill to keep states from issuing their own mandatory labeling laws for foods made with genetically modified ingredients sailed through the Senate on Thursday despite pushback from Democrats.

RT | The US Department of Defense is using an animated online course about a zombie pandemic to teach active-duty military nurses about population health.

Reuters | The dreaded act of parallel parking could soon become a thing of the past with Chinese inventors backing their new parking robot to take away the stress for anxious drivers.

RT | Tests carried out by a German watchdog revealed Kinder chocolate bars and two other brands tested positive for a hazardous cancer-causing substance.