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Amazon is ramping up tests of cashierless stores, a move that could see the futuristic tech launched in Whole Foods
- Amazon is testing out its cashierless technology in bigger stores, The Wall Street Journal reports.
- Amazon’s cashierless checkout tech tracks the items that shoppers take from shelves and charges them automatically.
- The Journal reports Amazon could roll the tech out to Whole Foods.
Amazon is testing out its cashierless checkout technology in bigger stores — with one eye on Whole Foods, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Sources told the Journal that Amazon is testing out the futuristic tech — which tracks and charges for the items shoppers take from the shelves — in Seattle, in a space formatted like a large store.
Gigantic Unexplored Cave Found in Canada May Never Have Been Seen
A huge, gaping cave has been discovered hidden in the remote Canadian wilderness, and despite the overwhelming scale of this stunning natural void, researchers suggest it may never have been seen by human eyes before.
Nicknamed the ‘Sarlacc Pit’ after the monstrous pit-dwelling beast in Star Wars, the giant cave – concealed amidst the rugged terrain of British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park – is so vast its effectively unbelievable, explorers say.
“My immediate reaction was that there can’t be a cave there, it’s impossible,” geoscientist Catherine Hickson, who conducted an expedition to the site in September, told Global News.
Going bald may soon be REVERSED after scientists discover why hair growth stalls in later life
A ‘signalling issue’ in the cells that form hair was found by New York scientists. This pathway can be stimulated in matured or wounded skin, the study on mice found.
There’s an Ocean Deep Inside the Earth
Sure but it makes more sense that there’s not a “lake” or ring of water, rather, a bubbly inferno.
The discovery of a rare gem shows that there an enormous water reservoir in the Earth’s mantle.
The Future of HIV Treatment Might Not Involve Pills
HIV treatments have come a long way in the more than 30 years since the virus was first identified.
Powerful antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) can now keep the virus controlled at levels that current tests cannot detect in the blood. Perhaps just as important, people who take these drugs diligently soon after they’re infected are unlikely to pass the virus to others. But the treatment isn’t perfect. Those with HIV need to take a pill every day for the rest of their lives, and even if they do, the virus can easily morph to become resistant to the drugs. That’s why patients on ARV treatment should faithfully monitor their virus and cycle between different combinations of drugs.
Finding new, easier ways to more effectively treat HIV and stop its spread is therefore an urgent priority, and researchers are now looking beyond daily drugs to therapies that might provide people with more lasting protection.
Why the future will forget about meat
Food experts are learning to love fake beef. By the 22nd century, the real thing may be a rarity.
Food experts like Michael Pollan are learning to love fake beef. Will the real thing even exist in the 22nd century?
Indonesia rocked
It caused no damage and no tsunami, despite its strength.
Richard Branson and Fabien Cousteau Are Headed to the Mayan Gates of Hell
Two Boeing 747s could fit inside the Great Blue Hole, with room to spare.
We mourn the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, a leader who was a passionate advocate for space exploration
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine reflects on the former president’s contributions to our space program by saying, “The President noted it was humanity’s destiny to explore, and America’s destiny to lead. We salute this great American leader, who challenged us to chart a course for the future to benefit all humanity.”