Remember Bill Nye the Science Guy?

The rise of strange technology

China has an airport security robot now.
It’s 5-feet tall, weighs 171 pounds, and has facial recognition technology, 4 HD cameras and the ability to shoot you with an electroshock weapon. [NPR]

Some genetic engineers at Harvard want to resurrect the wooly mammoth.
Which has spiraled into an effort to bring back and sustain a colony of extinct animals through genetic engineering. There are quite a few other scientists who believe the limited funding that supports conservation efforts could be better spent elsewhere. [Science Magazine]

Supporting diversity

A small town in Illinois is rallying behind a local undocumented immigrant.
West Frankfort, IL backed Donald Trump during the election, but today the town is pretty upset that Juan Carlos Hernandez Pacheco, a local restaurant owner, has been detained by ICE since Feb. 9th. Community members have organized a letter writing campaign, which both the mayor and police chief have participated in, claiming that Pacheco is a role model for their town. [ABC]

Strangers around the world have banded together to raise more than $1 million for the victims of last week’s fatal hate crime in Kansas.
Last Wednesday a man in Olathe, KS shot at two US-educated Indian men, killing one, after allegedly shouting, “Get out of my country!” Less than a week later, three separate GoFundMe accounts have raised a significant sum for the victims and their families. The money will go toward funeral and grieving costs, plus the cost of transporting the deceased Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s remains to India for a final burial ceremony. [NPR]