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Scientists identified massive ripples on the surface of Mars likely formed by an ancient megaflood and planet-covering storm clouds.
Science & Energy

NASA Data Shows Evidence of Ancient “Megafloods” on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

The Army is developing a system that can hide or replicate the electromagnetic signals given off by a soldier's gear to make them harder to track.
Military

The Army Is Developing a Way to Spoof Soldiers’ Electromagnetic Signatures

By Dan Robitzski

A new CDC report confirms what ought to be common knowledge: widespread mask-wearing helps slow down the spread of the coronavirus.
Viruses

New Research: Yes, Mask Mandates Help Fight COVID-19 Spread

By Dan Robitzski

In order to prevent a Day Zero drought in Cape Town, South Africa, scientists suggest reflecting sunlight away from Earth with stratospheric particles.
Climate Change

South African Academics Are Considering Dimming the Sun

By Dan Robitzski

Greenhouse gas emissions dipped during the coronavirus pandemic, but not enough to have a serious or lasting effect on global climate change.
Viruses

UN: Despite the Pandemic, Greenhouse Gases Are at an All-Time High

By Dan Robitzski

In order to teach AI how to use words with specific intentions rather than babbling, scientists made an AI agent play a fantasy role-playing game.
Artificial Intelligence

To Teach an AI to Pursue Goals, Scientists Made It Play an RPG

By Dan Robitzski

After a citizen scientist saw what looked like beams of darkness coming out of a black hole, scientists think it's similar to light piercing through clouds.
Science & Energy

Hubble Glimpses Huge “Dark Rays” Streaming Out of Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers found evidence of a "fossil galaxy" buried deep inside the Milky Way. It seems our galaxy gobbled up one of its neighbors 10 billion years ago.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Remnants of “Fossil Galaxy” Inside the Milky Way

By Dan Robitzski

AI legal expert Frank Pasquale says that Asimov's laws of robotics are outdated, and he has some ideas for new ones to supplement them.
Robots and Machines

Professor: Asimov’s Laws Are Outdated and It’s Time to Write More

By Dan Robitzski

On Thursday, the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. climbed higher than it had since May, while also setting records for new cases and hospitalizations.
Developments

More Americans Died of COVID-19 Thursday Than Any Day Since May

By Dan Robitzski

Lil Nas X got his hands on a genuine SpaceX astronaut helmet for a recent "Space Odyssey"-themed photoshoot, and Elon Musk personally approved the loan.
SpaceX

How Lil Nas X Obtained an Actual SpaceX Helmet

By Dan Robitzski

Instead of sitting on Santa's lap this year, families can chat online with an AI Santa or stand behind a giant plexiglass barrier.
Viruses

Here’s How Kids Are Meeting Santa in the Age of the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

It turns out that leftover milk could be a crucial ingredient for the sort of carbon capture tech we may need to stop climate change.
Climate Change

Leftover Milk Could be the Key Ingredient for Carbon Capture Tech

By Dan Robitzski

Filter out every star, galaxy, and other source of brightness we know about, and half of the light in the universe will still remain.
Physics

Astronomers Can’t Explain Where Half the Universe’s Light Is Coming From

By Dan Robitzski

Investors and automotive companies themselves are currently investing heavily in electic vehicles, all while the industry launches a new lobby group.
Electric Vehicles

Huge Amounts of Money Are Pouring Into the Electric Vehicle Market

By Dan Robitzski

Last week, in what seems to be an unauthorized stunt or part of a music video, a man jumped onto an occupied NYC bus and fired a flamethrower into the air.
Science & Energy

Man Seen Shooting Flamethrower on Roof of NYC Bus

By Dan Robitzski

Bioethicist Nancy Jecker argues that sex robots catered to their specific needs could provide much-needed companionship to lonely senior citizens.
Robotics

Bioethicist: We Should Give Sex Robots to Lonely Seniors

By Dan Robitzski

The FBI is commissioning a fleet of 140 robots to help manage a warehouse where it keeps billions of sensitive paper files.
Robotics

The FBI Is Buying 140 Robots to Handle Paper Records

By Dan Robitzski

Bennu, the asteroid on which NASA landed a spacecraft to gather samples, seems to be hollow and gradually crumbling apart.
Science & Energy

NASA Data Appears to Show That Giant Asteroid Is Hollow

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, the entire solar system took a mere 200,000 years to form — considerably less time than how long humanity has been around.
Solar Power

Humans Have Been Around for Longer Than it Took the Solar System to Form, Study Claims

By Dan Robitzski

NASA modeled how much air pollution humanity would have caused without a pandemic this year to find out how much emissions dropped.
NASA

NASA Figured Out How Much Less We Polluted Under Lockdown

By Dan Robitzski

In July, a NASA launch will send vials of human cremains and DNA samples to their final resting place on the surface of the Moon.
Moon

Upcoming Mission Will Fly Human Remains to the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that as many as 80 percent of young adults in America could be facing serious mental health issues due to the pandemic.
Health & Medicine

Survey: 80% of American Young Adults Depressed During Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Geoengineering alone may not save us from the worst impacts of climate change, a study says, because greenhouse gas emissions do more than warm the planet.
Climate Change

Even More Scientists Say Geoengineering Can’t Save Us

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that amino acids can form in space without energy input, suggesting they may be older than stars and planets.
Biology

Building Blocks of Life Can Form in Deep Space, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

The head of the U.N.'s World Food Program warns that without emergency funding, 36 countries around the world could face severe famines next year.
Future Society

UN Official Warns of “Famines of Biblical Proportions” in 2021

By Dan Robitzski

An independent review board assembled by NASA urged the space agency to proceed with an amibitous plan to gather Mars samples and bring them to Earth.
Science & Energy

Experts Urge NASA to Return Mars Samples to Earth

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is now accepting contractor proposals for its plan to power lunar and Martian outposts with small nuclear fission reactors.
Moon

NASA Is Looking for Someone to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

There's a nearly impenetrable fog of hype surrounding graphene batteries. But it turns out the technology has a whole lot of promise, too.
Graphene

If Graphene Batteries Do Everything Scientists Say, They Could Be a Gamechanger

By Dan Robitzski

General Motors just recalled about 69,000 Chevrolet Bolts to repair a battery issue that's causing fires in some older models.
Advanced Transport

General Motors Recalls Almost 69,000 Electric Cars Over Battery Fires

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that climate change will continue for centuries, even if we completely stop burning fossil fuels today.
Climate Change

Surviving Climate Change Will Require Geoengineering, Scientists Say [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

SeaDream 1, the first Caribbean cruise since the COVID-19 pandemic halted the industry, has a worsening outbreak onboard.
Developments

COVID-19 Breakout Spreads on First Post-Pandemic Caribbean Cruise

By Dan Robitzski

Thanksgiving is two weeks away. If you plan on seeing anyone in person, it's time to self-quarantine effective immediately.
Developments

If You Plan to Travel for Thanksgiving, You Should Already Be in Quarantine

By Dan Robitzski

A bizarre device called the ClearMate reportedly makes people sober up three times faster by making them hyperventilate alcohol out of their systems.
Prosthetics and Devices

New Device Sobers You Up By Sucking the Alcohol Out of Your Breath

By Dan Robitzski

In a move that makes the game a bit more appropriate to our current reality, "Plague Inc" made a mode where players stop rather than spread a pandemic.
Science & Energy

Reading the Room, “Plague Inc” Makes Game About Stopping Pandemics

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists quickly set their sights on an unusual neutron star merger that had an explosion ten times more powerful than expected and created a magnetar.
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Just Saw Two Stars Crash Into Each Other

By Dan Robitzski

Recently, several reports emerged in Europe and the U.K. about people buying forged coronavirus tests or doctoring their own results to board flights.
Developments

People Are Buying Negative COVID-19 Tests on the Black Market

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Space Force just awarded its third contract for a prototype communications satellite that can block jamming attempts better than existing networks.
Space Force

The Space Force Is Building Satellites That Resist Jamming

By Dan Robitzski

Astrophysicist Janna Levin makes getting gobbled up by a black hole sound almost beautiful, up until the point that it isn't.
Science & Energy

This Physicist’s Description of Falling Into a Black Hole is Surprisingly Poetic

By Dan Robitzski

Distant supernova explosions seem to line up with spikes in radioactivity recorded in old tree rings, showing how cosmic events can alter our planet.
Environment

New Research: Supernovas Leave Traces in Tree Rings Here on Earth

By Dan Robitzski

President-elect Joe Biden recently named his agency review teams, one of which will bring him up to speed on all things NASA.
NASA

Biden Names NASA Transition Team

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese officials granted final approval to bring one of the nuclear reactors damaged by a 2011 tsunami and earthquake back online.
Nuclear Fusion

Japan Is Bringing One of Its Tsunami-Damaged Nuclear Reactors Back Online

By Dan Robitzski

Honda just became the first automaker to be awarded clearance to sell Level 3 autonomous vehicles, which it plans to do in Japan this year.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Honda Cleared to Begin Selling First Level 3 Autonomous Cars

By Dan Robitzski

A company called Nanoracks has a plan to gather up orbital space junk and convert it into new space stations through in-orbit manufacturing.
Off-World

Space Company Wants to Turn Orbital Junk Into Space Stations

By Dan Robitzski

In a video missive, Pope Franics urged Catholics to pray that AI developers build tools that help humanity rather than exploit it.
Artificial Intelligence

The Pope Is Praying for AI That Serves Humanity

By Dan Robitzski

NASA warns that AST & Science's plan to launch 240 massive telecom satellites into orbit would create a serious risk of collisions in space.
NASA

NASA Says This Company’s Giant 5G Satellites Could Cause “Catastrophic Collision”

By Dan Robitzski

Walmart thought building robots to track stores' inventories would make things easier, but the project ultirmately fell short.
Robotics

Walmart Is Giving Up on Its Inventory Robots

By Dan Robitzski

A pilot program in Jackson, Mississippi would give police real-time access to participants' Amazon Ring security cameras.
Future Society

Amazon Will Let Police Livestream Your Ring Doorbell Camera

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have a counterintuitive approach to distributing limited COVID-19 vaccines: Inoculate the superspreaders who'd otherwise keep infecting others.
Viruses

Scientists: We Should Vaccinate Social Butterflies Before the Vulnerable

By Dan Robitzski

A massive scientific review that combined the results of thousands of studies found that regularly eating chili peppers is linked to major health benefits.
Food

Huge Meta-Study: This Food Appears to Actually Make You Live Longer

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army is developing a series of Robotic Combat Vehicles armed with powerful weapons that can semi-autonomously navigate a battlefield.
Robotics

US Army Readies Robot Tanks Fitted With Chainguns, Missile Launchers

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists think that Jupiter's moon Europa might glow in the dark and that by measuring that glow they can detect what's hidden in its oceans.
Science & Energy

NASA Project Could Peer Inside Europa to Find Alien Life

By Dan Robitzski

The universe has been steadily heating over billions of years due to the violent process of dragging matter together into new galaxies.
Physics

The Universe Is Getting Steadily Hotter, According to New Research

By Dan Robitzski

A top British general speculated that in the 2030s, robot soldiers could make up as much as a quarter of the British army.
Robotics

Top General Says “Robot Soldiers” Could Make Up 25 Percent of British Army

By Dan Robitzski

When Joe Biden takes office, he may shift NASA's priorities away from space exploration and toward a renewed focus on climate change.
Climate Change

Biden May Slow Down Moon Program to Focus NASA on Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discovered a new brown dwarf with a radio telescope, revealing a new way to find celestial bodies too cold to pick up in infrared.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover a “Failed Star” Too Cold to Show up in Normal Scans

By Dan Robitzski

Joe Biden will become the 46th U.S. President, and scientists are thrilled to have someone who wants to fight climate change and the pandemic in office.
Future Society

Scientists Are Thrilled About President-Elect Biden

By Dan Robitzski

A new robotic arm wraps around and grabs onto objects like a snake or a robot's trunk, allowing it to safely handle delicate objects.
Robotics

Unsettling Robot Grips Like an Elephant’s Trunk

By Dan Robitzski

Monkeys in Zoo Prefer Traffic Noise to Nature Sounds
Science & Energy

Monkeys in Zoo Prefer Traffic Noise to Nature Sounds

By Dan Robitzski

New Theory: Dark Matter Was Created by “Boiling” Bubbles of Plasma
Physics

New Theory: Dark Matter Was Created by “Boiling” Bubbles of Plasma

By Dan Robitzski

If This COVID-Blocking Nasal Spray Works on Humans, It Could Change the Course of the Pandemic
NASA

If This COVID-Blocking Nasal Spray Works on Humans, It Could Change the Course of the Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Check Out This Giant Machine That Stamps Out Tesla Frames
Tesla

Check Out This Giant Machine That Stamps Out Tesla Frames

By Dan Robitzski

By revisiting 20-year-old data, scientists say they've located 40 percent of the visible matter in the universe that had gone undetected.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say They’ve Found the Missing 40 Percent of the Universe’s Matter

By Dan Robitzski

On Wednesday alone, the U.S. confirmed over 107,800 cases of COVID-19, making it the worst day and week of the outbreak so far.
Developments

With 100,000 New COVID-19 Cases, the US Broke its Own Daily Record Again

By Dan Robitzski