More from Victor Tangermann (Page 55)

As if invading a sovereign nation wasn't provocation enough, Russian troops opened fire at Europe's largest nuclear power station early Friday morning.

Authorities Furious That Russia Attacked Nuclear Plant

By Victor Tangermann

The US military is looking to have spy satellites patrol the orbit around the Moon according to a recently shared video, as spotted by Ars Technica.

US Military Announces Plans for Satellite Orbiting the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Russians are still able to use cryptocurrency exchanges to circumvent newly imposed sanctions — and former First Lady Hillary Clinton is absolutely furious.

Hillary Clinton Calls Out Crypto Exchanges for Letting Russia Bypass Sanctions

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is warning users in Ukraine who have received one of the company's Starlink dishes could be targeted by Russian actors.

Elon Musk Warns That Russia May Be Spying on Starlink Connections

By Victor Tangermann

Mining company Fortescue is looking to reduce its carbon footprint with an electric "Infinity Train" that can fully recharge by rolling down the mountain.

Science & Energy

Ingenious Electric Train Fully Charges Itself by Rolling Downhill With Heavy Load

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has awarded SpaceX contracts for three more Crew Dragon trips to the International Space Station, but made no mention of the situation in Ukraine.

As Tensions Soar With Russia, NASA Buys a Ton of SpaceX Astronaut Launches

By Victor Tangermann

The topic of people boning in space has remained a bit of a taboo ever since we, as a species, ventured into the great unknown for the first time.

Scientists Say We Really Have to Talk About Boning in Space

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have witnessed a gloomy event: a "vampire" star sucking the life out of its companion star.

Science & Energy

Scientists Spot Ravenous “Vampire” Star Devouring Its Neighbor

By Victor Tangermann

Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's outspoken head of its space agency, denied recent reports that hackers had seized control of the nation's spy satellites.

Hackers Claim They’ve Seized Control of Russian Spy Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

Driving a SpaceX Starlink delivery truck full of satellite internet equipment into Ukraine, an active warzone, is no easy feat.

There’s a Problem With Elon Musk’s Promise to Provide Starlink in Ukraine

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's plans to return astronauts to the Moon are turning out to be an absolute disaster, according to today's status update.

NASA Descends Into Chaos as Moon Program Revealed to Be Way Behind, Over Budget

By Victor Tangermann

New sanctions have Russian leadership scrambling — with Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin turning to China for help. But China may not come to the rescue.

Russia Says It’ll Buy Space Parts From China, But China Says Uhhh Not So Fast

By Victor Tangermann

While the US supplies the outpost with both power and life support, Russia provides propulsion to keep the ISS in orbit using its Progress spacecraft.

NASA Investigating How to Keep Space Station Aloft Without Russian Boosters

By Victor Tangermann

Man Getting Paid to Fly Rich Guys to Space Says Don’t Worry, They’re Not Just Idle Tourists

Man Getting Paid to Fly Rich Guys to Space Says Don’t Worry, They’re Not Just Idle Tourists

By Victor Tangermann

The international space community has been distancing itself from Russia after it invaded Ukraine. But NASA astronaut Vande Hei will still ride a Soyuz.

Awkward! A NASA Astronaut Is Currently Scheduled to Fly Back to Earth in a Russian Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

An anonymous genius behind the username "Bayneko" effectively turned an NFT into an infectious disease, causing it to land in almost 100,000 wallets.

COVID-Themed NFT Infects Your Wallet Whether You Like It or Not

By Victor Tangermann

Antarctica is showing some worrying signs of pollution in the form of a black carbon layer blanketing the snow, caused by tourists burning fossil fuels.

Antarctica’s Pristine Snow Besmirched With Horrid Black Pollution, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview with Science, cosmologist and busy Twitter user Katie Mack laid out some of the weirdest and silliest "facts" about space she's seen.

Cosmologist Lists the Stupidest Things People Believe About Space

By Victor Tangermann

Russia has largely cut itself off from the international community with the invasion of Ukraine, which could bode badly for its space efforts as well.

Congressman Proposes Kicking Russian Cosmonauts Out of Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

The SEC is yet again investigating Tesla CEO Elon Musk.This time, Musk and his brother are being investigated for possibly violating insider trading rules.

Elon Musk Gets Probed

By Victor Tangermann

"If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from uncontrolled deorbiting and falling into the United States," he wrote.

Head of Russian Space Program Appears to Threaten to Smash US With Space Debris

By Victor Tangermann

With its unprovoked invasion of a European nation, Russia has chosen a scorched-Earth approach — and its space program will likely suffer the consequences.

There’s a Reason NASA Doesn’t Have to Submit to Russia: SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists successfully took control over a Venus Flytrap, a cultivated carnivorous plant, by implanting a tiny microchip in it.

Scientists Control Venus Flytrap With Implanted Computer Brain

By Victor Tangermann

Two gigantic clusters of galaxies smashed into each other around a billion years ago — and the collision's shockwaves spread so far that they absolutely dwarf our own galaxy.

Science & Energy

Amazing Image Shows Brutal Shockwave Larger Than Our Entire Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia have managed to regrow bone by firing high-frequency sound waves at stem cells.

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Grow New Bone Using Sound Waves

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic announced that is has lost an astonishing $1 billion in 2020 and 2021, a colossal figure, given it made only $3.5 million in those years.

Virgin Galactic Lost an Absolutely Staggering Amount of Money Last Year

By Victor Tangermann

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Ja Rule, rapper and grifter behind the Fyre Festival fiasco, is trying to get into the NFT game.

Of Course the Guy Behind Fyre Fest Is Selling NFTs Now

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists — and former astronauts alike — are excited for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to scan distant worlds for signs of life.

James Webb Space Telescope

Former Astronaut Suggests Specific Planet for James Webb to Search for Life

By Victor Tangermann

A cargo ship carrying luxuries including Porsches lit on fire last week, forcing the crew of 22 members to evacuate in the Atlantic ocean.

Advanced Transport

Cargo Ship of Electric Cars Turns Into Hellish Inferno as Batteries Catch Flame

By Victor Tangermann

Virign Hyperloop, the company leading the charge on making the transportation system a reality, has laid off 111 workers, almost half of its staff.

Virgin Hyperloop Just Laid Off Almost Half Its Employees

By Victor Tangermann

OpenSea, the largest digital marketplace for NFTs, is facing a $1 million lawsuit over an owner, who claimed to have lost his Bored Ape NFT to hackers because of a known security flaw.

NFT Man Sues for $1 Million After His Precious Ape Is Stolen

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope hasn't even kicked off scientific operations — but astronomers are already eager to search for other civilizations using it.

James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Already Plotting How James Webb Could Detect Alien Civilizations

By Victor Tangermann

Bald and golden eagles in the US are facing a new existential threat: lead poisoning caused by bullet fragments left behind by hunters.

Science & Energy

Eagles Have Chronic Lead Poisoning Because America Is So Full of Bullets, Scientists Warn

By Victor Tangermann

China showed off a concept for a two-stage methane-liquid launch system that looks exactly like SpaceX's Starship spacecraft.

China’s New Rocket Concept Looks Suspiciously Like SpaceX’s Starship

By Victor Tangermann

Flying taxi startup Joby reported that it was involved in an accident, which resulted in "substantial damage" to the aircraft, but fortunately no injuries.

Advanced Transport

An Experimental Flying Car Just Crashed During a Test

By Victor Tangermann

A French dad took some extreme measures to prevent his children from going online: by shutting down internet of his town with a signal jammer.

Dad Tries to Make Kids Log Off, Accidentally Takes Down Town’s Entire Internet

By Victor Tangermann

At a space conference this week, SpaceX director of civil space development Nick Cummings teased future plans of a Moon base.

SpaceX Director Teases Moon Base Staffed by “Hundreds or Thousands”

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly donated roughly $5.74 billion of $16.4 billion worth he got from selling five million Tesla shares last year to charity.

Elon Musk May Have Donated $6 Billion to Fight World Hunger, But Nobody Seems Sure

By Victor Tangermann

Physicists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences determined that the Earth's inner core is in a "superionic sate," technically neither a solid or a liquid.

Science & Energy

Scientists Claim Earth’s Core Is a Weird New State of Matter

By Victor Tangermann

A doghouse with a seven inch hole in its roof created by a meteorite is being auctioned on world renowned auction house Christie's.

Meteor Smashes Through Doghouse, Almost Kills German Shephard

By Victor Tangermann

First Woman Reportedly Cured of HIV

Health & Medicine

First Woman Reportedly Cured of HIV

By Victor Tangermann

Experts Alarmed by Sex, Nazism in Children’s Game Roblox

By Victor Tangermann

The DeLorean Motor Company is bringing back the iconic car from "Back to the Future" — and this time, it's luxuriously electric.

Advanced Transport

DeLoreans Are Apparently Coming Back as Electric Cars

By Victor Tangermann

In her new book "The Genesis Machine," futurist Amy Webb warns that terrorists could create viruses in a lab and use them for nefarious purposes.

Scientists Warn That Terrorists Could Release a Horrifying Virus

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers gave sheep vastly improved vision, using bionic eyes surgically implanted behind their retinas. The same could work in humans.

Prosthetics and Devices

Bionic Eyes Give Sheep Sight, Heading to Humans Next

By Victor Tangermann

The latest recall forced Tesla to call back a software update that allowed drivers to use the outside pointing speakers as a "Boombox" and fart machine.

Elon Musk Furious at Gov for Shutting Down Tesla Feature That Farts at Pedestrians

By Victor Tangermann

Meta aired a rather bizarre Super Bowl ad for its Quest 2 virtual reality headset, in which it compared its customers to a thrown away animatronic.

In Bizarre Super Bowl Ad, Facebook Imagines Its Users as Robot Dogs Stuffed into Trash Compactor

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is planning the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity in space, involving astronauts venturing outside of its Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Astronauts Announce First Ever Spacewalk From SpaceX Spaceship

By Victor Tangermann

Using the NASA’s NuSTAR space observatory, scientists observed a blast of high-frequency X-rays emanating from Jupiter.

NASA Spots High Energy X-Rays Coming from Jupiter

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has once again expressed one of his favorite talking points: the demise of civilization.

Elon Musk: “Civilization Is Feeling a Little Bit Fragile Right Now”

By Victor Tangermann

While we anxiously await the first orbital test flight of SpaceX's Starship, CEO Elon Musk tried to keep our — and investors' — spirits up.

Elon Musk: Each Starship Launch Could Cost Just $1 Million

By Victor Tangermann

The Biden administration has unveiled a massively ambitious plan to install roughly 400,000 EV chargers between now and 2030.

Advanced Transport

White House to Install Hundreds of Thousands of EV Chargers on US Highways

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists from Harvard and Emory University created 500 "biohybrid" fish that had their tail fins lined with human heart cells.

Robots and Machines

Scientists Create Flapping “Biohybrid” Fish From Human Heart Cells

By Victor Tangermann

A geomagnetic storm earlier this month caused 40 of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites to fall out of orbit shortly after launch.

Dramatic Video Shows SpaceX Starlink Satellites Burning Up in the Sky

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has successfully stacked its orbital-class Starship prototype dubbed Ship 20 on top of its Super Heavy booster.

SpaceX Stacks Orbital-Class Starship on Booster, Hoists It With Mechazilla

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have discovered evidence for yet another exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our closest neighboring star.

Scientists Find Life-Friendly Exoplanet They Say Is Close Enough to Visit

By Victor Tangermann

The UK chapter of the World Wildlife Fund has cancelled its NFT project after critics pointed out it's still based on the polluting Ethereum blockchain.

World Wildlife Foundation Cancels NFT Project After Critics Point Out That It Was Actually a Huge Polluter

By Victor Tangermann

A camera mounted inside the JET fusion reactor recorded an amazing video of glowing plasma swirling during this week's record experiment.

Amazing Video Shows Inside Fusion Reactor During Record Breaking Test

By Victor Tangermann

Meta warned this week that it would shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it didn't agree on new data protection rules. Lawmakers were delighted.

Facebook Threatens to Pull Out of Europe, Europe Says “Please Do”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has hooked up the pair of massive "chopsticks" of its 460-foot "Mechazilla" tower to its latest Starship prototype dubbed Ship 20.

SpaceX Grabs Starship With Giant Robot Arms

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at the UK-based JET lab have smashed a fusion energy record for the first time in 25 years, producing 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds.

Fusion Scientists Say They Just Made a Major Breakthrough

By Victor Tangermann

President Joe Biden's top science advisor Eric Lander resigned Monday night after admitting that he abused employees.

Scientist Hired by Biden to Cure Cancer Ousted for Abusing Employees

By Victor Tangermann

Investors are buying exclusive rights to simple strings of emojis called "Yats" by early adopters — for some reason we can't figure out.

Because the World Has Lost Its Mind, You Can Now Buy NFTs of Strings of Emojis

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have used the Murchison Widefield Array, a massive network of over 4,000 antennas in the Australian desert, to look for aliens.

Scientists Fail to Spot Aliens After Scanning Skies for Seven Whole Hours

By Victor Tangermann

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