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The European Union may not reopen its borders to the United States due to the largely uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus in the country.

Fearing COVID, Europe May Keep Borders Closed to US Travelers

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Harvard astronomers are collaborating on a new project to scan the skies for signs of technological signatures from alien civilizations.

Science & Energy

NASA Funds Harvard Hunt for Alien “Technological Civilizations”

By Victor Tangermann

A team of experts discovered an unusual celestial object that's 2.6 solar masses, too big to be a neutron star, too small to be a black hole.

Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Discovered First-Ever “Black Neutron Star”

By Victor Tangermann

The Segway — from those annoying city tours — is finally ending production after being announced in the year 2001, Fast Company reports.

Advanced Transport

Segway Is No Longer Making Its Famous Two-Wheeled Scooter

By Victor Tangermann

This year, NASA wants to take a giant leap from scanning Mars' geographical features using surface-bound rovers to launching a small helicopter.

Here’s NASA’s Ingenious Way of Testing Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, Pluto may have started its life as a hot world with a massive underground ocean of liquid water.

Science & Energy

Scientists: There’s Evidence Pluto Has an Underground Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

A new study outlines a new discovery of a surprisingly young hot Jupiter class exoplanet called HIP 67522 b, some 490 light-years from Earth.

Science & Energy

This Super Young Jupiter-Sized ‘Hot Planet’ is Puzzling Astronomers

By Victor Tangermann

Rather than relying on GPS satellites, scientists propose using neutron stars, the dead remains of exploded stars, as "cosmic lighthouses."

Science & Energy

“Cosmic Lighthouses” Could Help Astronauts Navigate Space

By Victor Tangermann

While working from home during the ongoing global pandemic, biologists have plenty of time — and they're discovering new insect species left and right.

Biologists Are Somehow Discovering a Ton of New Species in Quarantine

By Victor Tangermann

Healthcare workers in the US are relying on sophisticated robotic seals to help their COVID-19 patients ward off loneliness.

Prosthetics and Devices

Adorable Robot Seals Could Help COVID Patients Fight Loneliness

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic has signed a contract with NASA to start training astronauts for trips to the International Space Station.

Virgin Galactic to Start Training Astronauts for Trips to Space

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers claim to have achieved quantum teleportation using individual electrons. The discovery could revolutionize quantum computing.

Science & Energy

Scientists Demonstrate Quantum Teleportation Using Electrons

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study by European researchers, people with type A blood are at a much higher risk of developing severe COVID-19.

You May Be At Risk of Severe COVID If You Have This Blood Type

By Victor Tangermann

A telescope called eROSITA on board the Spektr-RG space observatory has captured breathtaking X-ray observations of the entire sky.

Science & Energy

This X-Ray Map of the Entire Sky Is a Psychedelic Dreamworld

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers made several new discoveries about what stars go through as they're dying thanks to new images by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Science & Energy

Hubble Captures Heartbreaking Images of Dying Stars

By Victor Tangermann

Aerospace startup Rocket Lab is planning its first mission to the Moon in 2021 to test out navigation systems in its orbit.

A Small Company Is Quietly Planning a Moon Mission Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

To study how early humans related to Neanderthals, a team of European scientists grew mini brains from human stem cells that contain Neanderthal DNA.

Science & Energy

Scientists Grow Petri Dish Mini-Brains With Neanderthal DNA

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Says It’ll Launch You Into the Stratosphere on a Balloon

Startup Says It’ll Launch You Into the Stratosphere on a Balloon

By Victor Tangermann

"More than 100 spacecraft have been signed up" for SpaceX's Smallsat Rideshare Program," according to the company. First launch is scheduled for next week.

More Than 100 Spacecraft Signed Up for SpaceX Rideshare Program

By Victor Tangermann

NASA pilots Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley described their experience of riding SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS. It was a bit of a rough ride.

Astronaut: SpaceX Ride Not as “Smooth” as NASA Space Shuttle

By Victor Tangermann

Popular dating app Tinder has reportedly blocked dozens of users for encouraging others to sign petitions and donate to Black Lives Matter-related causes.

Tinder Reverses Decision to Ban Black Lives Matter Supporters

By Victor Tangermann

Creative school Brother created a fake advertisement for Netflix show "Black Mirror" that in reality is just an actual mirror fixed to a bus canopy.

Fake Ad For “Black Mirror Season 6” Is Just an Actual Mirror

By Victor Tangermann

Physicists Say They’ve Found Evidence of Elusive Axion Particle

Science & Energy

Physicists Say They’ve Found Evidence of Elusive Axion Particle

By Victor Tangermann

A new study suggests that strange bright spots observed on Saturn's moon Titan in the early 2000s may be evidence of dried up ancient lakes and seas.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Say They Found “Dry Lake Beds” on Saturn’s Moon Titan

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers has found that the red supergiant star Antares is even more gigantic than we thought.

Science & Energy

This Star Is So Huge that Saturn’s Orbit Would Fit Inside It

By Victor Tangermann

A team of London-based scientists used the popular gene-editing technique CRISPR to genetically modify human embryos — but the results were not good.

A Gene-Editing Experiment on Human Embryos Went Horribly Wrong

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, there could be as many as six billion Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars in our galaxy.

Science & Energy

Study: There Could be 6 Billion Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

By Victor Tangermann

As part of a Huntington's trial, researchers found that high doses of ketamine were capable of switching on and off the brain activity in sheep.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Gave Ketamine to Sheep and Were Baffled by the Result

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, flushing the toilet could leave behind a cloud of aerosol droplets that have the potential to carry coronavirus particles.

New Research: Flushing Toilets May Burp Clouds of Virus Particles

By Victor Tangermann

According to experts, a drug used to reduce inflammation for a variety of conditions cut the risk of death of COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third.

Cheap Drug Appears to Cut COVID Deaths By 30 Percent

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter probe just made its first close approach of the Sun, getting to 47.8 million miles from the star's surface.

Science & Energy

A Space Probe Just Took the Closest Pictures of the Sun Ever

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have identified a green glow in the atmosphere of Mars caused by oxygen atoms being released from carbon dioxide due to sunlight.

Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Green Glow on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at Duke University have developed an AI that can generate a detailed computer-generated portrait of a human face from a pixelized version.

Artificial Intelligence

New Algorithm Is a Lot Like the “Enhance!” Feature In “CSI”

By Victor Tangermann

New Research: There Could Be 36 Alien Civilizations in Our Galaxy

Science & Energy

New Research: There Could Be 36 Alien Civilizations in Our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Harvard scientists were able to put mice into a state of hibernation by stimulating certain neurons in their brains.

Lab Puts Mice in Suspended Animation. Will It Work on Humans?

By Victor Tangermann

This Plan For a Martian City Under a Dome is Breathtaking

This Plan For a Martian City Under a Dome is Breathtaking

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing’s Spaceship Cockpit Looks Strikingly Different Than SpaceX’s

Boeing’s Spaceship Cockpit Looks Strikingly Different Than SpaceX’s

By Victor Tangermann

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus infections are on the rise in the Northeastern United States, in large part thanks to global warming.

Bad News: Another Deadly Virus Is Spreading in the US

By Victor Tangermann

On Twitter, Elon Musk elaborated on the design tweaks SpaceX will have to make to its Starship to allow it to land on the Moon.

SpaceX Trying to Figure Out How to Land Starship on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Amateur photographer and scientist Gaurav Agrawal had no idea his spectacular picture of a lake in a National Park could end up crashing Android phones.

This Guy Accidentally Took a Photo That Crashes Android Smartphones

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter testing out a new feature on Android that would prompt users if they want to click and actually read the dang article they're planning to retweet.

Twitter Is Calling You Out for Sharing Articles You Haven’t Read

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have found that water vapor in the atmosphere has the potential to become a viable source of renewable energy.

Science & Energy

Scientists Say You Could Charge Batteries Using Humidity

By Victor Tangermann

A video of a Dubai policeman crashing a Russian-built hoverbike from an altitude of about 100 feet is going viral on social media.

Artificial Intelligence

Watch a Hoverbike-Riding Cop in Dubai Wipe Out Catastrophically

By Victor Tangermann

According to a leaked email obtained by Reuters, Elon Musk has said that it's time to bring Telsa's commercial semi truck into "volume production."

Elon Musk: Tesla’s Semi Truck is Officially Going Into Production

By Victor Tangermann

Netflix was way ahead in registering a trademark for "Space Force" than the military, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Oops: Netflix Trademarked “Space Force” Before the US Military

By Victor Tangermann

A fake livestream on YouTube with 10,000 viewers is playing SpaceX footage, accompanied by a QR code that sends users to a fake Bitcoin giveaway.

A Fake SpaceX Stream That’s Scamming Bitcoins Has 16,000 Viewers

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Swiss researchers have created a transparent surgical face mask, intended for essential workers, that no longer hide people's faces.

These Transparent Medical Face Masks Won’t Fog Up

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took a jab at Roscosmos. Fuming, the head of Russia's space agency aired his frustration in a lengthy column for Forbes Russia.

Russia Is Furious, Saying the US is Mocking Its Space Program

By Victor Tangermann

Several employees were instructed to stay at home after testing positive for the coronavirus after Tesla defied lockdown orders in California.

After Tesla Defied Lockdown, Workers Started Catching Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's Chinese battery supplier CATL announced that it has created a power pack that lasts for 2 million kilometers or 1.24 million miles.

Tesla Supplier: New Battery Will Last a Shocking 1.2 Million Miles

By Victor Tangermann

Florida has seen a record resurgence in new COVID-19 cases, with new cases exceeding 1,000 for five days straight. Yet the state is reopening this week.

Data Suggests the Pandemic Could Be Coming Back With a Vengeance

By Victor Tangermann

In a Saturday tweet, billionaire Elon Musk said that he didn't get why people are still in prison for dealing marijuana while stores are selling it.

Elon Musk: Imprisoning People for Selling Weed is Wrong

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have discovered a "fast radio burst" (FRB) signal, mysterious flashes of millisecond wave energy, that repeats itself every 157 days

Science & Energy

Astronomers Record Signal Coming From Deep Space Every 157 Days

By Victor Tangermann

In an email obtained by CNBC, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told his space company's staff that they should "please consider the top SpaceX priority to be Starship."

Elon Musk in Leaked Email: Starship Now “Top SpaceX Priority”

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from Université de Sherbrooke in Canada have created a badass waist-mounted hydraulic arm that's capable of smashing through walls.

Watch a Badass Wearable Robot Arm Hulk Smash Through a Wall

By Victor Tangermann

Health officials have raised concerns about whether the ongoing protests could trigger a second wave of coronavirus cases. Some are downplaying the risks.

Experts: Protests Unlikely to Cause Huge Wave of COVID Cases

By Victor Tangermann

Thousands of COVID-19 patients are reporting that they are experiencing symptoms including coughs, chest pain, and aching joins for months at a time.

Some People Are Having Horrific COVID Symptoms For Months

By Victor Tangermann

A new petition signed by a number of NASA employees is calling for president Donald Trump to stop taking credit for SpaceX and NASA accomplishments.

NASA and SpaceX Employees Reportedly Furious at Trump Admin

By Victor Tangermann

Germany Is Requiring All Gas Stations Get Electric Car Chargers

Electric Vehicles

Germany Is Requiring All Gas Stations Get Electric Car Chargers

By Victor Tangermann

Sweden's unusual approach to fighting the coronavirus isn't paying off. Sweden's mortality rate is substantially higher than that for its neighbors.

Sweden’s Hands-Off Approach to COVID Has Failed Dramatically

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at Harvard have created a tiny cockroach-inspired robot that is only about the size of a penny and weighs only 0.3 grams.

Watch Harvard’s Penny-Sized Robot Scuttle Around Like a Cockroach

By Victor Tangermann

End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal has announced a new tool that allows users to blur faces in pictures uploaded to the app from Android and iOS.

Messaging App Releases Face-Blurring Tool to Keep Protesters Safe

By Victor Tangermann

NASA might soon end its reliance on Russia to send astronauts into space. In fact, Russian cosmonauts might soon have to chose SpaceX instead.

NASA: Russia May Be Forced to Launch Cosmonauts With SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

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