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The 11th commander of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) revealed that he crushed "a couple of Monster [energy drinks] this morning."
Energy

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers at Caltech have created a fluid-like chain mail that can go rigid on command, kind of like a science fiction armor.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suspect that there could be past or present microbial life beneath the surface of Mars that survives thanks to radioactivity.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just sent brainless bits of slime mold to the ISS to study how the single-celled organism's behavior is affected by microgravity.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are warning that global warming is driving the "Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation" (AMOC) to the brink of collapse.
Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

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Quantum Physics

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers examined 40 hermit crabs off the coast of England and found that they may be "sexually excited" by oleamide, a plastic additive, in the water.
Pollution

By Victor Tangermann

A new glass called AM-III is so hard it can scratch the surface of diamonds and could be used in new ultra-sturdy solar panels.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

As wildfires blaze through the drought-stricken American west, government agencies at all levels can't attract enough recruits to batle them.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists uncovered fossils of a fearsome new pterosaur species that strongly resembles a dragon from European mythology.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Is blockchain tech alive? No, but scientists argue it may as well be if we adjusted our definition of what represents life.
Biology

By Dan Robitzski

On Sunday afternoon, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Florida coast. The Navy said it was conducting an "experimental explosion."
Military

By Victor Tangermann

A comprehensive UN report warns that we have delayed climate action for too long to prevent climate devastation, but we can keep it from getting worse.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of scientists argue that once upon a time, the Gale crater on Mars was a mere series of ponds, according to Curiosity data.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers Find “Dancing Ghosts” Haunting Space Near Black Holes
Science & Energy

By Tony Ho Tran

Corcoran, Califronia has sunk "the equivalent of a two-story house" over the past century due to massive irrigation efforts and drought.
Climate Change

By Tony Ho Tran

Doom Suns can turn the sky into vibrant shades of crimson and burnt orange. Here's what they look like — and what exactly causes it.
Climate Change

By Tony Ho Tran

Hollywood celebrities are discussing their personal hygiene habits, arguing that maybe we are bathing and showering too much. They might have a point.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists discovered a massive gas filament in the Milky Way, and they can't tell whether or not it's part of the galaxy or its own entity.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists uncovered a source of greenhouse gas emissions in the melting permafrost of Siberia, an alarming development for the global climate.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

It turns out that using a plastic water bottle causes 1,400 times more damage to the environment than does a glass of tap water.
Environment

By Dan Robitzski

The Moon naturally churns rocks from deep within its mantle back to the surface, and NASA wants to grab some for analysis.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists identified a tiny new exoplanet in a nearby solar system that they suspect has large oceans and the conditions to sustain life.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to new restrictions on the energy usage of personal electronics, powerful Alienware gaming computers are now banned in California.
Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A new video making its round son social media shows how the devastating wildfires in southern Turkey have become.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists detected a series of bright X-ray flares coming from one of the least expected places: from behind a supermassive black hole.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Rapper Lil Uzi Vert and Grimes say that Uzi is in the process of buying the exoplanet WAS-127b. Experts say that's total nonsense.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A fireball meteor flew over Turkey last week, illuminating the night sky an eerie shade of bright green before it exploded.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

As astronauts venture farther and farther into space, they may need a little pick-me-up in the form of psilocybin when they start to feel lonely.
Chemistry

By Dan Robitzski

There's a growing "dead zone" in the Pacific Ocean where oxygen levels have plummeted so low that everything in the area either fled or died.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

A quantum physicist suggests that distant stars could serve as nodes of a galactic communication network that works by altering the light they emit.
Physics

By Dan Robitzski

The amount of ice that melted away from Greenland in a single day would be enough to submerge all of Florida in two inches of water.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

The scandal-plagued stock broker app Robinhood had the worst-ever IPO in American history for a company of its size of Thursday.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A new study examined which places on Earth would be best prepared to deal with the collapse of global civilization. Did yours make the cut?
Science & Energy

By Jon Christian

Our planet is in exceptionally bad shape, according to a panel of 14,000 scientists, and "untold suffering" is probably coming our way.
Environment

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time in history, renewables became the second-most prevalent electricity source in the US in 2020 after natural gas.
Nuclear Fusion

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese government is digging a second field of an additional 110 silos for launching nuclear missiles, The New York Times reports.
Nuclear Fusion

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, the Earth's interior is recycling only about a third of the carbon being sucked below volcanic areas.
Renewable Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists argue that the universe may be folded in on itself, looping together like a giant cosmic donut rathan than expanding in all directions.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A team of prominent scientists warns that we've already passed several ecological tipping points and are approaching even more.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Another brutal heat wave is beginning, this time encapsulating much of the continential United States in a massive heat dome.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

An Argentinian lagoon in the southern Patagonia region has turned a strikingly bright shade of pink, the result of chemical runoff from a nearby plant.
Pollution

By Victor Tangermann

Fox and Friends told its audience that a Russian jet was capable of doubling the speed of light. That, to be clear, is total nonsense.
Physics

By Dan Robitzski

The irreverent weather app Carrot now includes a warning about wet bulb conditions that could make it hot enough to drop dead outside.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, the spending habits of Swedish men lead to far more greenhouse gas emissions than do those of women.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists uncovered a sort of fossil record of dozens of ancient, never-before-seen viruses in a sample of Tibetan ice.
Environment

By Dan Robitzski

A top Catholic official resigned on Thursday after hackers revealed that he frequented gay bars and used Grindr, raising questions about digital privacy.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

It turns out that feral hogs release huge amounts of carbon dioxide by diggig up soil as they invade and wreak havoc in new areas.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

The largest wildfire of this year's wildfire season in the US so far is so massive, it's causing absolute mayhem with the weather.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

The extreme heat in Oregon and California is so bad that baby birds are trying to escape and plumetting from their nests before they can fly.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

The burgeoning space tourism industry comes with a considerable environmental cost that shouldn't be forgotten.
Environment

By Victor Tangermann

Sandwich chain Subway is in full damage control mode after a New York Times investigation found last month that there is no trace of tuna DNA in its tuna.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Regions of the Amazon rainforest are now releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than they can absorb.
Renewable Energy

By Victor Tangermann

The 82-foot zero emissions escort tug called "eWolf" could be a game changer in reducing carbon emissions in the maritime industry.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform
Science & Energy

By Tony Ho Tran

Video shows a U-Haul full of fireworks catching fire and detonating everything at once during a block party in Toledo, Ohio.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A massive lawsuit alleges that the extensive use of the pesticide chlrpyrifos caused neurological damage in developing embryos and young children.
Agriculture

By Dan Robitzski

In international team of researchers are ringing the alarm bells, warning that our global plastic pollution problem may be nearing a point of no return.
Pollution

By Victor Tangermann

The US Military Says China Is Developing Anti-Satellite Weapons
Military

By Tony Ho Tran

Over the last 15 years, the Earth has doubled how much energy from the Sun it traps as excess heat on the surface and in the ocean.
Climate Change

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers dumped 60 brown trout in a water tank that contained low levels of methamphetamine to see if they would get addicted.
Climate Change

By Tony Ho Tran

A new car created by award-winning designer Thomas Heatherwick is said to be able to clean the air of pollution while you drive it.
Pollution

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have developed a unique radar system that relies on microwaves and allows us to produce real-time images and videos of objects through walls.
Science & Energy

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk once again criticized Bitcoin, arguing that the underlying technology of Dogecoin is better suited for scalability.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski