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Prominent Venture Capitalist Admits That the “Climate Is F’d”

Prominent Venture Capitalist Admits That the “Climate Is F’d”

By Victor Tangermann

A Chinese military satellite appears to have gotten smashed by a disintegrating Russian rocket, Space.com reports.

Space Junk Reportedly Smashed a Chinese Military Satellite

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronaut Megan McArthur told Insider about the unfortunate experience of being stationed on board the ISS while wildfires are raging across the world.

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Astronauts Alarmed by Huge Fires on Surface of Earth

By Victor Tangermann

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Friday that July 2021 was “Earth’s hottest month in 142 years.”

July Was Officially the Hottest Month in Recorded History

By Tony Ho Tran

As climate change progresses, hypoxic or "dead" zones of dangerously-low oxygen off the coastline will become bigger and more common.

The Ocean Is Losing Oxygen. This Scientist Says More “Dead Zones” Will Soon Follow.

By Dan Robitzski

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

Admiral in Charge of Nukes Brags About Crushing Tons of Monster Energy Drinks

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.

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Caltech Invents Smart Chain Mail That Can Stiffen on Command Like Sci-Fi Armor

By Victor Tangermann

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

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NASA Scientists Suggest Nuclear-Powered Life Under Mars Surface

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.

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Europe Just Launched Brainless Blobs of Slime Mold to Space

By Victor Tangermann

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

Scientists Warn Gulf Stream May Collapse, Freezing North America

By Victor Tangermann

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Quantum Physics

Google Claims To Create Time Crystal Inside Quantum Computer

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.

No, Plastic Pollution Isn’t Driving Crabs Into a Sexual Frenzy

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.

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Scientists Create Glass That’s as Strong as a Diamond

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.

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There Are So Many Wildfires That the US Can’t Find Enough Firefighters

By Dan Robitzski

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

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Scientists Discover Dinosaur Fossil That Seems Suspiciously Like a Dragon

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.

Scientists Say Blockchains “Fit Some Definitions of Life”

By Dan Robitzski

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

The US Military Just Set Off Another 3.9 Magnitude Explosion

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.

UN Says It’s “Code Red for Humanity” in Alarming Climate Change Report

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.

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Scientists Say NASA’s Mars Rover Is on the Site of Ancient Ponds, Not a Huge Lake

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers Find “Dancing Ghosts” Haunting Space Near Black Holes

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Astronomers Find “Dancing Ghosts” Haunting Space Near Black Holes

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.

California Town Sinking Into Ground Due to Corporations Pumping Groundwater

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.

Does the Sun Look Scary? It Might Be the Dreaded “Doom Sun”

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.

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Jake Gyllenhaal Is Right: We’re Showering Way Too Much

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.

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Scientists Discover Huge, Never-Before-Spotted “Structure” in Milky Way Galaxy

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.

Scientists Warn of Methane “Time Bomb” in Siberia

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.

Bottled Water Is 1,400 Times Worse for the Environment Than Tap Water

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.

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NASA Scientists Want to Obtain “Fragments” From Deep Inside Moon

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.

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Scientists Say Ocean Planet in Nearby Star System Could Support Life

By Dan Robitzski

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

New Gaming PC Consumes so Much Power That It’s Banned in California

By Dan Robitzski

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

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Videos of Turkish Wildfires Are Like a Vision of Hell

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.

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In a Bizarre Twist, Astronomers Detect Light Coming From Behind Black Hole

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.

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Rapper Says He’s Buying an Entire Planet

By Dan Robitzski

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

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Videos Shows Meteor Explosion Turning Sky an Eerie Green

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.

Scientist Says Astronauts Should Take Psychedelic Mushrooms in Space

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.

Scientists Horrified by Growing “Dead Zone” in Ocean

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.

Scientist Claims That Aliens May Be Communicating via Starlight

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.

One Day of Greenland’s Ice Melt Could Submerge Florida

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.

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Scandal-Plagued Robinhood Suffers Worst IPO in History

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?

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Study: These Countries Are Most Likely to Survive Collapse of Civilization

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.

New Paper Warns That Environmental Collapse Will Lead to “Untold Suffering”

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.

Renewables Overtook Coal and Nuclear Power Generation in the US Last Year

By Victor Tangermann

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

China Is Building Even More Nuclear Missile Launchers

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

The Earth’s Interior Is Sucking Up Huge Amounts of Carbon, Scientists Say

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.

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Physicists Say the Universe Wraps Around Itself Like a Giant Donut

By Dan Robitzski

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

Scientists Warn That the Earth Is Literally Dying

By Dan Robitzski

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

The US Is Getting Smashed by Another Brutal Heat Wave

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 Runoff Causes Entire Lake to Turn Bright Pink

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.

The Geniuses at Fox News Said That a New Jet Flies at Twice the Speed of Light

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.

Weather App Now Warns You When It’s Hot Enough To Drop Dead

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.

Men Are Causing Way More Climate Change Than Women, Scientists Say

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.

Scientists Discover Dozens of Ancient Viruses, Frozen in Ice

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.

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Top Catholic Bishop Resigns After Hackers Expose That He Was on Grindr

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.

Feral Hogs Are Contributing Hugely to Climate Change, Experts Say

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.

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A Forest Fire in Oregon Is So Huge That It’s Generating Freak Lightning Storms

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.

Baby Birds Are Leaping From Their Nests and Dying Because of Extreme Heat

By Dan Robitzski

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

Rocket Launches Are Shockingly Bad for the 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.

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Subway CEO Says Sandwiches Definitely Contain Tuna, Regardless of What That DNA Test Said

By Victor Tangermann

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

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The Amazon Rainforest Is Starting to Emit More Carbon Than It Absorbs

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.

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This Fully Electric Tugboat Will Have Absolutely Massive Battery Packs

By Victor Tangermann

Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform

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Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform

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.

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Watch a U-Haul Full of Fireworks Explode Spectacularly

By Dan Robitzski

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

Lawsuit Claims That Common Pesticide Causes Brain Damage in Children

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.

Scientists Say World Is Approaching Non-Reversible “Tipping Point” in Plastic Pollution

By Victor Tangermann

The US Military Says China Is Developing Anti-Satellite Weapons

The US Military Says China Is Developing Anti-Satellite Weapons

By Tony Ho Tran