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For the first time, astronomers recorded the gravitational waves given off by the formation of a new black hole.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Bad actors could covertly create weapons of mass destruction using a combination of 3D printers and artificial intelligence, experts warn.
3D Printing

By Kristin Houser

When storage room for Fukushima's radioactive water runs out in 2022, one government official thinks the nation will start dumping it into the ocean.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

A new delivery drone called the Silent Arrow GD-2000 could replace military airdrops, delivering supplies by drones to battlefields at half the cost.
Military

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet nine times Earth's mass and 111 light years away.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists are starting fires in space to learn more about fuel combustion. They hope it can make engines more efficient here on Earth.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A Swedish scientist has suggested humans might need to turn to cannibalism to survive food shortages brought about by climate change.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

That Chardonnay in your glass comes from wine grapes which carry a fascinating genetic quirk. Researchers at the University of California...
Science & Energy

By Jacob Banas

Scientists are suggesting that the methane-filled lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan could have been formed by massive explosions.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to ban flavored vaping products in the state as part of a push to keep residents from falling victim to vape lung.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

A survey of 14 well-known comets traced them all back to the same point in space and time, suggesting that the comets of our solar system are all related.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

China claims its Yutu-2 lunar rover has stumbled upon an unsually colored "gel-like" substance on the bottom of an impact crater on the Moon.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors examining sufferers of the deadly vape lung sickness sweeping the U.S. have identified a rare type of cell in the patients' lungs.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

An MIT-funded robotic agriculture project that promised anybody the instant ability to successfully grow food is snake oil, according to Business Insider.
Agriculture

By Victor Tangermann

This Biotech Company Claims to Have 3D Printed a Mini Human Heart
3D Printing

By Victor Tangermann

In areas where access to abortion is limited, Google Maps sometimes directs people looking for clinics to anti-abortion facilities instead.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Breaking: India Has Lost Communication With Lunar Lander
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

The Boknis Eck Observatory, an underwater research facility that monitored environmental conditions off the coast of Germany, has vanished without a trace.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A third person has died from the vaping-related sickness sweeping the U.S., prompting health officials to urge people to put a halt to their e-cig usage.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

On Friday afternoon, India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft will attempt to land on the Moon. If it works, India will be the fourth country to ever do so.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese man paid $35,000 to have his cat cloned, only to receive a cat that, while biologically identical to the original, doesn't look like it.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

Health officials have a promising lead in their investigation of a strange vaping-related illness sweeping the United States: vitamin E acetate.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists is preparing to release a world first: video footage of an enormous black hole devouring vast clouds of gas.
Physics

By Jon Christian

A new attempt to explain the mysterious giant bubbles that sandwich our galaxy fell short; astronomers couldn't reconcile the data with any hypotheses.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Companies like Postmates that have launched fleets of delivery robots still depend on human operators to occasionally grab the wheel.
Military

By Dan Robitzski

A second person has died from an illness contracted after vaping, and the THC product they'd vaped was legal in their state.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk: “A Big Rock Will Hit Earth Eventually”
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

An Illinois resident had died from a mysterious respiratory illness related to vaping, and officials still aren't certain as to its cause.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

A massive international study debunked the long-standing myth of a so-called "gay gene." The genetic links to sexual orientation are far more complex.
Biology

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found that lab-grown mini-brains on the International Space Station are giving off brain waves, potentially posing a new ethical dilemma.
Biology

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with "CBS This Morning," JUUL Labs CEO Kevin Burns called the rash of respiratory illnesses related to vaping "worrisome."
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

In an inexplicable tweet, DARPA called all city dwellers to please find them "commercially managed underground urban tunnels and facilities."
DARPA

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists think they've detected a bizarre black hole that, at 100 times the mass of our sun, is twice the theoretical size limit.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with an extremely elliptical orbit that sets it apart from any other known planet.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

Vaping cannabis oil sold under the brand name Dank Vapes left a man with severe heart and lung damage, according to his brother.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

A team of astrophycisists came up with a way to construct a traversable wormhole that could fling objects or astronauts to another end of the universe.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created a theoretical model of Saturn that posits that the gas giant's liquid interior is viscous, flowing like honey.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

The Pentagon is considering launching a network of satellites that would be able to identify and track any acts of aggression in outer space.
Military

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just activated its Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), starting off its year in Earth's orbit after launching in June.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

The DEA will begin reviewing applications from researchers interested in growing marijuana, finally making good on a 2016 promise.
Chemistry

By Kristin Houser

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine believes Pluto is a planet — but not because he thinks the scientific definition of planethood is flawed.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

Fortnite players who downloaded what they thought was software to help them cheat instead got hit by a ransomware attack demanding crypto payments.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested nuking hurricanes before they can reach the U.S., several anonymous sources told Axios.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

A Canadian company is building a geothermal energy project so benign, its CEO claims you could "literally put it in someone's backyard."
Geothermal

By Kristin Houser

A Danish initiative imagines 3D printers that can walk, fly, and swim, navigating the world autonomously to repair roads, reefs, and high rises.
3D Printing

By Kristin Houser

With the Amazon Rainforest burning away and sequestered carbon being released, the global environment is rapidly approaching the point of no return.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese first that creates cloned pets says it's considering ways to use artificial intelligence to clone animals memories.
Science & Energy

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that other exoplanets could feasibly serve as a better host for life than Earth does, if they fit certain criteria.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Newly-released photos on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu reveal rocks that appear similar to ancient meteorites that crash-landed on Earth.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

An increasing wave of companies are launching bizarre space PR stunts, sending various products into orbit. They could fund NASA's future.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A team of physicists at Trinity College Dublin have build what they claim is the world's smallest engine. And it's only the size of a single calcium ion.
Physics

By Victor Tangermann

Physicists at the Argonne National Lab are about to use the Mira supercomputer to simulate the universe, perhaps helping them find dark energy and matter.
Physics

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry shared a chainmeme to his Instagram and Twitter feeds, apparently unaware that it was a hoax.
Energy

By Kristin Houser

Abiogenesis: 7 Scientific Theories for the Origin of Life… and One New One!
Science & Energy

By Futurism

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that "thousands of solar reflector satellites" could be used to warm up the surface of Mars.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Space Command, the military's 11th united combatant command, will launch next week, according to Mike Pence's announcement.
Military

By Dan Robitzski

Retail giant Walmart is suing Tesla, claiming that the company's solar panels ignited seven of its stores' roofs, CNBC reports.
Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann

U.S. Army General Paul Funk found that the Army is woefully unprepared for informational warfare in the future, and that logistical systems are outdated.
Military

By Dan Robitzski

India's Chandrayaan 2 space probe is now orbiting around the Moon, putting it in position to attempt a landing in early September.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla Solar is now giving homeowners in six states the option of renting its solar panels for as little as $50 per month, with a $1,500 uninstall fee.
Solar Power

By Kristin Houser

NASA has announced it's completing the final designs and planning for constructing and testing a spacecraft that will visit Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers found out that a potentially-habitable exoplanet can't support an atmosphere, ruling it and similar worlds out in the search for alien life.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski

A new experiment looking for dark energy came back with nothing, helping scientists narrow down future searches for the mysterious force.
Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists believe they spotted the supernova of the largest star to ever detonate, giving them a glimpse into the universe's past.
Science & Energy

By Dan Robitzski