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

Officials Announce First Death From Vaping-Related Illness

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.

Huge Study Conclusively Debunks the “Gay Gene” Myth

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.

Scientists Grew Tiny Human Brains and Hooked Them up to Robots

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."

JUUL CEO Tries Blaming “Worrisome” Vaping-Related Illness on THC

By Kristin Houser

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

DARPA Needs a Creepy Underground Lair ASAP

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.

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Spotted: A Black Hole That Shouldn’t Be Physically Possible

By Dan Robitzski

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

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Newly Discovered Exoplanet Is “Unlike Any Other”

By Kristin Houser

Vaping Black-Market Cannabis Oil Is Putting People Into Comas

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.

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Physicists Publish Instructions For DIY Wormhole

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.

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Saturn’s Interior May Actually Flow “Like Honey”

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.

The Pentagon Wants Sentinel Satellites to Deter Space Warfare

By Dan Robitzski

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

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NASA Officially Activates Its “GPS for Deep Space”

By Victor Tangermann

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

DEA Announces Plan to Expand Researchers’ Access to Marijuana

By Kristin Houser

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

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Pluto Is a Planet, Insists NASA Chief Jim Bridenstine

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.

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New Ransomware Steals Crypto From Fortnite Players

By Dan Robitzski

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

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Report: Trump Has Repeatedly Suggested Nuking Hurricanes

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."

This Geothermal Energy System Could Be Built in a Backyard

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.

Designers Want to Give 3D Printers Legs, Let Them Wander the Earth

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.

Scientists Warn Of “Cascading System Collapse” in Amazon Rainforest

By Dan Robitzski

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

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Chinese Firm Wants to Give Cloned Pets the Original’s “Memories”

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.

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Earth Might Not Be the Most Hospitable Planet out There

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.

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Rocks on a Distant Asteroid Resemble Those on Earth

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.

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Annoying PR Stunts Could Fund the Future of Space Travel

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.

The World’s Smallest Engine is the Same Size as a Single Ion

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.

Scientists Will Use a Supercomputer to Simulate the Universe

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.

Instagram Hoax Fools Department of Energy Head Rick Perry

By Kristin Houser

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

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

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

Elon Musk: “Thousands of Solar Reflector Satellites” Could Warm Up Mars

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.

Officials: US Space Command Will Launch This Month

By Dan Robitzski

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

Walmart Sues Tesla, Claims Solar Panels Are Setting Fire to Stores

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.

This General Says the US Army Is Outgunned in Information Warfare

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.

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India’s Space Probe Is Now Orbiting the Moon

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.

You Can Now Rent Tesla Solar Panels for Crazy Cheap

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.

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NASA is Sending a Probe to Jupiter’s Icy Moon to Look for Life

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.

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Astronomers Just Drastically Narrowed the Search for Alien Life

By Dan Robitzski

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

Experiment to Detect Dark Energy Turns Up Nothing

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.

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This Is the Most Brutal Supernova in Recorded History

By Dan Robitzski

An army of clearly-fake "Amazon FC Ambassador" accounts once more flooded Twitter to brag about a job that offers great perks like "using a real bathroom."

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Those Obviously-Fake Amazon Warehouse Workers Are Still Tweeting

By Dan Robitzski

Report: The World’s First Solar Road is an Absolute Disaster

Report: The World’s First Solar Road is an Absolute Disaster

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suggest that Jupiter may have collided with and absorbed a giant protoplanet when the solar system was forming some 4.5 billion years ago.

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Jupiter May Have Absorbed a Smaller Planet

By Dan Robitzski

Comcast customers are finding it harder and harder to stay within their data caps as streaming technology and quality improves.

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Comcast Is Gouging People Who Watch Too Much Netflix

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have reported finding eight new repeating fast radio bursts, potential alien signals, brining the total number of known repeaters up to 10.

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Astronomers Detect Eight New Potential Alien Signals

By Kristin Houser

A report from Cambridge University warns of the risk of unregulated bioweapons that could target specific races by their DNA.

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Future Bioweapons Could Kill People With Specific DNA

By Dan Robitzski

The Atlantic: It’s Possible Dinosaurs Had a Whole Civilization

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The Atlantic: It’s Possible Dinosaurs Had a Whole Civilization

By Dan Robitzski

Microplastic has been found in rainwater samples in the Rocky Mountains, suggesting that plastic pollution has spread much farther than expected.

Rain Clouds Are Dropping Microplastic on the Rocky Mountains

By Dan Robitzski

The day after the feral hogs meme was born, these researchers published a study about the very real problem the animals pose for farmers.

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Assault Rifles Won’t Solve Your Feral Hog Problem, Say Scientists

By Kristin Houser

During an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast, Bernie Sanders promised he'd tell the public about alien life if he was elected president.

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Bernie Sanders Tells Joe Rogan He’d Declassify Aliens as President

By Dan Robitzski

#globalwarning videos on Tik Tok show people slowly melting in the heat as global climate change gets worse and worse around them.

Climate Change Is Officially a TikTok Meme

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”

Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists observed a neutron star "glitching" and rapidly accelerating. A look under the hood could finally explain why it happens.

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A Neutron Star “Glitched” — and Scientists Noticed Something Amazing

By Dan Robitzski

A cybersecurity company called Crown Sterling gave a bizarre, buzzword-filled talk at the cybersecurity conference Black Hat and got roasted to oblivion.

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Hackers Are Roasting a Terrible Sponsored Talk at Black Hat

By Dan Robitzski

Using a supercomputer, scientists simulated 8 million virtual universes — and discovered something new about galactic evolution in the process.

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Scientists Found a Way to Create Millions of Virtual Universes

By Kristin Houser

Astronomers observed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A* flare up growing 75 times brighter than usual.

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The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Just Did Something Wild

By Victor Tangermann

Radioactive dust from an ancient supernova was just found buried in Antarctica, helping scientists better understand what's outside our solar system.

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Radioactive Dust From an Ancient Supernova Is Buried in Antarctica

By Dan Robitzski

To address melting Arctic ice, a team of Indonesia designers proposes building and deploying submarines that could simply make more ice.

See How Ice-Making Submarines Could Help Refreeze the Arctic

By Kristin Houser

In three years, the Fukushima nuclear power plant will run out of space to store contaminated water, pushing officials to quicjly assemble a new plan.

In Three Years, Fukushima Could Overflow With Radioactive Water

By Dan Robitzski

Jupiter got hit by something so big on Wednesday that a photographer was able to capture the impact using a telescope in his backyard.

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Something Enormous Just Smashed Into Jupiter

By Kristin Houser

Russia's massive floating nuclear power plant is destined to make its way across the Arctic Ocean to supply electricity to a remote eastern region.

Russia Is Floating a Nuclear Power Plant Across the Arctic

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian rocket engine exploded during a military test on Thurday, killing two people and causing a slight radiation spike in a nearby town.

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A Russian Rocket Exploded, Causing a Radiation Spike

By Kristin Houser

While the recent tardigrade spill on the Moon is bad news, it may not be the first time the resilient little creatures made their way to the lunar surface.

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Hipster Asteroids Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon Before It Was Cool

By Dan Robitzski

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Scientists Brewed Vodka With Grain From Chernobyl

By Dan Robitzski

Architectural designer Honglin Li wants to build a floating skyscraper in the ocean to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Wild Concept: Build Trash-Sucking Skyscrapers on Ocean Oil Rigs

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that dark matter was already there before the Big Bang occurred, altering our understanding of the history of the universe.

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New Research: There May Have Been Dark Matter Before Big Bang

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have discovered 39 massive ancient galaxies — and they could inform our understanding of everything from black holes to dark matter.

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Astronomers Discover an Entire Population of Ancient Galaxies

By Kristin Houser