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Chinese astronauts onboard China's Tiangong Space Station are reported to have successfully hatched rice seedlings in space.
Off-World

Chinese Astronauts Successfully Grow Rice Seedlings on New Space Station

"We have to find a sustainable food source for long-term space explorations."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA will need a special containment lab to safely study Martian rock samples returned from Mars. Pathogens can't be allowed to escape for Earth's safety.
NASA

New Details Emerge About NASA’s Lab to House Martian Samples

"We are doing our due diligence to make sure that there’s no possibility of contamination."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA planetary scientist Alan Stern just visited the Titanic, and now he's getting ready to blast off into space with Virgin Galactic.
Off-World

Guy Who Just Visited the Titanic in a Submarine Now Headed to Space

"We are now witnessing the very earliest days of what is likely to become an unparalleled era of exploration by humans..."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A famous investor is warning his clients that the financial "superbubble" is getting ready to burst — and that it will soon reach an "epic finale."
Future Society

Investor Warns That a “Superbubble” May Be About to Burst in a Financial “Tragedy”

Well, that's not good at all.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is will be paying Boeing twice as much for each Starliner seat to the International Space Station than SpaceX, Ars Technica reports.
Boeing

NASA Paying SpaceX Half of Boeing’s Price to Launch Astronauts

NASA is paying Boeing double what it's paying SpaceX for the same service.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk and musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher's child X Æ A-12 — or just "X" for short — is already having trouble getting rockets off of the ground.
Off-World

Elon Musk’s Two-Year-Old Son Frustrated When Toy Rocket Won’t Reach Orbit

Seriously.

By Victor Tangermann

The Ecuadorian government is begging people to stop poaching the Galapagos islands' famed giant tortoises and eating them.
Science & Energy

Authorities Plead: Please Stop Eating Critically Endangered Giant Tortoises

What kind of monster...

By Noor Al-Sibai

Somebody entered the Colorado State Fair’s fine art competition with an AI-generated painting — and won first prize, Vice reports, pissing off artists everywhere.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Painting Wins State Fair Fine Arts Competition

"We’re watching the death of artistry unfold before our eyes."

By Victor Tangermann

Known as MOXIE, this lunchbox-sized machine aboard the Mars rover can generate breathable oxygen directly from the Martian atmosphere.
Mars

NASA Flew an MIT Device to Mars, Where It’s Been Cranking Out Breathable Oxygen for More Than a Year

"But dumb old oxygen? If you can make it there, go for it — you’re way ahead of the game."

By Frank Landymore

Police in LA issued an emergency evacuation order for the whole city amid Wednesday wildfires — and it really freaked out those who saw it.
Future Society

Accidental Emergency Broadcast Says Everyone in Los Angeles Should Evacuate

An incredible screwup.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just took its first direct image of an exoplanet, a gas giant, lurking outside of the Solar System.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Just Took Its First Direct Image of an Exoplanet

"This is a transformative moment, not only for Webb but also for astronomy generally."

By Victor Tangermann

Dating app Filter Off has come up with a genius solution to ward off scammers and scambots: by locking them in a room with a bunch of its own scambots.
Artificial Intelligence

Genius Dating App Hooks Up Scammers Only With Bots and Other Scammers

They gave scammers a taste of their own medicine.

By Victor Tangermann

In a piece for The Washington Post, historian Émile Torres argued that it's possible an artificial superintelligence (ASI) could cause our extinction.
Artificial Intelligence

Historian Warns That AI Is Likely to Cause Human Extinction

Read the room, guy!

By Victor Tangermann

Navy SEALs candidates go through brutal training, including a Hell Week. One Navy SEAL candidate died after completing training, and took drugs to survive.
RX and Medicine

Navy SEALs Are Allegedly Taking Viagra for a Very Strange Reason

"They say it’s training, but it’s torture."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Nearly 180,000 people in Jackson, Mississippi don't have clean drinking water. President Biden approved the state's emergency declaration for Jackson.
Environment

The Water System in Jackson, Mississippi Has Effectively Collapsed

Residents have no water to drink, shower, or flush toilets.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Even though he's not always good at making predictions, Elon Musk keeps predicting the world's population will collapse because of declining birth rates.
Elon Musk

Experts Say Elon Musk Is Wrong About That Population Thing He Keeps Saying

"Maybe want to give it a break Nostradamus."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A space infrastructure startup called Orbit Fab announced that it will be offering satellite refueling services in geostationary orbit as soon as 2025.
Off-World

Space Startup Unveils Plans for Orbital Fuel Station for Spacecraft

The price at this pump will be astronomical!

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks
Data Privacy

Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks

"Where does one even buy a floppy disk these days?"

By Victor Tangermann

Satellite constellations are clogging up Earth's lower orbit and making it harder to spot killer asteroids, scientists warn.
SpaceX

Planetary Defense Experts Complain That SpaceX-Style Satellites Make It Harder to Spot Killer Asteroids

"This is only going to get worse."

By Noor Al-Sibai

California is spending $20 million on a pilot project that will involve 8,500 feet of solar panels covering sections of canals.
Solar Power

California Installing Huge Solar Panels Over Canals to Combat Drought

It just might work.

By Victor Tangermann