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A NASA-funded project aims to use the Sun as a gigantic lens to peer into the far reaches of the universe to look for extraterrestrial biosignatures.
Exobiology

Researchers Want to Use the Sun As a Giant Telescope to Look for Aliens

An epic task.

By Victor Tangermann

Elegant Chaos: Planetary Orbital Planes
From Quarks to Quasars

Elegant Chaos: Planetary Orbital Planes

By Joshua Filmer

A Colorado lawmaker warned that DNA-based bioweapons are on the horizon — and that private DNA-testing companies may make that possible by selling data.
Gene Editing

House Rep Worried 23andMe Will Lead to Bioweapons That Kill Specific People Based on DNA

"People will very rapidly spit into a cup and send it to 23andMe... and guess what? Their DNA is now owned by a private company."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Follow-up experiments attempting to recreate a landmark laser fusion breakthrough are falling far short of expectations, Nature reports.
Energy

Oops! Fusion Facility Keeps Failing to Recreate Last Year’s “Breakthrough” Record

They aren't even getting close.

By Victor Tangermann

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has taken an incredible image of Phobos, one of the two moons orbiting Mars, from just 3,160 miles away.
Mars

China Takes Incredible Close Up Shot of Mars’ Moon Phobos

That is one lumpy moon!

By Victor Tangermann

The first photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is already awe-inspiring enough — but as it turns out, that's only a fraction of the whole picture.
James Webb Space Telescope

The First Webb Photo Will Blow Your Wig Off If You Zoom Out

Astounding!

By Noor Al-Sibai

A chess robot playing three games at once broke a 7-year-old boy's finger in a tournament that ended Thursday in Russia. Officials say the bot was confused.
Robotics

Russian Chess Robot Breaks Child’s Finger During Tournament

"This, of course, is bad."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

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RX and Medicine

WHO Declares World Health Emergency Over Monkeypox

It's looking serious.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Google has finally fired the engineer, Blake Lemoine, who insists the company's chatbot AI known as LaMBDA is sentient after a previous suspension.
Google

Google Fires Engineer Who Said Its Experimental AI Gained Sentience

It finally happened.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Upon arriving at harbors in Norway, this Freya the Walrus has chosen chaos: in her endless pursuit of sunny naps, she's has been sinking tiny Nordic boats.
Science & Energy

Chaotic Walrus Keeps Climbing on Small Boats and Sinking Them

"I don't want her on the dock or on my boat."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A windmill in Texas caught on fire after getting strucking by lightning. Footage showed a spiral of smoke before the structure collapsed.
Wind

Wind Turbine Catches on Fire, Creates Spiral-Shaped Smoke Pattern

"That was pretty insane to watch!"

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a damning report published yesterday, Reuters confirmed that carmaker Hyundai has been using child labor near its flagship factory in Montgomery, AL. 
Future Society

Hyundai Busted Using Child Labor in Alabama

"Consumers should be outraged."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Startup EarthGrid's plasma bot is built to bore tunnels underground fast and cheap, and may help run electric and power grid lines for the US.
Climate Change

Robot Designed to Tunnel Through the Earth Incredibly Fast Using Plasma

"Imagine a robot with ten light sabers on the front."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

According to a new report, cryptocurrency company EminiFX collected a quarter of a billion dollars from investors before being exposed as a Ponzi scheme.
Cryptocurrency

Shockingly, Crypto Project That Promised 5% Returns Per Week Turned Out to Be a Ponzi Scheme

If it sounds too good to be true...

By Victor Tangermann

One Reddit user captured video of an exceptional Tesla Semi that features a bucking horse mural on its side. Semis have been delayed for years.
Tesla

Tesla Semi Spotted With Huge Mysterious Mural on Its Side

"I’m going to drive next to it for milesssssss to admire it."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists in Switzerland say they've figured out how to make jet fuel from water, carbon dioxide and sunlight using a solar tower.
Energy

New System Creates Jet Fuel From Water, CO2 and Sunlight

This could be huge.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists at Hongtuo Joint Laboratory in Wuhan, China, have invented a somewhat mysterious laser pen that lets users write in mid-air.
Future Society

Chinese Scientists Show Off Laser That Can Write Words in Mid-Air

Wow.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In light of the confirmed New York case of — checks notes — POLIO, here are all of the trending contagions to watch out for this summer.
Developments

A Brief List of Bizarre Diseases Currently Spreading in the United States

From polio to snail-borne meningitis, here's your daily dose of hell!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This weekend, China plans to launch a powerful Long March 5B rocket — and it's likely that parts of junk from the rocket will crash land back onto Earth.
Off-World

China Is Sending More Space Junk Hurtling Down to Earth

Not again!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An object that looks like a bundle of string that showed up in images taken by NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover earlier this month has suddenly disappeared.
Mars

Noodle-Like Object on Mars Has Disappeared, According to NASA Photos

Where did it come from, where did it go?

By Victor Tangermann