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The CDC updated its COVID-19 guidelines, shortening the isolation timeline for those who contract the virus to just five days.
Developments

"It is a clear case of prioritizing corporate profit over public health."

A Russian rocket is now stranded in orbit after it suffered an engine failure — and it might come crashing back down to Earth.
Off-World

It’s probably going to come crashing back down to Earth.

China recently informed the United Nations that its space station performed two evasive maneuvers this past year to avoid colliding with Starlink satellites
Off-World

"The risks of Starlink are being gradually exposed, the whole human race will pay for their business activities."

NASA brought together 24 theologians for a year-long program to find out how exactly religious communities would react to alien life.
Future Society

A priest, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a NASA-funded program...

Researchers in China created a machine that can file a charge with more than 97 percent accuracy based on a description of a suspected criminal case.
Artificial Intelligence

It's been trained to identify Shanghai's eight most common crimes.

Police in Israel may soon have autonomous drones that fly to locations where gunshots are detected, but Denver police can't prove the tech even works.
Drones

That's actually pretty scary.

Former President Donald Trump took far-right personality Candace Owens to task for questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines because, clearly, 2021 still has a few surprises left for us yet.
Developments

Literally what the hell is happening.

The world's newest space telescope that's been decades in the making is supposedly going to take off on Christmas Day and you best believe the internet has something to say about it.
James Webb Space Telescope

Whether or not the telescope launches this year, it sure has been fun waiting around.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed today why he supports alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin and isn't a huge fan of Bitcoin.
Elon Musk

"Bitcoin just gives power to new rich people."

The more we learn about whether Elon Musk lives in either a shack or a palace, the more confusing the story becomes.
Elon Musk

Even by Elon's standards, this is getting dramatic.

A rising number of burglary and homicide crime cases is causing celebrities to stockpile bulletproof cars and safe rooms for security.
Future Society

Sounds like a nightmare.

A new study conducted by top scientists in China found a link between microplastics and IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease.
Health & Medicine

We've just got a gut feeling...

A bizarre invention dubbed "Taste the TV" (TTTV) allows you to taste whatever you're watching through a special hygienic film that covers a flat TV screen.
Science & Energy

"It’s sweet like a chocolate sauce."

Without the assistance of gravity, giving somebody a haircut is a lot tougher than you might think. And the results may end up being a disappointment.
Off-World

He was doing his best.

Tesla owner Tuomas Katainen hates his Model S so much he strapped on 60 pounds of dynamite. Watch him blow up the car and explain his experience.
Tesla

Kaboom!!

Australian brain computer interface company Synchron allowed a 62-year-old man with ALS to turn his thoughts directly into tweets.
Prosthetics and Devices

"Hello, world!"

After an extremely sad online-only relaunch, RadioShack is gasping for relevancy by launching a cryptocurrency exchange for rich old people.
Hacking

"The older generation simply doesn’t trust the new-fangled ideas of the Bitcoin youth."

A box full of untraceable cash sat collecting dust in the unused office a New York City physics professor for months — and its contents were shocking.
Physics

That's one way to make a splash in the science world.

A team of researchers claim to have quantum entangled frozen tardigrades, microscopic animals that are extremely hardy.
Quantum Physics

But not everybody is convinced.

An X-ray telescope that flew to space with NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1990 has landed on Craigslist with a price tag of $10 million.
NASA

"Can ship worldwide (no export restriction) in standard sea container."