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Chinese authorities are about to test blood samples from Wuhan to investigate where and when the first COVID-19 outbreaks began.
Developments

The blood "absolutely will contain vital clues."

By Dan Robitzski

Shocking new visualizations by the non-profit Climate Central shows just how much populated land would be lost to rising sea levels.
Science & Energy

Horrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

New Treatment Eradicated Tumors in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
Cancer

"Despite the lack of statistical significance, these results are clinically meaningful."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA advisor Licianne Walkowicz announced that she's resigning over NASA's refusal to seriously consider renaming the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA

"It is evident from this choice that any promises of transparency and thoroughness were, in fact, lies."

By Dan Robitzski

Blue Origin has launched William Shatner, best known as the actor who played Captain Kirk in the "Stark Trek" franchise, to an altitude of 66.5 miles.
Blue Origin

"That was unlike anything they described."

By Victor Tangermann

Prince Charles, the heir of the British throne, told the BBC that his Aston Martin runs on "surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese proces."
Science & Energy

"I haven’t eaten meat and fish on two days a week and I don’t eat dairy products on one day a week."

By Victor Tangermann

The inevitable has happened. Somebody strapped an honest-to-God sniper to the back of a quadrupedal robot dog.
Robot Dogs

It's what experts have been warning about for years.

By Victor Tangermann

A new robotic exoskeleton allows people with amputated legs to walk naturally by giving them a small boost as they take steps forward.
Health & Medicine

"The first time I used it, it was like my muscles were totally fused with this exoskeleton."

By Dan Robitzski

What seemed to be an earthquake shook New Hampshire on Sunday, but experts say there's no evidence of a quake and they have no idea what really happened.
Physics

So far, there's no evidence of an earthquake.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers in Iceland are growing growing over 100,000 barley plants for a very unusual goal: growing lab-grown meat, the BBC reports.
Science & Energy

"The population is rising and we have to feed all of the people."

By Victor Tangermann

A new Washington Post report paints an extremely troubling picture of Blue Origin's work culture, from rampant sexism to condescending micromanaging styles.
Blue Origin

"Our current culture is toxic to our success and many can see it spreading throughout the company."

By Victor Tangermann

JPMorgan Chase CEO and outspoken crypto-critic Jamie Dimon said that he has no hopes in cryptocurrencies, calling Bitcoin "worthless" on Monday.
Bitcoin

Wall Street's cryptocurrency critic strikes again.

By Victor Tangermann

Last year, a remotely-controlled deep sea vessel got surprised by a massive sea creature while exploring a shipwreck in the Red Sea at almost 2,800 feet.
Science & Energy

It was larger than a human, but it wasn't a giant squid.

By Victor Tangermann

New research conducted on five Russian cosmonauts confirms that traveling to space damages the human brain. Now scientists want to know why.
Neuroscience and Brain

"This must be explored further and prevented if space travel is to become more common in the future."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists detected a bizarre, randomly-shifting radio wave coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and they have no idea what's causing it.
Science & Energy

Maybe it's a new celestial object, but astronomers still have no idea.

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with the Financial Times, the Pentagon's former chief software officer said that he resigned in protest of slow innovation in the US.
Artificial Intelligence

"Whether it takes a war or not is kind of anecdotal."

By Jon Christian

Two of the Inspiration4 crew members took some time out of their journey to perform a Harry Potter-inspired magic trick (with the help of zero gravity).
SpaceX

The trick was inspired by Harry Potter.

By Tony Ho Tran

Thank the Great Pumpkin! Fauci Says Trick-or-Treating Is Fine This Year
Developments

"Go out there and enjoy Halloween."

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a gigantic comet — and they say it’s headed towards Earth.
Off-World

The comet is estimated to be 60 to 100 miles wide.

By Tony Ho Tran

On the heels of his wealth ballooning past Jeff Bezos’, Elon Musk decided to poke a little fun at his favorite online punching bag on Twitter with an emoji.
Elon Musk

Musk awarded Bezos with a "silver medal."

By Tony Ho Tran