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12-year-old Benyamin Ahmed has made nearly $400,000 after programming and selling a series of NFTs of pixelated doodles called "Weird Whales."
Science & Energy

"When people buy Weird Whales, they’re investing in me and my future."

By Dan Robitzski

The first images of Blue Origin's rocket test tank surfaced recently, bearing a close resemblance to SpaceX's Super Heavy. Elon Musk was amused.
Elon Musk

Blue Origin's test tank sure looks familiar.

By Victor Tangermann

TikTok is full of videos attempting a dangerouns "milk crate challenge," and doctors are pleading with them to knock it off.
Developments

"It's perhaps even worse than falling from a ladder."

By Dan Robitzski

Model rocket maker Estes has released a 1/66 scale model of Blue Origin's dick-shaped New Shepard rocket — and it is not in fact an operable sex toy.
Blue Origin

It's on sale for $69.

By Victor Tangermann

Rocket companies are out of liquid oxygen, a cryogenic oxidizer used to propel rockets into orbit, because hospitals need it to treat COVID patients.
SpaceX

"We certainly are going to make sure hospitals have the liquid oxygen they need."

By Victor Tangermann

Japan's space agency JAXA has announced that is has successfully demonstrated the operation of a "rotary detonation engine" in space, a world's first.
Off-World

This could be a game changer for deep space exploration.

By Victor Tangermann

Robot maker Boston Dynamics has released its latest video of its two-legged pioneer called Atlas performing some impressive parkour.
Boston Dynamics

We bet you haven't seen a humanoid robot vault over an obstacle before.

By Victor Tangermann

As the Taliban continues their ruthless takeover of Afghanistan, they’ve taken to banning the COVID-19 vaccine in certain regions of the country.
Future Society

It’s just one of many draconian demands the military insurgents have ordered.

By Tony Ho Tran

Biotech company Moderna is set to start human trials for the first-ever mRNA-based HIV vaccine as soon as this week, according to a recent submission.
Health & Medicine

RNA-based vaccines successfully helped fight off the coronavirus. Will they be able to do the same for HIV?

By Victor Tangermann

Val Kilmer Can’t Speak — But His AI Voice Replacement Is Truly Uncanny
Artificial Intelligence

"After getting treated, my voice as I knew it was taken away from me."

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba is rolling out delivery robots to replace error-prone, smoke-break-taking human couriers.
Robotics

Seems a little rude!

By Dan Robitzski

Manhattan offices are adding gardens, terraces, and rootop beehives in order to entice workers who have gotten accustomed to working from home.
Future Society

"There's a lot more focus on amenities and how to make an office better than working from your dining room table."

By Dan Robitzski

According to a recent survey by Deloitte, digital assets will likely replace fiat currencies in five to ten years, a "a seismic shift."
Blockchain

"Participation in the age of digital assets is not an option, it is inevitable."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at Osaka University in Japan have managed to print lab-grown steak that greatly resembles products made from Wagyu cattle.
3D Printing

It's a tasty lattice of fat, muscle, and blood vessels.

By Victor Tangermann

An alleged email leak appears to show the United Launch Alliance plotting to spread damaging conspiracy theories about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
SpaceX

Did ULA really try to dig up dirt?

By Victor Tangermann

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon subsidiary, is working on life support technologies for a "privately owned and operated low Earth orbit outpost."
Off-World

A company was just tasked to build the station's life support systems.

By Victor Tangermann

A new survey revealed shockingly high rates of substance use disorders, primarily for alcohol and marijuana, among young adults with ADHD.
Health & Medicine

That's an alarming correlation, but it could help improve mental healthcare.

By Dan Robitzski

In order to keep Fukushima's radioactive water from impacting the fishing industry, the nuclear power plant's operators plan to dig an undersea tunnel.
Energy

The idea is to keep the contaminated water away from fishing hotspots.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists stumbled upon a giant, surprisingly healthy mass of coral that's survived in the Great Barrier Reef for hundreds of years.
Environment

"It's a bit like finding a giant redwood tree in the middle of a botanical gardens."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found that drinking too little water makes the body undergo changes that raise the risk of heart failure, but staying hydrated helps prevent it.
Studies

One simple trick, so on and so forth.

By Dan Robitzski