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As the technology behind sex dolls is rapidly advancing, legal experts are beginning to wonder how exactly they should be regulated (if at all).
Future Society

Sexbots are here to stay. That's why some lawyers are wondering how the government should respond.

By Tony Ho Tran

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Friday that July 2021 was “Earth’s hottest month in 142 years.”
Climate Change

“In this case, first place is the worst place to be.”

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk Casually Roasts Jeff Bezos Once Again
Elon Musk

He also called him "Jeffrey Kisses" in Spanish.

By Tony Ho Tran

Harvard researchers have discovered a connection between exposure to wildfire smoke with roughly 20,000 infections and 750 deaths due to COVID-19.
Viruses

Air quality has hit "hazardous" levels in some parts of the country.

By Tony Ho Tran

As climate change progresses, hypoxic or "dead" zones of dangerously-low oxygen off the coastline will become bigger and more common.
Climate Change

"How long can a fish hold its breath?"

By Dan Robitzski

An underaged driver has been charge with driving while intoxicated after crashing a Tesla Model X into a traffic pole and then a gas station in west Austin.
Tesla

"They'll reignite... as soon as you stop flowing water and it looks like it's out, it'll just reignite."

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's recently docked Nauka module will eventually house a sizable greenhouse capable of growing a number of different plants.
Off-World

Is this how we will survive during a trip to Mars?

By Victor Tangermann

The 11th commander of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) revealed that he crushed "a couple of Monster [energy drinks] this morning."
Future Society

Let's hope he has a steady hand.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has embarked on its 11th flight on the Red Planet's surface, flying to record heights, reaching altitues of almost 40 feet.
Mars

"Ingenuity’s aerial images are awesome — but even better when you get to play ‘Where’s Perseverance?’ with them."

By Victor Tangermann

Russian state-owned news service TASS is conducting a smear campaign presumably to help the country's space program save face after the Nauka incident.
NASA

It's a bizarre smear campaign.

By Victor Tangermann

Synchron CEO and founder Thomas Oxley explains how his neural implant startup beat Neuralink in the race to achieve FDA approval.
Neuroscience and Brain

"Anything that requires open brain surgery, we should be able to provide a solution for."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at Caltech have created a fluid-like chain mail that can go rigid on command, kind of like a science fiction armor.
Science & Energy

It's like Batman's cape, which can stiffen into a set of wings at will.

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency and NASA's Solar Orbiter just came eerily close to the surface of Venus, snapping a series of glorious pictures.
Off-World

It's not the only Venus flyby that happened this week.

By Victor Tangermann

The California state legislature might legalize human composting in the state, reducing the environmental toll of traditional burial or cremation.
Future Society

"Natural organic reduction" seems to be the most environmentally-friendly funerary option.

By Dan Robitzski

After Perseverance tried and failed to collect rock samples on Mars, NASA insists that the blame lies squarely on the rocks' shoulders.
Mars

The logic is impeccable.

By Dan Robitzski

German automaker Audi's latest "skysphere concept" can transform itself from a two-seater sports car into a steering wheel-less, self-driving living room on wheels
Advanced Transport

Autobots, roll out!

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suspect that there could be past or present microbial life beneath the surface of Mars that survives thanks to radioactivity.
Science & Energy

"The environment with the best chance of habitability on Mars is the subsurface."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is trying to figure out how to dispose of the International Space Station, the eventual conclusion to decades of invaluable research in microgravity.
International Space Station

Whose job is it to take out the trash when the ISS is retired?

By Victor Tangermann

India's latest rocket launch ended in critical failure when the third stage failed to ignite, marking the country's first failed launch since 2017.
Off-World

The failed launch ended a 14-rocket winning streak for India.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just sent brainless bits of slime mold to the ISS to study how the single-celled organism's behavior is affected by microgravity.
Science & Energy

These seriously weird organisms are headed to space. What could possibly go wrong?

By Victor Tangermann