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Report: Pentagon Working on Space-Based Anti-Satellite Tech
Space

Report: Pentagon Working on Space-Based Anti-Satellite Tech

The US is entering a global space weapons race.

By Victor Tangermann

Stunning New Brain-Fat Burning Connection Discovered in Mice
Neuroscience and Brain

Stunning New Brain-Fat Burning Connection Discovered in Mice

A fascinating study on fat metabolism reconciled confusing, conflicting findings.

By Dan Robitzski

Wildfires are raging across the entire globe right now, producing unprecedented amounts of greenhouse gases, visible scars left behind by climate change.
Climate Change

2021 Wildfires Spewed Record Breaking Amount of C02

One region in Siberia released as much CO2 as Germany does in a year.

By Victor Tangermann

Massive Asteroid That Could Obliterate Earth to Fly By, Case the Joint
Off-World

Massive Asteroid That Could Obliterate Earth to Fly By, Case the Joint

That WHOOSH you'll feel this weekend is Earth not being obliterated.

By Foster Kamer

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has peered into the sky for an epic time lapse — and caught the Red Planet's tiny moon Deimos.
Moon

NASA Rover’s New, Gorgeous Time Lapse Spots Tiny Martian Moon

It's one of the tiniest moons in the entire solar system.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Says You’ll “Most Likely” Be Able To Beat His Tesla Bot in a Fight
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says You’ll “Most Likely” Be Able To Beat His Tesla Bot in a Fight

Trust me, it's on sight.

By Dan Robitzski

Investigators Scrambling To Track Down $97 Million Stolen From Japanese Crypto Exchange
Science & Energy

Investigators Scrambling To Track Down $97 Million Stolen From Japanese Crypto Exchange

Huge crypto heists seem to be all the rage nowadays.

By Dan Robitzski

AI Blood Test Can Spot Lung Cancers With 90 Percent Accuracy
Cancer

AI Blood Test Can Spot Lung Cancers With 90 Percent Accuracy

Is machine learning the future of early cancer detection?

By Victor Tangermann

The Space Force met its initial deadline to get its act together. Now it has to figure out what, exactly, it's supposed to be doing.
Space Force

US Space Force: Successfully Assembled. Next up: Making Itself Useful.

Congress initially gave the military branch 18 months to get operational.

By Dan Robitzski

During this week's AI Day event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that the car company is working on a humanoid prototype called Tesla Bot.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Announced a Humanoid “Tesla Bot”

It's "intended to be friendly."

By Victor Tangermann

New Diabetes Treatment Involves a Robot “Docked” Inside Your Guts
Treatments

New Diabetes Treatment Involves a Robot “Docked” Inside Your Guts

"Maybe it's scary to think about a docking station inside the body, but it worked."

By Dan Robitzski

A judge has awarded Blue Origin a "stay" after the Jeff Bezos-led space company sued NASA over losing the HLS contract to SpaceX.
Starship

Blue Origin Lawsuit Could Be Massive Setback to Starship Development

Work on the lunar lander contract is on hold — again.

By Victor Tangermann

A huge rain storm, the first in recorded history to hit Greenland's ice sheet, caused a record-breaking ice melt last week.
Climate Change

Red Alert: It Rained in Greenland’s Ice Sheet for the First Time in Recorded History

Unprecedented rainfall washed away vast swathes of Greenland's ice.

By Dan Robitzski

Stunning 3D Images Show How the Coronavirus Infects Our Cells
Viruses

Stunning 3D Images Show How the Coronavirus Infects Our Cells

Seeing the coronavirus in action is an important step toward thwarting it.

By Dan Robitzski

mRNA booster shots for COVID-19 may be available in the US starting next month. Many are still unvaccinated, but you should consider getting yours anyway.
Viruses

Why You Might Want an mRNA Booster Shot, In One Simple Graphic

Booster shots may be coming to the US soon, for better or worse.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists managed to 3D print a "viable" glioblastoma tumor so that they can develop better, more effective treatments for the deadly brain cancer.
Brain

Scientists 3D Print Living, Viable Brain Tumor, to Practice Killing It

It seems almost unfair for the little cancer blobs.

By Dan Robitzski

Police departments are increasingly relying on systems that use sensors and artificial intelligence to keep track of gunshots, the AP reports.
Future Society

Crime-Fighting AI Put a Guy in Jail for a Year With Little Evidence

Police departments are increasingly relying on fundamentally flawed technologies.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's constellation of Starlink satellites are responsible for 1,600 near-collisions every week, and that number is going to keep growing.
SpaceX

SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Cause 1,600 Near-Crashes in Orbit Every Week

Starlink satellites have caused half of the near-collisions in orbit, and that percentage is poised to grow.

By Dan Robitzski

Literally Nobody Asked for Facebook’s Dumb VR Meeting Feature
Future Society

Literally Nobody Asked for Facebook’s Dumb VR Meeting Feature

Even more work meetings, but this time with giant goggles strapped to your face.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Cambridge psychologists have demonstrated that magic tricks can fool birds, based on a snack-based version of the shell game.
Science & Energy

Magic Tricks Can Fool Birds, Say Scientists With Nothing Better To Do

This next trick is for the birds!

By Dan Robitzski