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Branson's flight was a testament to the years of hard work put in by Virgin Galactic's engineers — but to call it traveling to "space" would be a mistake.
Off-World

Richard Branson Didn’t Go to Space Yesterday, He Just Cruised Through the Upper Atmosphere

The entire crew got their "astronaut wings," but didn't actually enter space.

By Victor Tangermann

A wobble in the Moon's orbit, coupled with rising sea levels, is about to make coastal flooding a whole lot worse for coastal cities.
Moon

NASA Says a Change in the Moon’s Orbit Will Make Flooding on Earth Worse

Climate change and a lunar "wobble" are about to pack a dangerous one-two punch.

By Dan Robitzski

Over $21 million worth of Bitcoin were just moved out of a ten-year-old wallet that has been dormant since 2012. Was Satoshi Nakamoto behind it?
Bitcoin

A Cache of Ancient Bitcoin, Possibly Mined by Satoshi, Just Awakened

Satoshi, is that you?

By Victor Tangermann

A gun shop in Utah started to sell a kit that covers real handguns in Lego bricks, making the weapons look like a colorful child's toy.
Future Society

Company in Hot Water for Making Real Guns Look Like Lego Toys

Lego, needless to say, was not pleased.

By Dan Robitzski

New research validates MIT scientists' 1972 prediction that civilization is on track to utterly collapse within the next two decades.
Future Society

MIT Prediction of Civilization Collapse Appears to Be on Track

Well, that doesn't seem great.

By Dan Robitzski

Jeff Bezos's great Eureka moment: why don't we take all the bad, emitting stuff and stick it in space out of harm's way?
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Says Now He’s Gonna Pollute Space, Too

"We need to take all heavy industry, all polluting industry, and move it into space."

By Victor Tangermann

New research found high levels of PFAS, a class of plastics used in a wide variety of products, accumulating in new moms' breast milk.
Studies

Scientists Find Alarming Chemicals in Mothers’ Breast Milk

"I realized that I could do the best job I could, and I would still run into things out of my control."

By Dan Robitzski

A veterinarian in China caught and died from an extremely rare and deadly "Monkey B" virus that almost never infects humans.
Developments

Extremely Rare Monkey Virus Kills Veterinarian in China

Thankfully, this seems to be an isolated case.

By Dan Robitzski

Bitcoin has dipped below the $30,000 mark for a second time in months as Wall Street is starting to grow anxious of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Crashes Below $30,000. Again.

The currency is having an awful year.

By Victor Tangermann

The total number of COVID-19 cases among athletes and staff at the Olympic Games in Tokyo rose to 71, the Associated Press reports.
Developments

Number of COVID Cases Linked to Tokyo Olympics Spikes to 71

"It's obvious that the bubble system is kind of broken."

By Victor Tangermann

It turns out that feral hogs release huge amounts of carbon dioxide by diggig up soil as they invade and wreak havoc in new areas.
Climate Change

Feral Hogs Are Contributing Hugely to Climate Change, Experts Say

Globally, feral hogs emit more carbon dioxide than 1 million cars.

By Dan Robitzski

Jeff Bezos Couldn’t Qualify for Normal Astronaut Wings, So Blue Origin Invented Its Own
Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos Couldn’t Qualify for Normal Astronaut Wings, So Blue Origin Invented Its Own

That's one way to do it.

By Victor Tangermann

The largest wildfire of this year's wildfire season in the US so far is so massive, it's causing absolute mayhem with the weather.
Science & Energy

A Forest Fire in Oregon Is So Huge That It’s Generating Freak Lightning Storms

"Normally the weather predicts what the fire will do. In this case, the fire is predicting what the weather will do."

By Victor Tangermann

Warehouse robots in London started a fire and disrupted thousands of grocery orders when they crashed into each other on the job.
Robotics

Worker Robots Start Fire in Warehouse

This is how it starts.

By Dan Robitzski

Amateur astronomer Kai Ly pored over years of data to find and confirm a previously-undiscovered moon that's orbiting around Jupiter.
Moon

Jupiter Officially Has Yet Another Moon

This is the first time an amateur astronomer found a new planetary moon.

By Dan Robitzski

Canadian vehicle and scooter company Daymak has designed an autonomous car that can mine cryptocurrencies when it's parked.
Cryptocurrency

Upcoming Electric Car Designed to Mine Crypto While Charging

Self-drive by day, mining crypto by night.

By Victor Tangermann

It's debatable whether Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos managed to get to outer space today. Was it all a marketing stunt to appeal to the ultra wealthy?
Off-World

Jeff Bezos Heads Toward Space, Turns Back Before He Gets There

The Kármán line has been turned into a marketing gimmick.

By Victor Tangermann

Retired pilot instructor Wally Funk just made it to the edge of space on board Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft RSS First Step.
Off-World

82-Year-Old Woman Becomes Oldest Person in Space

She was meant to fly to space with NASA in the 1960s — but the government shut down the program.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is now offering its Full Self-Driving subscription, a semi-autnomous driving feature, for a cool $199 a month, a substantial amount of money.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Costs as Much Per Month as Leasing an Entire Car

Despite the name, the feature still does "not make the vehicle autonomous."

By Victor Tangermann

The extreme heat in Oregon and California is so bad that baby birds are trying to escape and plumetting from their nests before they can fly.
Climate Change

Baby Birds Are Leaping From Their Nests and Dying Because of Extreme Heat

Hawks are trying to escape the intense heats — before they're able to fly.

By Dan Robitzski