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After spending over two and a half years on the surface of Mars, NASA's Insight Mars Lander is looking a little worse for wear.
Mars

Some of its scientific instruments already had to be shut off.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla just showed off its massive new supercomputer — and according to their numbers, it may just be the fifth most powerful one in the world, according to Electrek.
Self-Driving Vehicles

"For us, computer vision is the bread and butter of what we do and what enables Autopilot."

By Victor Tangermann

China's space program is finally preparing to loan out its newly-retrieved lunar samples to scientists for their research.
Moon

Researchers' applications to borrow the precious samples are being reviewed.

By Dan Robitzski

A new video going viral on social media shows a helmeted daredevil shooting through Times Square in New York City — while flying on a hoverboard.
Drones

It's the Green Goblin come to life.

By Victor Tangermann

A massive clump of galaxies 3.3 billion light-years across seems to defy the cosmological principle and our understanding of the universe.
Science & Energy

Plain and simple, this thing is too big to exist.

By Dan Robitzski

Back in 2019, the folks behind the startup Furrion Exo-Bionics took their 9,000 pound mechanized suit called Prosthesis for a spin in the desert.
Robots and Machines

Have you ever watched a giant mecha suit go off-roading?

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese officials continued their crackdown on cryptocurrencies in the country, ordering banks to stop supporting any transactions involving crypto.
Bitcoin

The price of Bitcoin hasn't been this low since Trump was president.

By Victor Tangermann

A video reportedly shows part of China's Long March 2F rocket lying in the middle of the field, leaking what appears to be nitrogen tetroxide.
Off-World

"There is a real chance of damage to whatever it hits and the outside chance of a casualty."

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and the Max Planck Institute in Germany built a small quadrupedal robot meant to tackle the steep hills of Mars.
Mars

SpaceBok was originally designed to leap around on the Moon. But now, it may be headed to Mars instead.

By Victor Tangermann

The US Navy detonated 40,000 pounds worth of explosives right next to a a warship to make sure it can weather battle conditions.
Robots and Machines

Here's what detonating 40,000 pounds worth of explosives in the ocean looks like.

By Victor Tangermann

The Israeli military just tested a plane equipped with a new laser weapon that's capable of burning through drones in midair.
Drones

A plane equipped with a powerful laser burned holes through drones in midair.

By Dan Robitzski

After Subway was sued for allegedly lying about its tuna sandwiches, a NYT reporter decided to buy some of the meat and test its DNA.
Science & Energy

"…The further you get the fish from the bone, the harder it is to recognize what that fish is."

By Dan Robitzski

The pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which collaborated with Pfizer to make a coronavirus vaccine, is now injecting patients with a vaccine for cancer.
Cancer

"Our vision is to harness the power of the immune system against cancer and infectious diseases."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) simulated what happens when a satellite burns up in the Earth's atmosphere.
Off-World

It doesn't just look cool on camera — the test serves an extremely important purpose.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, a team of geologists found that our planet goes through a cycle of severe geological events — almost like clockwork.
Science & Energy

Major geological events in our planet's history were anything but random.

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre space rock called 2014 UN271 will come near Earth within the next decade before continuing along its 600,000-year-long orbit.
Off-World

And then it'll be gone for another 600,000 years.

By Dan Robitzski

China's authorities are increasingly cracking down on cryptocurrency mining practices, causing the price of graphics cards to plummet.
Bitcoin

Is the crypto slump here to stay?

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists developed a pee test that they say can diagnose brain cancer before it's too late to treat or remove the tumor.
Cancer

Genius: "Urine can be collected easily without putting a burden on the human body."

By Dan Robitzski

Over the last 15 years, the Earth has doubled how much energy from the Sun it traps as excess heat on the surface and in the ocean.
Climate Change

My world's on fire / how 'bout yours?

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook is starting to squeeze ads into the magical virtual reality environments enabled by its Oculus Quest VR headset.
Virtual Reality

VR advertising is upon us, and right in your face.

By Victor Tangermann