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The United Launch Alliance is planning to use two of Blue Origin's BE-4 rocket engines to build its Vulcan rocket. But the engine is years late.
Jeff Bezos

There’s Reportedly Massive Drama Inside Jeff Bezos’ Wannabe Space Company

"There is great concern that Blue is not putting enough attention and priority on the engine."

By Victor Tangermann

A new car created by award-winning designer Thomas Heatherwick is said to be able to clean the air of pollution while you drive it.
Pollution

New Car Sucks Up Pollution While It Drives

The car can "collect a tennis ball worth” of pollution a year.

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have developed a unique radar system that relies on microwaves and allows us to produce real-time images and videos of objects through walls.
Science & Energy

New Microwave Tech Can See Through Walls, Scientists Say

The system can also detect objects moving at hypersonic speeds.

By Tony Ho Tran

A newly declassified military program shows that China developed autonomous killer submarines in the 1990s and successfully tested them over ten years ago.
Robotics

China Secretly Developed Autonomous Killer Robot Submarines

The autonomous drone reportedly took down a target all the way back in 2010.

By Dan Robitzski

Richard Branson recently announced he would be traveling to space over a week before Jeff Bezos's own journey. Bezos is "seriously pissed off."
Blue Origin

Blue Origin Is Officially Feuding With Virgin Galactic

"Jeff is seriously pissed off."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk once again criticized Bitcoin, arguing that the underlying technology of Dogecoin is better suited for scalability.
Science & Energy

Elon Musk Slams Bitcoin’s Underlying Technology

He says Dogecoin is better positioned to scale up.

By Dan Robitzski

According to Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti, cosmonauts are still trying to identify the source of a leak causing air to escape from the ISS.
Off-World

Cosmonauts Are STILL Hunting Down the Damn Leak on the ISS, Russian Media Reports

The leak was first detected in September 2019.

By Victor Tangermann

A massive study found an alarming correlation between heavy cannabis use and suicidal thoughts or actions among teens and young adults.
Health & Medicine

Cannabis Use Linked to Suicide Attempts in Young Adults

This is alarming.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA will attempt to switch to the Hubble Space Telescope's backup hardware some time next week after a glitch shut down operations.
NASA

There’s Officially Hope for NASA’s Broken Hubble Space Telescope

NASA will attempt to switch to backup hardware some time next week.

By Victor Tangermann

Dubai has opened the deepest pool in the world, with a depth of 196 feet. It features an "abandoned" underwater city with state-of-the-art lighting.
Future Society

Dubai Builds “Underwater City”

This is the deepest pool in the world — and it's absolutely nuts.

By Victor Tangermann

Hunter Kowald, inventor of a real-life hoverboard called the SkySurfer, rejects the obvious comparison to the Green Goblin.
Advanced Transport

Guy Who Built “Green Goblin” Hoverboard Says He’s Not a Supervillain

Everyone can relax!

By Dan Robitzski

The producers of the popular Netflix series "Queer Eye" are working on a new major TV network show — and its a bit of a doozy.
Bitcoin

Reality Show Seeks Idiots Who Have Forgotten Their Bitcoin Passwords

"Have you lost your key? Have you tried everything to unlock your crypto wallet with no luck?"

By Victor Tangermann

In an announcement, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis promised that Dodge "will not sell electric cars," but will make "American eMuscle" a thing instead.
Advanced Transport

Dodge Says It’s Only Making an Electric Car Because the Performance Is So Good

Dodge doesn't seem to know how it feels about its upcoming electric muscle car.

By Victor Tangermann

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Military

US Military Document Admits That Risk of Nuclear War Is Growing

Military leaders warn of an "increased potential" for nuclear war in several parts of the world.

By Dan Robitzski

The startup Halo wants to use driverless, remote-controlled cars to make renting a car less of a headache and pave the road for autonomous vehicles.
Advanced Transport

Driverless Car Startup Actually Uses Remote Controls

That counts, right?

By Dan Robitzski

As the death toll from last week's heatwave continues to climb, officials in Oregon have officially designated it a "mass casualty event."
Climate Change

Officials Declare Deadly Heatwave as “Mass Casualty Event”

This is horrific.

By Dan Robitzski

The Teletubbies are supposedly vaccinated against the coronavirus, but something is a little bit off about their paperwork.
Viruses

There’s Something Fishy About the Teletubbies’ Vaccination Cards

Did they forge their documents?

By Dan Robitzski

The scientists and entrepreneurs who helped pioneer and popularize carbon capture technology now say it probably can't save us from climate change.
Climate Change

Carbon Capture Pioneers Say Carbon Capture Tech Won’t Save Us

"You are seeing lots of people making big promises right now, and they don't quite know how to keep them."

By Dan Robitzski

Juul paid the American Journal of Health Behavior $51,000 to have the entire May/June issue filled with 11 studies funded by the company.
Medical

Juul Paid a Medical Journal to Run a Bunch of Pro-Vaping Studies

"The Marlboro man rode into Juul and now wants us to trust them."

By Victor Tangermann

In a Wednesday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that a Starship "itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."
Starship

Elon Musk Suggests Turning a Starship Into a Giant Space Telescope

The "ship itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."

By Victor Tangermann