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SpaceX founder Elon Musk hinted that Starship will likely be ready to land astronauts on the Moon before the projected 2024 launch date. 
Moon

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will “Probably” Land Humans on Moon Before 2024

But there are a few hurdles the company has to get over first.

Elon Musk boasted about Starship's reusability via tweet, saying that it’ll help drive more cost-effective missions to the Moon and Mars.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Each Starship Could Travel to Mars a Dozen Times

Musk said it’ll be "crushingly cost-effective."

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

Law Experts Ponder Whether Sex Robots Should Be Legal

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

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

July Was Officially the Hottest Month in Recorded History

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

Elon Musk Casually Roasts Jeff Bezos Once Again
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Casually Roasts Jeff Bezos Once Again

He also called him "Jeffrey Kisses" in Spanish.

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

Wildfire Smoke Is Apparently Making COVID Worse

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

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

The Ocean Is Losing Oxygen. This Scientist Says More “Dead Zones” Will Soon Follow.

"How long can a fish hold its breath?"

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

Tesla Model X Crashes Into Gas Station, Explodes

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

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

Russia to Grow “Industrial Scale” Veggies in Space Station Greenhouse

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

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

Admiral in Charge of Nukes Brags About Crushing Tons of Monster Energy Drinks

Let's hope he has a steady hand.

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

NASA Mars Helicopter Flies Super High, Spots Rover Way Down on Ground

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

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

Russia Claims NASA Astronaut Had Mental Breakdown in Space, Damaged Equipment to Go Home Early

It's a bizarre smear campaign.

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

How a Small Neurotech Startup Beat Elon Musk’s Neuralink to Human Studies

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

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

Caltech Invents Smart Chain Mail That Can Stiffen on Command Like Sci-Fi Armor

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

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

Awesome Video Shows Spacecraft Whipping Past Brightly-Lit Venus

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

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

New California Law Would Allow Human Composting

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

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

After Mars Rover Fails to Collect Rock, NASA Blames Rock

The logic is impeccable.

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

Audi Electric Car Concept Changes Entire Shape at the Touch of a Button

Autobots, roll out!

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

NASA Scientists Suggest Nuclear-Powered Life Under Mars Surface

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

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

NASA Is Trying to Figure Out How to Kill the International Space Station

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