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NASA' Juno spacecraft took two stunning images of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede during a June 7 flyby.
Moon

We haven't been this close to Ganymede in over two decades.

Rumors are spreading that Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson will attempt to beat rival and Blue Origins CEO Jeff Bezos to space this summer.
Off-World

It's a race to (close to) the edge of space.

Engineers are working on drones that can track people down based on the sound of their screams — scary-sounding tech that could save lives in a disaster.
Drones

Don't worry, it's for a good reason.

Guangzhou, the the capital capital of China's most populous province Guandong, is experiencing a flare up of coronavirus cases.
Viruses

The highly transmissible Delta variant is on the rise across the globe.

NASA is investigating an unprecedented "Rosetta Stone" explosion on the Sun to determine what causes different types of solar eruptions.
Science & Energy

The agency is comparing it to the Rosetta Stone.

According to IRS data obtained by ProPublica, some of the wealthiest people in the world paid extremely little in federal income taxes over the years.
Elon Musk

This doesn't seem fair.

Scientists created a census of the algae causing the Alps' pink snow to better predict what it means for the changing environment.
DNA

"This ecosystem is super fragile."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid of Anonymous — or, at least, of folks on the internet who claim to be associated with the hacktivist organization.
Elon Musk

Concerned hacktivists or Tesla short sellers?

A team of scientists tested extremely fast-charging batteries that could make eVTOLs finally become economically viable modes of transport.
Advanced Transport

Faster recharging might be the trick that makes the electric vehicles worth using.

Following recent reports that Apple is working with manufacturers to realize its first passenger vehicle, top managers are leaving the division in droves.
Advanced Transport

Top managers are leaving the team left and right.

Anthony Weiner is strongly considering capitalizing on his own sex scandals by selling old tweets or search warrants as NFTs.
Science & Energy

The disgraced politician might hop onto the crypto trend.

In a new clinical trial, psilocybin seemed to perform just as well as a treatment for major depressive disorder as a conventional SSRI.
Chemistry

"Pitting psilocybin in a head-to-head versus a conventional antidepressant felt like a brave and interesting test to do."

A drone just refuelled a US fighter jet in midair for the first time, the US Navy announced today.
Drones

It's a world's first, according to the Navy.

Only one-third of respondents to a survey said they'd take a pill that made them live forever, but more would consider it if they were younger.
Studies

Living forever might not be all it's cracked up to be.

Former president Donald Trump told Fox Business today that Bitcoin "seems like a scam" and that it only serves to undermine the US dollar.
Bitcoin

"I think they should regulate them very, very high."

A new brain-computer interface system can determine whether you'll be attracted to specific faces, even before you look at them.
Brain

It even knows you'll be attracted to someone before you see them.

Author and conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf has been suspended indefinitely from Twitter after spreading anti-vaccine misinformation on the platform. 
Future Society

Another one bites the dust.

The growing number of satellites in orbit could pose a serious environmental threat when they incinerate upon reentry into the atmosphere.
Space

All that incinerated aluminum would be bad news.

On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new weight-loss drug for the first time since 2014.
Health & Medicine

It's already being used as a diabetes drug.

Just two weeks after officially stepping down as Amazon's CEO on July 5, Jeff Bezos is ready for a vacation to the edge of space.
Off-World

He's bringing his brother along for the ride.