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Canadian astronaut and former space station commander Chris Hadfield urges NASA and other space agencies to partner rather than compete with China.
NASA

Former Astronaut Calls for NASA Collaboration With China

Chris Hadfield says rival space agencies should find a way to overcome the "inertia of politics."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have uncovered dozens more subterranean lakes near Mars' south pole, but some of their locations defy explanation.
Science & Energy

NASA Research Identifies Dozens of Underground Lakes on Mars

"Either liquid water is common beneath Mars’ south pole, or these signals are indicative of something else."

By Dan Robitzski

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Future Society

Highly-Classified British Military Documents Found at Bus Stop

The documents were found in a soggy pile behind the stop.

By Tony Ho Tran

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that Facebook can be held liable if sex traffickers use the platform to victimize children on Friday.
Future Society

Facebook Can Be Held Liable for Sex Trafficking, Says Texas Court

The court said that Facebook isn't "a lawless no-man's-land on the Internet."

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have discovered a subspecies of bees that can create perfect clones of itself — rendering it virtually immortal.
Future Society

A Single Bee Has Created an Immortal Army with Millions of Clones

"It's incredible. It's also incredibly dysfunctional."

By Tony Ho Tran

The Chinese rover Zhurong sent footage of its descent along with a video of its drive off of the Tianwen-1 landing platform on Sunday.
Mars

Chinese Rover Sends Video, Audio Back From Mars

Here’s what the rover sounds like on the martian surface.

By Tony Ho Tran

After a series of tests this week, researchers discovered that the Hubble Space Telescope's backup payload computer was also glitching.
Off-World

Welp, the Hubble Backup Computer Just Broke Too

NASA's still trying to fix the issue — but it's not looking good.

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to express his frustration in not being able to fly spacecraft "from one space station to another."
NASA

Elon Musk Criticizes NASA, Says Spaceships Should Fly Between Space Stations

"This seems a little over-the-top."

By Tony Ho Tran

The FDA added the warning to two COVID vaccines, saying that there was a slight risk for myocarditis and pericarditis amongst vaccine recipients.
Developments

FDA Adds Heart Inflammation Warning to Moderna, Pfizer Vaccines

But the condition is very rare and patients are recovering quickly.

By Tony Ho Tran

In 2018, Consultants reported damage that included cracks in support columns and walls at the Surfside, Florida condo that collapsed this week.
Future Society

Before The Horrific Florida Condo Collapse, the Building Owners Were Warned

The 2018 report warned of "major structural damage" to the building

By Tony Ho Tran

The Pentagon has finally released its long-awaited UFO report on Friday — and it's honestly kind of a let down. Here are the details you need to know.
Future Society

The Long-Awaited UFO Report Was Honestly Kind of Disappointing

I expected nothing and I’m still let down.

By Tony Ho Tran

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence just dropped its hotly-anticipated declassified report on "unidentified aerial phenomena," or UFOs.
Robots and Machines

The Pentagon Just Released Its UFO Report

It's here.

By Jon Christian

According to a recent tweet by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company's first prototype of its Starship booster Super Heavy is "almost done."
Starship

Elon Musk: First SpaceX Starship Booster Prototype “Almost Done”

"Next one will fly to orbit."

By Victor Tangermann

A new report by the Air Force Research Laboratory suggests that the Space Force should prepare to treat the Moon and cislunar space as a military domain.
Moon

Military Report Says Space Force Must Prepare for Moon Warfare

The US military is considering expanding its reach beyond Earth.

By Dan Robitzski

A physicist argues that the universe may have been expanding for all of eternity rather than having any sort of "beginning" point in time.
Physics

Physicist: The Universe Has Likely Been Expanding “Eternally”

What if the universe didn't actually have a beginning?

By Dan Robitzski

Some commonly used artificial sweeteners could potentially cause serious health issues by making the bacteria in our gut invade the intestinal walls.
Studies

Scientists Just Discovered Something Horrifying About Artificial Sweeteners

There's still a lot we don't understand about artificial sweeteners.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists discovered that an ancient skull belonged to a new species in the Homo genus that's even closer related to us than Neanderthals.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Ancient Skull Belonged to “Dragon Man” Related to Modern Humans

And it may be an even closer relative than Neanderthals are.

By Dan Robitzski

Guggenheim's chief investment officer (CIO) and noted Bitcoin bear Scott Minerd expects Bitcoin to sink as low as $15,000, a drop of over 50 percent.
Bitcoin

Expert: Bitcoin Is Gonna Crash Below $15,000

"I don't think people need to be anxious to be putting money in bitcoin right now."

By Victor Tangermann

Google's search engine misidentified an engineer's likeness as belong to a serial killer, who happens to have the same name.
Future Society

Google Algorithm Accuses Random Guy of Being a Serial Killer

"I don't know if this is hilarious or terrifying."

By Victor Tangermann

The research labs around the world that handle the most dangerous pathogens have alarmingly bad biosecurity protocols in place.
Developments

Experts: Infectious Disease Labs Have Shockingly Terrible Security

Labs handling the most dangerous pathogens scored dismally low on biosafety and biosecurity.

By Dan Robitzski