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Experts are shredding a scientific paper that claims to have found photographic evidence of mushrooms on Mars.
Science & Energy

"Life can barely survive, let alone thrive."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study suggests that Mars could still have active volcanoes, and recent eruptions could have happened 50,000 instead of billions of years ago.
Science & Energy

What if Mars' volcanoes erupted thousands of years ago instead of billions?

By Dan Robitzski

Boeing has announced it is targeting July 30 for its second and much overdue uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing

SpaceX is running laps around the competition.

By Victor Tangermann

As a Chinese rocket plummets to Earth after launching a space station module, the US military is taking a bold "wait and see what happens" plan of attack.
Science & Energy

The official stance is "wait and see."

By Dan Robitzski

Ohio state senator Andrew Brenner tried and failed miserably to hide the fact that he was driving a car during a Zoom meeting.
Advanced Transport

Are you telling me he wasn't wearing a seatbelt while checking his blind spots in his home office?

By Dan Robitzski

An economist examined the possible effects the discovery of aliens among our midst could have on global markets.
Off-World

HODL on UFOs.

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers found a way to take over most of a Tesla's functionality just by broadcasting a WiFi signal from a drone hovering overhead.
Drones

A zero-click exploits let hackers unlock and partially control a nearby Tesla.

By Dan Robitzski

After a not-so-sneaky attempt to get back on Twitter, former US President and serial poster Donald Trump finds himself banned once more.
Future Society

If at first you don't succeed…

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service isn't going to give you a pass for downloading copyright-infringing content online.
SpaceX

This is a PSA.

By Victor Tangermann

The US birthrate dropped for its sixth straight year, with a precipitous drop in December births linked to the start of the pandemic.
Developments

The pandemic seems to have accelerated an already alarming trend.

By Dan Robitzski

To SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the only way to "make life multiplanetary" is to "create rapidly and fully reusable orbital rockets."
Starship

One rocket at a time.

By Victor Tangermann

A new bill in front of the New York state senate would impose a three-year ban on all crypto mining to take stock of its environmental impacts.
Environment

A three-year moratorium would help New York hit its climate goals.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has finally launched its latest full-scale prototype of its Mars-bound Starship rocket — and this time it stuck the landing. 
Starship

It's a major achievement for the space company.

By Victor Tangermann

The Biden administration announced today that it supports the waiving of intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines, as CNBC reports.
Developments

"The best way to end the deadly global vaccine shortage is to enable more manufacturers to make vaccines."

By Victor Tangermann

The biotech company Oxitec has now released its genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, where it hopes they'll reduce local bug populations.
Environment

After a decade of local resistance, Oxitec got its way.

By Dan Robitzski

Exposure to air pollution seems to cause short-term cognitive defecits in older white men, according to an alarming new study.
Neuroscience and Brain

We knew it!

By Dan Robitzski

Jeff Bezos-led space company Blue Origin is opening up a seat on its first crewed flight to space — and it's putting the ticket up for auction.
Blue Origin

"Anyone can place an opening bid."

By Victor Tangermann

As Dogecoin's price spiked, a huge influx of people trying to get in on the action overwhelmed and took down the trading app Robinhood
Science & Energy

This time it was a crash instead of a deliberate move.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at NASA have turned the radio signals picked up by the Parker Solar Probe in Venus' ionosphere into sound.
Science & Energy

Listen to the strange radio signals emanating from Venus.

By Victor Tangermann

The creators of the game "AI Dungeon" in which a text-writing algorithm creates a fantasy narrative realized some users were creating abusive content.
Artificial Intelligence

What began as a "dungeon master" algorithm took a dark, disturbing turn.

By Dan Robitzski