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Another day, another chance of SpaceX launching its next Starship prototype. Local sheriffs have cleared the beach in preparation.
Starship

Today may just be the day.

By Victor Tangermann

The Pentagon is launching an investigation into its own handling and response to various UFO and UAP sightings over the years.
Robots and Machines

"That's a valid thing for them to investigate."

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook's Oversight Board has officially ruled to uphold the social media network's suspension of Donald Trump in a ruling today.
Future Society

Facebook keeps dragging its feet on the matter.

By Victor Tangermann

This morning's SpaceX launch went by without a hitch — but the crew of four did just experience a bit of a scare.
SpaceX

Astronauts were instructed to put on their spacesuits.

By Victor Tangermann

Futurism reported on Oxitec, a biotech company releasing millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes in Florida. It turns out that Bill Gates helped.
Science & Energy

The Gates foundation funded Oxitec's work to design gene-edited mosquitoes

By Dan Robitzski

Swarm of Drones Creates Huge QR Code in the Sky
Drones

This is the future of advertising.

By Tony Ho Tran

A massive Long March 5B core stage that recently helped launch the first piece of China's space station will soon make its uncontrolled reentry.
Off-World

We have no idea where it will splash down.

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Gates announced on Twitter that he and his wife Melinda are getting a divorce, but their work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will continue.
Future Society

This divorce could have a big impact on medicine, the climate, and philanthropy in general.

By Dan Robitzski

While millions of people are offering up their arm to get a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, labs around the world are already working on the next generation.
Viruses

A COVID-19 vaccine nasal spray could be a real game changer.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found a cluster of stars trailing behind our galaxy that they think could be trapped in a blob of dark matter.
Physics

Stars trailing through intergalactic space are likely stuck in a blob of dark matter.

By Dan Robitzski

As the pandemic begins its 15th official year, doctors are seeing severe cancer cases that went ignored for too long for one reason or another.
Cancer

Doctors say some cases are worse than they've seen in years.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers are trying to figure out what's behind the largest source of matter and energy in the universe: dark energy.
Science & Energy

Creating a gigantic 3D map of the universe is no easy task.

By Victor Tangermann

An antimasker attacked two Asian women in New York City on Sunday, hitting one in the head with a hammer for refusing to remove her mask.
Developments

This is where anti-mask discourse was always headed.

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent opinion piece for NBC News, MIT graduate and entrepreneur Rizwan Virk argues studying UFOs could potentially redefine "all of science."
Physics

The study of UFOs could potentially redefine "all of science."

By Victor Tangermann

The Parker Solar Probe broke two of its own records, for being fastest human-made object and taking the closest apporach to the Sun.
Science & Energy

The Parker Solar Probe is now the fastest human-made object in existence.

By Dan Robitzski

A  Las Vegas-based company has put up a RV add-on called CyberLandr for the Cybertruck, cashing in on more than $50 million in future revenue.
Advanced Transport

This RV add-on is sick.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Parker Solar probe made it inside of the far reaches of the Venusian upper atmosphere, picking up natural radio signals.
Off-World

The signals are oddly familiar.

By Victor Tangermann

Carnegie Mellon University researcher Simon DeDeo warns of "nightmare" bots that use AI and image synthesis to "drive vulnerable people (literally) crazy.”
Artificial Intelligence

“My current nightmare application is blending GPT-3, facial GANs, and voice synthesis to make synthetic ELIZAs that drive vulnerable people (literally) crazy.”

By Kelly Catalfamo

When SpaceX's crews pulled the Crew Dragon capsule out of the water on Sunday, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins did a little dance.
SpaceX

We'd be dancing, too.

By Victor Tangermann

As glaciers melt, drastic river piracy — or the rivers that rely on glaciers diverting off course — will likely continue to follow.
Climate Change

"River piracy" is robbing communities of their water sources.

By Dan Robitzski