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The Solar Orbiter, a NASA and ESA spacecraft that's exploring the Sun, is kept safe from heat and radiation by a coating of charred, ground-up bones.
Science & Energy

The Solar Orbiter is coated with charred bone, perhaps making it the most metal spacecraft in history.

By Dan Robitzski

According to the White House, the Biden administration is planning to invest in infrastructure to achieve "100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035."
Energy

"If we act now, in 50 years people are going to look back and say: 'This was the moment that America won the future.'"

By Victor Tangermann

A team of German researchers have found that a highly controversial spacecraft thruster prototype called the EmDrive may not produce any thrust at all.
Physics

"Our measurements refute all EmDrive claims by at least 3 orders of magnitude."

By Victor Tangermann

According to the latest drone shots, SpaceX is making great progress on its orbital launch facilities at its site in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship

A bold plan is coming into focus.

By Victor Tangermann

For some reason, people love to vandalize Google offshoot Waymo's self-driving vehicles, especially by throwing eggs and ice cream.
Self-Driving Vehicles

A pre-emptive strike against the robot uprising.

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft has been awarded a massive contract to supply the US Army with more than 120,000 augmented reality headsets, MSNBC reports.
Virtual Reality

That's 120,000 headsets over ten years.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study by the CDC, those who have been vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer no longer carry the virus.
Viruses

"The authorized vaccines are the key tool that will help bring an end to this devastating pandemic."

By Victor Tangermann

Police in Shenzhen, China, shut the country's first sex doll hotel, one of two establishments where men can pay $28 to spend an hour with sex dolls.
Future Society

"It's not a working-class need. It's a male need."

By Victor Tangermann

A man referred to by the BBC as "Sebastian" lost over half a million dollars after falling for a Elon Musk-related Bitcoin giveaway scam.
Elon Musk

"There was a link to a new event below, so I clicked on it and saw that he was giving away Bitcoin!"

By Victor Tangermann

The UK Army is drastically reducing the number of human soldiers in its ranks, partly to make room for new military robots.
Robotics

The British Army will be 10,000 soldiers smaller.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla recently unrolled its autopilot beta to more users and the results are... well, incredibly dangerous, life-threatening, and scary.
Self-Driving Vehicles

It’s like a semi-autonomous drunk driver.

By Tony Ho Tran

A 50-year-old Japanese man used the FaceApp to create a large following on Twitter by transforming himself into a young female biker.
Future Society

The man used FaceApp to transform into an attractive young woman.

By Tony Ho Tran

430,000 years ago, a powerful blast of ultrahot, superaccelerated air hit Earth and incinerated a huge area of Antarctica.
Science & Energy

Fwoosh!

By Dan Robitzski

A controversial Harvard University-led project called Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment was put on hold to await preliminary test results.
Off-World

Blocking the Sun's rays artificially is just as controversial as it sounds.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA showed off a picture of a peculiar Martian rock that was zapped with its rover Perseverance's onboard laser.
Mars

Can you spot them?

By Victor Tangermann

Uranus is giving off X-rays, according to a new study. Now scientists need to take a closer look and figure out what's actually causing them.
Science & Energy

Uranus, once again, has scientists utterly baffled.

By Dan Robitzski

In a rare turn of events, China's National Space Administration (CNSA) exchanged information with NASA about its Mars orbiter, as SpaceNews.com reports.
Mars

There's a lot NASA doesn't know about China's activities in space.

By Victor Tangermann

A scientist working on an artifiical placenta that provides oxygen for babies born prematurely says it may be ready for human experiments in five years.
Prosthetics and Devices

The tech could offer a lifeline for babies born too early.

By Dan Robitzski

Biden has announced his administration is intending to invest $174 billion in the domestic electric vehicle market.
Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles could get a lot cheaper soon.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is getting ready to gently lower the agency's Ingenuity helicopter onto the Martian surface below it.
Mars

Ingenuity just went vertical.

By Victor Tangermann