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As the fertility rate drops in most areas around the world, countries are trying to find new ways to adapt to an increasingly-elderly population.
Developments

Population Decline Is Turning Earth Into a Ghost Town, Experts Say

"Ghost cities" are learning to adapt to shockingly-low numbers of births.

By Dan Robitzski

A newly-disclosed intelligence report reveals that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized right before the pandemic began.
Developments

Wuhan Lab Workers Were Hospitalized Right Before the Pandemic

"We continue to have serious questions about the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its origins within the People’s Republic of China."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists may have found organic salts — remnants of older organic compounds that could have sustained life — on Mars, but they can't yet be certain.
Science & Energy

NASA Rover Finds Likely Remnants of Organic Compounds on Mars

"We're trying to unravel billions of years of organic chemistry."

By Dan Robitzski

A flurry of prominent cosmetics brands are embracing augmented reality technology to show you what makeup looks like before you buy.
Future Society

Augmented Reality Is Changing the Cosmetics Industry Forever

Does this shade make me look too digitized?

By Kieran Galpin

CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to argue that top Bitcoin miners should reveal how much renewable energy they are using.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Bitcoin Miners Should Prove They’re Using Green Energy

Can Bitcoin really go green?

By Victor Tangermann

Senator Martin Heinrich says he has no idea what's behind the recent UFO and UAP sightings, but he can't imagine them coming from any government on Earth.
Robots and Machines

Senator “Can’t Imagine” UFOs Came From Anywhere on Earth

"I have no idea what it is but I think we should figure it out."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is preparing to begin final tests and maneuvers before its Perseverance Mars rover starts to gather and examine more samples for signs of ancient life.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Preparing to Gather Samples That May Reveal Ancient Life

NASA is moving on from Ingenuity to Perseverance.

By Dan Robitzski

A  gigantic iceberg roughly 70 times the size of Manhattan has broken off from the Antarctic, becoming the world's largest iceberg.
Science & Energy

World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks off Antarctica

For once, climate change had nothing to do with it.

By Victor Tangermann

Under extreme, rare circumstances, taking a plane trip could expose you to harmful levels of cosmic radiation given off by violent space weather.
Studies

Passenger Jets May Get Blasted by Dangerous Radiation, Scientists Warn

You apparently don't need to leave the planet to experience dangerous cosmic radiation.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a way to significantly reduce the levels of "bad" cholesterol in a monkey's bloodstream for ten months with a single CRISPR injection
Studies

Scientists Gene-Hacked Monkeys to Fix Their Cholesterol

If this works in humans, the results could be amazing.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 probe is "detecting the faint, persistent hum of interstellar gas" after crossing the heliopause in 2012.
Solar Power

NASA Detects “Hum” Coming From Beyond Solar System

"We're detecting the faint, persistent hum of interstellar gas."

By Victor Tangermann

During its sixth flight, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter will be examining nearby rock features before touching down on a different airfield.
Mars

The Mars Helicopter Has Survived Longer Than NASA Planned

Ingenuity is exceeding expectations.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk congratulated Ford "on embracing an electric future" with its new all-electric F-150 pickup truck on Thursday.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Congratulates Ford on Electric F-150

"Congrats to Ford on embracing an electric future!"

By Victor Tangermann

Cornell engineers developed a microscopy technique precise enough to pinpoint individual atoms and watch as they vibrate.
Science & Energy

New Microscope Technique Powerful Enough to Watch Atoms Vibrate

A Cornell engineer says it's basically an unbeatable record.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have found a new novel canine coronavirus discovered in a child who was hospitalized with pneumonia in Malaysia two years ago.
Viruses

Scientists Say a New Coronavirus Jumped From Dogs to Humans

There's a lot we don't know about this coronavirus.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the Roadster will be able to accelerate like no other car before it thanks to a specially designed "SpaceX package."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Deluxe Tesla Will Use SpaceX Thrusters for Spine-Crushing Acceleration

"It will be safe, but very intense."

By Victor Tangermann

The US Space Force successfully launched a satellite on board a ULA Atlas V rocket that's meant to build out an early missile detection system.
Space Force

Space Force Launches Satellite to Detect Enemy Missiles

"The world is a more threatening place now with more than 1,000 ballistic missile launches occurring globally every year."

By Victor Tangermann

A viral post claims that odd-looking skulls are evidence of alien life, but an expert say that the skulls came from plain old human beings.
Science & Energy

These Alien-Looking Skulls Are Actually Human, Expert Says

Nothing to see here, folks.

By Jon Christian

Tens of thousands of people in the US alone are being hospitalized by fungi a year, with millions more receiving treatment without being admitted.
Developments

Doctors Warn of Deadly Fungal Outbreaks Worldwide

"This epidemic will not take a break."

By Victor Tangermann

The Michoud Assembly Facility, where NASA is assembling its heavy-lift, lunar mission launching Space Launch System, has literal holes in the roof.
NASA

The Head of NASA Says There Are Holes in the Roof of Spacecraft Lab

"They’ve got holes in the roof where they’re putting together the core of the SLS."

By Jon Christian