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As Arctic ice melts away, it could unleash dangerous, antibiotic-resistant pathogens, nuclear waste, and toxic chemicals that had been sealed away.
Pathogens

Melting Arctic Could Release Nuclear Waste and Deadly Pathogens, Scientists Say

"It has long been a deep-freezer for a range of harmful things, not just greenhouse gases."

By Dan Robitzski

Pharmaceutical company Merck claims its new COVID-19 pill called molnupiravir can reduce the risk of hospitalization and even death by half.
Viruses

Company Claims Pill Cuts Risk of Dying of COVID-19 in Half

The only problem? It's more than ten times as expensive as two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

By Victor Tangermann

Current and former Blue Origin employees wrote an op-ed in which they say they don't trust that the company's New Shepard rocket is safe.
Blue Origin

Blue Origin Employees Say They Don’t Think Its Rocket Is Safe, Wouldn’t Ride In It

"Blue Origin has been lucky that nothing has happened so far."

By Dan Robitzski

Millions of dollars worth of COMP tokens, rewards for crypto mining, were mistakenly given out by a decentralized crypto market Wednesday night.
Blockchain

Blockchain Company Accidentally Gives Out $90 Million, Begs People to Give It Back

"Keep 10 percent as a white-hat. Otherwise, it’s being reported as income to the IRS, and most of you are doxxed."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study projects that China's population could drop by half in just 30 years unless urgent measures are taken to make raising kids more affordable.
Future Society

China’s Population Projected to Fall by Half Within 30 Years

"People dare not to have children due to increasing economic pressure."

By Dan Robitzski

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released dramatic footage from inside a hurricane recorded by a "Saildrone."
Drones

Check Out This Awesome Drone Footage From Inside a Hurricane

Hurricane Sam isn't messing around.

By Victor Tangermann

El Salvador has officially begun to mine Bitcoin using the power harnessed from a volcano — and has made 0.00599179 bitcoin, or about $269.
Bitcoin

El Salvador Officially Starts Mining Bitcoin Using Power From an Actual Volcano

The country has made 0.00599179 bitcoin, or about $269 so far.

By Victor Tangermann

A woman's newborn baby died nine months after preventable complications at birth that hospital staff missed due to a ransomware hack.
Developments

Hackers Attacked a Hospital and Allegedly Killed a Newborn Baby

The mother is suing over what seems to be the first death caused by ransomware.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has decided to keep the name for the James Webb Space Telescope as -is despite criticism over the former Administrator's homophobic past.
Science & Energy

NASA Refuses to Rename Giant Homophobic Telescope

Bill Nelson says there's "no evidence" to justify renaming the James Webb Space Telescope.

By Dan Robitzski

Grimes has had a rough time after breaking up with Elon Musk, writing a song about "all the privacy invasion, bad press, online hate and harassment."
Elon Musk

Grimes Says She’s Being Harassed After Elon Musk Breakup

Her new song is "in response to all the privacy invasion, bad press, online hate and harassment by paparazzis."

By Victor Tangermann

A man from Florida just returned a Moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission. It vanished without a trace until he bought it at a garage sale.
Science & Energy

Florida Man Returns Missing NASA Moon Rock he Bought at Garage Sale

"I can't even tell you how long I owned it for."

By Dan Robitzski

An essay signed by 21 current and former employees paints a bleak picture of what it is like to work at Blue Origin, a company that is "rife with sexism."
Blue Origin

More Than 20 Blue Origin Employees Say It’s a Horrible Place to Work

"I’ve gotten far enough away from it that I’m not afraid enough to let them silence me anymore."

By Victor Tangermann

The icy "glue" that holds Antarctica's ice shelf together and fills in any cracks is melting away, leaving the entire shelf in a dire situation.
Climate Change

The Icy “Glue” Holding Antarctica Together Is Starting To Fail

That's bad news.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Meteor Watch made sightings of at least five fireballs soaring through the sky over the US last Friday night at 32,000 mph.
Science & Energy

NASA Puzzled by Five Fireballs Over America in One Night

One of them soared through the upper atmosphere at 32,000 mph.

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA and the Air Force successfully flight tested a hypersonic missile that "breathes" the air around it to propel itself faster.
DARPA

DARPA Successfully Launched an “Air-Breathing” Hypersonic Missile

The military sees hypersonic weapons as a major weapon of the future.

By Dan Robitzski

Humans Could Definitely Live to 130, Scientists Say
Studies

Humans Could Definitely Live to 130, Scientists Say

The first human could live to 130 within this century.

By Victor Tangermann

The augmented reality company Nreal just announced a new set of AR glasses that don't have a single outward-facing camera.
Science & Energy

New AR Glasses Are for Streaming Video and Ignoring the Real World

The Nreal glasses don't have any outward-facing cameras.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter had to delay its 14th flight, scheduled for September 18, due to an "anomaly" with its flight-control motors.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is In Trouble

It had to abort its latest flight attempt.

By Victor Tangermann

Google is about to launch a "wildfire" layer on Google Maps that shows whether the surrounding area is currently burning.
Google

Google Maps Now Lets You Know if Your Route Is on Fire

This, unfortunately, actually sounds pretty useful.

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese Panasonic subsidiary Atoun has come up with a futuristic exoskeleton that can transform itself into a powered buggy.
Robots and Machines

New Exoskeleton Transforms Into Motorized Scooter

It's like an exoskeleton and an electric scooter had a baby.

By Victor Tangermann