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Here's why SpaceX's SN11 Starship prototype exploded on March 30, according to CEO Elon Musk.
Starship

Elon Musk Reveals Why Last Starship Prototype Exploded Before Landing

Will SN15 be any different?

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has officially survived its first night alone after being deployed by the agency's Perseverance rover.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Night On Its Own

Temperatures can drop down to -130 degrees Fahrenheit.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists finally figured out what caused the gigantic spider-like formations on Mars' south pole by recreating the planet's environment in a lab.
Science & Energy

Scientists Finally Explain Mysterious “Spiders” Spotted on Mars

We regret to inform you that giant spiders don't actually live on Mars.

By Dan Robitzski

Four current crew members on board the ISS took SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft nicknamed Resilience for a spin early Monday morning.
NASA

Watch NASA Astronauts Take SpaceX Spacecraft for a Joyride

Astronauts had to make space for the next Crew Dragon mission.

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in the US, a formerly-homeless person moved into a 3D-printed house that he says turned his life around.
Future Society

Formerly Homeless Man Now Living in 3D Printed House

3D-printed tiny homes are finally delivering on their social promise.

By Dan Robitzski

worlds-deepest-shipwreck-dive-reaches-sunken-WWII-US-battleship
Science & Energy

World’s Deepest Shipwreck Dive Reaches Sunken WWII US Battleship

The dive was twice as deep as the Titanic.

By Tony Ho Tran

Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur With Super Hearing
Science & Energy

Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur With Super Hearing

They named it “the one who causes fear.”

By Tony Ho Tran

Florida Declares State of Emergency Due to Potential Radioactive Material Leak
Science & Energy

Florida Declares State of Emergency Due to Potential Radioactive Material Leak

600 million gallons of polluted water might soon flood a massive stretch of the state.

By Tony Ho Tran

Perseverance Drops Off Ingenuity Helicopter On Martian Surface
Off-World

Perseverance Drops Off Ingenuity Helicopter On Martian Surface

Now the helicopter must survive a few very cold nights on Mars by itself.

By Tony Ho Tran

A new study published in Psychology & Marketing found that users tend to perceive female robots as having more human traits than male robots.
Robotics

Study: Turns Out People Are Sexist To Female Robots Too

Users perceived female AI as being warmer and more trustworthy.

By Tony Ho Tran

Deaths, injuries, and suicide attempts have landed Amazon on a list of the country’s most dangerous employers according to a new report from The Guardian.
Science & Energy

Amazon Admits It Was Fibbing About the Pee Thing

The company has yet to apologize to its workers.

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA recently ran a ground test for the propulsion system on their Gateway lunar orbiter. It'll allow the future space station to explore the Moon.
NASA

NASA Tests Propulsion System for Lunar Space Station

The system will allow the space station to explore the lunar surface.

By Tony Ho Tran

Mars Lander Detects Mysterious “Marsquakes”
Mars

Mars Lander Detects Mysterious “Marsquakes”

NASA says they're two of the best quakes ever detected on the Red Planet.

By Tony Ho Tran

The gigantic blobs buried within the Earth's mantle, thought to be fragments of the ancient protoplanet Theia, are unfathomably huge.
Science & Energy

Pieces of Alien Planet Buried Inside Earth Are “Millions of Times Larger Than Mount Everest”

An ancient collision may have left giant chunks of another world buried beneath our feet.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has been teasing that there are two yet-undiscovered Easter eggs on its Perseverance Rover. Anyone who wants to find them has until Easter to try.
Mars

NASA Says There Are Still Easter Eggs on Its Mars Rover That Nobody Has Discovered

The space agency is teasing a big Easter reveal.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists argue that entirely space-based space elevators could greatly enhance our ability to send payloads into orbit.
Off-World

Professor Says We Could Already Build a Floating Space Elevator

The tech is already here, he says.

By Victor Tangermann

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine can be exhilarating. Not only from the personal security, but also the experience of a public health program actually working.
Viruses

People Are Experiencing a “Contact High” at Vaccination Centers

Truly getting high on life.

By Dan Robitzski

China's space station is preparing for the first crewed missions to launch and assemble its next space station, Tiangong-3.
Off-World

Chinese Astronauts Prepare To Assemble Space Station in Orbit

Here goes nothing!

By Dan Robitzski

The death count as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been astronomical — but there may be an even bigger threat facing humanity today.
Viruses

Something Else Killed Three Times as Many People As COVID This Year

And it's not going to go away any time soon.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have designed a personalized cancer vaccine capable of inducing a years-long immune response that fights off melanoma.
Cancer

Harvard Scientists Excited by Results on New Cancer Vaccine

A recent study of personalized cancer vaccines showed "very rewarding" results.

By Victor Tangermann