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The FDA just endorsed Vuse e-cigarettes, the first vaping products that the regulatory agency has approved, because it says they're safer than cigarettes.
Developments

The FDA Just Officially Endorsed Vaping

Well, that's a bit of a change.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists still aren't positive what caused the earthquake-like tremors across New Hampshire, but the new best guess is a meteor exploding overhead.
Science & Energy

Meteor May Have Caused Huge Explosion Over New Hampshire, Scientists Say

Meteorologists may have finally found a culprit.

By Dan Robitzski

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is warning that the next cyberattack could end up killing people — a shift from ransomware to "killware."
Future Society

Homeland Security Warns of Cyberattacks Intended to Kill People

"The attacks are increasing in frequency and gravity, and cybersecurity must be a priority for all of us."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found that having taken psychedelics at any point in people's life seems to be correlated with a reduced risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Chemistry

LSD and Shrooms Linked to Lower Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk

Preliminary results seem pretty encouraging.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese authorities are about to test blood samples from Wuhan to investigate where and when the first COVID-19 outbreaks began.
Developments

Chinese Authorities Are Testing Thousands of Blood Samples From Wuhan

The blood "absolutely will contain vital clues."

By Dan Robitzski

Shocking new visualizations by the non-profit Climate Central shows just how much populated land would be lost to rising sea levels.
Science & Energy

Shocking Images Show Rising Sea Levels Swallowing Cities

Horrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

New Treatment Eradicated Tumors in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
Cancer

New Treatment Eradicated Tumors in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

"Despite the lack of statistical significance, these results are clinically meaningful."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA advisor Licianne Walkowicz announced that she's resigning over NASA's refusal to seriously consider renaming the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA

NASA Adviser Resigns Over Giant Homophobic Telescope

"It is evident from this choice that any promises of transparency and thoroughness were, in fact, lies."

By Dan Robitzski

Blue Origin has launched William Shatner, best known as the actor who played Captain Kirk in the "Stark Trek" franchise, to an altitude of 66.5 miles.
Blue Origin

William Shatner Takes Blue Origin Joyride, as Scandals Plague Company

"That was unlike anything they described."

By Victor Tangermann

Prince Charles, the heir of the British throne, told the BBC that his Aston Martin runs on "surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese proces."
Science & Energy

Prince of England Brags That His Aston Martin Runs on Excess Wine and Cheese

"I haven’t eaten meat and fish on two days a week and I don’t eat dairy products on one day a week."

By Victor Tangermann

The inevitable has happened. Somebody strapped an honest-to-God sniper to the back of a quadrupedal robot dog.
Robot Dogs

Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog

It's what experts have been warning about for years.

By Victor Tangermann

A new robotic exoskeleton allows people with amputated legs to walk naturally by giving them a small boost as they take steps forward.
Health & Medicine

Watch a Robot Exoskeleton Help People Without Legs Walk Upright

"The first time I used it, it was like my muscles were totally fused with this exoskeleton."

By Dan Robitzski

What seemed to be an earthquake shook New Hampshire on Sunday, but experts say there's no evidence of a quake and they have no idea what really happened.
Physics

Residents Heard an Earth-Shattering Explosion and Experts Have No Idea What It Was

So far, there's no evidence of an earthquake.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers in Iceland are growing growing over 100,000 barley plants for a very unusual goal: growing lab-grown meat, the BBC reports.
Science & Energy

Scientists Genetically Modify Plants to Grow Meat Protein

"The population is rising and we have to feed all of the people."

By Victor Tangermann

A new Washington Post report paints an extremely troubling picture of Blue Origin's work culture, from rampant sexism to condescending micromanaging styles.
Blue Origin

A Guy Quit Blue Origin and Sent Jeff Bezos a Memo That Tore the Company to Shreds

"Our current culture is toxic to our success and many can see it spreading throughout the company."

By Victor Tangermann

JPMorgan Chase CEO and outspoken crypto-critic Jamie Dimon said that he has no hopes in cryptocurrencies, calling Bitcoin "worthless" on Monday.
Bitcoin

As Its Price Spikes, JPMorgan CEO Says Bitcoin Is “Worthless”

Wall Street's cryptocurrency critic strikes again.

By Victor Tangermann

Last year, a remotely-controlled deep sea vessel got surprised by a massive sea creature while exploring a shipwreck in the Red Sea at almost 2,800 feet.
Science & Energy

Deep Sea Creature Surprises Researchers Exploring Shipwreck

It was larger than a human, but it wasn't a giant squid.

By Victor Tangermann

New research conducted on five Russian cosmonauts confirms that traveling to space damages the human brain. Now scientists want to know why.
Neuroscience and Brain

Russian Study Confirms That Space Travel Damages Your Brain Cells

"This must be explored further and prevented if space travel is to become more common in the future."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists detected a bizarre, randomly-shifting radio wave coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and they have no idea what's causing it.
Science & Energy

Scientists Baffled by Radio Waves Coming From Our Own Galaxy

Maybe it's a new celestial object, but astronomers still have no idea.

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with the Financial Times, the Pentagon's former chief software officer said that he resigned in protest of slow innovation in the US.
Artificial Intelligence

Pentagon Tech Chief Quits in Frustration, Says US Has No “Fighting Chance” Against China

"Whether it takes a war or not is kind of anecdotal."

By Jon Christian