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SpaceX's SN11 Starship explosion showed up as debris raining down from the skies in livestreams. Even a tree got chopped in half.
Starship

Watch Dirt Spray Up as Starship Debris Lands Next to Camera

Here's what might have gone wrong, according to Elon Musk.

SpaceX launched its latest full-scale Starship prototype to a height of ten kilometers this morning — except that we didn't see very much this time around.
Starship

Starship Prototype Launches in Heavy Fog, Blows Up Dramatically

"We had another exciting test flight."

A team of researchers from Georgia Tech have created a 3D printed antenna that can harvest electromagnetic energy from 5G signals.
Devices

New Device Uses Ambient 5G to Wirelessly Power Your Devices

5G may have another trick up its sleeve.

According to experts at analyst firm Jefferies, smokers may disappear from many markets, as Bloomberg reports.
Developments

Smoking Will Disappear Within a Generation, Experts Say

Cigarettes are out. Vaping is in.

An experimental antibody treatment made adult mice regrow missing teeth, hinting that a treatment for people could be around the corner.
Treatments

New Treatment Makes Teeth Grow Back

A new antibody treatment made lab animals regrow missing teeth.

COVID case numbers in the US have started to slowly creep upward, and that has CDC Director Rochelle Walensky deeply scared.
Developments

CDC Director Says She’s “Scared,” Begs Americans to Take COVID Seriously

As case numbers once again rise, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky decided to go off-script.

Blasting mouse livers with ultrasound beams made the mice lose excess weight, potentially giving doctors a way to prevent diabetes.
Health & Medicine

Ultrasound Blasts Made Overfed Mice Lose Weight, and Scientists Say it Might Prevent Diabetes

It could lead to a diabetes treatment that doesn't require drugs or surgery.

The US military is developing an aircraft carrier loaded up with semi-autonomous drones that flies in the air instead of floating on water.
DARPA

DARPA Is Working on a Gigantic, Flying Aircraft Carrier

The military might have watched too many Marvel movies.

An Indonesian oil refinery on the island of Java caught on fire early Monday, ballooning into a massive column of fire and smoke. 
Science & Energy

Watch an Oil Refinery Explode After Possibly Getting Hit by Lightning

The explosion itself could be heard from over 100 miles away.

Robot creator Boston Dynamics has released its next dastardly take on God's creations: the "Stretch," forever destined to stack boxes in warehouses.
Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Shows Off New Warehouse Robot

Watch it unwrap its first present.

After six days of being wedged in the banks of the Suez Canal, the "Ever Given" finally broke free on Monday afternoon local time.
Robots and Machines

Watch the Amazing Moment as the Giant Ship Finally Gets Unstuck

Here's what it took to get it unstuck.

A YouTuber created an AI-powered computer that uses machine learning to shout compliments at dogs as they pass through his neighborhood.
Robot Dogs

New Machine Screams at Dogs About How Great They Are

This is probably the most wholesome use of AI ever.

A cross-sectional study of about 3,000 young men, their diets, and sperm have researchers thinking more about the adage "you are what you eat."
Developments

Humans Are Rapidly Losing the Ability to Procreate, Scientist Warns

The world is on track to be completely infertile by 2045, according to her projections.

Chief COVID Advisor: Trump Could Have Prevented Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths
Developments

Chief COVID Advisor: Trump Could Have Prevented Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths

Birx has been criticized for enabling the previous administration’s mishandling of the pandemic.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in unveiled plans to develop and launch a lunar lander capable of reaching the Moon by 2030.
Moon

South Korean President Announces Plans To Land On The Moon By 2030

This marks a major step forward for their domestic space program.

During a press conference, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin told reporters that the leak on board the space station was a "scratch" about two to three cm long.
NASA

NASA Offers $400 Million for Companies to Build New Space Stations

“The ISS is an amazing system but, unfortunately, it won’t last forever.”

According to a new report, the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is 93 percent effective after just one out of two doses.
Developments

White House Considering Temporary Lift On COVID Vaccine IP Protections

The move would help poorer nations replicate and distribute more vaccines.

Elon Musk took some time on Friday evening to tweet out an image of a Transformers robot with an erection for... reasons.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Tweets Image of Robot With Genitals

It’s more than meats the eye.

YouTube says that there is a "disturbing trend" of staged animal rescue videos. Now, they're putting policy in place to identify and ban the videos.
Future Society

YouTube Banning Staged Animal Rescue Videos

The videos include puppies and rabbits being constricted by snakes.

Researchers have discovered a distant space object that is emitting ultra-low radio frequencies in the shape of a jellyfish.
Science & Energy

Strange, Distant Space Object Is Sending Out Ultra-Low Frequency Radio Signals

Researchers say the object looks like a cosmic jellyfish.