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The Pentagon has finally released its long-awaited UFO report on Friday — and it's honestly kind of a let down. Here are the details you need to know.
Future Society

The Long-Awaited UFO Report Was Honestly Kind of Disappointing

I expected nothing and I’m still let down.

By Tony Ho Tran

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence just dropped its hotly-anticipated declassified report on "unidentified aerial phenomena," or UFOs.
Robots and Machines

The Pentagon Just Released Its UFO Report

It's here.

By Jon Christian

According to a recent tweet by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company's first prototype of its Starship booster Super Heavy is "almost done."
Starship

Elon Musk: First SpaceX Starship Booster Prototype “Almost Done”

"Next one will fly to orbit."

By Victor Tangermann

A new report by the Air Force Research Laboratory suggests that the Space Force should prepare to treat the Moon and cislunar space as a military domain.
Moon

Military Report Says Space Force Must Prepare for Moon Warfare

The US military is considering expanding its reach beyond Earth.

By Dan Robitzski

A physicist argues that the universe may have been expanding for all of eternity rather than having any sort of "beginning" point in time.
Physics

Physicist: The Universe Has Likely Been Expanding “Eternally”

What if the universe didn't actually have a beginning?

By Dan Robitzski

Some commonly used artificial sweeteners could potentially cause serious health issues by making the bacteria in our gut invade the intestinal walls.
Studies

Scientists Just Discovered Something Horrifying About Artificial Sweeteners

There's still a lot we don't understand about artificial sweeteners.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists discovered that an ancient skull belonged to a new species in the Homo genus that's even closer related to us than Neanderthals.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Ancient Skull Belonged to “Dragon Man” Related to Modern Humans

And it may be an even closer relative than Neanderthals are.

By Dan Robitzski

Guggenheim's chief investment officer (CIO) and noted Bitcoin bear Scott Minerd expects Bitcoin to sink as low as $15,000, a drop of over 50 percent.
Bitcoin

Expert: Bitcoin Is Gonna Crash Below $15,000

"I don't think people need to be anxious to be putting money in bitcoin right now."

By Victor Tangermann

Google's search engine misidentified an engineer's likeness as belong to a serial killer, who happens to have the same name.
Future Society

Google Algorithm Accuses Random Guy of Being a Serial Killer

"I don't know if this is hilarious or terrifying."

By Victor Tangermann

The research labs around the world that handle the most dangerous pathogens have alarmingly bad biosecurity protocols in place.
Developments

Experts: Infectious Disease Labs Have Shockingly Terrible Security

Labs handling the most dangerous pathogens scored dismally low on biosafety and biosecurity.

By Dan Robitzski

Israel has deployed a military robot called the Jaguar, which is armed with a machine gun, to the border of the Gaza Strip.
Robotics

Israel Sends Robots Armed with Machine Guns to Palestinian Border

Heavily armed military robots will guard the border to Gaza.

By Dan Robitzski

China's state-owned Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology has announced some ambitious plans to establish a permanent crewed base on the surface of Mars.
Mars

China Releases Plans for Permanent Mars Base

The race to establish a human presence on Mars is heating up.

By Victor Tangermann

We may never be able to debunk the undying hypothesis that the coronavirus somehow escaped from a lab because it's technically unfalsifiable.
Developments

The Lab Leak Theory Is a Tragic Hall of Mirrors That’ll Probably Never Have a Satisfying Answer

There's always another technicality, no matter how much evidence researchers find.

By Dan Robitzski

A tech startup says it's gene-hacked trees to asborb and sequester more climate change-inducing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
Science & Energy

A Startup Is Working on Gene Hacked Trees to Gobble Up Tons of Climate-Destroying Carbon Dioxide

The idea is to suck up more carbon and keep it from re-entering the atmosphere.

By Dan Robitzski

Israeli biotech company Future Meat has opened what it claims to be the "world's first industrial cultured meat facility."
Science & Energy

The World’s First Lab Grown Meat Factory Just Opened Up

It can produce the equivalent of 5,000 burgers a day.

By Victor Tangermann

Orbital Assembly Corporation has unveiled a robot capable of churning out parts for a ring-shaped luxury hotel that's meant to one day orbit the Earth.
Off-World

Startup Successfully Tests Space Hotel Building Robot

The robot managed to churn out a metal framework the length of a football field.

By Victor Tangermann

An ambitious mission to map out the entire global ocean floor is only 20 percent complete after a year of pandemic-related slowdowns.
Environment

We’re Planning Moon Missions But We’ve Only Mapped 20 Percent of the Ocean Floor

We should probably finish exploring our own world first.

By Dan Robitzski

An ancient comet impact may have helped jumpstart human civilization, according to a study linking the collision to cultural and societal shifts.
Science & Energy

Study: A Comet Hitting Earth May Have Helped Spark Civilization

"Did civilization, therefore, begin with a bang?"

By Dan Robitzski

American pop icon Britney Spears spoke out in an explosive testimony on Wednesday about the troubling situation surrounding her conservatorship.
Future Society

Britney Spears Says She’s Being Forced to Take Psychiatric Medication, Stay on Birth Control

"I truly believe this conservatorship is abusive."

By Victor Tangermann

Members of Congress tried to pass the buck for NASA's small budget for the Artemis missions, but Administrator Bill Nelson wasn't having it.
NASA

Head of NASA Slams Congress’s Hypocrisy

"…you can only get so many pounds of potatoes out of a five-pound sack."

By Dan Robitzski