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The marketing agency ICF Next promised employees a coronavirus vaccine. Instead, it was a surprise test on cybersecurity practices.
Viruses

A Company Promised Employees Vaccines as a Phishing Test

This is a hell of a cruel prank.

By Dan Robitzski

The UAE is testing a system that uses drones to electrocute clouds and trigger rainfall in hopes of replenishing dwindling water supplies.
Drones

The UAE Is Using Drones to Manipulate Weather

"The water table is sinking drastically in [the] UAE and the purpose of this is to try to help with rainfall."

By Dan Robitzski

Contemporary artist Krista Kim sold her "Mars House," a virtual piece of real estate, for 288 ether, worth over half a million dollars, as an NFT.
NFTs

Architect Sells Rendered 3D House as $500,000 NFT

You can live in it — but only virtually.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released recordings of its Perseverance rover driving on the surface of Mars. And it sounds rough.
Mars

Listen to the Sounds NASA’s Rover Makes As It Drives Around Mars

"If I heard these sounds driving my car, I'd pull over and call for a tow."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released a number of gorgeous digital renders of a SpaceX Dragon XL lunar resupply spacecraft rendezvousing with the lunar Gateway.
NASA

NASA Releases Beautiful New Renders of Lunar Gateway Space Station

Is this how astronauts will get to the surface of the Moon?

By Victor Tangermann

NFTs prove ownership over a piece of digital art. But will they survive when the exchange that sold them shutters?
NFTs

NFTs Have a Huge Persistence Problem

Do you know where your NFT is?

By Victor Tangermann

The World Health Organization investigators probing the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic finally seem to have some answers.
Developments

WHO Investigators Think They Found Where the Pandemic Really Began

The probe into COVID-19's origins is coming to a close.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers grew a working tear gland in the lab that they say can help them study disease and perhaps someday might be used as a transplant.
Developments

Lab Grows Human Tear Glands That Can Actually Cry

"Hopefully in the future, this type of organoid may even be transplantable to patients with nonfunctioning tear glands."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have managed to keep mice embryos alive inside an artificial womb for as long as day 12, half of the animal's gestation period.
Developments

Scientists Grew Mouse Embryos in an Artificial Womb

Could we grow humans in jars as well?

By Victor Tangermann

There's a growing pile of evidence that dark matter bosons can clump together and form "ghost stars" that are totally invisible to our eyes and telescopes.
Science & Energy

There’s Growing Suspicion That The Universe Is Filled With Invisible “Ghost Stars”

Invisible stars might be masquerading as supermassive black holes.

By Dan Robitzski

Photos taken by Texas-based photographer and SpaceX enthusiast Austin Barnard show the space company's latest Starship prototype's new suit of armor.
Starship

Starship’s Heat Shield Looks Like High Tech Armor

Is Starship ready to go orbital?

By Victor Tangermann

Severe cases of COVID-19 might lead to the formation of growths called nodules behind people's eyeballs, but scientists aren't yet sure what that means.
Artificial Intelligence

Algorithm Detects Deepfakes by Analyzing Reflections in Eyes

Can you spot the difference?

By Tony Ho Tran

An original by world famous street artist Banksy was lit on fire during a livestream — and promptly sold for $380,000 worth of Ethereum as an NFT.
NFTs

Blockchain Company Sets Priceless Banksy Painting on Fire to Create an NFT

There's something very ironic about the title of the painting.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's Cybertruck is shaping up to be the ultimate off-road warrior — and it might be just as good as providing off-the-grid power as well.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Cybertruck Will Be Able to Power Off-Grid Tiny Homes

The Cybertruck could be an off-the-grid dream come true.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists confirmed that a powerful antineutrino crashed into Antarctica in 2016, triggering a subatomic phenomenon that had never been verified before.
Physics

Scientists Confirm an Incredibly Powerful Antimatter Particle Crashed Into Antarctica

It triggered a subatomic cascade — and could have an avalanche of implications for the future of physics.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX is asking US regulators for permission to build out its Starlink broadband internet service for cars, trucks, shipping boats, and aircraft.
SpaceX

SpaceX Plans to Bring Starlink Internet to Cars, Boats, and Planes

Starlink internet could be coming to international flights and freighter ships near you.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists dropped a spherical telescope into Lake Baikal, where they hope it will spot subatomic neutrinos zipping by as they pass through the Earth.
Physics

Scientists Dump Telescope Into the World’s Deepest Lake to Hunt for Dark Matter

The spherical telescope will get its best view nearly a mile underwater.

By Dan Robitzski

China has officially approved its latest COVID-19 vaccine, its fifth to be exact. And it has one special ingredient: ovary cells from hamsters.
Developments

China Approves COVID Vaccine Made From Hamster Cells

It's the fifth vaccine to have been approved in the country.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently released footage of the first dust devil, a tiny, traveling twister, spotted by the Perseverance rover on Mars.
Science & Energy

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Spotted a Tiny Twister on Mars

It's the rover's first-ever dust devil sighting.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk isn't selling his song about NFTs in the form of an NFT after all.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says His Techno Song NFT Isn’t For Sale After All

"Actually doesn’t feel quite right selling this."

By Victor Tangermann