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The International Space Station recently jettisoned a nearly three ton piece of garbage into low Earth orbit. The trash is made up of old batteries.
Off-World

The Space Station Just Released Its Largest Piece of Garbage Ever

NASA says it’ll burn up on re-entry.

By Tony Ho Tran

Queen Elizabeth II took some time last week to join a Zoom call about Mars, space, and STEM to help celebrate British Science Week.
Mars

The Queen Joins WFH Culture, Participates In Zoom Call About Mars

The event was to help celebrate British Science Week.

By Tony Ho Tran

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.
Mars

NASA Using Navajo Language to Name New Mars Discoveries

Tribal leaders hope the names will inspire others to learn the language.

By Tony Ho Tran

Technology research group MERL Tech investigated the lofty claims of 43 blockchain startups. In a new report, the group claims none of them delivered.
NFTs

Wait, How Do You Pronounce “NFT”?

Is it "en eff tee" or something completely different?

By Tony Ho Tran

Incredibly Rare Asteroid Fragments Land on Couple’s Driveway
Science & Energy

Incredibly Rare Asteroid Fragments Land on Couple’s Driveway

“I am just speechless with excitement.”

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists are getting closer to cracking the physics of warp drive, according to aerospace engineering professor Jason Cassibry.
Off-World

Peer-Reviewed Paper Claims Faster-Than-Light Travel Is Possible

The new model relies on conventional physics to achieve warp speed — and that's a big deal.

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX is preparing to test its Starlink broadband-beaming internet service on board a US Air Force "tactical aircraft," CNBC reports.
SpaceX

SpaceX is Hooking Up an Air Force Aircraft With Starlink Internet

Broadband internet is exactly what military jets were missing.

By Victor Tangermann

Beer giant Molson Coors filed a report with the SEC revealing that it's the victim of a hack that seems to have brought beer production to a stop.
Science & Energy

Hackers Bring Beer Production To a Halt

Weekend plans: ruined.

By Dan Robitzski

Only a YouTube inventor would buy an exoskeleton just to lift a massive 50 pound sword modeled after one found in the hit video game "Final Fantasy VII."
Robots and Machines

YouTuber Uses Exoskeleton to Wield Gigantic Anime Sword

It doesn't get any more YouTube than this.

By Victor Tangermann

At a recent meeting about NASA's James Webb space telescope, engineers voiced their concern over pirates, as The Atlantic reports.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Officials Are Worried That Pirates Will Steal the James Webb Telescope

It would be quite the heist.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists submitted a new cancer medication for the FDA's approval without having experimented on a single animal.
Cancer

Scientists Create Cancer Drug Without Any Animal Tests

Is medical research about to get more humane?

By Dan Robitzski

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey recently said that video games would be a whole lot more interesting if we faced real-world danger for dying in-game.
Robots and Machines

Oculus Founder Suggests Video Games That Kill You in Real Life

It's time to start obeying traffic laws in "Grand Theft Auto."

By Dan Robitzski

People in China have a new obsession: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, as The New York Times reports.
Elon Musk

People in China Absolutely Love Elon Musk

"He’s everybody’s hope."

By Victor Tangermann

In order to protect Earth's biodiversity from global crises, a team of engineers suggests building a massive sperm bank and seed vault on the Moon.
Moon

Scientists Are Aiming to Send 6.7 Million Sperm Samples to the Moon

It's a backup plan to prevent an, uh, sticky situation here on Earth.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's massive stamping machine, perhaps one of the largest of its kind, caught on fire at the company's factory in Fremont, California.
Tesla

Huge Assembly Line Machine Catches on Fire at Tesla Factory

"The cause of the fire is molten aluminum and hydraulic fluid."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of physicists are investigating a radical quantum theory of time which posits that there is an asymmetry between time and space.
Off-World

Is This Startup Working on an Actual Warp Drive?

We've never been closer to traveling near the speed of light.

By Victor Tangermann

Nanoprobes called bioharmonophores can seek out and bind to cancer cells, making them glow brightly under medical scanners.
Cancer

Cancer-Hunting Nanotech Makes Tumors Light Up

Spotting tumors might become a whole lot simpler.

By Dan Robitzski

A group of 11,000 patients across England who have experienced symptoms of bowel cancer are lining up to receive a drug capsule with a camera inside of it.
Cancer

Thousands of Patients Are Swallowing Tiny Pill-Cameras to Look for Cancer

"The whole process was so smooth and so comfortable; it was literally pain free."

By Victor Tangermann

A meteor rocketed over Vermont and exploded with such a powerful blast that it shook buildings and registered as seismic activity.
Science & Energy

This Meteor Exploded So Violently That It Shook Entire Buildings Below

The ten-pound rock exploded with the force of 440 pounds of TNT.

By Dan Robitzski

A Kroger clinic in Virginia accidentally gave some people injections of air instead of the coronavirus vaccines they thought they were getting.
Viruses

Vaccine Distribution Site Accidentally Gave Out Empty Shots

A Kroger clinic in Virginia jabbed people — but forgot the vaccine.

By Dan Robitzski