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Physicists at the Argonne National Lab are about to use the Mira supercomputer to simulate the universe, perhaps helping them find dark energy and matter.
Physics

Microsoft Researchers Claim Entire Universe Is a Machine-Learning Algorithm

This might mean unifying physics is impossible.

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA just funded a project that wants to explore the clouds of Venus with a swarm of kite-like spacecraft that glide through the atmosphere.
Science & Energy

NASA Funds Spacecraft “Swarm” to Explore Venus

The LEAVES will gently float through the clouds of Venus and report what they find.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX COO and President Gwynne Shotwell says the Starlink network could provite global connectivity after just five more satellite launches.
Science & Energy

SpaceX Says That in Just Five Launches, It’ll Have Full Global Connectivity

The Starlink network will be able to reach most people on Earth in a few months.

By Dan Robitzski

According to local authorities, the Boring Company's Las Vegas tunnel could soon be using higher capacity vehicles built by Tesla.
Tesla

Boring Company Partner Teases 16-Passenger Tesla Vehicles

Many questions remain.

By Victor Tangermann

Neuralink's new demo isn't exactly groundbreaking to many, with some arguing the underlying technology has been around for decades.
Prosthetics and Devices

Expert: New Neuralink Demo is Basically Tech From the Early 2000s

The results still managed to impress some.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists developed a blood test for clinical depression that they say will make diagnoses and treatments far more specific.
Health & Medicine

New Test Detects Depression in Blood Samples

"This is part of our effort to bring psychiatry from the 19th century into the 21st century."

By Dan Robitzski

Matt Gaetz seems to have further incriminated himself in an ongoing sex trafficking scandal by leaving his Venmo on public.
Science & Energy

Congressman’s Sex Scandal Explodes Because He Left Venmo Transactions on Public

If you're allegedly funneling money through an accused sex trafficker, at least set it to "friends only."

By Dan Robitzski

A low resolution video made up of several images shows NASA's Mars helicopter's two rotocopter blades spinning up on the surface of Mars.
Mars

Marscopter Spins up Blades in Preparation for Test Flight

Get ready for action.

By Victor Tangermann

Experts say that ethical concerns over growing brain-like neural organoids or implanting human brain cells into animals are unfounded, at least for now.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists: Don’t Worry, Adding Human Brain Cells to Animal Brains Is Fine

The NIH is imposing clear ethical guidelines over controversial neuroscience studies.

By Dan Robitzski

A YouTuber decided to trespass on SpaceX's Starship facilities near Boca Chica, Texas, last month — and film himself doing it.
Starship

Man Films Himself Trespassing at SpaceX Starship Facility

An apology video may not be enough.

By Victor Tangermann

The French army's foremost military school has shown off pictures of the latest addition to its team of combatants: a four-legged robotic dog called Spot.
Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Robot Runs Out of Battery During Military Combat Drill, Needs to Be Carried

Low battery warning.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk revealed today that Neuralink's first product will allow someone with paralysis to "use a smartphone [...] faster than someone using thumbs."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Neuralink’s First Product Will Control Smartphone With Brain Implant

Who needs a touchscreen when you've got your mind?

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's Neuralink has shown off an impressive new feat: a nine year old macaque called Pager playing a game of pong only using the signals in its brain.
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Releases Video of Monkey Playing Pong With Its Mind

"It's not magic."

By Victor Tangermann

The University of Chicago and two national labs are launching the first quantum tech startup-focused accelerator in the country.
Quantum Physics

The First-Ever Startup Accelerator for Quantum Tech Just Launched

The Duality accelerator lends a heaping dose of credibility to the nascent field.

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of researchers have come up with a fusion-based spacecraft thruster that uses a hydrogen isotope called deuterium as a fuel source.
Off-World

Scientists: “Direct Fusion Drive” Could Get Us to the Edge of the Solar System in 10 Years

To Neptune and beyond.

By Victor Tangermann

New research shows that major depressive disorder might actually make people's bodies start to age faster than they should be at a cellular level.
Health & Medicine

Yet Another Reason To Treat Depression: It Could Literally Age You

"This should fundamentally alter the way we approach depression and how we think about it — as a part of overall health."

By Dan Robitzski

Despite widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines, people in the US are still trying to track down drugs that weren't designed to treat COVID symptoms.
Viruses

Good God, Please Do Not Take Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19

People are so desperate, they're taking animal formulations of the drug.

By Victor Tangermann

When a robot messes up, people are way more likely to find it infuriating if it looks like a person. But we're also more likely to accept its apology.
Robotics

Study: Humanoid Robots Are More Annoying When They F*ck Up

God save the Roomba.

By Dan Robitzski

Theoretical physicist and science communicator Michio Kaku had some words of advice for those who find themselves kidnapped by aliens.
Science & Energy

Michio Kaku Has Advice for Next Time You Get Abducted by Aliens

Also, what to do if you ever find yourself kidnapped inside a UFO.

By Victor Tangermann

Lakes and rivers on Mars likely dried up and reappeared several times over the course of history before they went away for good.
Science & Energy

The Lakes of Mars Likely Dried Up Multiple Times Before Totally Vanishing

Mars seems to have a much more complex relationship with water than we thought.

By Dan Robitzski