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DARPA is developing new military drones that can fire missiles after being launched out of a fighter or bomber plane at a safe distance.
Drones

It's like a deadly Russian nesting doll.

By Dan Robitzski

If you look up the "genetics" section on Google News, you'll find lots of articles about people named Gene instead of biomedical research.
Google

Why is Google pulling up "Genetics" stories about Gene Simmons?

By Dan Robitzski

Game developer CD Projekt Red, creator of video games including Cyberpunk 2077, became the victim of a targeted cyberattack.
Hacking

How very on brand.

By Victor Tangermann

Pfizer says that it will soon be able to cut the time it takes to manufacture a batch of vaccines from 110 days down to 60.
Viruses

"Nobody’s ever produced mRNA vaccines at this scale."

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to a new upgrade made to the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, scientists are able to get an unprecedented look nearby celestial objects.
Off-World

Get ready for close-up surface images of distant planets in our Solar System.

By Victor Tangermann

A team sent by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of COVID-19 announced that it's "extremely unlikely" that the virus came from a lab.
Developments

The WHO's team lead says it's "very unlikely that anything could escape from that place."

By Victor Tangermann

A hacker remotely accessed a computer of Oldsmar, Florida's water treatment system and attempted to increase the amount of sodium hydroxide or lye 100 fold.
Hacking

This could have gone very badly.

By Victor Tangermann

After a rapidly growing interest for the voice chatroom app Clubhouse, Chinese authorities decided to shut the service down in the country.
Future Society

Right before being banned, the app was even hosting a chatroom dedicated to discussing the 1989 pro-democracy Tianamen Square protest.

By Victor Tangermann

Biologist Jimmy Bernot willingly infected himself with hookworms as part of a clinical trial on an experimental vaccine for the parasite.
RX and Medicine

"Here's the story of how I volunteered to be infected with 50 parasitic worms."

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. Representative Ron Wright died from the coronavirus on Sunday, becoming the first sitting Congressperson to die of COVID-19.
Developments

Ron Wright is the first sitting Congressperson to die of the coronavirus.

By Dan Robitzski

According to industry sources, Jeff Bezos will focus more on his spacefaring efforts, spending more time at his space startup Blue Origin.
Off-World

"Blue Origin is the most important work I'm doing."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study warns that the highly-infectious variant of the coroanvirus first spotted in the U.K. could be the dominant variatn in the U.S. by March.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists developed a small skin patch covered in microneedles that could replace medical tests that require drawing blood.
Medical

"Blood is a tiny fraction of the fluid in our body."

By Dan Robitzski

Hidden in Tesla's 2020 annual report was an announcement that the electric carmaker will soon accept Bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles.
Bitcoin

Elon Musk's car company just bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin.

By Victor Tangermann

Climate activists in Sweden oppose a planned test for geoengineering technology in the country, saying it does nothing to prevent climate change.
Climate Change

"There is no justification for testing and experimenting with technology that seems to be too dangerous to ever be used."

By Dan Robitzski

Xbox  general manager Aaron Greenberg is suggesting that Elon Musk should make a "Tesla x Halo" collaboration happen involving the Cybertruck.
Tesla

Make it happen, Elon!

By Victor Tangermann

Avi Loeb and the Great Unknown
Exobiology

The Harvard professor who thinks an alien probe visited our star system in 2017 has a message for the academic community.

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.
Quantum Physics

Here's why physicists placed two atomic clocks at different distances from a nuclear reactor.

By Victor Tangermann

Welcome to the Futurism Mailbag! Here's what you, our loyal Futurism readers, have had to say via social media and email.
Future Society

This is what Futurism readers had to say about the week's news. Did your comment make the cut?

By Jon Christian

In a filing with the FCC, SpaceX is petitioning for a Starlink phone service, voice calls, and subsidized plans for low income households.
SpaceX

SpaceX wants to get into the voice call business.

By Victor Tangermann