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Scientists can now filter freely-floating DNA out of the air, allowing them to track and monitor what animals are in the area.
Science & Energy

New Technique Identifies DNA Floating Through the Air

Sampling environmental DNA reveals what animals — and perhaps someday what people — are in the area.

SpaceX has shown off a new Crew Dragon spacecraft render, this time featuring a massive glass dome, allowing future passengers to get an amazing view.
Crew Dragon

SpaceX Crew Dragon Will Feature Massive Glass Dome

"Probably most 'in space' you could possibly feel by being in a glass dome."

Volkswagen of America lied to a number of reporters this week about rebranding its North American division to "Voltswagen."
Advanced Transport

Volkswagen Says It Lied to Reporters About Name Change

They just admitted it was a marketing stunt after all.

Crypto scammers are publishing apps that imitate real bitcoin wallet companies to scam crypto owners out of their savings.
Science & Energy

Man Downloads Wrong App, Losing $600,000 in Bitcoin

Crypto scams are sneaking onto the Apple and Google app stores.

Virgin Galactic has unveiled its latest next-generation spaceship called VSS Imagine.
Off-World

Virgin Galactic Unveils New Spaceship

It's incredibly shiny.

World Health Organization investigators say it's "extremely unlikely" that the coronavirus leaked from a lab, but the WHO chief isn't satisfied.
Developments

WHO Head: We’re Still Not Sure if COVID Escaped From a Lab

The WHO report said a lab leak was extremely unlikely, but not everyone's convinced.

A nearby spectator was able to recover a piece of SpaceX Starship debris an astonishing five miles from where it launched, according to a CNBC reporter.
Starship

Man Finds Exploded Piece of Starship Five Miles From Launch Site

It's lucky that nobody got hurt.

Low-tech Magazine's entire site is powered by solar panels on the author's balcony. It's part of a plan to make the internet less energy-intensive.
Solar Power

This Magazine’s Website Is 100 Percent Solar Powered

Low-tech Magazine is trying to use as little energy as possible.

A team of scientists built a bacteria's genetic code from scratch and, after years of improvements, got it to reproduce just like the real thing.
Biology

Scientists Engineer Synthetic Bacteria That Multiplies Like the Real Thing

"Our goal is to know the function of every gene so we can develop a complete model of how a cell works."

Billionaire and space enthusiast Jared Isaacman picked the two other lucky winners to join him on a trip to space on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
Off-World

A Contest Is Sending These Mere Mortals Into Orbit For Free

The group now includes a former Space Camp counselor and a community college professor.

The US Strategic Command, an agency that oversees the nuclear arsenal, tweeted our some nonsense. Here's what happened behind the scenes.
Future Society

Child Tweets Nonsense From Official US Military Account

No, those weren't the nuclear launch codes.

According to Musk, SpaceX's SN15 Starship prototype "has hundreds of design improvements across structures, avionics, software & engine."
Starship

After Latest Explosion, Elon Musk Vows to Test Another Starship Within Days

According to Musk, SN15 "has hundreds of design improvements across structures, avionics, software & engine."

German carmaker Volkswagen is really rebranding its North American division to "Voltswagen," a nod to its electrified future.
Advanced Transport

VW’s New “Voltswagen” Name Not an April Fool’s Joke

The future is electric — if there ever was any doubt.

SpaceX's SN11 Starship explosion showed up as debris raining down from the skies in livestreams. Even a tree got chopped in half.
Starship

Watch Dirt Spray Up as Starship Debris Lands Next to Camera

Here's what might have gone wrong, according to Elon Musk.

SpaceX launched its latest full-scale Starship prototype to a height of ten kilometers this morning — except that we didn't see very much this time around.
Starship

Starship Prototype Launches in Heavy Fog, Blows Up Dramatically

"We had another exciting test flight."

A team of researchers from Georgia Tech have created a 3D printed antenna that can harvest electromagnetic energy from 5G signals.
Devices

New Device Uses Ambient 5G to Wirelessly Power Your Devices

5G may have another trick up its sleeve.

According to experts at analyst firm Jefferies, smokers may disappear from many markets, as Bloomberg reports.
Developments

Smoking Will Disappear Within a Generation, Experts Say

Cigarettes are out. Vaping is in.

An experimental antibody treatment made adult mice regrow missing teeth, hinting that a treatment for people could be around the corner.
Treatments

New Treatment Makes Teeth Grow Back

A new antibody treatment made lab animals regrow missing teeth.

COVID case numbers in the US have started to slowly creep upward, and that has CDC Director Rochelle Walensky deeply scared.
Developments

CDC Director Says She’s “Scared,” Begs Americans to Take COVID Seriously

As case numbers once again rise, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky decided to go off-script.

Blasting mouse livers with ultrasound beams made the mice lose excess weight, potentially giving doctors a way to prevent diabetes.
Health & Medicine

Ultrasound Blasts Made Overfed Mice Lose Weight, and Scientists Say it Might Prevent Diabetes

It could lead to a diabetes treatment that doesn't require drugs or surgery.