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A team of scientists have successfully tested a solar panel prototype that can theoretically send electricity from space back to anywhere on Earth.
Military

US Military Tests Satellite for Beaming Power Down to Earth

"You can send power to Chicago and a fraction of a second later, if you needed, send it instead to London or Brasilia."

By Victor Tangermann

When scientists took a closer look at a baby with COVID-19, they found that the kid caught a previously-undiscovered variant and had a massive viral load.
Viruses

This Baby Had 51,000 Times as Much Coronavirus as Expected

An ominous case study.

By Dan Robitzski

The European Union wants to become climate neutral by 2050, so scientists are building a simulation of the entire planet to help it get there.
Climate Change

Scientists Start Work on Simulation of Entire Earth

Get ready for a "digital twin" of the entire planet.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists ground up ancient Mars rocks to see if microbes could survive on it. They did, and its biosignatures could help the Perseverance team.
Science & Energy

Scientists Grow Microbes on Actual Mars Rocks

Mars is looking more and more hospitable to life.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted something rather strange on the Martian surface below: a deep pit, appearing in the form of a black spot.
Mars

NASA Spots Deep, Strange Hole on Mars

What's down there?

By Victor Tangermann

In a bizarre encounter, a commercial airline pilot spotted a "long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile" flying overhead.
Robots and Machines

Airline Pilot Reports Contact With “Fast Moving, Cylindrical” Object

"We just had something go right over the top of us — I hate to say this but it looked like a long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile type of thing."

By Victor Tangermann

According to the FDA, the single-dose coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson provides strong protection against severe cases of COVID-19.
Viruses

The FDA Says That the Single-dose Covid Vaccine Is Highly Effective

One shot of this new vaccine provides quite a bit of protection.

By Victor Tangermann

A new variant of the coronavirus is quickly becoming the dominant strain in California, worrying experts, as the Los Angeles Times reports.
Developments

Rapidly-Spreading COVID Strain More Transmissible, Less Susceptible to Vaccines

"The devil is already here."

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that black holes made of dark matter might be lurking inside neutron stars and eating them from the inside.
Science & Energy

Black Holes May Devour Stars From the Inside, Like Cancer

Parasitic black holes might be feasting on some stars — from within.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at the University Of Colorado At Boulder have developed a wearable that can use its wearer's natural body heat as a power source.
Energy

This Wearable Uses Your Body Heat as an Energy Source

"In the future, we want to be able to power your wearable electronics without having to include a battery."

By Victor Tangermann

Whistleblowers at the Arizona Department of Corrections say hundreds of inmates are being held past their release date due to buggy management software.
Science & Energy

Whistleblowers: Flawed Software Held Hundreds of Prisoners Past Release Dates

"These people are literally trapped."

By Dan Robitzski

On two separate occasions last year, two Air Force F-16 fighter jet pilots were saved by a sophisticated Ground Collision Avoidance System.
Artificial Intelligence

Fighter Pilots Blacked Out From Gs, Got Saved by AI Co-Pilot

This control system saved two lives last year when pilots lost their consciousness.

By Victor Tangermann

The United States Army is building a machine gun-like laser weapon 1 million times more powerful than anything else in its arsenal.
Robots and Machines

US Army Testing Machine Gun-Style Laser Weapon That Vaporizes Targets

"This is not science fiction."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers built an artificial muscle material that gets stronger as it works, potentially leading to soft robots that adapt to their jobs.
Robots and Machines

Scientists Invent Artificial Muscle That Gets Stronger With Exercise

Imagine flexible robots that get tougher as they work.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA engineers managed to hide a clever message in the red and white colors of its Perseverance rover's parachute that it used to successfully land on Mars.
Mars

NASA Hid a Clever Secret Message in Its Mars Rover’s Parachute

The colors are the key.

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin fell 11 percent over the weekend — and that could be in large part due to a tweet by Elon Musk and a comment by Treasury Secretary Janet Yelle.
Elon Musk

Bitcoin Falls 11 Percent After Saucy Elon Musk Tweet

Elon Musk: "BTC and ETH do seem high lol."

By Victor Tangermann

Prominent physicist Sabine Hossenfelder argues that simulation theory more closely resembles religious belief than a serious scientific hypothesis.
Future Society

Physicist Trashes Simulation Theory, Says It’s Basically a Religion

Sorry, nerds!

By Dan Robitzski

Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci put the United States' failure to reign in the virus into a global perspective during a Monday interview on ABC.
Developments

Fauci: The US Has Pretty Much Done Worse Than Any Other Country

A national embarrassment.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers have stitched together a highly detailed 360-degree panorama of Perseverance's landing site in the Jezero Crater.
Mars

NASA Releases Incredible Panorama of Mars Rover’s Landing Site

This is one of the best places on Mars to look for signs of ancient life.

By Victor Tangermann

British engineers are preparing to test the fuel mix that could one day power the largest nuclear fusion experiment in the world, as Nature reports.
Energy

Scientists Now Testing Fuel for Giant New Fusion Reactor

To pull off fusion power, scientists are going to need exactly the right fuel.

By Victor Tangermann