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Severe cases of COVID-19 might lead to the formation of growths called nodules behind people's eyeballs, but scientists aren't yet sure what that means.
Viruses

Severe COVID-19 Might Lead to Strange Growths Behind the Eyes

"If persisting, [they] might potentially lead to severe vision loss or even blindness."

By Dan Robitzski

A researcher has discovered "pretty clear" evidence of a new hybrid version of the coronavirus that resulted from two variants combining their genomes.
Developments

Two COVID Strains Appear to Have Merged Into a “Heavily Mutated” Hybrid

In virology, everything is always changing.

By Victor Tangermann

Russia has tentatively agreed to collaborate on an upcoming lunar base with China, threatening NASA's position as the world's top space agency.
Off-World

China and Russia Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Base

China's space program is increasingly dominant.

By Dan Robitzski

British scientists are cleared to begin a human challenge study on the coronavirus, in which volunteers are willingly infected in a controlled environment.
Viruses

Scientists Are About to Give Research Subjects COVID on Purpose

Is this ethical?

By Dan Robitzski

A new artificial intelligence algorithm can create full human genomes indistinguishable from the real thing, but it's not clear how useful it is.
Artificial Intelligence

New Algorithm Generates Synthetic Human Genetic Code

They say the fake DNA is indistinguishable from the real thing.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says there's a 60 percent chance Starship will land successfully this time — leaving a 40 percent chance of failure.
Starship

Elon Musk: Next Starship Test Has 60% Chance of Not Exploding

So you're telling us there's a chance?

By Jon Christian

After making its beta available to roughly 10,000 customers, SpaceX is again accepting preorders of its Starlink broadband internet service for $99.
Future Society

SpaceX Is Now Taking Starlink Preorders

Get it while it's hot.

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Nye released an open letter addressed to president Joe Biden in which he recommended the White House to deepen their commitments to NASA.
Off-World

Bill Nye Implores Biden to Protect Earth From Dangerous Asteroids

"The coming decade could be the most exciting time for NASA since the Apollo Moon landings. But it is not guaranteed."

By Victor Tangermann

Epic Games plans to release a browser tool that will quickly create almost-photorealistic CGI characters with the Unreal Engine.
Science & Energy

New Browser App Lets You Create Photorealistic Fake People

Epic Games is releasing a powerful tool for creating CGI "metahumans."

By Dan Robitzski

A new satirical video ad created by Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future campaign pokes fun at the idea of having the "one percent" escape to Mars.
Mars

Greta Thunberg Slams Mars Exploration, Says Earth Needs Help Instead

This anti-Mars sentiment seems misplaced.

By Victor Tangermann

A group that dispenses instructions on how to 3D print functional guns at home is about to release an upgraded assault rifle.
3D Printing

You Can Now 3D Print an Entire Semi-Automatic Rifle at Home

The total cost — including the 3D printer — is about $350.

By Dan Robitzski

Plunging temperatures are wreaking absolute havoc with the country's second largest state's electrical grid, sending prices soaring.
Science & Energy

Texas Snap Freeze Causes Electricity Prices to Soar 10,000 Percent

"When it comes to electricity, what happens in Texas stays in Texas. That has really come back to bite us."

By Victor Tangermann

In a Tuesday statement, the White House warned that new Ebola outbreaks in Africa need our attention now — otherwise we'd risk "catastrophic consequences."
Developments

White House Warns of “Catastrophic Consequences” of New Ebola Outbreaks

The world needs to act now.

By Victor Tangermann

Cities are literally starting to sink under their own weight — all the while, climate change is causing sea levels to rise.
Physics

Cities Are So Heavy That They’re Sinking Into the Earth

Cities are so heavy that they're bending the Earth's crust.

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Gates says that he doesn't really see the appeal of investing in rockets to Mars, saying money would be better spent on climate change and medicine.
Mars

Bill Gates Says That Going to Mars Is Silly

He also had something to say about fellow billionaire Elon Musk.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers have come up with a skin patch that can track blood pressure, heart rate, as well as levels of glucose, alcohol, and caffeine.
Prosthetics and Devices

This Skin Patch Can Detect Alcohol and Caffeine in Your Blood

It can also track your blood pressure and heart rate — a scary amount of info about your health.

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency wants astronauts to better represent humanity, so its recruiting more women and people with physical disabilities.
Off-World

Europe Invites People With Disabilities to Become Astronauts

"Representing all parts of our society is a concern that we take very seriously."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers suggest trans-Neptunian objects could still be distributed uniformly in our Solar System, poking a hole in the Planet Nine theory.
Off-World

Planet Nine Might Not Actually Exist, Scientists Say

Did the scientists behind the Planet Nine hypothesis make an embarrassing mistake?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found that future Martian explorers should be able to grow their own oxygen-producing bacteria without relying on air shipments from Earth.
Mars

Scientists Show That Algae Could Grow Using Only Mars Resources

The implications for planetary colonization are huge.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists identified seven new coronavirus variants that seem to have emerged independently of each other within the United States.
Viruses

New COVID Strains Appear to Have Evolved in United States

Numerous new variants are spreading through America.

By Dan Robitzski