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Female Indian jumping ants vying for a seat on a vacant throne actually shrink their own brains to become queenlike mating "gamergate" ants.
Biology

This Type of Ant Can Shrink and Regrow Its Brain

The ants undergo a bizarre transformation while they fight over their colony's throne.

By Dan Robitzski

Startup Epirus has come up with a novel solution to take out enemy drone swarms: a  weapon that can blast out beams of high-power microwaves.
Drones

Mobile Weapon System Kills Entire Drone Swarms Using Microwaves

The system can take out multiple drones at a time.

By Victor Tangermann

A scientist who has long suggested that the coronavirus could have accidentally leaked from a research lab, maintains that the idea is worth investigating.
Developments

Harvard/MIT Researcher: COVID Definitely Could Have Leaked From a Lab

"I think it's essential that we have a real investigation… into whether this virus could have come from a lab or from the wildlife trade."

By Dan Robitzski

The Twitter account for Steak-umm, a processed meat product, decided to pick on science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Future Society

Neil deGrasse Tyson Sucked Into Feud With Processed Meat Brand (Again)

The processed meat brand made some pretty compelling arguments.

By Victor Tangermann

As Neuralink continues to develop its neural implant technology, experts have concerns about what that would mean for personal privacy.
Neuroscience and Brain

Expert: Neuralink Could Sell Your Private Thoughts to the “Highest Bidder”

"I worry about the widespread use of brain chips in the future."

By Dan Robitzski

The National Weather Service station in Cape Cod has been abandoned and is scheduled for demolition because it's about to fall into the sea.
Climate Change

Climate Research Station Abandoned Because It’s Falling Into the Sea

"In a way we are unprepared for how much worse things will be with climate change."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Mars lander InSight is caked in so much dust that it can't harness enough solar energy to stay operational through the Martian winter.
Mars

NASA Takes Emergency Action to Save Dying Mars Lander

Another dust storm could kill the struggling lander for good.

By Dan Robitzski

Biden's FCC is finally starting to crack down on robocallers, enacting a law that gives them the power to give out fines.
Future Society

The United States Says It’s Finally Cracking Down on Robocalls

Is this the beginning of the end for robocalls?

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese officials say it's time to decide what to do about the Fukushima power plant's radioactive water. That likely means dumping it in the ocean.
Energy

Japan Says Sorry, But It Has to Dump This Radioactive Water Into the Ocean

Japanese officials say they've put off the "unavoidable" release long enough.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's Poseidon 2M39 torpedo can sneak along the bottom of the ocean before unleashing a several-megaton explosion that causes radioactive tsunamis.
Military

New Russian Weapon Is Designed to Unleash “Radioactive Tsunamis”

The Poseidon 2M39 torpedo would sneak along the ocean floor before detonating a nuke.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois have found new evidence suggesting that a subatomic particle called a muon is not following the known laws of physics.
Physics

Scientists Just Found Evidence for Fifth Force of Nature

Scientists may have found evidence for a fifth force of nature.

By Victor Tangermann

During a Reddit AMA, science communicator and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku said he expects we'll discover the theory of everything by the year 2100.
Science & Energy

Famed Physicist: Soon-To-Launch Telescope Likely to Discover Alien Life

But he thinks contacting them would be “a terrible idea.”

By Tony Ho Tran

Neuralink cofounder Max Hodak says creating a real-world Jurassic Park is probably within reach, and that it could be cool to create novel forms of life.
Future Society

Neuralink Co-Founder Says We Have the Tech to Build an Actual Jurassic Park

Max Hodak wants us to create brand-new, "super exotic" dinosaurs.

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese space agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi took a gorgeous time lapse of space from a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule currently docked to the ISS.
Crew Dragon

Watch This Breathtaking Time-Lapse Taken From Inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon

"I didn’t think the views could get any better."

By Victor Tangermann

MIT scientists converted the structure and construction of spider webs into odd music which they hope could lead to a form of human-spider communications.
Biology

MIT Researchers Release Music Made by Spiders

Yeah, you read that right: spider music.

By Dan Robitzski

A new video going viral on Twitter shows a robot police dog being deployed by the New York City police department.
Robot Dogs

Outcry as Video Shows Robodog Patrolling With NYPD

"What the fuck is this is the exact right reaction."

By Victor Tangermann

Android's Digital Wellbeing app is about to start warning users to stop using their phones and to pay attention while they walk around.
Science & Energy

Google Testing Feature That Scolds You For Using Smartphone While Walking

"Use with caution. Heads Up doesn't replace paying attention."

By Dan Robitzski

Government scientists ran a wide variety of simulations in order to find the best way to blast a killer asteroid off-course with a nuclear missile.
Science & Energy

The US Government Is Trying to Figure Out the Best Way to Nuke an Asteroid

It helps to have a plan of attack before this becomes an issue.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has signed a "Space Act Agreement" with what could be the first reality show set in space called "Space Hero," as Space.com reports.
NASA

NASA Considering Reality TV Show Filmed on Space Station

Who's going to be an astronaut?

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have concluded that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter needs to have its flight control software reinstalled.
Mars

NASA Says Oops, Mars Helicopter Needs Software Update to Fly

Ingenuity needs to reinstall its flight control software.

By Victor Tangermann