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A new strain of the coronavirus is spreading in the UK. To stop it from reaching the mainland, a number of countries have cut themselves off.
Developments

Well, this doesn't seem good.

By Victor Tangermann

The wealthy are offering up tens of thousands of dollars to jump the line and get their COVID-19 vaccine early, the LA Times reports.
Viruses

Celebrities are offering up wads of cash for the coveted injection.

By Victor Tangermann

A massive hack on U.S. infrastructure and federal agencies, likely perpetrated by Russia, targeted nuclear weapon facilities.
Science & Energy

The nuclear stockpile itself remained secure, officials insist.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers claim to have achieved sustained, long-distance quantum teleportation for the first time, setting the stage for a quantum internet.
Quantum Physics

The quantum internet just became a lot more real.

By Victor Tangermann

COVID-19 is on track to become the leading cause of death in the U.S., beating the daily death tolls for cancer and heart disease combined.
Viruses

"The current exponential increase in COVID-19 is reaching a calamitous scale in the U.S."

By Dan Robitzski

David Attenborough's narration taken from the BBC's "Planet Earth" docu-series fits perfectly over this clip of SpaceX's recent Starship test flight.
Starship

"This is as good a descent as it's possible to make."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced that Reid Wiseman would be its 17th Chief Astronaut. He previously logged lots of time in space and served as deputy Chief Astronaut.
NASA

There's a new boss in town.

By Dan Robitzski

Once the FDA approved a coronavirus vaccine, almost-certainly-fake listings for vaccines on the black market vastly increased in number.
Viruses

Before you get any big ideas, they're almost certainly fake.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter this week to slander those who list the pronouns they prefer others to use to describe them in their social media bios.
Elon Musk

"Elon Musk’s tweet mocking pronouns is exactly the opposite of what inclusive leadership looks like today."

By Victor Tangermann

Fume events, or instances where dangerous chemicals make it into an airplane's air supply, are disturbingly common. Yet the problem is often ignored.
Advanced Transport

Air on hundreds of flights was apparently poisoned, and the problem swept under the rug.

By Dan Robitzski

biosignature
Exobiology

"It is the first serious candidate [for an alien technosignature] since the 'Wow! signal.'"

By Jon Christian

A satellite company called Capella Space just launched its platform for SAR imaging satellites that can peer through clouds and even some buildings.
Off-World

But don't worry — the company says it can't see inside your home.

By Dan Robitzski

The team in charge of recovering China's successfully returned lunar samples in Inner Mongolia wore exoskeletons to help them trudge through the snow.
Moon

Recovery teams used exoskeletons to trudge through deep snow to get to the capsule.

By Victor Tangermann

Mattel has just announced its delaying the delivery of its Hot Wheels remote-controlled Cybertrucks, as Bloomberg reports.
Advanced Transport

First the pandemic, now this.

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview, John Brenann, ex-CIA officer who served under Obama for four years, said that we shouldn't disregard videos of recent UFO sightings.
Future Society

"I think it's a bit presumptuous and arrogant for us to believe that there's no other form of life anywhere in the entire universe."

By Victor Tangermann

President-elect Joe Biden reportedly plans to nominate Michael Regan as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. It would be his third time at the EPA.
Environment

What a refreshing change.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have spotted a distant galaxy without its accompanying supermassive black hole — despite its enormous suspected mass.
Science & Energy

It's gotta be here somewhere!

By Victor Tangermann

According to US Space Command (USSC) officials, Russia has launched a new anti-satellite missile test, the third one this year alone.
Space Force

Anti-satellite warfare could get seriously messy, with a cascading debris cloud that makes orbit a deadly place.

By Victor Tangermann

Ian McKellen says he feels "euphoric" after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, and he urges everyone who can to get vaccinated as well.
Viruses

Magneto has officially taken the vaccine.

By Dan Robitzski

In a matter of just two to three years, electric cars are set to become cheaper than their gasoline-powered alternatives according to a new report.
Advanced Transport

Electric vehicles are about to get a lot cheaper.

By Victor Tangermann