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According to a Reuters exclusive, tech giant Apple is planning to produce a self-driving passenger car to be released in 2024.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Apple Is Reportedly Releasing a Self-Driving Car in 2024

"Like the first time you saw the iPhone."

By Victor Tangermann

Ultrasensitive COVID-19 tests based on the popular gene-editing technique CRISPR could be just around the corner, as IEEE Spectrum reports.
Prosthetics and Devices

CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Tests Could Work in Just 5 Minutes

All you need is an at-home kit and a smartphone app.

By Victor Tangermann

A physics student used a scanning tunneling microscope to built a "Christmas tree" that's barely thicker than a DNA strand.
Science & Energy

World’s Tiniest “Christmas Tree” Is Barely Thicker Than a DNA Strand

It's just a handful of atoms wide.

By Dan Robitzski

Famed Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper just made major investments in jetpack suit companies JetPack Aviation and Gravity Industrie
Tesla

A Tesla Investor Is Pouring Money Into Jetpack Technology

"Imagine you can just strap on a jetsuit and take off and fly where ever you want to go."

By Victor Tangermann

The head of Russia's space program, Dmitry Rogozin, took a jab at SpaceX, implying that the U.S.-based company couldn't handle the work done by Roscosmos.
SpaceX

Russia’s Space Chief Just Took Yet Another Swing at SpaceX

The head of Russia's space program is beefing with SpaceX again.

By Dan Robitzski

Arctic sea ice caps are influencing weather elsewhere.
Environment

Report: MIT Violated Law By Dumping Dangerous Chemicals

Another black eye for the prestigious MIT.

By Victor Tangermann

A restaurant in Singapore just became the first in the world to serve a "chicken nugget" made of lab-grown chicken meat made by US-based startup Eat Just.
Science & Energy

For the First Time, a Restaurant Is Serving Actual Lab-Grown Meat

"I'm speechless."

By Victor Tangermann

Some scientists suggest that gene-hacking trees to grow faster and be more resilient could help fight climate change by restoring carbon sinks.
Climate Change

Scientists: Genetically Modified Trees Could Fight Climate Change

But they could wreak havoc on the ecosystem.

By Dan Robitzski

According to CDC data, US health workers have already administered more than half a million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the first week.
Viruses

The US Has Already Given a Half Million COVID Shots

This is pretty impressive.

By Victor Tangermann

Roscosmos is prepared to ship additional oxygen supplies to the International Space Station, which continues to slowly leak oxygen.
Science & Energy

New Leak May Force Russia to Ship Oxygen to Space Station

It's happening again, folks.

By Dan Robitzski

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

Governments Block Travel to Prevent Spread of New COVID Strain

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

The Rich Are Trying to Skip the Line to Get Vaccinated

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

Hackers Reportedly Targeted US Nuclear Weapons Facilities

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

Researchers Achieve First “Sustained” Long Distance Quantum Teleportation

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

Daily Coronavirus Deaths Top Heart Disease and Cancer Combined

"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

David Attenborough Narrates Starship Launch In Hilarious Video

"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

NASA Names Its New Chief Astronaut

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

FDA Vaccine Approval Created a Spike in Black Market Listings

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

LBGTQ Group Denounces Elon Musk For Mocking Gender Pronouns

"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

Faulty Planes Reportedly Poisoned Passengers on Hundreds of Flights

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

By Dan Robitzski