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Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists found the first ever evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
Moon

NASA’s Hubble Finds Evidence of Water Vapor on One of Jupiter’s Moons

More evidence that Ganymede could be capable of hosting life.

By Victor Tangermann

A massive, alarming new study just found a strong correlation between heavy marijuana use and the onset of schizophrenia.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Claim That More and More Schizophrenia Cases Are Linked to Marijuana

"I think it is highly important to use both our study and other studies to highlight and emphasize that cannabis use is not harmless."

By Dan Robitzski

A Tesla's Autopilot system got confused as it cruised down the highway and mistook the Moon for an endless string of yellow traffic lights.
Tesla

Tesla Autopilot Mistakes Moon for Yellow Traffic Light

The Moon says slow down!

By Dan Robitzski

New tech can convert plastic garbage into safe, edible protein, potentially giving us an answer to the mountains of trash choking the planet.
Food

New Tech Turns Plastic Waste Into Food

This could help solve our pollution and food scarcity problems.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's solar energy subsidiary, Tesla Energy, reportedly asked its team of more than 20 employees to scan social media posts to find customer complaints.
Elon Musk

Tesla Is Reportedly Trying to Make People Delete Mean Posts About Elon Musk

Angry customers were told to "go online and complain on Twitter or Facebook," because it was more effective.

By Victor Tangermann

An Argentinian lagoon in the southern Patagonia region has turned a strikingly bright shade of pink, the result of chemical runoff from a nearby plant.
Pollution

Pollution Runoff Causes Entire Lake to Turn Bright Pink

It's not supposed to be that color.

By Victor Tangermann

Preliminary research suggests a possible answer for why the delta variant of COVID-19 is so much more infectious than others.
Viruses

Preliminary Research Explains Why the Delta Variant Is So Dangerous

Delta variant patients seem to produce 1,000 times more viral particles.

By Dan Robitzski

Bitcoin's value shot up above $39,000 for the first time in almost six weeks, a jump of almost 12 percent within the last 24 hours, according to CoinDesk.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Suddenly Shoots Up

Rumors of Amazon getting into crypto are injecting confidence into Bitcoin.

By Victor Tangermann

A researcher at a university in South Korea has come up with a toilet that can turn human waste into power -- and it's on the blockchain.
Cryptocurrency

Scientist Invents Toilet That Turns Human Feces Into Cryptocurrency

"If we think out of the box, feces has precious value to make energy and manure."

By Victor Tangermann

Fox and Friends told its audience that a Russian jet was capable of doubling the speed of light. That, to be clear, is total nonsense.
Physics

The Geniuses at Fox News Said That a New Jet Flies at Twice the Speed of Light

Spoiler: Fox was wrong.

By Dan Robitzski

"I think modern nuclear power plants are safe contrary to what people may think," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during a conference this week.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says It’s Totally Possible to Build “Extremely Safe” Nuclear Plants

"You don’t need fusion.”

By Victor Tangermann

An Air Force Research Lab report predicts that missile defense force fields are coming soon, thanks to advances in laser technology.
Robots and Machines

Air Force Research Lab Says Force Fields Are “on the Horizon”

They called it a "missile defense umbrella," which sounds way less cool.

By Dan Robitzski

The irreverent weather app Carrot now includes a warning about wet bulb conditions that could make it hot enough to drop dead outside.
Climate Change

Weather App Now Warns You When It’s Hot Enough To Drop Dead

Cutesy in-app jokes aside, it's a valuable warning.

By Dan Robitzski

Despite confirming it would abandon the International Space Station eventually, Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos had one last contribution to make.
Off-World

Russia’s Space Station Module Launch Was Filled With Drama

Was there ever anything wrong with its main engines?

By Victor Tangermann

A new study shows that robotic exoskeletons may not be as beneficial as initially thought due to unnecessary strain they place on wearers' brains.
Prosthetics and Devices

Exoskeletons Are Causing Problems With Wearers’ Brains, Scientists Say

"It's almost like dancing with a really bad partner."

By Dan Robitzski

During a conference on Wednesday, Elon Musk said that Tesla has caused him more suffering than anything else in his life.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Tesla Has Caused Him More Suffering Than Anything Else in His Life

He's had "some pretty tough life experiences" — and Tesla is responsible for most of them.

By Victor Tangermann

A massive study found a startling link between heavy coffee drinking and an increased risk of dementia and other brain diseases.
Neuroscience and Brain

Excessive Coffee Drinking Linked to Dementia

"Drinking more than six cups of coffee a day may be putting you at risk of brain diseases such as dementia and stroke."

By Dan Robitzski

Marking Herring, a 60-year-old grandfather from Tennessee, suffered a fatal heart attack after being swatted by a bunch of kids.
Future Society

Grandfather Dies of Heart Attack After Minors SWAT His Home

Believe it or not, they were after his Twitter handle.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, the spending habits of Swedish men lead to far more greenhouse gas emissions than do those of women.
Climate Change

Men Are Causing Way More Climate Change Than Women, Scientists Say

Pound for pound, it seems men are hurting the planet a lot more than women.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists uncovered a sort of fossil record of dozens of ancient, never-before-seen viruses in a sample of Tibetan ice.
Environment

Scientists Discover Dozens of Ancient Viruses, Frozen in Ice

Ancient viruses have been hiding out in Tibet's ice all this time.

By Dan Robitzski