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Research suggests scientists should pay greater attention to their lab mice's well-being. Not only for the mice's sake, but because it improves the science.
Studies

Scientists Gene Edit Mice to Live 23 Percent Longer

Researchers say this could be the key to extending the lives of humans.

China is pushing back against all the criticism over the uncontrolled reentry and landing of its Long March 5B rocket on Saturday
Military

China’s Military Is Apparently Also Tracking UFOs

The People’s Liberation Army uses AI to track and study the flying objects.

Microsoft claims that human error is the reason users couldn't find image or video results when they searched the term "tank man" on Friday.
Future Society

Major Search Engines Are Censoring Results About the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Users on Bing and DuckDuckGo couldn’t find image results for the term "tank man."

SpaceX has successfully completed their cargo resupply mission to the ISS — and brought a glow-in-the-dark squid to join the craft's crew.
International Space Station

SpaceX Flies Glow-in-the-Dark Squids to International Space Station

Scientists want to see how microgravity impacts the squids' microbes.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including chlamydia and gonorrhea could soon spike as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down.
Developments

Doctors Fear Huge Spike in STIs After Pandemic

Are we in for a rude awakening?

Anthony Fauci doesn't endorse the lab leak hypothesis, but he does want to know why workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized.
Developments

Fauci Wants To Know Why Three Virus Researchers in Wuhan Got Sick

He wants China to release new info on the origins of the pandemic.

While installing more wind farms will probably be a crucial part of fighting climate change, putting them too close together could be self-defeating.
Wind

Scientists Say That Building Too Many Wind Turbines Weakens the Wind’s Power

Down in front!

Experts are worried the sea ice covering much of the Arctic is thinning twice as previously thought. "When the Arctic warms, the world warms."
Climate Change

Scientists Say Arctic Ice Is Thinning Twice as Fast as We Thought

"When the Arctic warms, the world warms."

Scientists found a key difference in how human and mosquito DNA organizes into chromosomes then figured out how to morph them back and forth.
Biology

Scientists Morph Human DNA Into Mosquito DNA Structure

Disabling one gene radically alters 3D chromosome structure.

The US Department of Justice is prioritizing its investigations into ransomware attacks that have ground several industries in the country to a halt.
Hacking

US Authorities Start Treating Ransomware Hacks Like Terrorism

"We've used this model around terrorism before but never with ransomware."

Scientists found a key difference in the way that axolotls and mammals respond to injuries, potentially revealing a pathway to regenerative medicine.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Say Humans Have “Untapped” Limb Regeneration Capability

We're getting closer "to being able to pull the levers of regeneration in humans."

US Officials Say Gov Can’t Rule Out Aliens Behind UFO Sightings
Future Society

US Officials Say Gov Can’t Rule Out Aliens Behind UFO Sightings

An upcoming report will likely leave a lot of questions unanswered.

Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci still isn't ruling out the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 may have leaked from a lab.
Developments

Fauci Says It’s Unlikely But Possible That COVID Virus Leaked From Lab

Fauci still believes that "the most likely origin is from an animal species to a human."

According to a new study, eating just 18 grams of mushroom a day, roughly the equivalent of two mushrooms, could almost halve the risk of cancer.
Cancer

Eating Mushrooms Vastly Cuts Cancer Risk, According to New Research

"Overall, these findings provide important evidence for the protective effects of mushrooms against cancer."

NASA finally managed to shake some of the dust off of the InSight lander's solar panels, buying it at least a few more months of life.
Mars

NASA Saves Dying Mars Lander With Ingenious Hack

InSight is saved, at least for now.

The Department of Defense has put out a call for designs of a handheld anti-drone weapon that could shoot down enemy drones from the ground.
Drones

The US Military Is Looking for a Drone-Killing Bazooka

Take that drones!

Physicist Melvin Vopson argues that digital information contains a fundamental amount of mass and should be considered a new form of matter.
Physics

Physicist Claims That Information Is a New Form of Matter

And he says we're on track for it to outweigh everything else on Earth.

Tesla's ludicrously fast Model S Plaid just set a new production car record, covering a quarter mile in just 9.247 at the Famoso Raceway in California.
Tesla

Tesla’s Model S Plaid Breaks the Quarter-Mile Record at 152 MPH

Jay Leno confirmed it.

A massive container ship carrying 330 tons of oil and 25 tons of flammable nitric acid is sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka. It's a disaster.
Environment

Sinking Ship Full of Chemicals and Oil Threatens Horrifying Environmental Disaster

"So far we have not seen any oil spill. We consider we are lucky."

Singer-songwriter Grimes posted a TikTok video on Wednesday night in which she returned to her next biggest pastime: overpromising what artificial intelligence can provide to society.
Artificial Intelligence

Grimes Says AI Will Usher in an Era of Luxurious Communism

She says AI could provide global luxury and "genuine equality."