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An extremophile bacteria survived a year in space. Scientists uncovered how it pulled off the feat, suggesting microbes could travel among planets.
Science & Energy

"These investigations help us to understand the mechanisms and processes through which life can exist beyond Earth."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have presented new evidence that a magnetar within the Milky Way was the source of a strange fast radio burst recorded in April.
Science & Energy

It released an incredible amount of energy in just milliseconds — and we still don't know why.

By Victor Tangermann

The "Osampo Kanojo" is meant to recreate the look, feel, sound, and smell of talking a stroll while holding hands with your partner.
Robotics

It even gets sweaty palms.

By Dan Robitzski

According to scientists, an additional planet located between Saturn and Uranus was yeeted out of the solar system when it was much younger.
Solar Power

Researchers say a third ice giant, between Uranus and Neptune, got flung out of our star system.

By Victor Tangermann

After a years-long waiting period, President Donald Trump's ill-advised decision to leave the Paris climate agreement took effect Tuesday.
Climate Change

"Simply put the US should stay with the other 189 parties to the agreement, not go out alone."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in the UK claim to have achieved first plasma on an upgraded, experimental fusion reactor.
Energy

Fusion reactors are usually donut-shaped — but this time, they built it as a sphere.

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA astronaut and US Navy veteran Mark Kelly, a Democrat, beat incumbent Martha McSally (R-AR) for a seat on the US senate.
Future Society

Mark Kelly opposed NASA's return to the Moon, arguing that astronauts should go straight to Mars instead. Now he's in Congress.

By Victor Tangermann

K-pop girl band aespa has announced it's adding a new and completely virtual member to its ranks called "ae-KARINA."
Future Society

She's an entirely virtual, computer generated avatar — not a real singer like her fellow band members.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers can't definitively rule out the chance that the "God of Chaos" asteroid Apophis crashes into Earth when it returns in 2068.
Science & Energy

The probability is low, but the consequences would be catastrophic.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers from the University of Bristol visited the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant last week to test out Spot, a four-legged robodog.
Boston Dynamics

This is exactly what Spot was designed for.

By Victor Tangermann

According to screenshots of emails sent to CNBC, SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service will cost $99 per month.
SpaceX

It'll start to roll out in coming months, SpaceX says.

By Victor Tangermann

Senior employees at the security camera company Verkada used the company's own facial recognition to sexually harass their coworkers.
Future Society

They used the company's own tech to take photos of women and post sexually explicit comments about them.

By Dan Robitzski

MIT Algorithm Detects COVID-19 in the Sound of Your Cough
Developments

"It's the same principle as feeding a machine a lot of X-rays so it learns to detect cancer."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at Facebook are investigating if they can use augmented reality to allow people with hearing loss to hear another person in loud environments.
Prosthetics and Devices

Imagine tech that could let you isolate just one conversation in a crowded party.

By Victor Tangermann

A new Amazon patent describes how trolls and toxic gamers could be sequestered into their own matches full of other trolls.
Science & Energy

Finally, some peace and quiet.

By Dan Robitzski

New NASA-led research calculated that on average, about one in two Sun-like stars in the Milky Way have exoplanets in their habitable zones.
Science & Energy

"We're one step closer on the long road to finding out if we’re alone in the cosmos."

By Dan Robitzski

According to a recent tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the company will be unveiling a Cybertruck design with minor improvements "maybe in a month or so."
Elon Musk

Let's hope it still looks as brutal as the original design.

By Victor Tangermann

Failing to reach the Paris agreement's goals and heating Earth by two degrees Celsius could trigger the release of 230 billion tons of carbon from the soil.
Climate Change

Well, this isn't good.

By Dan Robitzski

New analysis of ancient Martian meteorites adds 400 million years to our historical knowledge of water on the surface of Mars.
Science & Energy

It would be the oldest evidence of Martian water we have.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Japanese architects have designed a breathtaking concept for a futuristic, four-story spaceport, meant to float just off the shore in Tokyo Bay.
Space

Remember when we could still dream about the distant future?

By Victor Tangermann