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During its sixth flight across the desolate Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter experienced a bit of a software glitch.
Mars

Mars Helicopter Suffered Glitch During Flight, Forced Emergency Landing

Well, that didn't go according to plan.

By Victor Tangermann

Corcoran, California has been sinking into the Earth for years due to overpumping from underground water reservoirs by farms and the agricultural industry.
Science & Energy

An Entire Town Is Getting Swallowed by the Earth

Some parts of town have dropped by about 11 feet.

By Dan Robitzski

Regulators in China's Sichuan province are gathering information on cryptocurrency mining, potentially leading to a full crackdown on the practice.
Bitcoin

Chinese Officials Are Investigating Crypto Mining Operations

China is getting serious about cracking down on cryptocurrency mining.

By Victor Tangermann

Brain computer interface pioneer Miguel Nicolelis says that Elon Musk's Neuralink is all theatre and no substance with underwhelming tech.
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuroscience Pioneer Slams Elon Musk’s Neuralink Claims

"Neuralink hasn't done anything that I consider innovative at all."

By Dan Robitzski

A fire broke out overnight at a construction site of Tesla's Gigafcatory in Germany. Police are now investigating whether the fire had a political motive.
Tesla

Arsonists Reportedly Set Fire at New Tesla Factory Site

An environmental group has claimed responsibility.

By Victor Tangermann

Satellite data on global temperatures doesn't seem to match real-world observations, raising the possibility that climate change is worse than we thought.
Global Warming

Global Warming May Be Way Worse Than We Thought, Scientists Say

Satellite data may have underestimated the extent of global warming.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a way to directly image a living mouse brain with a fluorescent microscope without having to conduct invasive surgery.
Developments

New Microscope Technique Can Peer Inside a Brain Without Surgery

Scientists mapped out an entire mouse brain — without damaging it at all.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers concluded that with perfect health, humans could live to anywhere between 120 and 150 years, as detailed in a new study.
Studies

Scientists Say This Is the Maximum Human Lifespan

Here's how long you'll live — if you don't die of cancer or getting hit by a car first.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA planetary scientist Ravi Kopparapu argues that rather what UFOs are, we should first find out how to find out what they are.
Mars

NASA Scientist: We Should Take UFOs as Seriously as Mars Research

"Ultimately, understanding UAP is a science problem. We should treat it that way."

By Victor Tangermann

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to build a car meant to allow astronauts to travel across the surface of the Moon.
Moon

General Motors Is Working on a Self-Driving Electric Car for Moon Astronauts

Get in, loser.

By Victor Tangermann

The startup Hybrid Air Vehicles says that the carbon emissions of short-distance plane trips are unsustainable, so it's developing airships to replace them.
Advanced Transport

Startup Says It’ll Fly Passengers Between Cities in Giant Blimps

Airship flights could help eliminate the carbon emissions of short-range air travel.

By Dan Robitzski

The Canadian Space Agency wants to send its own rover to the surface of the Moon with the help of NASA within the next five years.
Moon

Canada Wants to Land Its Own Rover on the Moon by 2026

It's about to get crowded on the Moon.

By Victor Tangermann

Biden called on the US intelligence community to redouble its efforts to find out how the coronavirus pandemic actually started.
Developments

Biden Orders Spies to Figure Out Whether COVID Leaked From Lab

He wants intelligence agencies to "redouble" their investigation.

By Dan Robitzski

The International Society for Stem Cell Research just loosened up decades-old restrictions on how long scientists can keep lab-grown embryos alive.
Gene Editing

New Regulations Let Scientists Keep Lab-Grown Human Embryos Alive for Longer

In some cases, researchers are no longer limited by the "14-day rule."

By Dan Robitzski

As COVID-19 vaccine supply outweights domestic demand in the US, travelers are coming to the country to grab some of the extras.
Viruses

Wealthy Travelers Are Flocking to America for Precious COVID Vaccines

New York City actively welcomed "vaccine tourists."

By Dan Robitzski

Homeowners in Bend, Oregon, made a fascinating discovery lurking below their house: a massive lava tube, big enough to stand in.
Mars

Couple Buys House, Discovers Huge, Mars-Like Lava Cave Underneath

The ultimate man cave?

By Victor Tangermann

India's Health Ministry has declared a mucormycosis epidemic after the country reported over 11,000 cases of the fungal infection.
Developments

India Reports More Than 11,000 Cases of Brain-Eating Fungus

India's Health Ministry has declared an official Mucormycosis epidemic.

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time in decades, a Canadian soldier has been charged with mutiny for refusing to help with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Future Society

Canada Charges Soldier With Mutiny for Refusing to Distribute COVID Vaccines

"I might get in a lot of shit for doing this, but I don’t care anymore."

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's space agency Roscosmos has announced that it is planning to send a nuclear-powered "space tug" capable of transporting heavy cargo in deep space, all the way to Jupiter in 2030.
Off-World

Russia Wants to Send a Nuclear-Powered “Space Tug” to Jupiter

The journey could take over four years.

By Victor Tangermann

A programmer built a new kind of CAPTCHA test that asks users to play a quick game of "Doom" to prove that they're really human.
Science & Energy

New CAPTCHA Forces Users to Prove They’re Human by Playing “Doom”

Take that, demons!

By Dan Robitzski