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Residents in Shenyang, China are being tested for COVID-19 by a plastic-wrapped robotic arm that is being remotely controlled from the next room.
Prosthetics and Devices

China Is Using Robots to Administer COVID Tests

The robotic arm can take throat swabs at an extraordinary pace.

By Victor Tangermann

New simulations on galaxy development suggest that powerful magnetic fields present in the early universe could have stunted the Milky Way's growth.
Physics

Scientists: Magnetic Fields May Have Crushed Our Entire Galaxy

Did unfathomably powerful magnetic fields warp the ancient Milky Way?

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, we could theoretically extract energy from the enormous amounts of emissions emanating from black holes.
Energy

Physicists Outline Plan to Harvest Energy From Black Holes

Columbia University scientists say that in the future, a black hole could power an entire off-Earth civilization.

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers behind the epic YouTube account Hacksmith Industries have created a functioning hoverboard that actually hovers like the real thing.
Future Society

Inventors Create Working Hoverboard

There's just one catch.

By Victor Tangermann

Biotech company United Therapeutics is planning to begin transplanting organs from genetically modified pigs into humans as soon as this year.
Developments

A Startup Is Planning Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants This Year

"Our ultimate goal is to essentially have an unlimited supply of organs."

By Victor Tangermann

In a recent study, an international group of scientists argue that dark matter doesn't exist. It's simply our limited scientific understanding of gravity.
Dark Matter

New Study Claims Dark Matter Doesn’t Exist

Could physicists have been so wrong?

By Victor Tangermann

A boutique automotive manufacturer is challenging Elon Musk to race the Cybertruck at the 2023 Baja 1000 with a hydrogen-powered vehicle.
Advanced Transport

Carmaker Challenges Cybertruck to Off-Road Race Against Fuel Cell Vehicle

Is Tesla up to the challenge?

By Victor Tangermann

Unsuspecting residents in Hawaii spotted something exceedingly strange: a large blue unidentified object falling out of the sky and into the ocean.
Future Society

Video Shows Blue UFO Falling Into Ocean in Hawaii

"I look up and then I was like oh shit."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have made a baffling discovery: the Earth's spin is accelerating. In fact, the Earth is spinning faster than ever recorded.
Science & Energy

The Earth is Spinning So Fast, We Might Need to Skip a Second

Seriously — scientists say we may need to cut an entire second out of the year.

By Victor Tangermann

Looking back at 2020, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in the United States. Coronavirus deaths outnumbered gun deaths, for instance, eight-to-one.
Developments

COVID-19 Killed Eight Times More Americans Than Guns in 2020

The number of deaths from COVID almost defies comprehension.

By Dan Robitzski

Saudi Arabia has announced it's newest zero-carbon city project called "The Line" that's being built in a straight 100 mile line.
Renewable Energy

Saudi Arabia Is Building a Zero-Carbon City in a 100-Mile Straight Line

The unconventional city will feature "zero cars, zero streets, and zero carbon emissions."

By Victor Tangermann

The activist group DC Marijuana Justice plans to hands out free bags of weed to people who get the coronavirus vaccine in Washington D.C.
Chemistry

Activists Plan to Hand Out Free Weed at DC Vaccination Sites

"I want people to get the shots and to know they are appreciated for doing so."

By Dan Robitzski

Months after flaws with an internet-connected chastity cage were first revealed, a hacker seized control and demanded a Bitcoin ransom.
Internet Of Things

Hacker Seizes Control of Internet-Enabled Chastity Cages

Did this sex toy really need to be an internet-of-things device?

By Dan Robitzski

PC gaming company Razer just showed off Project Hazel, a smart face mask with N95 filters, a charging case, and RGB lighting.
Future Society

High Tech N95 Mask Amplifies Your Voice With Built-In Sound System

Can you hear me now?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute say that it might be impossible to rein in superintelligent AI that decides to turn on humanity.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists: It’d Be Impossible to Control Superintelligent AI

It'd blow away our best defenses like children's toys.

By Dan Robitzski

New Technique Uses Entire Milky Way as a Giant Observatory
Physics

New Technique Uses Entire Milky Way as a Giant Observatory

It's big. Really big.

By Dan Robitzski

The Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California will be turned into a "super site" for COVID-19 vaccinations in the surrounding Orange County later this week.
Developments

Disneyland Will Turn Into a Giant Vaccine Distribution Center

The "happiest place on Earth" is about to become a huge COVID vaccine "super site."

By Victor Tangermann

Responding to writer Ben Mezrich, who said that he's "never turning down getting paid in bitcoin again" in a Friday tweet, Musk replied with "me neither."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Would Take a Salary in Bitcoin

Two days later, Bitcoin plummeted by 21 percent.

By Victor Tangermann

Eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, the Associated Press reports, the first known case amount such primates in the US.
Viruses

Eight Gorillas in Zoo Catch Coronavirus

Gorillas share 98.4 percent of their DNA with humans.

By Victor Tangermann

After two white dwarf stars managed to merge without destroying each other, scientists say they've observed a brand new type of star.
Science & Energy

An Unusual Merger Seems to Have Created a New Type of Star

In X-Ray, it glows bright green.

By Dan Robitzski