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Pizza giant Domino's is partnering with robotics company Nuro to bring autonomous robot pizza deliveries to Houston, Texas.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Domino’s Starts Autonomous Robot Pizza Deliveries

The robot is the first fully autonomous on-road delivery vehicle to have received regulatory approval in the US.

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA plans to send a nuclear-powered rocket into orbit by 2025. It can't get there on its own, but once it's in space it could make Mars trips much faster.
Off-World

DARPA Is Planning to Launch a Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft

A nuclear rocket could take flight by as soon as 2025.

By Dan Robitzski

First, Musk claimed the title "Technoking of Tesla." Now, the billionaire has added the phrase "Imperator of Mars" to his Twitter bio.
Mars

Elon Musk Says He Is Now the “Imperator of Mars”

Whatever that means.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found traces of aluminum in the same place in donor brains as the toxic protein clumps that eventually cause Alzheimer's Disease.
Neuroscience and Brain

The Stuff Beer Cans Are Made From Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

The metal may play a role in forming the neuron-killing plaques associated with Alzheimer's.

By Dan Robitzski

Marine scientist David Valentine has made a shocking discovery 3,000 below the ocean's surface just ten miles off the coast of Los Angeles: barrels of DDT.
Science & Energy

“Countless” Barrels of Toxic Waste Found in Ocean Near Los Angeles

They were dumped there in the 1940s.

By Victor Tangermann

New reports suggest that scientists should only pursue geoengineering experiments like blocking sunlight once they better understand possible side effects.
Climate Change

Scientists Warn That Blocking Out the Sun Could Have Unintended Consequences

Well, when you say it like that…

By Dan Robitzski

The Russian Army is setting up its first armed military unit that features killer robotic tanks, as state news agency TASS reports.
Robotics

Russia Is Setting Up First Military Unit With Killer Robot Tanks

The Russian Army is going ahead, despite "shortcomings" identified during tests in Syria.

By Victor Tangermann

Bandits in Mexico stole industrial radiographic equipment, including a highly radioactive container of dangerous isotopes.
Science & Energy

Armed Criminals Steal Truck Full of Deadly Radioactive Materials

Direct contact could "prove fatal."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company Neuralink recently showcased a macaque playing "Pong" with its mind. Researchers in the field are unimpressed.
Neuroscience and Brain

Famed Neurobiologist Slams Neuralink’s Monkey Demo

"The performance is very rudimentary."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers in Sydney have identified a new gene in zebrafish that could allow human hearts to repair themselves following a heart attack.
Gene Editing

Gene Hack Could Heal Heart After Heart Attack

"It kicks in when needed and turns off when the heart is fully healed."

By Victor Tangermann

Authorities arrested a Michigan man after he claimed to have a bomb parked in a trailer outside of a nuclear power plant in Ohio.
Science & Energy

Man Claimed to Have Car Bomb at Nuclear Power Plant

Well, that could have been much worse.

By Tony Ho Tran

The White House has reiterated its support for NASA's Artemis program, with the goal of returning the first human astronauts to the surface of the Moon.
Moon

NASA Plans to Land First Person of Color on the Moon in Artemis Program

This is amazing — and overdue.

By Tony Ho Tran

A SpaceX Falcon 9's second stage lit up the skies like a spectacular fireworks display around 4am local time over the Seattle area during reentry.
Science & Energy

SpaceX Isn’t Sure If This Object Came From One of Its Rockets

It might have come from a rocket burn-up in March.

By Tony Ho Tran

Footage leaked to a documentary filmmaker named Jeremy Corbell shows unidentified flying objects swarming above a US Navy warship.
Robots and Machines

Pentagon Confirms That Leaked Video Is Part of UFO Investigation

The video is authentic, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed.

By Jon Christian

NASA released a stunning new photo of Mars on Thursday depicting a series of bright-blue dunes near the Red Planet’s polar cap.
Mars

Amazing NASA Photo Shows Bright-Blue Dunes on Mars

You've never seen Mars like this before.

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA just powered up its Ingenuity Mars helicopter for the first time — not on the Martian surface, but in the middle of interplanetary space.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Hits Error, First Flight Delayed

The flight has been rescheduled to occur no earlier than April 14.

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers Find 2,000 Plastic Bags Inside Camel
Science & Energy

Researchers Find 2,000 Plastic Bags Inside Camel

The bags were in a lump “as big as a large suitcase.”

By Tony Ho Tran

A white supremacist planned to blow up a synagogue, but the bombs he got from undercover FBI agents he met through Facebook were inert.
Science & Energy

FBI Arrests Man for Plotting to Bomb Data Center, Cause Huge Internet Outage

He wanted to “kill about 70% of the internet.”

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers recently discovered that the Doomsday Glacier is melting faster than they previously anticipated — triggering concerns for sea level rise.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Doomsday Glacier” More Unstable Than Ever

Warm waters put the glacier at risk of completely collapsing.

By Tony Ho Tran

Physicists at the Argonne National Lab are about to use the Mira supercomputer to simulate the universe, perhaps helping them find dark energy and matter.
Physics

Microsoft Researchers Claim Entire Universe Is a Machine-Learning Algorithm

This might mean unifying physics is impossible.

By Tony Ho Tran