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Oregon just became the first state in the country to decriminalize the possession of all drugs, including small amounts of heroin and cocaine.
Developments

Oregon Is Decriminalizing Drugs Including Heroin and Meth

One expert called this the "biggest blow to the war on drugs to date."

By Victor Tangermann

An anonymous bitcoin wallet holder transferred $1 billion worth of bitcoin from accounts linked to darknet marketplace Silk Road.
Bitcoin

Someone Just Moved $1 Billion in Bitcoin From a Busted Darknet Market

Authorities have no idea who did it.

By Victor Tangermann

After NASA criticized the satellite startup AST & Science for its plans to launch a fleet of telecom satellites, AST's founder fights back.
Science & Energy

The Satellite Startup That NASA Criticized Is Firing Back

"We're not a bunch of cowboys launching satellites."

By Dan Robitzski

According to local road closure filings, SpaceX is getting ready for its next big test flight: Starship's first flight to 12 miles.
Starship

Starship Test Flight to 50,000 Feet Could Happen as Soon as Next Week

It's the test flight we've all been waiting for.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's SN8 Starship prototype is being fitted with two aerodynamic flaps and a nosecone. In a matter of weeks, it will attempt to fly to 12 miles.
Starship

SpaceX Installing Nosecone on Starship That’ll Fly Miles High

Elon Musk: "Starship is coming together!"

By Victor Tangermann

NASA commissioned Nokia to build a 4G network on the Moon, but doing so could spell doom for radio astronomers trying to filter out all the noise.
Science & Energy

That 4G Network on the Moon Could Ruin Astronomy

"Radio frequency interference is the long-term nemesis of radio astronomers."

By Dan Robitzski

There's a mysterious asteroid stuck in Mars' gravitational pull, and astronomers suspect it might be the Moon's long-lost twin.
Science & Energy

A Stolen Chunk of Earth’s Moon Seems to Be Orbiting Mars

Hey! Give that back!

By Dan Robitzski

Authorities in Denmark have found that a mutation of the coronavirus has spread from minks to humans, and plan to kill all 17 million mink in the country.
Developments

Mutated Form of COVID Spreading Between Mink and Humans in Denmark

"The mutated virus in minks can have devastating consequences worldwide."

By Victor Tangermann

The Air Force opened a new research lab that it says will enable it to build new resilient, high-strain spacecraft and satellites.
Military

Air Force Opens New Lab for Spacecraft Materials

The $4 million Deployable Structures Laboratory opened last week.

By Dan Robitzski

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

New Research Shows How a Microbe Could Survive Journey Between Planets

"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

Astronomers Pinpoint Source of Mysterious Radio Burst Signal

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

Scientists in Japan Build Robot to Hold Hands With Lonely People

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

New Evidence: There Was Another Planet in the Solar System That Escaped

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

US Formally Ditches Paris Climate Agreement

"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

Scientists Just Fired Up an Experimental Fusion Reactor

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

Veteran NASA Astronaut Elected to US Senate

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

New K-Pop Band Will Include an Entirely CGI Singer

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

There’s a Chance This Giant Asteroid Will Smash Earth in 2068

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

Scientists Send Boston Dynamics Robodog Into Chernobyl

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

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Internet Will Reportedly Cost $99 Per Month

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

By Victor Tangermann