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According to a new study published in the reputable journal Nature this week, the total mass of human-made materials outweighs all living biomass.
Science & Energy

Global Human-Made Stuff Now Outweighs All Living Biomass

The Earth "is exactly at the crossover point" in 2020.

The pharmaceutical distributor AvKare issued a recall for trazodone and sildenafil after the two were mixed together in the same bottles.
RX and Medicine

Packaging Error Mixes Up Antidepressant and Erectile Drugs

This is extremely unfortunate.

SpaceX managed to caught the most epic moment of its most recent Starship prototype launch in an incredibly detailed video.
Starship

Amazing Video Shows Starship Explosion in Incredible Detail

This is by far the best-looking video so far.

Elon Musk Explains Why Starship Launch Ended in Huge Explosion
Starship

Elon Musk Explains Why Starship Launch Ended in Huge Explosion

"Mars, here we come!!"

SpaceX Starship Explodes in Spectacular Fireball
Starship

SpaceX Starship Explodes in Spectacular Fireball

Watch the explosion right here.

AstraZeneca didn't tell the FDA it halted its coronavirus vaccine trial after a volunteer got sick. The ommission could hurt the company's credibility.
Viruses

AstraZeneca Keeps Bungling Stuff About Its Vaccine

"The world bet on this vaccine. What a disappointment."

After countless delays, SpaceX's eighth Starship prototype is finally on the launch pad getting ready for its first high-altitude Starship test flight.
Starship

Here’s How to Watch SpaceX’s Epic Starship Launch Today

It's gonna be one hell of a launch.

NASA has officially announced the first team of American astronauts headed to the Moon as soon as 2024 as part of its Artemis program.
Moon

BREAKING: NASA Announces Its Moon Landing Astronauts

Here are the first women and men headed to the surface of the Moon in almost half a century.

YouTubers painted a car with Musou Black, a paint that absorbs 99.4 percent of light, leaving the vehicle looking more like a silhouette than an object.
Advanced Transport

This Super-Black Car Is So Dark That It Looks Like a Silhouette

It's darker than Vantablack — like staring into a black hole.

NASA has powered up the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy lift rocket that's meant to one day allow Americans to return to the Moon.
Moon

NASA Is Gassing Up Its Big, Pricy Moon Rocket

The "wet dress" rehearsal went by without a hitch.

An artificial chicken venture called the Chicken seems to have nailed the flavor and texture of a fried chicken sandwich using lab-grown cells.
Science & Energy

Lab-Grown Chicken Sandwich Tastes Like Real Thing, Says Person Who Ate It

A new lab-slash-restaurant is giving away chicken sandwiches for free.

A video uploaded to the Boring Company's Twitter account shows the entire Las Vegas Convention Center Loop terminal light up in rainbow colors.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Turned Its Vegas Tunnel Into a “Rave”

RGB, baby.

China has successfully powered up its "artificial sun" nuclear fusion reactor for the first time according to Agence France Presse.
Energy

China Just Powered Up Its “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor

The reactor will be ten times the temperature of the core of the Sun.

The mysterious outbreak that's causing epilepsy-like symptoms in southeast India continues to grow, and experts have no idea what's causing it.
Developments

Mysterious, Epilepsy-Like Outbreak Still Spreading in India

More than 500 have been hospitalized.

Earlier this week, Google's DeepMind AI researchers broke the record for predicting how proteins will assemble. Scientists in the field remain unimpressed.
Google

Scientists Unimpressed by Google’s Protein Folding Algorithm

Critics say DeepMind is hyping up the achievement.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he is "highly confident" that his space company will land humans on the Martian surface as soon as 2026.
Mars

Elon Musk “Highly Confident” SpaceX Will Land Humans on Mars Within 6 Years

"If we get lucky, maybe four years."

In an effort to combat non-consensual content on its platform, Pornhub is making sweeping changes to to how it's operating, Vice reports.
Future Society

Pornhub Announces Sweeping Changes to Fight Sex Videos of Children on Its Site

Will this be enough to keep child abuse off Pornhub?

An ultrahot gas giant that's even darker than asphalt is going to crash into its star significantly sooner than scientists thought.
Science & Energy

A Super-Black Planet Is About to Literally Crash Into Its Star

A horrible fate.

The Chinese space agency instructed part of the Chang'e-5 spacecraft to crash back into the Moon after its job was done so it wouldn't become space junk.
Science & Energy

China Crashed Spacecraft Into the Moon so It Wouldn’t Become Space Junk

That's one way to do it.

Health authorities in the UK are advising that those with a history of strong allergic reactions shouldn't get Pifzer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.
Developments

Some Are Getting Severe Allergic Reactions to the COVID Vaccine in the UK

They're advising people with a history of serious allergic reactions to skip the shot.