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Smoke from the devastating wildfires that have swept across the West Coast this past week has now reportedly drifted all the way across the United States.
Environment

The National Weather Service confirmed that the smoke plumes have now traveled all the way across the country.

By Jon Christian

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to carry what will soon become the International Space Station's first privately-built airlock.
International Space Station

"It’s a lot like on a submarine when you’re going out into the water, except the difference is you’re going out into the vacuum of space."

By Victor Tangermann

Russian space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin called Venus a "Russian planet" on Tuesday at an industry exhibition taking place in Moscow.
Future Society

"We believe that Venus is a Russian planet."

By Victor Tangermann

In a new interview, Gates says he's still optimistic that a vaccine is on the way. But it's unlikely, he said, that there'll be one by the end of the year.
Viruses

Come on, man!

By Jon Christian

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has teamed up with legendary Italian carmaker Lamborghini to create... an electric go kart from hell?
Advanced Transport

You can finally afford a Lambo.

By Victor Tangermann

Private New Zealand-based space company Rocket Lab is already working on sending a probe to Venus's atmosphere to look for signs of life.
Science & Energy

"This mission is to go and see if we can find life."

By Victor Tangermann

During its mid-September event — or live stream — Apple has announced that its brand new Apple Watch Series 6 will be able to measure blood oxygen levels.
Prosthetics and Devices

Is Apple's new watch capable of tracking COVID-19 symptoms?

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, acidic fluids may have long destroyed evidence of past biological life inside Martian clay on the Red Planet's surface.
Science & Energy

"Our results in this paper explain why searching for organic compounds on Mars is so sorely difficult."

By Victor Tangermann

Two major convenience store franchises in Japan are testing out robots capable of stocking shelves using two creepy hands with three "fingers" each.
Robotics

This is what would happen if "Pacific Rim" was set inside a 7-Eleven.

By Victor Tangermann

Authorities in Indonesia have implemented a grim punishment for anti-maskers: forcing them to dig graves for people who die from the disease.
Developments

"Hopefully this can create a deterrent effect against violations."

By Jon Christian

Designers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have created the "Living Cocoon," a moss-filled, "living" coffin made out of fungus.
Science & Energy

"We are degrading organisms into dead, polluting materials, but what if we kept them alive?"

By Victor Tangermann

In a CNN opinion piece, Sarah Seager, member of the team that announced it had found evidence for life on Venus, argues that the discovery is "crazy."
Science & Energy

"When I first learned of Jane's finding I simply didn't believe it."

By Victor Tangermann

The SpaceX rideshare program is designed to launch small satellites into orbit. Here's what it would be like to hitch a ride.
SpaceX

An investigation.

By Dan Robitzski

Some experts are currently sounding the alarm, arguing that what we're seeing are the early days of increasingly lethal extreme weather and fires.
Climate Change

"It’s going to get A LOT worse."

By Jon Christian

General Motors has announced that it will finally fully reveal its long-awaited all-electric Hummer SUV to the world on Tuesday, October 20.
Advanced Transport

It can turn all four wheels to drive diagonally.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have found a way to biosynthesize tiny gold nanoparticles directly within cancer cells to aid in x-ray imaging — and to destroy them.
Cancer

The gold can be heated up with a laser to destroy cancer cells.

By Victor Tangermann

Authorities say that groups of killer whales have been attacking boats in the Straits of Gibraltar, the area between Spain and Morocco.
Science & Energy

Groups of "pissed off" orcas are attacking vessels — even biting chunks off the rudders and disabling the engines to strand them.

By Jon Christian

Even with manufacturing ramped up significantly, there won't be enough COVID vaccines available for the entire globe until the end of 2024.
Developments

"It’s going to take four to five years until everyone gets the vaccine on this planet."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers say that public health officials should be able to identify COVID outbreaks, Bloomberg reports, by examining Google searches.
Developments

Could people googling symptoms be a giveaway for the next COVID hotspot?

By Jon Christian

Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn't mince words in response to a blog post criticizing electric long-haul trucking penned by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Elon Musk

"He has no clue."

By Victor Tangermann