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Russia's Poseidon 2M39 torpedo can sneak along the bottom of the ocean before unleashing a several-megaton explosion that causes radioactive tsunamis.
Military

New Russian Weapon Is Designed to Unleash “Radioactive Tsunamis”

The Poseidon 2M39 torpedo would sneak along the ocean floor before detonating a nuke.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois have found new evidence suggesting that a subatomic particle called a muon is not following the known laws of physics.
Physics

Scientists Just Found Evidence for Fifth Force of Nature

Scientists may have found evidence for a fifth force of nature.

By Victor Tangermann

During a Reddit AMA, science communicator and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku said he expects we'll discover the theory of everything by the year 2100.
Science & Energy

Famed Physicist: Soon-To-Launch Telescope Likely to Discover Alien Life

But he thinks contacting them would be “a terrible idea.”

By Tony Ho Tran

Neuralink cofounder Max Hodak says creating a real-world Jurassic Park is probably within reach, and that it could be cool to create novel forms of life.
Future Society

Neuralink Co-Founder Says We Have the Tech to Build an Actual Jurassic Park

Max Hodak wants us to create brand-new, "super exotic" dinosaurs.

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese space agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi took a gorgeous time lapse of space from a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule currently docked to the ISS.
Crew Dragon

Watch This Breathtaking Time-Lapse Taken From Inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon

"I didn’t think the views could get any better."

By Victor Tangermann

MIT scientists converted the structure and construction of spider webs into odd music which they hope could lead to a form of human-spider communications.
Biology

MIT Researchers Release Music Made by Spiders

Yeah, you read that right: spider music.

By Dan Robitzski

A new video going viral on Twitter shows a robot police dog being deployed by the New York City police department.
Robot Dogs

Outcry as Video Shows Robodog Patrolling With NYPD

"What the fuck is this is the exact right reaction."

By Victor Tangermann

Android's Digital Wellbeing app is about to start warning users to stop using their phones and to pay attention while they walk around.
Science & Energy

Google Testing Feature That Scolds You For Using Smartphone While Walking

"Use with caution. Heads Up doesn't replace paying attention."

By Dan Robitzski

Government scientists ran a wide variety of simulations in order to find the best way to blast a killer asteroid off-course with a nuclear missile.
Science & Energy

The US Government Is Trying to Figure Out the Best Way to Nuke an Asteroid

It helps to have a plan of attack before this becomes an issue.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has signed a "Space Act Agreement" with what could be the first reality show set in space called "Space Hero," as Space.com reports.
NASA

NASA Considering Reality TV Show Filmed on Space Station

Who's going to be an astronaut?

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have concluded that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter needs to have its flight control software reinstalled.
Mars

NASA Says Oops, Mars Helicopter Needs Software Update to Fly

Ingenuity needs to reinstall its flight control software.

By Victor Tangermann

They were meant to revolutionize the art collection market — but the prices of non-fungible tokens or NFTs are crashing right now.
NFTs

Not Very Surprisingly, NFT Prices Are Now Crashing

Is this the end of the NFT?

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA and CDC have called for a pause on the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine rollout to further investigate blood clot risk.
Viruses

CDC Says Don’t Take J&J Vaccine While We Figure Out Clotting Risk

Six women out of 7 million vaccine recipients developed blood clots soon after getting the shot.

By Dan Robitzski

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