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The good news is that the air is leaking out of the space station very slowly. But the bad news is that they still haven't found it yet.
NASA

This is getting embarrassing.

By Jon Christian

A team of astronomers were able to track down a mysterious fast radio burst thanks to years of previous research allowing them to predict when it woke up.
Science & Energy

This time, astronomers were ready.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronomers spotted a galaxy some 500 million light-years away that looks suspiciously like Darth Vader’s TIE fighter spacecraft from 'Star Wars.'"
Science & Energy

"The first time I saw the results, I immediately thought it looked like Darth Vader’s TIE fighter spacecraft from 'Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope.'"

By Victor Tangermann

A machine learning algorithm created by a team of scientists at Warwick University just confirmed the existence of 50 new planets in a world first.
Artificial Intelligence

The search for other planets just got a huge upgrade.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found new evidence that Earth is moving through the remains of exploded stars for at least the last 33,000 years.
Science & Energy

Our planet is being showered with dust from ancient supernovae, according to new research.

By Victor Tangermann

The Air Force just showed off a prototype of a flying car — and it looks, well, like something out of an early 2000s Pixar animation movie.
Advanced Transport

The tiny cabin is held aloft by 18 drone-sized rotors.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say that bacteria "scream" as they die, giving off chemical alarms that warn their brethren of danger like antibiotics.
Science & Energy

Sorry.

By Jon Christian

For the first time, experts were able to confirm that a former COVID-19 patient has been reinfected by the coronavirus, but that's no cause for concern.
Viruses

"Our results prove that his second infection is caused by a new virus that he acquired recently rather than prolonged viral shedding."

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump accused the Food and Drug Administration this weekend of purposefully delaying COVID-19 vaccine trials without showing any evidence.
Developments

He reportedly wants to get it out in time for the election.

By Victor Tangermann

This week, Elon Musk plans to show off progress by Neuralink, his startup that's working on an interface between human brains and computers.
Elon Musk

“Will show neurons firing in real-time on August 28th. The matrix in the matrix.”

By Jon Christian

In a new study, two astronomers argue that 'Oumuamua can't be a giant lump of molecular hydrogen. It's probably too old and wouldn't survive as an iceberg.
Science & Energy

Scientists are still arguing over the origins of this interstellar space rock.

By Victor Tangermann

TikTok has officially sued the Trump administration for banning transactions with its parent company ByteDance.
Future Society

Tick tock.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla fanatic and DIY tinkerer extraordinaire Rich from Rich Rebuilds built a full-scale take on the "Cyberquad," the ATV cousin of the Cybertruck.
Advanced Transport

Tesla teased an ATV. This guy actually built it — and it goes 102 mph.

By Victor Tangermann

Engineering firm Furrion has built a four-legged exo-suit, a 9,000 pound monstrosity straight out of "Pacific Rim" — and it wants you to pilot it.
Robots and Machines

And they're looking for pilots.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently put out a weird little cartoon that introduces kids to surprisingly complex topics like special relativity and the scale of the universe.
Physics

It's mind-blowing.

By Dan Robitzski

The Arecibo Observatory, a staple of the SETI research community, will be out of commission for months after a supper cable mysteriously fell.
Science & Energy

"This is just another bump in the road."

By Dan Robitzski

The number of unemployment claims for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program is growing exponentially, raising the alarm.
Future Society

"The labor market is in the ICU."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have developed a new deep learning algorithm that can detect heart disease just by analyzing four photographs of a person's face.
Studies

"This could be a cheap, simple and effective [method] of identifying patients who need further investigation."

By Victor Tangermann

The Russian government is about to start a 40,000-person experiment on its COVID-19 vaccine, which is usually something that happens before they approve it.
Viruses

"It’s essential we don’t cut corners in safety or efficacy."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA warns that harvesting lunar ice for future settlers' drinking water could make it impossible to study the ice down the road.
Moon

Harvesting lunar ice could ruin future scientific research.

By Dan Robitzski