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NASA announced Friday that the touchdown site of the Perseverance Rover will be named after sci-fi writer and pioneer Octavia Butler.
Mars

NASA Names Mars Landing Site After Sci-Fi Pioneer Octavia Butler

Her legacy lives on.

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla is hiring a "customer support specialist" that is meant to "escalate complaints [...] and address social media escalations directed at the CEO."
Elon Musk

Contradicting Rumors of His Death, Elon Musk Appears to Be Alive

Well, unless dead people can still tweet.

By Tony Ho Tran

There are several major coronavirus variants spreading throughout the world. Here's what you should know about the most important ones.
Viruses

Five Coronavirus Variants That You Should Know About

Here's what we know about the main COVID strains — and whether the vaccines can beat them.

By Dan Robitzski

Given a choice, a surprising number of people prefer the convenience of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over the increased effectiveness of the others.
Viruses

People Are Obsessed With the Vaccine That Only Requires One Dose

Would you take a one-shot vaccine, even if it was a bit less effective?

By Dan Robitzski

Courtesy of YouTube account Cosmic Perspective, we can relive the event of SpaceX's Starship prototype SN10 exploding in incredible slow-motion.
Starship

The Starship Landing Looks Absolutely Incredible in Slow Motion

A Starship explosion has never looked this good.

By Victor Tangermann

Videos uploaded by an account called DeepTomCruise shocked users on the video sharing platform with its uncanny clips of a Tom Cruise playing golf.
Artificial Intelligence

Uncanny Deepfake Tom Cruise Fools People on TikTok

Here's how they did it.

By Victor Tangermann

Saharan dust carrying radioactive isotopes from France's nuclear bomb tests in the 1960s is now blowing back into France.
Environment

France Tested Nuclear Weapons in Africa. Now Radioactive Dust Is Drifting Back Into France.

Ironic.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially on the move.Recently uploaded images show the six-wheeled robot's tracks imprinted in the dust around it.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Officially on the Move

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially rolling across the Martian wasteland.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new survey, 69 percent of Americans either want or have at least partially received a coronavirus vaccine, signalling growing optimism.
Viruses

69 Percent of Americans Want the COVID Vaccine

This is nice news.

By Dan Robitzski

A startup wants to deliver cancer drugs directly to brain tumors via tiny, injectible devices that look like little drills.
Brain

Startup Creates Tiny Drill to Burrow Through Your Brain With Magnets

But don't worry — it's there to help.

By Dan Robitzski

A bizarre photograph of a ship seemingly hovering above the sea off the coast of Cornwall, UK, made its rounds late Thursday.
Science & Energy

Optical Illusion Photo Shows Huge Oil Tanker Hovering Over the Sea

What the hell?

By Victor Tangermann

The support of our readers has been tremendous over this last year — and Futurism truly would not be here if it wasn’t for all of you.
Future Society

A Note From The Publisher of Futurism

Please. We need your help.

By James Del

The China National Space Administration released several new high-definition images captured by its Tianwen-1 Mars probe currently in the planet's orbit.
Mars

China Releases Stunning Images From Mars Orbiter

That's one hell of a view.

By Victor Tangermann

In a rare instance of reflection, Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised fellow American carmarker Ford to not "have gone bankrupt out of thousands of car startups."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Praises Tesla Nemesis, Ford, In Rare Reversal

Remember that Cybertruck vs. F-150 tug of war video? Now, Elon has kinder words.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has spent the last week getting ready for work and stretching its seven foot robotic arm.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover “Percy” Stretches Its Arm for the First Time

"Warming up for a marathon of science."

By Victor Tangermann

International travelers have had to endure something rather humiliating upon entering China at the airport: anal swab tests for COVID-19 as Reuters reports.
Developments

China Is Administering Anal Swabs to Foreign Visitors

Is this too invasive?

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Boston Dynamics robodog named "Zeus" was spotted sniffing around the site of the recent Starship SN10 test and explosion.
Robot Dogs

There’s a Robodog Walking Around the Site of the SpaceX Starship Explosion

SpaceX's robodog "Zeus" is on patrol.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discovered water and organic matter on the surface of an asteroid, suggesting that impacts could have brought life's precursors to Earth.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Water, Organic Materials on Surface of Asteroid

For the first time ever, scientists have found elements of life in samples from an actual asteroid.

By Dan Robitzski

Russian cosmonauts currently stationed on board the ISS have started drilling holes near the infamous crack that formed in the station's Zvezda module.
Off-World

Russian Cosmonauts Are Drilling Holes in the Walls of the ISS

Don't worry — it's not what it sounds like.

By Victor Tangermann

"Wolverine," a top-secret project by the Alphabet-owned moonshot company X, is building devices that grant superhuman hearing.
Prosthetics and Devices

Secret Alphabet Project “Wolverine” Aims to Give People Superhuman Hearing

Google's experimental lab is working on a fascinating, top-secret initiative.

By Dan Robitzski