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In case it didn't cause enough problems, fracking can also be devastating for the mental health of people who live nearby.
Mental Health

Sociologist: Fracking is a Mental Health Disaster

"What's stressful is the unknowns and how this industry is operating behind a curtain all the time."

By Dan Robitzski

A rare neurodegenerative disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is becoming more common in Japan as its population ages.
Neuroscience and Brain

As Japan’s Population Ages, a Rare Brain-Eating Disease Is Becoming More Common

As the prions gradually eat away at neurons, they create sponge-like holes in the brain.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a TIME interview with SpaceX's president and COO Gwynne Shotwell, Starship could be used to help dispose of "dead rocket bodies" in orbit.
Starship

SpaceX President: Starship Could Help Pick Up Space Junk

Starship could pick up "dead rocket bodies," she says, to help with Earth's space debris problem.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists discovered an ancient, long-gone tectonic plate that they say explains the volcanoes around the northern Pacific.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Lost” Tectonic Plate With Ominous Name

*Spooky tectonic plate noises*

By Dan Robitzski

A search for potential extraterrestrial life on Venus came back with nothing, suggesting variability on the planet or that the first disovery was an error.
Science & Energy

Researchers: Claim of Life Molecules on Venus May Have Been an Error

A team of Harvard-Smithsonian researchers has some disappointing news.

By Dan Robitzski

Boston Dynamics will sell accessories for its robodog Spot, including charging bricks, camera kits — and even a prehensile arm.
Boston Dynamics

Oh No: Boston Dynamics Will Start Selling Arms For Its Robodogs

Even robot dogs have the right to bear arms.

By Victor Tangermann

Hacker Says He Got Into Trump’s Twitter Account
Hacking

Hacker Says He Got Into Trump’s Twitter Account

He says Trump had a weak password and no two-factor authentication.

By Victor Tangermann

Engineer Alexandre Milovanoff argues that electric cars won't stop climate change becuase private cars are inherently a problem.
Climate Change

Researcher: Electric Cars Aren’t the Answer to Climate Change

Private vehicles are a problem regardless of their fuel source.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has finally released footage from when its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touched down on asteroid Bennu's surface to collect a bunch of space rocks.
Science & Energy

Watch NASA’s Spacecraft Touch Down on a Tiny Asteroid

Boosh!

By Victor Tangermann

Video footage of GM's driverless cars shows some troubling behavior as well as multiple near-accidents on public streets.
Advanced Transport

Videos of GM’s Driverless Cars Show Several Near-Crashes

They're months old, but it's troubling to see this on public streets.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at MIT have created an AI that is capable of automatically deciphering long lost languages.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Invents AI to Decipher Ancient Languages

Countless languages haven't been spoken in millennia, but AI could uncover their mysteries.

By Victor Tangermann

A scientist who won an Ig Nobel for his work on vibrating earthworms with a speaker say their research may be the key to brain-computer interface.
Science & Energy

Scientist: Please Stop Laughing at My Research About Placing Earthworms on Loudspeakers

Hear him out!

By Dan Robitzski

In a world's first, a team of scientists at Purdue University has built a tiny flipping microrobot that can be operated inside a colon of a living animal.
Robotics

Scientists Drive Tiny Robot Around Inside Living Butthole

Its inventors say that a living colon is "rough terrain."

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Eric Topol says that, based on existing numbers, the odds of catching COVID-19 a second time after recovering are about one in a million.
Developments

Famous Doctor: COVID-19 Reinfection Rates Are Actually “Very Reassuring”

"There may be more but [reinfection] appears to be exceedingly rare to date, like ~1 in a million."

By Dan Robitzski

A placebo-controlled study identified which impacts of microdosing LSD, from improved focus to anxiety, emerge at which dosages.
RX and Medicine

Study: Microdosing LSD Improves Mood and Cognition

Here are the doses they tried.

By Dan Robitzski

General Motors has finally revealed its fully electrified take on the long-retired-but-not-forgotten Hummer brand, the Hummer EV.
Advanced Transport

The All-Electric Hummer Can Turn All Four Wheels and Drive Sideways

Is this the Cybertruck killer we've been waiting for?

By Victor Tangermann

The engineers behind the YouTube "the Hacksmith" have crafted a real-world "Star Wars"-style lightsaber that burns hot enough to cut through steel.
Robots and Machines

Engineers Create Plasma-Powered Lightsaber That Can Cut Metal

An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, scientists build a superconducting material that works at room temperature, albeit under extremely high pressures.
Science & Energy

Scientists Finally Built a Room-Temperature Superconductor

The scientist behind it says to get ready for a "society where you'll never need things like batteries again."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German physicists managed to pack up light — and unpack it 1.2 millimeters away without altering it in the process.
Quantum Physics

Physicists Just Stored and Transported Light Itself

"We stored the light by putting it in a suitcase so to speak, only that in our case the suitcase was made of a cloud of cold atoms."

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk announced on Twitter today that the Tesla Model S "Long Range" sedan is getting a price cut to $69,420, just undercutting competitor Lucid.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Slashes Tesla Model S Price to $69,420

Nice.

By Victor Tangermann