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A Russian biologist plans to gene-hack more CRISPR babies in an attempt to prevent deafness despite other scientists' warnings.
Gene Editing

Russian Scientist Still Plotting to Create More CRISPR Babies

Denis Rebrikov wants to prevent deafness by gene-hacking human embryos.

By Dan Robitzski

Using the recently upgraded GREGOR telescope on Tenerife, Spain, researchers zoomed in on the surface of the Sun to study its magnetism.
Science & Energy

Close-Up Images of Sunspots Look Like Horrible Gaping Mouths

What they saw is absolutely terrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists identified a solar system with three stars that tore apart its own protoplanetary disc with the stars' bizarre orbits.
Science & Energy

A Three-Star System Ripped Apart Its Own Protoplanetary Disc

Stars can still form, but they'll have a rough time.

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon is launching a Alexa for Residential service that makes it easier for landlords to convert units into smart apartments.
Future Society

Amazon Promises Its Alexa For Landlords System Doesn’t Spy on Tenants

At least, no more than a normal Alexa device would.

By Dan Robitzski

The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype is absolutely insane. It can barely keep itself on the road during a drag race.
Advanced Transport

Watch Ford’s Insanely Powerful Electric Mustang Pop a Wheelie on the Drag Strip

Here it is. The future of the American muscle car.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Orion spacecraft just completed its System Acceptance Review and Design Certification Review. In other words, it's fit for flight.
Moon

NASA’s Moon-Bound Orion Spacecraft is Officially Fit for Flight

An uncrewed test flight is slated for November 2021.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of psychophysicists believe they've figured out how consciousness works in our mind. If so, they would also have settled a 1,500-year-old debate.
Science & Energy

Psychophysicists: Your Brain Might Not Be as Conscious as You Think

"You just believe that you are conscious at each moment of time."

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX's sixth Starship prototype has "hopped" to 150 meters (492 feet) during a test at the company's test site in Texas, the second hop of its kind.
Starship

Breaking: SpaceX Hops Gigantic Starship Prototype to 150 Meters — Again

"Good paint can!"

By Victor Tangermann

There's a hole on the International Space Station, allowing air to leak out — and NASA is still having trouble tracking it down.
NASA

Weeks Later, NASA Still Can’t Find Hole in Space Station

"The leak rate is still stable and well below the design specifications for the station."

By Victor Tangermann

In an experiment, a team of scientists have created a levitating fluid that allows a tiny boat to float both on top of it — and below it.
Devices

Scientists Debut Hovering “Antigravity” Device

"People say it’s like the scene in 'Pirates of the Caribbean' when the boat floats upside down."

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors engineered a virus that can infect treatment-resistant tumors and make them more vulnerable to existing therapies.
Viruses

Doctors Fight Deadly Tumors Using Gene-Hacked Virus

Next, they're going to try it on human cancer patients.

By Dan Robitzski

Jim Woodward's MEGA drive, a theoretical spacecraft propulsion device, could allow us to travel to distant stars in the far future.
NASA

NASA-Funded Scientist Claims New Thruster Could Approach Light Speed

He says his "MEGA drive" could enable spaceflight to neighboring star systems — because, miraculously, it doesn't need any propellant.

By Victor Tangermann

Northrop Grumman just ignited a booster for NASA's long-awaited Space Launch System (SLS). The ensuing fireball was so huge, it lit a nearby hill on fire.
NASA

NASA Tests Rocket So Huge It Lights Entire Hillside on Fire

Northrop Grumman's SLS booster is an absolute beast.

By Victor Tangermann

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative is now listening for radio transmissions from 200 times more star systems it was before.
Science & Energy

SETI Team Increases Number of Stars That Might Host Life by 200x

They're now listening for radio signals from 288,315 star systems.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia has officially declassified footage from 1961 of the biggest ever nuclear blast of the RDS-220 hydrogen bomb, better known as Tsar Bomba.
Future Society

Russia Declassifies Video of World’s Biggest Nuclear Blast

Watch it here.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have no idea what formed a series of bizarre ridges on the surface of Mars, and they're not confident in their guess.
Science & Energy

Scientists Still Baffled by Bizarre Martian Ridges

"Of course, this story is almost certainly incomplete if not totally wrong."

By Dan Robitzski

An engineer trained an artificial intelligence algorithm on the King James Bible and had it write bizarre doomsday scripture.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Trained on the Bible Spits Out Bleak Religious Prophecies

A quantum researcher cooked up an "AI Jesus."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a shark that had its teeth and skin almost completely eaten away by ocean acidification and chemical pollution.
Pollution

Pollution Dissolved This Shark’s Teeth and Skin, Researchers Say

But somehow, it still survived — by swallowing its prey whole.

By Dan Robitzski

An energy startup called NDB says it's making progress on a battery technology powered by small pieces of nuclear waste. Oh, and they say it's safe.
Nuclear Fusion

Researchers Test Battery Powered by Nuclear Waste

"So if you're talking about electric vehicles, our battery could run for around 90 years without the requirement of recharging."

By Jon Christian

A new report slammed SpaceX's plans to launch more than 30,000 Starlink low-Earth satellites, noting their "extreme" impact on scientific endeavors.
Future Society

Astronomers Slam SpaceX’s Growing Starlink Satellite Constellation

If SpaceX has its way, Starlink could have an "extreme" impact on science programs.

By Victor Tangermann