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As the vaccine rollout continues, a smaller proportion of people who catch the coronavirus are being sent to the hospital.
Viruses

COVID Hospitalizations Are Plummeting With Vaccine Rollout

The downward trend continues.

By Dan Robitzski

Canadian police seized a Boring Company "Not-a-Flamethrower" during a drug bust, despite the weapon perhaps being technically legal.
Elon Musk

Police Just Seized Another Elon Musk Flamethrower During a Drug Bust

Come on, it's clearly named "Not-a-Flamethrower."

By Dan Robitzski

Google pulled text from old memes in its search results, as evidenced by when it said throwing car batteries into the ocean was good for the planet.
Google

Why Was Google Telling People to Throw Car Batteries Into the Ocean?

"Throwing car batteries into the ocean is good for the environment, as they charge electric eels and power the Gulf stream."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists took a closer look at the comet-like tail that our Moon often grows and figured out that it comes from sporadic meteor impacts.
Science & Energy

The Moon Has a Huge, Invisible, Comet-Like Tail

And sometimes it blasts the Earth.

By Dan Robitzski

In one billion years, all complex aerobic life on Earth as we know it will eventually die as oxygen levels deplete in our planet's atmosphere.
Science & Energy

In the Distant Future, All Earth’s Creatures May Asphyxiate From Lack of Oxygen

And it will happen suddenly.

By Victor Tangermann

China seems to be nearing completion on Sharp Eyes, which is its plan to surveil every public area in the country with spy cameras,
Future Society

China Is Blanketing Every Public Space in Spy Cameras

The "Sharp Eyes" program will practically eliminate privacy in China.

By Dan Robitzski

Trolls on Twitter started flooding the social media network with made-up screenshots using the hashtag #RIPElon.
Elon Musk

Trolls Are Spreading a Rumor That Elon Musk Is Dead

"We absolutely must find a replacement for Mr. Musk before announcing his death publicly."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates told The New York Times that Bitcoin is "not a great climate thing."
Bitcoin

Bill Gates Says That Bitcoin Sucks

"It’s not a great climate thing."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA research reveals that Mars dust is whipping around the inner solar system, blasting spacecraft and even reaching Earth.
Science & Energy

Mars Is Spraying the Earth With Dust Storms, NASA Says

NASA's Juno spacecraft accidentally solved a cosmic whodunnit.

By Dan Robitzski

Musk took to Twitter on Tuesday to explain what may have gone wrong during SN10's maiden voyage — and explosion — last month.
Starship

Elon Musk Breaks Silence on Why Last Starship Prototype Exploded

Here's what likely went wrong.

By Victor Tangermann

Two separate groups of researchers have suggested new theories as to how to make wormholes safe enough to be traversable by humans.
Science & Energy

Physicists Propose New Idea for “Human-Safe” Wormholes

These entirely theoretical wormholes are totally "traversable."

By Victor Tangermann

Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes their plans to develop a Moon base together -- and without NASA.
Moon

China and Russia Sign Deal to Build Research Base on Moon

China and Russia are headed to the Moon — and thumbing their noses at NASA.

By Jon Christian

As part of a marketing stunt, Dutch TV personality Stijn Fransen got a tattoo by a tattoo artist remotely through the use of a 5G-enabled robot.
Robotics

Artist Uses 5G Robot to Tattoo Somebody In A Different Location

Would you?

By Victor Tangermann

A controversial 2018 research paper about the discovery of an elusive subatomic particle has been retracted by the reputable journal Nature.
Quantum Physics

Microsoft Retracts Paper Claiming Quantum Computing Breakthrough

"I don’t know for sure what was in their heads, but they skipped some data that contradicts directly what was in the paper."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new analysis, a meteorite found last year in Algeria is a piece of an ancient planet, older than the Earth itself.
Science & Energy

Scientists Believe They Found a Chunk of an Ancient Planet in Africa

An astonishing discovery.

By Jon Christian

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has encountered a software glitch and had to put itself into a protective "safe mode" over the weekend.
Science & Energy

Software Glitch Shuts Down Hubble Space Telescope

The iconic space telescope is aging fast.

By Victor Tangermann

Kilometer-high towers constructed out of lunar concrete and covered in solar panels at the Moon's poles could provide lunar bases with plenty of power.
Moon

Harvard Scientists Propose Super-Tall Towers to Power Moon Base

With the Moon's low gravity, you could build incredibly tall towers.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has hoisted its next massive Starship prototype called SN11 to the launch pad at its testing facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship

SpaceX Just Rolled Its Next Starship Prototype Onto the Pad

Will it be the first not to explode?

By Victor Tangermann

After touching down in the Jezero Crater on February 18, NASA's Mars rover is getting ready for its big journey — and dropping off a special delivery.
Mars

NASA May Have Picked a Place to Fly the Mars Helicopter

Perseverance is about to drop off one of its most prized possessions.

By Victor Tangermann

If a new tweet means anything, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk already has his eyes set on a much higher-tech rocket fuel: antimatter.
Science & Energy

In Cryptic Tweet, Elon Musk Refers to Antimatter-Powered Rockets

Is SpaceX secretly working on an antimatter propulsion system?

By Jon Christian