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Should pedestrians wear radar-reflecting devices that make them ultra-visible to self-driving vehicles' sensors -- or is that too much to ask?
Self-Driving Vehicles

Scientists: Pedestrians Could Wear Devices to Protect Themselves From Self-Driving Cars

Would you carry a gadget that made you extra-visible to self-driving cars?

By Jon Christian

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver believes that the agency's extremely expensive and overdue Space Launch System isn't worth it anymore.
Moon

Former NASA Leader Says SpaceX Should Build NASA’s Moon Rocket

Is she right?

By Victor Tangermann

A new proposed study will look into the anti-aging effects of Type 2 Diabetes drug metformin — and potentially give us a way to slow down aging for good.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Suspect This Drug Can Actually Delay Aging

"What we are saying is that we can delay aging."

By Tony Ho Tran

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather in small numbers indoors.
Developments

CDC: People Who Are Fully Vaccinated Can Gather Indoors

They'll still have to wear masks and socially distance in public — but in private, they can go wild.

By Victor Tangermann

According to drone images taken earlier this month, Tesla might be attempting to plug in a massive mega-battery into Texas' failed electricity grid.
Tesla

Tesla Reportedly Hooking Up Giant Battery to Texas’ Failed Grid

This looks like Elon Musk's response to the Texas power outages.

By Victor Tangermann

This Photo of the Sun Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen
Off-World

This Photo of the Sun Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

"This type of photography is an incredible challenge."

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of scientists studying how sex chromosomes are linked to differences in the brain has to tread lightly, lest their work be misrepresented.
Prosthetics and Devices

Expert: In the Future, Spine Implants May Cause Orgasms on Demand

"There are doctors working to implant electrodes near the spinal cord to give you an orgasm at the touch of a button."

By Tony Ho Tran

A meteorite fell to France last week — sparking calls by amateur astronomers to help search for and find the apricot-sized space rock.
Science & Energy

A Meteorite Fell In This Area and Everybody Is Looking For It

"A fresh meteorite like this, which fell just a few days ago, hasn’t been altered by the Earth’s environment and therefore contains very precious information for scientists."

By Tony Ho Tran

Eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, the Associated Press reports, the first known case amount such primates in the US.
Developments

Great Apes Have Become the First Non-Humans to be Vaccinated for COVID

They're the first apes to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

By Tony Ho Tran

A massive 164-foot asteroid called 2006 QV89 has a one in 7,000 chance of bashing into the Earth on the morning of September 9, according to the ESA.
NASA

NASA: This Asteroid Will Get So Close It Could Smash Into Earth’s Satellites

It'll come so close to Earth that you'll be able to see it with the naked eye.

By Tony Ho Tran

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency put out a call for military jetpack, wingsuits, parafoils, and glider designs. for use in combat.
DARPA

DARPA Is Officially Studying Combat Jetpacks for the Military

"Systems may be air deployed to allow for infiltration to hostile territory."

By Tony Ho Tran

Astrophysicists just uncovered why some dying stars' supernovae appear to lack high-energy gamma ray bursts. A protective cocoon has been blocking them.
Science & Energy

New Paper: Space Is Full of Naturally Occurring Atomic Bombs

The universe may be even more brutal than we thought.

By Tony Ho Tran

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