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Astronomers have created a 3D map of a gigantic cosmic structure called the "South Pole Wall" that's 1.4 billion light-years across.
Science & Energy

That's roughly 8,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles.

By Victor Tangermann

Mysterious ring-shaped objects deep in space have astronomers baffled: after ruling out some usual suspects, they think they're something brand new.
Science & Energy

They're unlike anything astronomers have ever observed before.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a statement released by China’s embassy in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a deadly "unknown pneumonia" was spreading. Officials deny the claim.
Developments

Did the Chinese embassy cry wolf?

By Victor Tangermann

Performing surgeries in space could end up being a pretty messy — and potentially dangerous — reality for astronauts on future missions to Mars.
Off-World

"One problem was that, during open surgery, the intestines would float around."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is planning the first test flight of its Starship prototype as soon as next week if a Raptor rocket engine test goes according to plan.
Starship

SpaceX is eager to get its rocket monstrosity off the ground.

By Victor Tangermann

If a spacecraft ferried passengers to new star systems, their language would evolve to the point of making communicating with Earth extremely difficult.
Space

After several generations, language would become unrecognizable.

By Dan Robitzski

A company called Pioneer Astronautics just got millions in funding from NASA to develop a way to extract oxygen from beneath the lunar surface.
Science & Energy

Pioneer Astronautics has a plan to generate oxygen from the Moon's dusty surface.

By Dan Robitzski

In a video message recorded for the Shanghai World AI Conference (WAIC), Musk stated that Tesla will reach (basic) Level 5 autonomy this year.
Elon Musk

"I'm extremely confident that level 5 or essentially complete autonomy will happen and I think will happen very quickly."

By Victor Tangermann

The coronavirus seems to kill more men than women for unknown reasons, but a new data tracker may help scientists get to the bottom of it.
Viruses

"The variability in death rates is immense."

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk's The Boring Company has decided to put on a fun competition, challenging the general public to dig a tunnel faster than a snail.
Elon Musk

How fast can you dig a hole?

By Victor Tangermann

Sony has developed a wearable personal air conditioner that you can stick inside a specially-designed pocket sewn into an accompanying shirt.
Robots and Machines

You'll have to take Sony's word that it actually works.

By Victor Tangermann

After someone tried to burn down the mayor's house in Sandefjord, Norway, police hope a nearby Tesla on Sentry Mode caught the perp on video.
Tesla

Someone tried to burn down a mayor's house. Police hope a Tesla on Sentry Mode saw something.

By Dan Robitzski

After a lengthy "hammering session" of 150 strokes, the "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander started "bouncing in place."
Mars

Who knew that digging into Mars was this difficult?

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese theme parks are no longer allowing parkgoers to scream and howl as they're riding roller coasters due to the risks of spreading the coronavirus.
Future Society

"Please scream inside your heart."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are warning that we may be overlooking serious brain disorders, triggered by the coronavirus that effect even those with mild symptoms.
Developments

Doctors warn that there could be a "hidden epidemic" of neurological disorders among COVID survivors.

By Victor Tangermann

Michael Lofthouse, a San Francisco tech CEO, launched a racist tirade against a nearby family celebrating a birthday at a restaurant.
Future Society

He apologized, but the family he screamed at isn't buying it.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Curiosity rover is about to embark on an epic new adventure at Mount Sharp, a gigantic mountain on Mars, to look for signs of ancient life.
Science & Energy

I spy with my little eyes...

By Victor Tangermann

A nuclear spill happened at the Los Alamos National Laboratory last month, and 15 workers could have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
Science & Energy

More than a dozen workers were potentially exposed to plutonium.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a stream of 200 stars hurtling toward the center of the Milky Way, and they suspect they came from another galaxy.
Science & Energy

Intriguingly, this river of stars could be held together by a long-dead galaxy's lingering dark matter.

By Dan Robitzski

A new investigation of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft found that both its hardware and software are riddled with problems.
Boeing

Can't Boeing just, you know, be more like SpaceX?

By Victor Tangermann