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New NASA research suggests that Mars' dust storms make the planet give off gravitational waves that push its already-scarce atmosphere out into space.
Mars

Mars Is Radiating Gravity Waves, Which Is Bad News For Human Settlers

Mars is beautiful, sure — and unimaginably brutal.

By Dan Robitzski

Since they peaked in the middle of January, the number of new daily coronavirus infections deaths has been in consistent decline.
Developments

COVID Deaths Have Dropped Dramatically Since January

Knock on wood, but it looks like the third wave is finally coming to an end.

By Dan Robitzski

The heart failure drug ivabradine seems to treat the long-hauler symptoms that can last for months after a coronavirus infection.
Viruses

Doctors Find Drug That Seems to Treat Long-Hauler COVID Symptoms

Options are starting to emerge for long-term coronavirus care.

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Gates is coming down hard in favor of fake meats — and even recommending that every single "rich country" move away from real beef as soon as possible.
Future Society

Bill Gates Says All Wealthy Nations Should Switch to Synthetic Beef

"I do think all rich countries should move to 100 percent synthetic beef."

By Jon Christian

Stray dogs with strangely bright blue fur have been spotted roaming the streets near an abandoned chemical plant in the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk.
Science & Energy

Blue Dogs Discovered Near Abandoned Chemical Plant

Well, that's not right.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists have successfully tested a solar panel prototype that can theoretically send electricity from space back to anywhere on Earth.
Military

US Military Tests Satellite for Beaming Power Down to Earth

"You can send power to Chicago and a fraction of a second later, if you needed, send it instead to London or Brasilia."

By Victor Tangermann

When scientists took a closer look at a baby with COVID-19, they found that the kid caught a previously-undiscovered variant and had a massive viral load.
Viruses

This Baby Had 51,000 Times as Much Coronavirus as Expected

An ominous case study.

By Dan Robitzski

The European Union wants to become climate neutral by 2050, so scientists are building a simulation of the entire planet to help it get there.
Climate Change

Scientists Start Work on Simulation of Entire Earth

Get ready for a "digital twin" of the entire planet.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists ground up ancient Mars rocks to see if microbes could survive on it. They did, and its biosignatures could help the Perseverance team.
Science & Energy

Scientists Grow Microbes on Actual Mars Rocks

Mars is looking more and more hospitable to life.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted something rather strange on the Martian surface below: a deep pit, appearing in the form of a black spot.
Mars

NASA Spots Deep, Strange Hole on Mars

What's down there?

By Victor Tangermann

In a bizarre encounter, a commercial airline pilot spotted a "long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile" flying overhead.
Robots and Machines

Airline Pilot Reports Contact With “Fast Moving, Cylindrical” Object

"We just had something go right over the top of us — I hate to say this but it looked like a long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile type of thing."

By Victor Tangermann

According to the FDA, the single-dose coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson provides strong protection against severe cases of COVID-19.
Viruses

The FDA Says That the Single-dose Covid Vaccine Is Highly Effective

One shot of this new vaccine provides quite a bit of protection.

By Victor Tangermann

A new variant of the coronavirus is quickly becoming the dominant strain in California, worrying experts, as the Los Angeles Times reports.
Developments

Rapidly-Spreading COVID Strain More Transmissible, Less Susceptible to Vaccines

"The devil is already here."

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that black holes made of dark matter might be lurking inside neutron stars and eating them from the inside.
Science & Energy

Black Holes May Devour Stars From the Inside, Like Cancer

Parasitic black holes might be feasting on some stars — from within.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at the University Of Colorado At Boulder have developed a wearable that can use its wearer's natural body heat as a power source.
Energy

This Wearable Uses Your Body Heat as an Energy Source

"In the future, we want to be able to power your wearable electronics without having to include a battery."

By Victor Tangermann

Whistleblowers at the Arizona Department of Corrections say hundreds of inmates are being held past their release date due to buggy management software.
Science & Energy

Whistleblowers: Flawed Software Held Hundreds of Prisoners Past Release Dates

"These people are literally trapped."

By Dan Robitzski

On two separate occasions last year, two Air Force F-16 fighter jet pilots were saved by a sophisticated Ground Collision Avoidance System.
Artificial Intelligence

Fighter Pilots Blacked Out From Gs, Got Saved by AI Co-Pilot

This control system saved two lives last year when pilots lost their consciousness.

By Victor Tangermann

The United States Army is building a machine gun-like laser weapon 1 million times more powerful than anything else in its arsenal.
Robots and Machines

US Army Testing Machine Gun-Style Laser Weapon That Vaporizes Targets

"This is not science fiction."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers built an artificial muscle material that gets stronger as it works, potentially leading to soft robots that adapt to their jobs.
Robots and Machines

Scientists Invent Artificial Muscle That Gets Stronger With Exercise

Imagine flexible robots that get tougher as they work.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA engineers managed to hide a clever message in the red and white colors of its Perseverance rover's parachute that it used to successfully land on Mars.
Mars

NASA Hid a Clever Secret Message in Its Mars Rover’s Parachute

The colors are the key.

By Victor Tangermann