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A recently uploaded video shows Japan's 60-foot Gundam robot taking its first tentative steps — despite still missing its head.
Robotics

Watch a 60-Foot Mecha-Style Robot Take Its First Steps

This robot weighs 25 tons. A single hand is 6.5 feet across.

Bill Gates urged Elon Musk to stay in his lane and stop spreading "outrageous" misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.
Elon Musk

Bill Gates Slams Elon Musk For Spouting COVID Misinformation

Shots fired!

Scientists predict, based on current rates of deforestation and resource consumption, that civilization will likely collapse in 20 to 40 years.
Future Society

Physicists Say There’s a 90 Percent Chance Civilization Will Soon Collapse

"We have a few decades left before an irreversible collapse of our civilization."

Incredible: Watch SpaceX Fly Full-Scale Starship Prototype to 500 Feet
Starship

Incredible: Watch SpaceX Fly Full-Scale Starship Prototype to 500 Feet

"Mars is looking real."

In a news conference, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley told reporters what it's like to ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon back to Earth.
Crew Dragon

NASA Astronauts “Almost Speechless” At How Well SpaceX Crew Dragon Did

"It doesn't sound like a machine, it sounds like an animal."

Russia may begin a mass COVID-19 inoculation campaign this Autumn, but there's no available data showing that the experimental vaccine works.
Viruses

Russian Officials Are Injecting Themselves With an Experimental COVID Vaccine

The country wants to begin mass inoculations later this year, but there's no public evidence the vaccine works.

According Elon Musk, Tesla is "highly likely" to produce a smaller version of it's long-awaited Cybertruck for the European market.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: “Highly Likely” Europe Will Get a Smaller Tesla Cybertruck

"The goal is to kick the most amount of ass possible with this truck."

Cosmologist Katie Mack says that understanding the ways our universe could theoretically come to an end is "freeing," and makes her feel more connected.
Science & Energy

Physicist: Knowing How the Universe Will Die Comforts Me

"There's something about acknowledging the impermanence of existence that is just a little bit freeing."

Scientists thought exoplanets appeared bright in sky surveys because of reflective lava oceans, but new research shows something else has to be helping.
Science & Energy

Super-Earth Exoplanets Could Have Bright-Shining Metallic Atmospheres

Their radiance can't be explained by lava oceans alone.

Thanks to San Francisco-based startup Formant, you can remotely a control a Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog to go for a stroll.
Boston Dynamics

This Site Lets You Control an Actual Boston Dynamics Robodog With a PlayStation Controller

Soon, we'll never have to leave our homes ever again.

Photos have emerged of large tents and heavy tunneling machinery belonging to Elon Musk's Boring Company in the California desert north east of LA.
Elon Musk

There’s a Theory That Elon Musk Is Digging a Tunnel Between LA and Vegas

Mysterious Boring Company machinery was spotted in the California desert.

Elon Musk defended the name of Tesla's oft-criticized "Autopilot" mode, saying confusion over its capabilities is "idiotic."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Defends Tesla’s Misleading “Autopilot” Mode

He called his critics "idiotic."

A distant galaxy cluster is churning out brand-new stars at a dizzying pace because its central black hole shut down and isn't getting in the way.
Science & Energy

This Galaxy Cluster Is Spewing a Surplus of Stars Because of a Lazy Black Hole

"It reminds me of the old expression of 'when the cat's away, the mice will play.'"

A coronavirus vaccine has long been described as the only way out. But experts now agree: even with a vaccine, it will take years to slow the spread.
Viruses

Even With a Vaccine, It Will Take Months If Not Years to Beat the Coronavirus

"Things will not be done by Christmas."

According to a new study, a large number of ancient valleys on the Martian surface today were formed by subglacial meltwater below — not flowing rivers.
Science & Energy

Study: Ancient Mars Was Covered in Ice Sheets, Not Rivers

The new research could force us to rethink what Mars looked like billions of years ago.

Over the weekend, the Trump administration gave TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance 45 days to sell off the app — or get kicked out of the US market.
Future Society

Microsoft Offers to Buy TikTok Following Trump Crackdown

The Trump administration just gave TikTok just 45 days to sell — or get kicked out of the US.

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic just announced it's working with Rolls-Royce to develop a supersonic jet meant for air travel.
Advanced Transport

Virgin Galactic Shows Off Sleek Supersonic Jet Concept

It's designed to fly at three times the speed of sound.

After two NASA astronauts splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday afternoon, more than a dozen private boats came up right to the capsule.
SpaceX

More Than a Dozen Private Boats Came Out to Greet SpaceX Astronauts After Splashdown

"This lack of regard for safety is something that the Coast Guard takes very seriously."

After undocking with the International Space Station Saturday evening, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley made it safely back down to Earth.
Crew Dragon

Mission Accomplished: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down in Atlantic

"Welcome back to planet Earth. Thanks for flying SpaceX."

Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci told lawmakers that he is "cautiously optimistic" a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will be ready this year.
Developments

Fauci Says He’s “Cautiously Optimistic” There’ll Be a COVID Vaccine This Year

"One can never guarantee the safety or effectiveness unless you do the trial."