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A team at NASA has figured out a way to stop touching your face during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic: a pendant that scolds you every time you try.
NASA

Then NASA made the design open source, so anyone can make one.

By Victor Tangermann

The just-launched "Lunar Loo Challenge" tasks amateur rocket scientists to come up with a toilet that can handle near-zero and Moon gravity.
Moon

Going to the bathroom in space is horrible. In a new design challenge, NASA is trying to make it better.

By Victor Tangermann

The US Marine Corps is testing a brand new less-than-lethal weapon called SPECTER that can electrocute the target from 100 feet away.
Future Society

"If it hits the head there is a risk of serious injury or death."

By Victor Tangermann

Texas and Florida were forced to close bars back down this afternoon after the states hit new record numbers in new confirmed coronavirus cases.
Developments

"The threat of this virus is as real as it’s ever been."

By Victor Tangermann

After hitting the Caribbean, dust from the Sahara Desert just arrived at the US gulf coast, forming what experts referred to as a "Godzilla dust cloud."
Science & Energy

It's so large, it can easily be seen from space.

By Victor Tangermann

Michigan lawmakers want to ban force RFID chip implants in the workplace as a way to protect employees' personal privacy.
Future Society

"While these miniature devices are on the rise, so are the calls of workers to have their privacy protected."

By Dan Robitzski

When the pharmaceutical industry finally develops a coronavirus vaccine, medical-grade glass shortages may prevent companies from distributing it.
Viruses

The COVID-19 vaccination plan may hit a serious supply chain issue.

By Dan Robitzski

Earlier this month, Tesla competitor Nikola Motors rose to a valuation of over $20 billion, eclipsing Ford and Chrysler. It's secret weapon: hydrogen.
Elon Musk

A lawsuit, bad blood, and a series of zinging disses between Elon Musk and a rival startup — explained.

By Victor Tangermann

After Russia halted its orbital space tourism program in 2010, the country's space agency Roscosmos is planning to send two citizens to the ISS in 2023.
International Space Station

This would be the first time a private citizen has ever stepped outside a spacecraft and into the void.

By Victor Tangermann

During an early-morning spacewalk, one of the wrist mirrors on NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy's spacesuit broke off almost immediately.
Science & Energy

Does anyone else feel a breeze?

By Dan Robitzski

The first long-term study on vaping has found that it increases a person's chances of developing lung disease by about a third.
Chemistry

You're a third more likely to develop chronic lung disease if you vape.

By Kristin Houser

New proposed legislation would keep facial recognition technology out of the hands of all levels of law enforcement in the U.S.
Future Society

"As we work to dismantle the systematic racism that permeates every part of our society, we can't ignore the harms that these technologies present."

By Dan Robitzski

The International Space Station is getting a brand spanking new toilet, as Space.com reports. It will improve efficiency and could be used on trips to Mars.
Space

Eventually, the goal is to take the water out of astronaut poop and... uh... reuse it.

By Victor Tangermann

In a matter of weeks, NASA is planning to conduct a "demonstration" of the Crew Dragon with four of the five current ISS crew members on board.
Crew Dragon

A NASA spokesperson declined to elaborate — but one report says the test will be a dry-run emergency evacuation.

By Victor Tangermann

The National Science Foundation is investing in a crypto startup that plans to explore ways to get Americans on the blockchain.
Science & Energy

Is the U.S. federal government starting to embrace the blockchain?

By Dan Robitzski

With over 500 Starlink broadband-beaming satellites already in orbit, SpaceX is looking to move swiftly ahead with rolling out its internet service.
SpaceX

Here's where you can sign up.

By Victor Tangermann

Peter Williams, formerly a physicist at a nuclear weapons research facility, claims that his superiors tinkered with important models then covered it up.
Military

"I couldn't look myself in the mirror if I didn’t do it."

By Dan Robitzski

US armed forces killed the suspected head of a Qaeda affiliate in Syria this month using an inert Hellfire missile warhead with six blades.
Military

They basically Slap Chopped an alleged terrorist.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently discovered an exoplanet the size of Neptune that whips around its star nearly once per week, all while being bombarded by solar storms.
Science & Energy

It's getting sucked closer and closer to its star.

By Dan Robitzski

In the coming years, NASA plans to crash a SpaceX rocket into a tiny moon as a test run for diverting asteroids. But the moon's name was way too boring.
Science & Energy

It's got a new name, but it's still doomed.

By Dan Robitzski