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VR Sex
Virtual Reality

Ready or Not, Inexpensive VR Sex Is Going Mainstream

Realistic VR sex has reached a price point almost anyone can afford.

A massive new study strongly links high blood iron levels with a longer lifespan, giving hope to new longevity treatments.
RX and Medicine

Scientists: Blood Iron Levels Strongly Correlated With Long Lifespan

The discovery might explain a link between diet and disease.

German electric car subsidies are so high, that leasing a Renault Zoe EV is essentially free right now. Demand is sky-rocketing.
Advanced Transport

Subsidies Mean This Electric Car Is Literally Free in Germany

"We did expect an increase in sales with the subsidies, but this run really struck us."

Faulty Studies Mean Everything You Know About Nutrition Is Wrong
Studies

Faulty Studies Mean Everything You Know About Nutrition Is Wrong

We deserve better nutrition research.

Scientists grew stermatogonial stem cells — the precursors to sperm — in a lab for the first time, potentially unlocking new fertility treatments.
RX and Medicine

For the First Time, Scientists Grow Human Sperm Stem Cells in Lab

It could be a game changer for transgender parenthood.

A supermassive black hole seems to have bugged out: its corona rapidly vanished into nothing before a brand new one took its place.
Science & Energy

This Black Hole Just Glitched

A supermassive black hole's corona vanished — and then reappeared.

NASA just released the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun, courtesy of the Solar Orbiter. And they already made a big discovery.
Science & Energy

Scientists Found Something Surprising in Closest-Ever Photos of the Sun

They're calling them "campfires" — and our star appears to be covered with them.

Scientists built a beetle-sized backpack camera that they can use to livestream the daily routine of an insect from the bug's perspective.
Robots and Machines

Scientists Build Tiny Camera For Beetles to Carry Around

Oh, to be a beetle wearing a Beetlecam.

This $25,000 gadget, in the shape of a Nintendo Game Boy, is a magic key that can emulate the signal from a whole host of car maker's key fobs.
Advanced Transport

This $25,000 Gadget Can Steal Almost Any Car That Starts With a Fob

And for some reason, it looks almost exactly like a Nintendo Game Boy.

Someone appears to have hacked the Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Kanye West.
Elon Musk

Someone Apparently Just Hacked Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos and Kanye West

This is a pretty impressive hack, honestly.

In an interview with the Atlantic published today, Fauci described the White House's attacks against him as "bizarre" and "nonsense."
Developments

Fauci Describes White House Behavior as “Bizarre”

"I cannot figure out in my wildest dreams why they would want to do that."

China's embassy in Kazakhstan has put out a statement warning of an "unknown pneumonia" that is reportedly far more deadly than the coronavirus.
Developments

China Says There’s a New Disease That’s Even Deadlier Than COVID [UPDATED]

Officials are warning of an "unknown pneumonia" spreading across Kazakhstan — and they say it's deadlier than COVID-19.

People around the world are wearing hazmat suits in public — an apparent bid to avoid catching the COVID-19-causing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Developments

We Asked Experts Whether You Should Wear a Hazmat Suit in Public

In a grim new trend, people around the world are wearing hazmat suits in public. Experts say it's not a great idea.

Right now, the snow at the top of the Italian Alps is bright pink, thanks to an algae bloom that threatens to accelerate snowmelt.
Climate Change

There’s Pink Snow in Europe. That Could Be Bad, Scientists Say

To be fair, we wouldn't have assumed it was good news.

According to a new study by an international team of researchers, the Earth's entire atmosphere vibrates much as the same way a ringing bell does.
Science & Energy

Scientists Detect “Ringing” in the Earth’s Atmosphere

Our planet's atmosphere is ringing just like a bell.

Rocket Lab's 13th launch ended in disaster when the rocket blew up and destroyed seven satellites. Elon Musk felt bad and provided some moral support.
Off-World

Elon Musk Tweets Support For Startup That Exploded Rocket Launch

"Hope you get back to orbit soon. Rockets are hard."

A white dwarf star from a binary star system was just sent hurtling through the Milky Way at 559,000 mph after experiencing a "partial supernova."
Science & Energy

This Star Appears to Have Survived a Supernova

The explosion yeeted it through the galaxy at more than half a million miles per hour.

Disaster preparedness expert Jeffrey Schlegelmilch spends his time predicting megadisasters, but says the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't reached that point.
Future Society

This Scientist Spends His Time Predicting the End of the World

"The disasters we are seeing are already different than in the past."

Scientists discovered the first bacteria that chemosynthesizes the metal manganese, and they did it almost by accident while cleaning up an experiment.
Biology

Newly-Discovered Bacteria Can Eat Metal as Food

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Many healthcare systems around the US are feeling the crunch with thousands of tests flooding in via phone, email, snail mail, and even fax.
Developments

With COVID Tests Flooding In, US Healthcare Systems Are Breaking Down

The US has a massive healthcare data problem on its hands.