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Cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, who's heading to the International Space Station next month on a Soyuz rocket, says he would be nice to any aliens he met.
Exobiology

Space-Bound Cosmonaut: If I Meet Aliens, I Will Be Nice to Them

Take me to your leader!

By Jon Christian

After about a year, NASA and Roscosmos have just about narrowed down the source of the ongoing air leak on the International Space Station.
Science & Energy

NASA Says It’s Almost Found the Leak on the International Space Station

Unfortunately, investigators have hit a nasty snag.

By Dan Robitzski

When the world around them quieted down, white-crowned sparrows living near San Francisco learned a new, more intricate song.
Biology

Birds Learned a New Song During the Pandemic

The white-crowned sparrow sang differently as the world quieted down.

By Dan Robitzski

Investigations reveal that hundreds of elephants died due to cyanobacteria, toxic microscopic algae found in larger bodies of blue-green water.
Environment

Hundreds of Elephants Suddenly Dropped Dead Because of Neurotoxin, Experts Say

Finally, answers.

By Victor Tangermann

The smart doorbell company Ring just announced a drone that flies around and records video inside your home. It sounds like a privacy nightmare.
Drones

Amazon Announces Security Drone That Flies Around Your Home

What could possibly go wrong?

By Dan Robitzski

An open-source hearing aid built using off-the-shelf parts could slash the price of otherwise prohibitively expensive hearing aids to a single dollar.
Prosthetics and Devices

Researchers Invent $1 Hearing Aid

"We have shown that it is possible to build a hearing aid for less than the price of a cup of coffee."

By Victor Tangermann

To fight climate change, experts suggest gene-hacking plants and animals to cut emissions and better sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
Climate Change

Report: Gene-Hacking Plants and Animals Could Fight Climate Change

Gene-hacked plants could sequester more carbon out of the atmosphere.

By Dan Robitzski

A number of airports in Europe are working to bring 30 minute COVID-19 tests to airports, in the hopes of breathing new life into the industry.
Advanced Transport

Airports Are Rolling Out 30 Minute COVID Tests

"We need the system to work and work quickly. Otherwise this industry will not survive."

By Victor Tangermann

In a recently uploaded preprint, researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine on Venus could be chalked up to asteroids grazing Earth's atmosphere.
Science & Energy

Life May Have Hopped From Earth to Venus on Asteroid, Scientists Say

Plenty of asteroids have already made such a trip — but could life survive it?

By Victor Tangermann

Space debris could pose an even bigger threat than we thought, thanks to new research that found smaller pieces of junk that were never cataloged.
Science & Energy

Research: Most Geosynchronous Space Junk Has Never Been Catalogued

Tiny bits of garbage, whipping around our planet, could be a bigger hazard than we thought.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists think they may have discovered an exoplanet that resembles Saturn in another galaxy, but it could be decades before they know for sure.
Science & Energy

Scientists Claim to Find First-Ever Planet in Another Galaxy

"There's absolutely no reason to think there wouldn’t be planets in other galaxies."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA engineers working on the Orion capsule meant to carry astronauts to the Moon have a smelly problem: how to design a space toilet that doesn't smell.
Off-World

The Space Station Toilet Apparently Smells Horrible

"Take a couple dirty diapers, some microwave food wrappers, a used airsickness bag, and a few sweaty towels..."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists claim they have determined a way to figure out if there's life living underground on faraway places, including the Moon and Mars.
Science & Energy

Harvard Study: We Shouldn’t Rule Out Underground Life on the Moon and Mars

"We know that these searches will be technically challenging, but not impossible."

By Victor Tangermann

Police reportedly trained a dog to sniff out electronic storage devices, which cops claim helps them find hidden digital evidence.
Science & Energy

Police Trained a Dog to Sniff Out Electronic Evidence

Cops say it will help them arrest pedophiles.

By Dan Robitzski

California governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order today that calls for a complete ban of the sale of any new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
Climate Change

California Is Banning All Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in Just 15 Years

"Our cars shouldn’t make wildfires worse — and create more days filled with smoky air."

By Victor Tangermann

Wikipedia is gettings its first major redesign in a decade, with changes scheduled to slowly trickle out over the coming years.
Science & Energy

Please No: They’re Redesigning Wikipedia

Is this really necessary?

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that the city of Manaus, Brazil may be experience a coronavirus slowdown because enough people got sick to develop herd immunity.
Developments

A Brazilian City May Have Had Enough COVID-19 Cases to Reach Herd Immunity

Is this in store for all of us?

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists have turned the first ever image of a black hole released last year into a short animation by digging through their archives.
Science & Energy

Astrophysicists Release Landmark “Movie” of Wobbling Black Hole

"If you want to see a black hole evolve over a decade, there is no substitute for having a decade of data."

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Tuesday that China would attempt to go completely carbon neutral by the year 2060.
Climate Change

China Suddenly Pledges to Become Completely Carbon Neutral

The country with the greatest carbon emissions is giving itself 40 years to drop them completely.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee
Robotics

Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee

Watch 55,000 pounds of metal move like its nothing.

By Victor Tangermann