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A team of researchers say they've used cutting-edge imaging techniques to discover huge, "unexpected" structures near the Earth's core
Science & Energy

A new imaging technique revealed "anomalous structures" deep inside our planet.

By Jon Christian

According to a BuzzFeed News op-ed, the real economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is going to happen in August.
Future Society

The economy is like a "jumbo jet that’s in a steady glide after both its engines flamed out."

By Dan Robitzski

Israel startup Urban Aeronautics announced this week that it's partnering with hydrogen fuel cell maker HyPoint to devise a hydrogen-powered flying car.
Advanced Transport

Oh, and it's powered by hyrogen.

By Jon Christian

A team of scientists recreated the conditions under which life originated. They think they've kickstarted the whole process by generating new vesicles.
Biology

Is this how it all began?

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to a newly-passed resolution, Ithaca, New York might become the first U.S. city to cancel and forgive rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic.
Future Society

Ithaca, New York may cancel rent debt and freeze it going forward.

By Dan Robitzski

Leaked documents dated to earlier this week, obtained from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Yahoo News.
Viruses

About a thousand Americans are dying every day — a toll so grim that it's hard to comprehend.

By Jon Christian

Restaurants Are in Need of a Helping Hand. Miso Robotics Is Offering Them One. Literally.
Future Society

Flippy the robot flips cooks burgers to perfection.

By Rachelle Dragani

A team of Harvard scientists were able to put mice into a state of hibernation by stimulating certain neurons in their brains.
Off-World

"Could we really extend lifespan? Is this the way to send people to Mars?"

By Victor Tangermann

This Plan For a Martian City Under a Dome is Breathtaking
Future Society

They want to build a test version here on Earth.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists discovered that a bizarre quasiparticle can reproduce by splitting in two and self-repairing like a biological cell would.
Physics

Okay, this is weird. This is very weird.

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that platelet cells could be engineered to propel themselves through the bloodstream and deliver medicine.
Studies

Making cells act like robots seems more efficient than actually making nanobots.

By Dan Robitzski

Boeing’s Spaceship Cockpit Looks Strikingly Different Than SpaceX’s
Boeing

SpaceX and Boeing's spacecraft couldn't look more different on the inside.

By Victor Tangermann

In 2010, a scientist published research suggesting that 2020 would be a total shitshow. It goes without saying he really nailed it.
Science & Energy

Wow, nailed it!

By Dan Robitzski

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus infections are on the rise in the Northeastern United States, in large part thanks to global warming.
Developments

Even if you survive, the neurological impairments are devastating.

By Victor Tangermann

On Twitter, Elon Musk elaborated on the design tweaks SpaceX will have to make to its Starship to allow it to land on the Moon.
Starship

Musk: "No need to bring early ships back. They can serve as part of moon base alpha."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists: Super High Potency Weed Doesn’t Really Get You Higher
RX and Medicine

Gimme that cheap-ass brick weed.

By Dan Robitzski

Amateur photographer and scientist Gaurav Agrawal had no idea his spectacular picture of a lake in a National Park could end up crashing Android phones.
Devices

"I hoped my photograph would have gone 'viral' for a good reason, but maybe that's for another time."

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre star system: a collapsed pulsar and white dwarf binary orbiting a second white dwarf, upheld a major tenet of Einstein's general relativity.
Physics

It's a celestial retelling of Galileo's famous freefall experiment.

By Dan Robitzski

Twitter testing out a new feature on Android that would prompt users if they want to click and actually read the dang article they're planning to retweet.
Future Society

Hold on, did you actually click on the link?

By Victor Tangermann

Dario Gil, the director of IBM Research, predicts that quantum computing app stores and code repositories will begin to emerge this decade.
Quantum Physics

He predicts a massive, GitHub-like repository of quantum code.

By Dan Robitzski