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A new durable hydrogel is both strong and flexible enough to replace missing knee cartilage, potentially doing away with invasive knee replacements.
Developments

Scientists Say New Artificial Cartilage Could Be Used in Knees

"We set out to make the first hydrogel that has the mechanical properties of cartilage."

By Dan Robitzski

Local health officials have confirmed an extremely rare case of the bubonic plague, also known as the black plagu, in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia.
Developments

Experts Confirm Outbreaks of Black Death, Brain-Eating Amoeba

A stark reminder that the year 2020 is far from over.

By Victor Tangermann

Electric carmaker Tesla has officially started selling "limited edition" red satin short shorts. "Run like the wind or entertain like Liberace."
Tesla

Here’s Why Tesla Is Selling Naughty Short-Shorts

Elon Musk says he might wear the sexy shorts to the next Tesla shareholder meeting.

By Victor Tangermann

Yesterday, you might have noticed a wave of news stories about college kids intentionally trying to catch coronavirus. It may not have been true.
Developments

Did the Media Get Suckered by a Fake Story About College Kids Catching COVID on Purpose?

That story about college kids trying to win cash pools by catching the coronavirus may have been too good to be true.

By Jon Christian

At "COVID parties," college students in Alabama are reportedly trying to catch the deadly coronavirus — and win a cash prize for doing so.
Developments

College Kids Are Apparently Playing a Game Where They Try to Catch COVID [UPDATED]

What happened to good old fashioned beer pong?

By Jon Christian

New research suggests that climate change could kill off 60 percent of all fish species this century. It's a sharp increase over past estimates.
Climate Change

Climate Change Threatens 60 Percent of the World’s Fish Species

"Fish are so important for human nutrition, so this study makes a strong case for protecting our ecosystems and natural environments."

By Dan Robitzski

A new medical robot built by Korean engineers automates the process of jabbing patients' noses with a swab to test for COVID-19.
Medical

Bizarre Medical Robot Grabs Your Face, Jabs You With a Nose Swab

Would you let this horrifying apparatus jam a swab up your nose?

By Dan Robitzski

A federal appeals court just ruled that the Facebook's practice of collecting data through its "like" widgets could be considered wiretapping.
Future Society

Court Says Facebook has Been Wiretapping for Years

Facebook is wiretapping internet users, according to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

By Dan Robitzski

Boeing staff in Mississippi just powered up the core stage of the super-heavy-duty Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that it's building for NASA.
Boeing

Boeing Just Powered Up NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Ever

"This is a first-of-its-kind type of rocket, the world's largest, most powerful rocket ever built."

By Jon Christian

Research suggests that fans of horror movies and those with a natural morbid curiosity may have been better psychologically prepared for the pandemic.
Health & Medicine

Study: Horror Movie Fans Were Better Prepared For the Pandemic

"Maybe with horror it’s about emotion regulation."

By Dan Robitzski

The market valuation of electric automaker Tesla now exceeds that of ExxonMobil, one of the planet's largest fossil fuel megacorporations.
Tesla

Tesla Is Now Worth More Than ExxonMobil

Congrats, Elon.

By Jon Christian

Chondrules, mysterious spherical bubbles found in meteorites, could have an incredibly-hellish origin story from the beginning of the solar system.
Science & Energy

Planets With Oceans of Lava May Have Given Us Meteorites

It breathes life into the 19th-century theory that meteorites are "droplets of fiery rain."

By Dan Robitzski

The in-development science-fiction movie "b" will be the first feature-length ilm to feature a robot as the lead performer.
Robotics

Hollywood Just Cast a Robot Actress in a $70 Million Movie

"Erica" will be the first robot lead actress.

By Dan Robitzski

A new simulation shows what a Tesla Roadster accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 1.1 seconds could look like — thanks to the addition of SpaceX thrusters.
Tesla

Simulation Shows Tesla Roadster Accelerating With SpaceX Thrusters

Elon Musk has teased the possibility of adding SpaceX thrusters to Tesla cars before. Now you can watch what it would be like.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Crew Dragon's solar arrays that provide power to the spacecraft are "degrading a little bit better than predicted."
Crew Dragon

NASA Says The SpaceX Crew Dragon Module Parked at the ISS Is Generating Way More Power Than Expected

"The vehicle's doing extremely well as we put it through its paces."

By Victor Tangermann

An Arizona forest fire has grown so large that satellites can easily see it from space, according to a new post by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA

This Forest Fire Was So Huge, NASA Spotted It From Space

This image, taken from space, puts the blaze into perspective.

By Jon Christian

Yamato, a cty in Japan, just passed a law that requires pedestrians to put their phones away until they stop walking in order to prevent accidents.
Future Society

A Japanese City Just Banned Using Phones While Walking

This suburb of Tokyo wants you to walk now, tweet later.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at LIGO noticed that minuscule quantum fluctuations actually knocked a large mirror in the observatory out of alignment.
Physics

Tiny Quantum Fluctuations Can Actually “Kick” Large Objects

The effect is tiny, but it's a shockingly tangible impact.

By Dan Robitzski

The team at Firefly Aerospace used one of its rocket engines to try to light all those pesky candles on a birthday cake for its co-founder Max Polakov.
Off-World

Watch These Mad Geniuses Light Birthday Candles With a Rocket Engine

That's one way to do it!

By Jon Christian

Elon Musk is once again posting misleading claims about the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to downplay the danger it poses.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Still Sharing Coronavirus Misinformation

Tesla's CEO continues to downplay the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Dan Robitzski