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Scientists at the European Space Agency have created a tiny miniaturized ion thruster that's capable of keeping a satellite steady while in Earth's orbit.
Space

It may be small, but it's mighty enough to deorbit satellites.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists think the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua might actually be a hydrogen iceberg. The unusual idea could explain its stranger properties.
Science & Energy

The suggestion "explains every single mysterious thing about ‘Oumuamua."

By Dan Robitzski

A group of monkeys in India just stole a bunch of blood samples taken from patients who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Developments

As if 2020 couldn't get any worse.

By Victor Tangermann

Not everybody is happy with the glamorous, yet not-quite-catwalk-ready design of SpaceX's space suit, shown off at this Wednesday's launch attempt.
SpaceX

"It looks like a half-finished Power Ranger."

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI recently released Jukebox, and algorithm that can create original songs or mashup-hybrids in the style of over 9,000 artists. We kicked the tires.
Artificial Intelligence

We gave these AI music experts an unusual request — and what they delivered will blow your mind.

By Dan Robitzski

One of the earliest examples of space travelers becoming ill was during the Apollo 7 mission in 1968, when astronaut Wally Schirra got a bad head cold.
Developments

A bad head cold led to mutiny during NASA's Apollo 7 mission.

By Victor Tangermann

Regularly hitting a vape can mess up your mouth's microbiome so much that harmful bacteria start producing a layer of slime.
RX and Medicine

"This is the fastest change [to the oral microbiome] to a human behavior that we have observed so far."

By Dan Robitzski

A smart ring can warn users that they've caught the coronavirus up to three days before they show symptoms, potentially keeping them from infecting others.
Prosthetics and Devices

It could warn people to stay home before they infect anyone else.

By Dan Robitzski

At long last, scientists think they've accounted for the half of all the luminous matter in the universe that's been missing for decades.
Science & Energy

It's always the last place you look!

By Dan Robitzski

Scammers are capitalizing on people's baseless fears that 5G signals cause health problems by selling a cheap USB drive and claiming it protects people.
Science & Energy

They're making bank on unfounded 5G paranoia.

By Dan Robitzski

Officials had to chase away a six foot alligator from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.
NASA

"There are gators that end up in the craziest places."

By Victor Tangermann

China is planning to launch 11 missions before 2023 to construct an orbital, three-module space station.
Off-World

They're already training astronauts for the ultra-ambitious orbital facility.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study on people taking psilocybin revealed the biological mechanisms responsible for feelings of bliss associated with the drug.
RX and Medicine

This could explain the difference between a good trip and a bad trip.

By Dan Robitzski

In order to train AI that understand the informal ways people actually type, mathematicians analyzed stretchable words like "duuuuude" and "noooo."
Artificial Intelligence

Can AI understand that "dude" refers to a person while "duuuude" means "yikes"?

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of researchers was able to confirm the existence of Proxima b, an Earth-like planet that's orbiting the star closest to the Sun.
Science & Energy

"It's one of the most interesting planets known in the solar neighborhood."

By Victor Tangermann

Breaking: SpaceX Scrubs Historic Launch Due to Bad Weather
SpaceX

Bad news, space fans!

By Victor Tangermann

A new system allows the interior cabin of Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles to literally bake at sweltering temperatures to neutralize any infected surfaces
Advanced Transport

That's one way to kill a virus.

By Victor Tangermann

A stunning new NASA animation shows how solar winds are interacting with Mars' magnetosphere to strip away the planet's atmosphere.
Science & Energy

Mars may have been a lush, watery world — until it was stripped bare.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch the Astronauts Give Their Kids Virtual Hugs Before Launch
Off-World

"Well, I'm crying."

By Victor Tangermann

Medical historian John Barry says that the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, especially due to President Trump, has been utterly incoherent.
Developments

"The first few months it was hugely disappointing to see [Trump] trivialize this outbreak."

By Dan Robitzski