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Scientists who identified a link between naturally-present lithium in drinking water and lower suicide rates suggest lacing communities' water supply.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Propose Adding Psychoactive Drug to our Water Supplies

They say it could prevent suicides.

By Dan Robitzski

Genetics research is full of errors because Microsoft Excel reformats some gene names into calendar dates. To fix it, scientists just renamed the genes.
Science & Energy

Scientists Had to Rename Genes Because They Confused Microsoft Excel

According to one study, 20 percent of genetics papers contained an Excel-related error.

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent tweet on Wednesday, president Donald Trump claimed that "NASA was Closed & Dead until I got it going again." The space community wasn't happy.
NASA

Former Astronaut Blasts Trump For Lying About NASA

"Great leaders take blame and pass along credit."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suggest that the key to settling Mars or the Moon is hiding underground in lava tubes. Now we know the caverns are actually big enough.
Off-World

Scientists: Martian Lava Tubes Large Enough to Fit Planetary Base

Natural caverns could help keep interplanetary settlers safe.

By Dan Robitzski

The private equity firm Blackstone just purchased Ancestry as well as its massive databse of customers' genetic information.
Data Privacy

A Private Equity Firm Just Bought the Largest Consumer DNA Database

Ancestry — and its trove of genetic data — just changed hands.

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, the shape of our solar system's heliosphere could resemble a "deflated croissant," not a comet with a long tail.
NASA

NASA Imaged the Bubble Around the Solar System and… Yikes

It almost looks... biological?

By Victor Tangermann

Advocacy groups accuse Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi of enabling mass surveillance and underminnig attempts to strengthen privacy.
Future Society

Democrats Accused of Letting Cops Access Americans’ Browsing Histories

Congressman Adam Schiff and other Democratic leaders allegedly derailed privacy negotiations.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists made a version of the game "Go" that's played at the quantum scale with entangled photons rather than black-and-white stones.
Physics

Scientists Played a Game of Go at the Quantum Scale

The black and white stones were replaced by entangled photons.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists figured out how new exoplanets could form around a black hole. They've named the theoretical worlds "blanets."
Science & Energy

Astronomers Say That Planets Orbiting Black Holes Are Called “Blanets”

Because, as we all know, planets orbiting stars are called "slanets."

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have observed an unusual young exoplanet some 150 light-years from Earth that's far more dense for its size and age than thought possible.
Science & Energy

Like Your First Quarantine Sourdough Attempt, This Exoplanet Is “Surprisingly Dense”

This planet just makes no sense.

By Victor Tangermann

A new video uploaded by SpaceX shows off the company's impressive first full-scale Starship hop in glorious HD. We even got an inside view.
Starship

Watch SpaceX’s Epic Starship Test Flight From Inside the Giant Rocket

Now in high definition — and from the inside.

By Victor Tangermann

23andMe released a massive study that traced and revealed new apsects of the transatlantic slave trade through genetic ancestry reports.
Studies

23andMe Releases Devastating Analysis of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Researchers are exploring a brutal period of history — using genetic code.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just unveiled the winners of its "Exploring Hell" contest, in which it asked for designs for a rover that could survive a trip to Venus.
NASA

NASA Venus Rover Designed For “Exploring Hell”

The winning design looks like something out of "BattleBots."

By Dan Robitzski

A recently uploaded video shows Japan's 60-foot Gundam robot taking its first tentative steps — despite still missing its head.
Robotics

Watch a 60-Foot Mecha-Style Robot Take Its First Steps

This robot weighs 25 tons. A single hand is 6.5 feet across.

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Gates urged Elon Musk to stay in his lane and stop spreading "outrageous" misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.
Elon Musk

Bill Gates Slams Elon Musk For Spouting COVID Misinformation

Shots fired!

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists predict, based on current rates of deforestation and resource consumption, that civilization will likely collapse in 20 to 40 years.
Future Society

Physicists Say There’s a 90 Percent Chance Civilization Will Soon Collapse

"We have a few decades left before an irreversible collapse of our civilization."

By Dan Robitzski

Incredible: Watch SpaceX Fly Full-Scale Starship Prototype to 500 Feet
Starship

Incredible: Watch SpaceX Fly Full-Scale Starship Prototype to 500 Feet

"Mars is looking real."

By Victor Tangermann

In a news conference, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley told reporters what it's like to ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon back to Earth.
Crew Dragon

NASA Astronauts “Almost Speechless” At How Well SpaceX Crew Dragon Did

"It doesn't sound like a machine, it sounds like an animal."

By Victor Tangermann

Russia may begin a mass COVID-19 inoculation campaign this Autumn, but there's no available data showing that the experimental vaccine works.
Viruses

Russian Officials Are Injecting Themselves With an Experimental COVID Vaccine

The country wants to begin mass inoculations later this year, but there's no public evidence the vaccine works.

By Dan Robitzski

According Elon Musk, Tesla is "highly likely" to produce a smaller version of it's long-awaited Cybertruck for the European market.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: “Highly Likely” Europe Will Get a Smaller Tesla Cybertruck

"The goal is to kick the most amount of ass possible with this truck."

By Victor Tangermann