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The space company and NASA contractor Nanoracks wants to build greenhouses in space to bolster food security in the face of climate change.
NASA

NASA Contractor Signs Deal to Build Greenhouses in Earth’s Orbit

"COVID and the climate change really opened our eyes to the fragility of food security in both the developing and the developed world."

By Dan Robitzski

In a chat with Derek Muller's popular YouTube channel Veritasium, Bill Gates said that the world is facing two big threats: climate change and bioterrorism.
Developments

Bill Gates Says the Next Horrible Virus Could Be Engineered by Terrorists

"Also related to pandemics is something people don't like to talk about much, which is bioterrorism."

By Victor Tangermann

Flat-earthers still somehow exist in 2021, so one guy wants to send one such conspiracy theorist to space to prove them wrong.
Off-World

There’s a Crowdfunding Campaign to Send a Flat-Earther to Space

"They call astronauts actors who are paid to lie and that boils my blood."

By Dan Robitzski

China's space agency has released amazing footage of its Tianwen-1 probe orbiting Mars. It shows an incredible amount of detail.
Mars

China Releases Breathtaking Video From Spacecraft Orbiting Mars

Watch the haunting new video of the Red Planet here.

By Victor Tangermann

In an interview with Joe Rogan, Tesla CEO Elon Musk renewed his promises that the upcoming Roadster could maybe hover "like a meter off the ground."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Wants Future Tesla Roadster to Hover

"I want it to hover... without, you know, killing people."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists say they can hunt for alien civilizations by looking for industrial pollutants like nitrogen dioxide in exoplanets' atmospheres.
Pollution

NASA Is Hunting Alien Civilizations by Looking for Their Pollution

NASA is actively searching exoplanets for signs of "industrialized civilization."

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford, the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can fight the South African variant.
Viruses

Study: One Particular Vaccine Protects Against Deadly New COVID Variants

This may affect which vaccine you'll want.

By Victor Tangermann

After a seven months of travel, NASA's Perseverance rover is set to land on Mars next week. The agency's InSight lander will be listening.
NASA

When NASA’s New Rover Lands, Its Other Lander Will Listen for the Impact

If a rover lands on Mars, and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

By Victor Tangermann

The Democratic Republic of Congo is now staring down its 12th Ebola outbreak just three months after the previous one ended.
Developments

After Second Death, Experts Fear New Ebola Outbreak

The WHO says Ebola is "endemic" in Congo.

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Fauci says that clinical research on whether the coronavirus vaccines work on kids is beginning, and he hopes vaccinations will begin by September.
Viruses

Fauci: We’re Now Testing Whether COVID Vaccines Work on Kids

Here's when they think they'll be able to vaccinate children.

By Dan Robitzski

According to CDC, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can skip quarantine if they are exposed to somebody who tested positive
Developments

CDC: People Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated Don’t Need to Quarantine

Another compelling reason to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

By Victor Tangermann

Shell just announced that it plans to decrease oil production by a small amount every year for the rest of its existence.
Climate Change

Shell Says Oil Production Will Fall Every Year, Forever

Is this the beginning of the end?

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is barred from collaborating with China and its leadership says it's not concerned about China's ambitions. But experts suggest it should be.
NASA

Congress Bars NASA From Working With China. That’s Likely a Mistake.

"America's leadership in the world is not as strong as it used to be."

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Purdue University have successfully taught four pigs how to use a joystick, a "remarkable" level of behavioral and mental flexibility.
Science & Energy

Scientists Taught Pigs to Play a Video Game

Even pigs can be gamers.

By Victor Tangermann

World Health Organization investigators found evidence that the coronavirus outbreak in China may have started as early as October 2019.
Developments

WHO Investigators Find Evidence COVID Was Circulating in China Long Before Pandemic

This could rewrite the history of the COVID pandemic.

By Dan Robitzski

After spending seven months attached to the ISS, Russian cargo spacecraft Progress 76P MS-15 dropped back down to Earth to burn up in the atmosphere.
Off-World

See a Russian Cargo Spaceship Disintegrating During Reentry

A beautiful photo shows its fiery demise.

By Victor Tangermann

Texas doctor Hasan Gokal was fired for giving out ten COVID-19 vaccine shots with only six hours remaining until the vial would have expired.
Developments

Doctor Fired for Giving Out Vaccine Doses That Were About to Expire

"It was my world coming down."

By Victor Tangermann

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 across its facilities, NASA is handing out Fitbit devices to 1,000 of its employees, including 150 astronauts.
Prosthetics and Devices

NASA Is Using Fitbits to Prevent COVID Spread Among Astronauts

Fitness trackers could help NASA detect COVID-19 early.

By Victor Tangermann

The highly-infectious B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus could have mutated entirely within one patient, scienitsts suspect.
Developments

Mutated COVID Virus Evolved Inside One Person, Scientists Believe

The virus appears to have mutated inside a single host.

By Dan Robitzski

The number of babies born in China dropped by nearly 15 percent in 2020, potentially heralding problems as the country's population skews older.
Future Society

The Birth Rate in China Dropped Substantially This Year

Could this topple a world power?

By Dan Robitzski