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The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter probe just made its first close approach of the Sun, getting to 47.8 million miles from the star's surface.
Science & Energy

A Space Probe Just Took the Closest Pictures of the Sun Ever

“We have never taken pictures of the Sun from a closer distance than this."

By Victor Tangermann

According to retired NASA astronaut Thomas Jones, the global failure to contain COVID-19 could be a teachable moment for asteroid impact planning.
Science & Energy

Astronaut: Killer Asteroid Plan Must Be Better Than COVID Response

If a killer asteroid was headed toward earth, this NASA astronaut says our "fragmented, staggered" response to COVID would doom us.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have identified a green glow in the atmosphere of Mars caused by oxygen atoms being released from carbon dioxide due to sunlight.
Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Green Glow on Mars

It's the first time such a glow has been observed around a planet other than Earth.

By Victor Tangermann

Michael Flor, who survived a record-setting 62-day hospital stay for the coronavirus, just got hit by a $1.1 million hospital bill.
Viruses

Man Survives Coronavirus, Gets $1.1 Million Hospital Bill

He hopefully won't have to actually pay it — but the sticker price shows the staggering cost of the pandemic.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Duke University have developed an AI that can generate a detailed computer-generated portrait of a human face from a pixelized version.
Artificial Intelligence

New Algorithm Is a Lot Like the “Enhance!” Feature In “CSI”

Enhance!

By Victor Tangermann

Loneliness is difficult to quantify, but scientists find that prolonged isolation can lead to both mental and physical medical conditions.
Health & Medicine

COVID Could Be Making People So Lonely That They’re Getting Sick

It's not just you.

By Dan Robitzski

New Research: There Could Be 36 Alien Civilizations in Our Galaxy
Science & Energy

New Research: There Could Be 36 Alien Civilizations in Our Galaxy

They say there "should be around 36 active civilizations in our Galaxy."

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, astronomers were able to watch the entire, weeks-long process of a neutron star absorbing matter and creating a powerful x-ray blast.
Physics

Astronomers Watch Neutron Star “Charge Up” Before Huge X-ray Blast

This is awe-inspiring.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are closing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal from the "dark age" of the universe, an ancient era from before stars had formed.
Science & Energy

Scientists Hunting For Signs of the “Dark Age” Before Stars Formed

They're honing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal.

By Dan Robitzski

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

Scientists Discover “Unexpected” Structures Near Earth’s Core

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

Terrifying Argument Says Economy Will Collapse For Real in August

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

This Flying Car Looks Like the DeLorean From “Back to the Future”

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

Scientists Claim to Have Recreated Earth’s First Life

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

City Passes Measure to Cancel Rent During Pandemic

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

Leaked CDC Documents: Coronavirus Is Spiking in US Again

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

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

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

Lab Puts Mice in Suspended Animation. Will It Work on Humans?

"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

This Plan For a Martian City Under a Dome is Breathtaking

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

Bizarre Subatomic “Quasiparticle” Reproduces Like a Living Cell

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

Engineered Human Cells Could Propel Drugs Through the Body

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

By Dan Robitzski