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China just showed off a rocket that could send astronauts to the Moon — but when is still a big question mark.
Moon

China Reveals Rocket to Send Astronauts to Moon

"The world is seeing a new wave of lunar exploration, crewed or uncrewed."

By Victor Tangermann

New demonstrative Toyota robots show how warehouse-like technology could help seniors keep up on housework like the dishes.
Robotics

Toyota Built a Robot to Do Grandpa’s Dishes

The new robots help seniors with housework, but for now are just demo prototypes.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just spotted a brief, but extremely intense event: a star self-detonating star some 70 million light-years away.
Science & Energy

Hubble Just Watched a Star Explode In a Massive Supernova

Watch it here.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Russian scientists suspects supermassive black holes may be traversible wormholes, and they have a plan to actually find out.
Science & Energy

Physicists: Supermassive Black Holes May Actually Be Wormholes

"The wormholes we are considering are traversable wormholes, so theoretically spacecraft can travel through them."

By Dan Robitzski

CNBC reports that side effects of several COVID vaccines can include high fever, exhaustion, and headaches. They mostly don't last for more than a day.
Viruses

COVID Vaccines Can Have Some Nasty Side Effects — But Only For a Day

Beats dying, though.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists uncovered a series of epigenetic changes that seem to predict late-onset Alzheimer's disease, hinting at the possibility of future treatments.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Just Found Something That Happens Before Alzheimer’s Sets In

A series of epigenetic changes seem to predict the onset of Alzheimer's.

By Dan Robitzski

It may be many years away — but the Space Force is already considering the possibility of putting the first troops into space and establish a base there.
Moon

US General: Space Force May Build a Moon Base

"At some point, yes, we will be putting humans into space."

By Victor Tangermann

Earth will likely capture a new minimoon in its orbit later this year. But signs suggest that it's actually a hunk of space garbage.
Science & Energy

Earth Appears to Be Capturing a Tiny New Moon

Please welcome the Earth's newest moon!

By Dan Robitzski

Neuroscientists found that crows have conscious and subjective experiences, challenging assumptions about animal intelligence and human superiority.ogical constraints
Science & Energy

Scientists Claim to Have Proved That Crows Have Conscious Experiences

Crows seem to have subjective experiences, just like us.

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook's former head of monetization says that his former employer, like big tobacco companies, worked to make its product as addictive as possible.
Future Society

Former Employee: We Made Facebook as Addictive as Cigarettes on Purpose

"We took a page form Big Tobacco's playbook, working to make our offering addictive at the outset."

By Jon Christian

Following a landmark European court ruling, Facebook is warning that it may pull out of Europe entirely, as The Guardian reports.
Future Society

Facebook Threatens to Pull Out of Europe Entirely

Is it just an empty threat?

By Victor Tangermann

A new video shows a Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet crashing into the ground in a massive ball of flame after colliding with a tanker aircraft.
Robots and Machines

Watch a US Fighter Jet Smash Into the Ground in a Huge Fireball

That looked expensive.

By Victor Tangermann

At Huawei's request, the Chinese government plans to launch a new antitrust probe into Google over its Android operating system's market dominance.
Future Society

China Plans to Launch an Antitrust Probe Into Google

The investigation is being launched at Huawei's request.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists warn that as climate change progresses, even traditionally wet and humid forests around the world could be consumed by worsening fires.
Climate Change

Scientists Warn: Someday, Even Wet Forests Could Burn

Humanity could soon find itself on a crash course with a future where an ever-growing swath of the planet is coated in flames.

By Dan Robitzski

Washington state emergency responders were able to get early access to SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband service for regions affected by wildfires.
Future Society

SpaceX Gives Early Starlink Internet to Towns Destroyed by Wildfires

"Glad SpaceX could help!"

By Victor Tangermann

Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf suggests that it would be much easier to find intelligent extraterrestrial life while it's facing the apocalypse.
Science & Energy

Scientist: Aliens Facing the Apocalypse Would Be Easier to Find

"We may yet find ourselves detecting the shrieks of civilizations across our galaxy."

By Dan Robitzski

As their eerie name suggests, "zombie storms" occurs when strong tropical climates cause storms to come back from the dead.
Science & Energy

National Weather Service Warns of “Zombie Storms”

Hurricane Paulette rose from the dead last week.

By Victor Tangermann

The HP Omnicept measures biometrics to tell when people are stressed, which could be a good tool for high-stakes job simulations.
Virtual Reality

New VR Headset Reads Your Biometrics to Find Your Breaking Point

It monitors your heartbeat, pupil size and more — all in a bid to measure your stress level.

By Dan Robitzski

The biotech company LambdaVision is launching a project to manufacture artificial retinas for blind patients out in space.
Developments

Biotech Company Plans to Manufacture Artificial Retinas in Space

NASA is launching its first experiment to the space station this month.

By Dan Robitzski

A new enzyme, which is really a hybrid of two others, can break down plastic waste six times faster than the next best one.
Environment

Scientists Create Enzyme That Devours Plastic at Incredible Speed

The new enzyme breaks down plastic six times faster than the previous best one.

By Dan Robitzski