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A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a squid robot that can propel itself through water just like the real thing.
Robotics

This Swimming Squid Robot Looks Absolutely Amazing

"Essentially, we recreated all the key features that squids use for high-speed swimming."

By Victor Tangermann

In an email, a Tesla executive warned workers that an anonymous employee "maliciously sabotaged" part of a factory last month.
Tesla

Leaked Tesla Memo: Angry Employee Sabotaged Part of Factory

The employee was fired on the spot.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of MIT scientists working on a universal flu vaccine, or a single inoculation that blocks all flu viruses, modeled a successful vaccination method.
RX and Medicine

MIT Scientists Making Key Progress on Universal Flu Vaccine

One shot would protect you against every strain of the flu.

By Dan Robitzski

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the country will power all homes with wind energy by 2030, but it might cost more than he's allocating.
Wind

UK Pledges to Get 100% of Residential Power From Wind Turbines

The goal is to power every home with wind by 2030.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's space corporation just unveiled plans for its "Amur rocket" — a design that has some striking similarities with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket
Off-World

Elon Musk Just Dissed Russia’s New Reusable Rocket Design

To be fair, it does look like a bit of a ripoff.

By Victor Tangermann

A new hydrogel, when implanted into rats and toads, worked like a bridge between damaged nerves and healed them faster than other techniques.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Claim to Invent Hydrogel That Heals Nerve Damage

They say the gel can propagate neural signals where nerves are injured.

By Dan Robitzski

In a New York Times Opinion interview, Elon Musk raveled that he's not planning on getting a COVID vaccine once one becomes available.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: I Refuse to Get a COVID Vaccine

"I’m not at risk for COVID, nor are my kids."

By Victor Tangermann

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company will give an update on its Starship spacecraft in about three weeks.
Starship

Elon Musk: “Starship Update Coming in 3 Weeks”

"The design has coalesced."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from Monash University in Melbourne is preparing to implant a bionic eye as part of the world's first human clinical trials.
Prosthetics and Devices

Doctors Are Preparing to Implant the World’s First Human Bionic Eye

The same implants could potentially treat paralysis as well.

By Victor Tangermann

A photo of the assembly line at Tesla's Fremont factory shows what appears to be another, freshly-assembled Cybertruck prototype.
Tesla

Photo Shows Cybertruck on Tesla Assembly Line

The image likely shows a new prototype.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at MIT claim their "SPARC" compact fusion reactor should work — or at least in theory, as they argue in a series of papers.
Energy

MIT Researchers Say Their Fusion Reactor Is “Very Likely to Work”

Is fusion energy finally no longer "decades away?"

By Victor Tangermann

With just hours left before he turned 13, Jackson Oswalt managed to fuse two deuterium atoms together in a fusion reactor he built — in his play room.
Energy

Middle Schooler Builds Tiny, Working Fusion Reactor

A 12-year-old just became the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists figured out what happened to Cassiopeia A, a star that had its outer layers blown away before it ultimately exploded in a supernova.
Science & Energy

Something Peeled an Entire Layer Off This Star Like a Giant Orange

The universe is a dangerous place.

By Dan Robitzski

Surfers in Kamchatka, Russia are reporting that the ocean water is leaving them with poisoning-like symptoms, including nausea, weakness, and high fever.
Pollution

Russian Surfers Say Mysterious Pollution Is Poisoning Them

Greenpeace Russia is calling it an "ecological disaster."

By Victor Tangermann

A seed company uploaded a picture of onions to market its seeds on Facebook. The algorithm flagged it for being "overtly sexualized."
Meta

Facebook Algorithm Flags Onions as “Overtly Sexualized”

*Laughs in Zuckerberg*

By Dan Robitzski

Toyota has announced it will officially develop a production hydrogen fuel cell-powered, electric semi truck, a collaboration with manufacturer Hino.
Advanced Transport

Toyota Announces Hydrogen-Powered Semi Truck

"It will be quiet, smooth and powerful while emitting nothing but water."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just won a contract with the military's Space Development Agency to build four satellites that can track missiles like ICBMs.
Science & Energy

The Pentagon Commissioned SpaceX to Build Missile-Tracking Satellites

The military wants in on SpaceX's recently ramped-up satellite production.

By Dan Robitzski

Computer Scientist: AI Can’t Flourish Without a Physical Body
Artificial Intelligence

Computer Scientist: AI Can’t Flourish Without a Physical Body

To develop a sense of self, maybe you just need a body.

By Dan Robitzski

Rising temperatures are a big problem for the dairy industry, so scientists are gene-hacking cows to keep them cool and help them survive.
Climate Change

Scientists Tried to Gene Hack Cows to Survive Climate Change but the Cows Died

They're turning black cows gray to help them manage the heat.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA released a "treasure trove of cosmic delights," gorgeous imagery courtesy of telescopes from around the world, last month.
Science & Energy

Gorgeous NASA X-Ray Images of Universe Look Like an 80s Nightclub

The universe has never looked this good.

By Victor Tangermann