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YouTubers painted a car with Musou Black, a paint that absorbs 99.4 percent of light, leaving the vehicle looking more like a silhouette than an object.
Advanced Transport

This Super-Black Car Is So Dark That It Looks Like a Silhouette

It's darker than Vantablack — like staring into a black hole.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has powered up the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy lift rocket that's meant to one day allow Americans to return to the Moon.
Moon

NASA Is Gassing Up Its Big, Pricy Moon Rocket

The "wet dress" rehearsal went by without a hitch.

By Victor Tangermann

An artificial chicken venture called the Chicken seems to have nailed the flavor and texture of a fried chicken sandwich using lab-grown cells.
Science & Energy

Lab-Grown Chicken Sandwich Tastes Like Real Thing, Says Person Who Ate It

A new lab-slash-restaurant is giving away chicken sandwiches for free.

By Dan Robitzski

A video uploaded to the Boring Company's Twitter account shows the entire Las Vegas Convention Center Loop terminal light up in rainbow colors.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Turned Its Vegas Tunnel Into a “Rave”

RGB, baby.

By Victor Tangermann

China has successfully powered up its "artificial sun" nuclear fusion reactor for the first time according to Agence France Presse.
Energy

China Just Powered Up Its “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor

The reactor will be ten times the temperature of the core of the Sun.

By Victor Tangermann

The mysterious outbreak that's causing epilepsy-like symptoms in southeast India continues to grow, and experts have no idea what's causing it.
Developments

Mysterious, Epilepsy-Like Outbreak Still Spreading in India

More than 500 have been hospitalized.

By Dan Robitzski

Earlier this week, Google's DeepMind AI researchers broke the record for predicting how proteins will assemble. Scientists in the field remain unimpressed.
Google

Scientists Unimpressed by Google’s Protein Folding Algorithm

Critics say DeepMind is hyping up the achievement.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he is "highly confident" that his space company will land humans on the Martian surface as soon as 2026.
Mars

Elon Musk “Highly Confident” SpaceX Will Land Humans on Mars Within 6 Years

"If we get lucky, maybe four years."

By Victor Tangermann

In an effort to combat non-consensual content on its platform, Pornhub is making sweeping changes to to how it's operating, Vice reports.
Future Society

Pornhub Announces Sweeping Changes to Fight Sex Videos of Children on Its Site

Will this be enough to keep child abuse off Pornhub?

By Victor Tangermann

An ultrahot gas giant that's even darker than asphalt is going to crash into its star significantly sooner than scientists thought.
Science & Energy

A Super-Black Planet Is About to Literally Crash Into Its Star

A horrible fate.

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese space agency instructed part of the Chang'e-5 spacecraft to crash back into the Moon after its job was done so it wouldn't become space junk.
Science & Energy

China Crashed Spacecraft Into the Moon so It Wouldn’t Become Space Junk

That's one way to do it.

By Dan Robitzski

Health authorities in the UK are advising that those with a history of strong allergic reactions shouldn't get Pifzer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.
Developments

Some Are Getting Severe Allergic Reactions to the COVID Vaccine in the UK

They're advising people with a history of serious allergic reactions to skip the shot.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX’s Starship Scrubs First High-Altitude Test at Last Second
Starship

SpaceX’s Starship Scrubs First High-Altitude Test at Last Second

That could've been epic.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just published a detailed report on the upcoming Artemis Moon missions, including information on the planned lunar base camp.
Moon

NASA Releases Detailed Plan for 2024 Moon Base Camp

By the end of the decade, NASA plans to have established a base on the Moon's south pole.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk Says He Has Moved to Texas
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Has Moved to Texas

So long, California.

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, police raided the home of data scientist and whistleblower Rebekah Jones, who had refused to manipulate data for the state Health Department.
Future Society

Police Raid Home of COVID-19 Whistleblower

Cops pushed into her home and pointed guns at her children.

By Dan Robitzski

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is effective after just two weeks following a single dose, according to FDA data.
Developments

COVID Vaccine Is Effective After Just Two Weeks

"This is what an A+ report card looks like for a vaccine."

By Victor Tangermann

A company called Ghost Robotics is building dog-like robots explicitly for military use. Soon, they'll guard an Air Force base in Florida.
Robot Dogs

Oh No: This Company Is Building Robodogs Specifically for Combat

It sounds like that one episode of "Black Mirror."

By Dan Robitzski

The Smellicopter, a small autonomous drone that tracks down scents, relies on the biological machinery of a live moth antenna.
Drones

Tiny Cyborg Drone Navigates Using Surgically Removed Moth Antenna

"Nature really blows our human-made... sensors out of the water."

By Dan Robitzski

Back in July, the White House turned down an offer to buy hundreds of millions of extra doses of Pfizer's vaccine for COVID-19.
Viruses

Trump Turned Down Opportunity to Buy 500M Doses of COVID Vaccine

If the US doesn't have enough doses to go around, it could all be the fault of this one decision.

By Dan Robitzski