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An international team of researchers has found that the red supergiant star Antares is even more gigantic than we thought.
Science & Energy

This Star Is So Huge that Saturn’s Orbit Would Fit Inside It

We thought it was 700 times larger than the Sun. But it's way bigger.

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, an unusual fireball streaked across the sky over Australia, leaving astronomers wondering whether they saw an incinerating satellite or a meteor.
Science & Energy

Watch a Mysterious Blue Fireball Scream Over Australia

Astronomers are speculating about what it could have been.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of London-based scientists used the popular gene-editing technique CRISPR to genetically modify human embryos — but the results were not good.
Gene Editing

A Gene-Editing Experiment on Human Embryos Went Horribly Wrong

The disastrous results are a warning to "stay the living daylights away from embryo editing," an expert says.

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, there could be as many as six billion Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars in our galaxy.
Science & Energy

Study: There Could be 6 Billion Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy

According to new research, there could be a staggering number of opportunities for life in our galaxy.

By Victor Tangermann

New animation tech can create a virtual represenation of a dog after filming it with a single camera, no motion capture suit needed.
Science & Energy

New Motion Capture Tech Could Digitize Your Dog Into Video Games

"Dog owners could also use it to make a 3D digital representation of their pet on their computer, which is a lot of fun!"

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

"SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports."

By Victor Tangermann

A common mutation of the coronavirus is far more contagious than others, potentially explaining why some regions were so devastated.
Viruses

Scientists: Mutated Version of Coronavirus May Have Hit NYC, Italy

A mutated strain may explain the massive death toll in specific areas.

By Dan Robitzski

As part of a Huntington's trial, researchers found that high doses of ketamine were capable of switching on and off the brain activity in sheep.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Gave Ketamine to Sheep and Were Baffled by the Result

It appeared to turn their brains off and then on again.

By Victor Tangermann

By genetically modifying goats, scientists found a way to make them manufacture expensive cancer medications in their milk.
Cancer

Scientists Gene-Hack Goats to Make Cancer Drug in Their Milk

Yes, you read that right.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers probing the night sky for signs of dark energy discovered almost 21,000 new, extremely-dim galaxies.
Energy

Dark Energy Researchers Discover Nearly 21,000 New Galaxies

These unusual galaxies are even dimmer than the night sky.

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, flushing the toilet could leave behind a cloud of aerosol droplets that have the potential to carry coronavirus particles.
Developments

New Research: Flushing Toilets May Burp Clouds of Virus Particles

Well, this is horrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA just authorized an iOS game as a treatment for adolescent ADHD, making it the first ever prescription video game.
RX and Medicine

FDA Approves First-Ever Prescription Video Game

Can playing this game really reduce symptoms of ADHD?

By Dan Robitzski

According to experts, a drug used to reduce inflammation for a variety of conditions cut the risk of death of COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third.
Viruses

Cheap Drug Appears to Cut COVID Deaths By 30 Percent

"It's a major breakthrough."

By Victor Tangermann

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