Read the latest articles from Futurism (Page 800)

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

Boeing’s Spaceship Cockpit Looks Strikingly Different Than SpaceX’s
Boeing

Boeing’s Spaceship Cockpit Looks Strikingly Different Than SpaceX’s

SpaceX and Boeing's spacecraft couldn't look more different on the inside.

By Victor Tangermann

In 2010, a scientist published research suggesting that 2020 would be a total shitshow. It goes without saying he really nailed it.
Science & Energy

A 2010 Scientific Paper Predicted That 2020 Would Be a Shitshow

Wow, nailed it!

By Dan Robitzski

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus infections are on the rise in the Northeastern United States, in large part thanks to global warming.
Developments

Bad News: Another Deadly Virus Is Spreading in the US

Even if you survive, the neurological impairments are devastating.

By Victor Tangermann

On Twitter, Elon Musk elaborated on the design tweaks SpaceX will have to make to its Starship to allow it to land on the Moon.
Starship

SpaceX Trying to Figure Out How to Land Starship on the Moon

Musk: "No need to bring early ships back. They can serve as part of moon base alpha."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists: Super High Potency Weed Doesn’t Really Get You Higher
RX and Medicine

Scientists: Super High Potency Weed Doesn’t Really Get You Higher

Gimme that cheap-ass brick weed.

By Dan Robitzski

Amateur photographer and scientist Gaurav Agrawal had no idea his spectacular picture of a lake in a National Park could end up crashing Android phones.
Devices

This Guy Accidentally Took a Photo That Crashes Android Smartphones

"I hoped my photograph would have gone 'viral' for a good reason, but maybe that's for another time."

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre star system: a collapsed pulsar and white dwarf binary orbiting a second white dwarf, upheld a major tenet of Einstein's general relativity.
Physics

Collapsed Star Proves Another of Einstein’s Theories

It's a celestial retelling of Galileo's famous freefall experiment.

By Dan Robitzski