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In order to make space missions cheaper and safer, Japan is considering replacing astronauts with humanoid telepresence robots.
Robotics

Japanese Startup Wants to Replace Astronauts With Space Robots

"We'll see an era in which humans will be working in space, not just going to space."

By Dan Robitzski

Disturbing-Looking Face Mask Has “Pac-Man”-Style Mouth Hole
Prosthetics and Devices

Disturbing-Looking Face Mask Has “Pac-Man”-Style Mouth Hole

Would you wear this terrifying invention to a restaurant?

By Victor Tangermann

By playing around with mud in a special lab, an international team of researchers found that Mars is likely covered in strange mud volcanos.
Science & Energy

Mars May Be Covered in Bizarre Mud Volcanoes

"Next time we see something that looks like a lava flow, we cannot be sure that it is lava – it could be mud."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, daily emissions decreased by 17 percent, or 17 million tons of carbon dioxide, worldwide to 2006 levels.
Renewable Energy

Study: Pandemic Caused 17% Drop in Global Carbon Emissions

Whether these low levels will be maintained is up to world leaders.

By Victor Tangermann

In order to equip future Martian settlers, scientists suggest altering their DNA to give them the traits they need to survive.
Mars

Astrobiologist: We Should Gene-Hack New Traits Into Mars Settlers

"And are we maybe ethically bound to do so?"

By Dan Robitzski

A Texas courtroom is experimenting with the videoconferencing software Zoom, which it's using to hold a jury trial this week.
Future Society

A Texas Court Is Holding The First-Ever Jury Trial Over Zoom

The future of law is unfolding on videochat.

By Dan Robitzski

New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos just shared a video of how Boston Dynamics' dog-like robot Spot could give agriculture workers a hand.
Robot Dogs

Watch a Robot Dog Herd Sheep on a New Zealand Farm

A robotics company wants farms to use robot dogs for work that's "often dull, dirty, or dangerous."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule just arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its first crewed test flight dubbed Demo-2 on May 27.
Crew Dragon

SpaceX Is Setting Up Crew Dragon For Its First Human Spaceflight

SpaceX is about to make history.

By Victor Tangermann

A growing number of biostatistical models predicting the future U.S. coronavirus death toll agree: there will likely be 110,000 fatalities by June 6.
Viruses

Multiple Models Predict 110,000 US Coronavirus Deaths by June

That's nearly 30,000 more fatalities in less than a month.

By Dan Robitzski

A new animation by JAXA planetary scientist James O'Donoghue shows just how slow the speed of light is on a cosmic scale.
Physics

Planetary Scientist’s Video Shows How Slow Light Speed Really Is

Even at the Universe's theoretical speed limit, a trip to Mars seems tedious.

By Dan Robitzski

A delightful new video shows Apollo astronauts falling over in their bulky spacesuits, unaccustomed to the Moon's weak gravity.
Moon

Rejoice In This Supercut of Moon Astronauts Falling Over

It's a goofier aspect of space travel.

By Jon Christian

There are a lot of caveats here, so don't get too excited, but new results for an experimental COVID vaccine look promising.
Developments

Don’t Get Too Excited, But This COVID Vaccine Looks Promising

If all goes well — a huge if — it could be widely available by the end of the year.

By Jon Christian

A new medical device that looks and spins like a fidget spinner can test for and diagnose a urinary tract infection in under an hour.
Medical

A Fidget Spinner-Inspired Test Can Diagnose UTIs in Under an Hour

It's almost exactly like a fidget spinner — except full of human urine.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's new Artemis Accords serve as a set of guidelines for both governments and private companies to peacefully operate in space.
NASA

NASA: Please Follow These Space Rules We Can’t Enforce

These rules for space exploration would be great — if there was any way to enforce them.

By Dan Robitzski

After the Senate voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act, House Democrats have one last shot to introduce an amendment that would preserve American's privacy.
Future Society

This Is the Last Chance to Keep Cops From Seeing Your Web History

Nancy Pelosi could re-introduce a privacy safeguard into the Patriot Act.

By Dan Robitzski

This startup is selling a gigantic air-filtration helmet that it says will filter out the COVID-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. Does it work?
Viruses

Will This Gigantic Air-Filtration Helmet Protect Against COVID?

Would you wear this in public?

By Jon Christian

As schoolchildren stay home during formative periods of their childhood, scientists are predicting they'll face educational setbacks for years.
Future Society

Scientists Predict the Pandemic Will Set Students Back for Years

The damage will likely be defined by class differences.

By Dan Robitzski

The newly-minted US Space Force launched a secretive Boeing spacecraft this weekend, loaded with military and NASA equipment.
Space Force

US Space Force Launches Secretive Spacecraft

This slow-motion footage is pretty impressive.

By Jon Christian

Police in China, Italy, Dubai, and multiple other countries are now wearing thermal cameras embedded in their helmets to scan for fevers.
Viruses

Cops Around the World Are Scanning for Fevers With Helmet Cams

Greetings, citizen.

By Dan Robitzski

Therapeutics firm Sorrento claims to have found the first ingredient for its "cocktail" of antibodies that could protect against the coronavirus.
Developments

Pharma Company Claims to Find Part of COVID-Fighting Cocktail

Could this antibody cocktail act as a "protective shield" against infection?

By Victor Tangermann