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The baby boomers of America are using marijuana at ever-increasing rates, according to a new study published February 2020.
Studies

We get it, Dad. Put down the bong.

By Foster Kamer

Space Force Lt. General David Thompson clarifies what, exactly, the new military branch does, and how it plans to work with private companies.
Science & Energy

This Space Force lieutenant seems pretty interested in SpaceX's satellite constellations.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers at Penn State just confirmed the existence of G 9-40b, a gigantic super-Earth only roughly 90 light years from Earth.
Exoplanets

In galactic terms, at least.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new report, the internet was intentionally shut off more than 200 times in 33 countries in 2019, affecting tens of millions of people.
Future Society

Citizens protesting in the streets? Better shut down the web!

By Victor Tangermann

The pharma company Moderna Inc. just shipped a batch of experimental coronavirus vaccine to federal researchers, and tests could begin by April.
Viruses

"Nothing has ever gone that fast."

By Dan Robitzski

Iran health ministry confirmed today in an interview that the country's deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi has tested positive for COVID-19.
Developments

This might be why he kept mopping his brow during a press conference this week.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study reveals a bizarre link: on days that solar storms mess with the magnetic field, more gray whales beach themselves.
Solar Power

This scientist says that "whales are stranding a lot more often when the sun is doing crazy stuff."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists built a vaccine that protected mice from SARS. Now they think it could help in the fight against COVID-19.
Viruses

"It may require some tweaking, but it's stable."

By Dan Robitzski

Six new studies were published today, detailing some of the discoveries made by NASA's InSight Mars lander, including evidence of a strange glow in the sky.
Mars

Mars is glowing up. Literally.

By Victor Tangermann

MIT is working on self-driving technology that allows cars to "see" through the ground up to a depth of ten feet below the surface of the road.
Self-Driving Vehicles

In poor visibility, your car could look for landmarks — under the surface of the road.

By Victor Tangermann

The French Health Ministry announced that France no longer has confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19: one patient died but all the others recovered.
Developments

There are no longer any confirmed cases of the coronavirus in France.

By Dan Robitzski

An Australian fusion startup called HB11 claims to have found a way to revolutionize current nuclear fusion technology. A bold statement.
Energy

"We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have held fusion energy back for more than half a century."

By Victor Tangermann

As crewed missions to space venture deeper and deeper, two scientists argue that space agencies ought not to ignore astronauts' human needs.
Science & Energy

These researchers pose a wild question: Should NASA send sex robots into orbit?

By Dan Robitzski

The Pentagon performed a training exercise last week in which it simulated a nuclear exchange with Russia, according to National Defense Magazine.
Future Society

It's common for the military to simulate nuclear conflicts — but not to publicize them.

By Jon Christian

A new report by researchers at Imperial College London in the UK suggest that about two thirds of new COVID-19 coronavirus infections have gone undetected.
Viruses

Scientists are trying to contain an epidemic of unknown proportions.

By Victor Tangermann

This weekend, a flat Earth conspiracy theorist launched himself in a homemade rocket — and crashed a minute later, dying in the wreck.
Off-World

"I don't believe in science," he told the Associated Press in 2017.

By Jon Christian

As countries struggle to contain the coronavirus, global economies and the stock market are starting to take notable hits.
Viruses

The outbreak is straining economic markets and Europe's open borders.

By Dan Robitzski

A cross-sectional study of about 3,000 young men, their diets, and sperm have researchers thinking more about the adage "you are what you eat."
Studies

A Western diet may turn your "swimmers" into sinkers.

By Jacob Banas

Carmakers are expected to release wireless charging pads for electric cars based on a universally agreed-upon standard as soon as this year.
Advanced Transport

Is it really too much to ask electric car owners to plug in their cars by hand?

By Victor Tangermann

Mattel, the brand behind the iconic Hot Wheels brand, just announced an adorable remote-controlled version of Tesla's brutalist Cybertruck.
Tesla

Shattered windows optional.

By Victor Tangermann