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Alarming research reveals that each time the Arctic permafrost thawed in the past, it released unimaginable amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
Climate Change

This Is the Devastating Potential of the Arctic Permafrost Melting

Ancient thawings released incredible amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.

By Dan Robitzski

In an unusual case report, a high dose of Ambien temporarily restored the ability to speak and walk to a man who'd spent eight years in a coma-like state.
Neuroscience and Brain

Ambien Temporarily Restored a Man’s Ability to Walk, Speak

But it only works every few weeks.

By Dan Robitzski

US prosecutors have charged six Russian intelligence officers for being involved in several major cyberattacks, including disrupting the 2018 Olympic Games.
Future Society

US Indicts Russia for Some of the Biggest Cyberattacks in Recent History

It's the first time criminal charges have been made.

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Fauci warns that as we hit the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's no end in sight. Trump is taking it out on Fauci instead of helping.
Developments

Trump: Fauci’s a ‘Disaster.’ Fauci: Pandemic’s Not Over.

"…You cannot say that we're on the road to essentially getting out of this."

By Dan Robitzski

The Hubble Space Telescope just captured a spectacular new image of two galaxies starting to be pulled towards the center of another.
Science & Energy

Hubble Telescope Sees a Cosmic “Waterspout” in This Dazzling New Image

One galaxy is dripping individual stars like drops of water into the center of the other.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers argues that a spacecraft powered by nuclear fusion would radically improve our ability to explore the cosmos.
Off-World

Fusion-Drive Spacecraft: Express Solar System Travel, If We Figure It Out

The concept thruster would make the trip to Titan over twice as fast as Cassini did.

By Dan Robitzski

Robot manufacturer Agility has built a human-like robot called Digit that can load boxes onto a truck — and the company is now selling it for $250,000.
Robotics

Headless Box-Stacking Robot Ready to Be Enslaved for $250,000

"If robots are going to be effective and useful to us they're going to have to work on our terms in our space."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just paid Bell Labs $14.1 million to develop a 4G network — on the Moon.
Moon

The Moon Is Getting Cell Service

NASA wants any future lunar inhabitants to have a great 4G data plan.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is funding research toward a camera that can detach from a spacecraft and film it landing from the surface of another world.
Moon

NASA Wants a Moon Camera to Film Landing Spacecraft From the Lunar Surface

Gotta hit them angles.

By Dan Robitzski

Speaking at the Mars Society's convention last week, Elon Musk claimed that SpaceX has a "fighting chance" to send a Starship to Mars in 2024.
Starship

Elon Musk Wants to Send First Starship to Mars in 2024

"I think we have a fighting chance of making that second Mars transfer window."

By Victor Tangermann

Firefighters across the West Coast are dropping special fireballs from drones to keep an unusually severe wildfire season under control.
Drones

Firefighters Are Using Drones That Drop Fireballs

There's a perfectly reasonable explanation, we promise.

By Victor Tangermann

Two separate mysterious sightings of a person flying a jetpack near the Los Angeles International Airport have law enforcement worried.
Advanced Transport

LA Cops Use Aircraft to Hunt Mystery Jetpack Dude

"That’s a catastrophic accident waiting to happen."

By Victor Tangermann

Using spinach as a catalyst, a team of scientists built an experimental fuel cell that outperformed conventional platinum cells.
Energy

Scientists Built a Fuel Cell Out of Spinach

A proof-of-concept spinach cell was both cheaper and more efficient.

By Dan Robitzski

The Japanese government announced that it plans to dump radioactive water stored at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.
Energy

Japan Plans to Dump Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Sea

Wait, wasn't this the plot to "Godzilla"?

By Dan Robitzski

China has released a video of a test involving an array of 48 weaponized drones launching from the back of a truck and from a helicopter.
Drones

Brutal Chinese Weapon Launches Swarm of Explosive Suicide Drones

Well, that's terrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

Three percent of SpaceX's Starlink satellites seem to have failed. That's not bad, but it gets dangerous considering how big the constellation will become.
Science & Energy

Three Percent of SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Died

They're dead in the water — in space.

By Dan Robitzski

The German government will soon publish a draft law that would legally enforce workers' right to stay home and do their job remotely.
Future Society

Germany Wants to Make Remote Work a Legal Right

Say goodbye to the office.

By Dan Robitzski

"Doesn't seem to be any life in this solar system," billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote in a recent tweet, responding to fan mail from a 13-year-old.
Solar Power

Elon Musk: “Doesn’t Seem to Be Any Life in This Solar System”

So you're telling me there's still a chance?

By Victor Tangermann

If a war were waged in space, it wouldn't look anything like Star Wars or Star Trek, reserachers argue. Any conflict would need to be planned in advance.
Off-World

Experts: This Is What Actual Space Battles Will Be Like

"Any conflict in space will be..."

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, researchers have figured out how to record videos of light moving in three dimensions, shooting at 100 billion frames a second.
Science & Energy

Ultra-Speed Caltech Camera Films Light Moving Through Space in 3D

It captures 100 billion frames per second.

By Victor Tangermann