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Viruses

Scientists Think They Found the Coronavirus’ Weak Spot

Critical hit!

Mars

NASA’s Mars Mole is Officially “Dug In”

Finally some good news for NASA's Mars mole.

RX and Medicine

Blood Transfusions Helped a Menopausal Woman Get Pregnant

"There are loads of questions that we still have to answer."

Physics

CERN Says the Higgs Boson Did Something Unexpected

This is good news for the Standard Model of physics.

Tesla

Tesla Competitor Slams Cybertruck For Looking “Like a Doorstep”

Somebody call the burn unit.

Science & Energy

Your Bones Are Made Out of Exploded Stars, Scientists Say

"[The supernova] wasn't just calcium rich. It was the richest of the rich."

Science & Energy

A Poisonous Tsunami Is Screaming Across the Surface of Venus

It's been going for at least 35 years — and we're not exactly sure why.

NASA

Bored Inside Their Spacecraft, NASA Astronauts Made Prank Calls to Pass the Time

"Five hours ago we were bobbing around in a spacecraft making prank satellite phone calls to whoever we could get ahold of."

Developments

Study: Young Vapers Far More Likely to be Diagnosed With COVID-19

"I did not expect it to be this strong of a relationship."

Facial recognition

UK Court Slams Automatic Facial Recognition Tech as “Unlawful”

"We should all be able to use our public spaces without being subjected to oppressive surveillance."

Tesla

Tesla Competitor, Lucid, Claims Their Car Will Have a 517 Mile Range

Is this the range anxiety killer we've been waiting for?

Developments

Russia Says It Has Approved an Untested COVID Vaccine

Its effectiveness and safety have yet to be proven.

Artificial Intelligence

New York City Subway System Asks Apple to Improve Masked Face ID

The MTA just doubled-down on Apple.

Artificial Intelligence

Minority Report-Style Crime-Predicting AI Predictably Sucks At Its Job

It's basically unusable — and potentially dangerous.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Using an “AI Bird Watcher” to Solve a Solar Farm Bird Massacre Mystery

Solar energy may be far more deadly than you might think.

Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Could Revolutionize Off-Planet Exploration

If it succeeds, future missions could soar over alien landscapes — instead of crawling across them like bugs.

RX and Medicine

Meet the Woman Who Wants to Sell Psychedelic Drugs to Scientists

"We all had to hide for so long and grow massive crops in indoor spaces without being arrested."

Advanced Transport

Air Force One’s Successor Could Go 5x the Speed of Sound

That's fast.

Science & Energy

New NASA Animation Shows Mars’ Creepy Greenish “Nightglow”

This strange glow in the Martian night sky is "as bright in the ultraviolet as Earth’s northern lights."

Brain

Zapping the Brain Improved Language Learning Abilities by 13%

Learning new languages could become a lot easier in the future.