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The first documented case of police facial recognition AI making its first wrongful arrest happened when a man was wrongfully identified as a shoplifter.
Facial recognition

Cops Arrested an Innocent Man Because Facial Recognition Told Them To

"This is just the first time we know about it."

By Dan Robitzski

With so few new COVID-19 cases in China, vaccine research in the country — like an upcoming phase three experiment — needs to be conducted overseas.
Viruses

With No Patients At Home, China Outsources COVID Vaccine Trials

Chinese researchers are holding a phase three clinical trial in the UAE instead.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX just put a tank serving as its seventh Starship prototype called SN7 through its spaces at its testing site in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship

SpaceX Blows Up Another Starship Tank, This Time on Purpose

"Leak before burst is highly desirable."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists assume the first life on Earth used RNA and that DNA developed later. But an experiment suggests both genetic molecules formed at the same time.
Biology

Experiment Shows That DNA May Have Existed Before Life

According to mind-bending new research, DNA may have been floating around long before it assembled into living organisms.

By Dan Robitzski

This is What Sunsets on Other Planets Would Look Like
Off-World

This is What Sunsets on Other Planets Would Look Like

Stunning.

By Victor Tangermann

The European Union may not reopen its borders to the United States due to the largely uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Viruses

Fearing COVID, Europe May Keep Borders Closed to US Travelers

This is pretty embarrassing for the United States.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Harvard astronomers are collaborating on a new project to scan the skies for signs of technological signatures from alien civilizations. 
Science & Energy

NASA Funds Harvard Hunt for Alien “Technological Civilizations”

"The fundamental question we are trying to address is: are we alone?"

By Victor Tangermann

A team of experts discovered an unusual celestial object that's 2.6 solar masses, too big to be a neutron star, too small to be a black hole.
Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Discovered First-Ever “Black Neutron Star”

The discovery could change the way we understand the evolution of stars.

By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Fauci, the United States' top infectious disease specialist, warned today of a "disturbing surge" in new coronavirus infections.
Viruses

Fauci Warns of “Disturbing Surge” in Coronavirus Infections

Some states are beating the coronavirus. Others are seeing more infections than ever.

By Jon Christian

Physicists recently tested and validated the 50-year-old theory that dangling objects into a black hole then releasing them would generate power.
Physics

You Could Generate Power by Dangling Crap Into a Black Hole

A 50-year-old theory was finally validated in an experiment.

By Dan Robitzski

The Segway — from those annoying city tours — is finally ending production after being announced in the year 2001, Fast Company reports.
Advanced Transport

Segway Is No Longer Making Its Famous Two-Wheeled Scooter

RIP: An obituary for the Segway (2001-2020).

By Victor Tangermann

This year, NASA wants to take a giant leap from scanning Mars' geographical features using surface-bound rovers to launching a small helicopter.
Mars

Here’s NASA’s Ingenious Way of Testing Its Mars Helicopter

"This is very analogous to the Wright brothers moment, but on another planet."

By Victor Tangermann

When the Artemis astronauts land on the surface of the Moon, NASA expects them to be able to trek ten miles on foot each time they venture out.
Moon

NASA: Next Moon Astronauts Will Hike 10 Miles on Lunar Surface

That's 16 times farther than Armstrong and Aldrin walked.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, Pluto may have started its life as a hot world with a massive underground ocean of liquid water.
Science & Energy

Scientists: There’s Evidence Pluto Has an Underground Ocean

A radical new theory argues that Pluto harbors a vast underground ocean of water, like Earth — and even, possibly, life.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study outlines a new discovery of a surprisingly young hot Jupiter class exoplanet called HIP 67522 b, some 490 light-years from Earth.
Science & Energy

This Super Young Jupiter-Sized ‘Hot Planet’ is Puzzling Astronomers

How did it get so close to its parent star?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are infecting mini-organs with COVID-19 to better understand how the virus infects and interacts with human organs.
Viruses

Mini-Organ Research Reveals What COVID-19 Does to the Body

And may help explain why the many stories of awful "recoveries" are so truly rough.

By Dan Robitzski

Rather than relying on GPS satellites, scientists propose using neutron stars, the dead remains of exploded stars, as "cosmic lighthouses."
Science & Energy

“Cosmic Lighthouses” Could Help Astronauts Navigate Space

The remnants of dead stars could one day light the way for autonomous spacecraft.

By Victor Tangermann

A new model shows every single atom in the spikes on the surface of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, potentially giving rise to more targeted treatment.
Viruses

Scientists Mapped Out Every Atom in the Coronavirus’s Spikes

"Our team spent days and nights to build these models very carefully…"

By Dan Robitzski

The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. remains low even as the virus resurges in the country. But Dr. Fauci warns it may be a temporary lull.
Developments

COVID-19 Deaths May Have Slowed Because Younger People Are Sick

But Dr. Fauci warns of a calm before a storm.

By Dan Robitzski

While working from home during the ongoing global pandemic, biologists have plenty of time — and they're discovering new insect species left and right.
Biology

Biologists Are Somehow Discovering a Ton of New Species in Quarantine

With a ton of time on his hands, a biologist was able to discover nine new species of small flies.

By Victor Tangermann