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The Iran Minister of Information and Communications Technology uploaded an image to Twitter last week of a space suit. It was likely a children's costume.
Future Society

This Iranian space suit is a real bargain.

By Victor Tangermann

Boston Dynamics' popular robot dog Spot is going to work on an offshore oil rig managed by Norwegian oil company Aker BP.
Boston Dynamics

Spot will run inspections and search the rig for leaks.

By Kristin Houser

China released an app over the weekend that lets residents know if they've come in "close contact" with the deadly coronavirus Covid-19.
Viruses

"It's a really powerful tool that really shows the power of data being used for good."

By Kristin Houser

New research shows that marijuana use makes people more susceptible to believing a false memory, a troubling development for the legal system.
Neuroscience and Brain

Could stoned suspects be confessing to crimes they didn't commit?

By Dan Robitzski

Gabriel Leung, public health expert, told The Guardian that 60% of the world's population could get infected by the coronavirus, if left unchecked.
Developments

This SARS expert says other countries should consider a draconian crackdown like China's.

By Victor Tangermann

The World Health Organization announced a new official name for the coronavirus that recently emerged from China: Covid-19.
Viruses

"Having a name matters to prevent the use of other names that can be inaccurate or stigmatizing."

By Dan Robitzski

In October 2019, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to snap a photo of a massive active dust devil — and you can now see it for yourself.
Science & Energy

Yet another problem colonists of the Red Planet will have to face: massive dust devils. 👿

By Kristin Houser

Multiple units within a Hong Kong apartment building have confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, and officials think that the coronavirus is spreading through pipes.
Developments

It would be a troubling development, but for now it's entirely speculative.

By Dan Robitzski

A San Diego hospital accidentally released a patient carrying the deadly coronavirus that's caused a global outbreak this month.
Developments

The hospital accidentally released an infected patient from isolation — out into the city streets.

By Victor Tangermann

Rather than euthanize lab animals after testing, the Food and Drug Administration is now allowing sanctuaries and shelters to adopt the critters.
Science & Energy

The FDA's dogs, cats, rabbits, and more are looking for their forever homes.

By Kristin Houser

Journals have retracted seven papers co-authored by spider researcher Jonathan Pruitt after his co-authors find evidence he falsified data.
Science & Energy

Seven of his papers have already been retracted.

By Kristin Houser

NASA equipped the 2020 Mars rover with a powerful laser, capable of vaporizing rocks. It's an extreme way of learning what they're made of.
Science & Energy

NASA wants to find evidence of fossils by blasting them to smithereens.

By Dan Robitzski

Two mysterious Russian satellites are coming eerily close to a US spy satellite in Earth's orbit, something that has US generals on edge.
Future Society

The general running the US Space Force says this is cause for alarm.

By Victor Tangermann

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the coronavirus outbreak could get worse if countries don't nip it in the bud.
Viruses

The leader of the WHO issued a stark warning of a "spark that becomes a bigger fire."

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese state-owned newspaper the People's Daily uploaded a video of disinfection work in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
Developments

The footage is apocalyptic: Workers roll giant machines down empty streets, blasting huge plumes of disinfecting spray.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers built a kind of generator that gives off a powerful burst of energy whenever it's hit by falling rain.
Energy

This bizarre generator can capture a flash of energy from each raindrop.

By Dan Robitzski

In an image uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave us a rare glimpse at the inside of his space company's Starship factory in Texas.
Starship

It's really coming together.

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday, OurMine's hackers took over the Instagram and Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook in an apparent effort to drum up business.
Hacking

It's the same crew that hacked the NFL last week.

By Kristin Houser

Dutch company Sinot denies reports that Bill Gates is buying Aqua, a $644 million hydrogen-powered yacht concept it designed.
Advanced Transport

"Unfortunately, all 'information' in these recent articles is incorrect."

By Kristin Houser

23andme genomic sequencing genetic information
DNA

The FDA changes course on direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

By Karla Lant