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The Air Force's model of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet has awful accuracy, according to a new DoD assessment, in part because of its cracked casing.
Robots and Machines

"Although the program office is working to fix deficiencies, new discoveries are still being made."

By Dan Robitzski

A cruise ship was stranded off the coast of Italy as officials investigated — and eventually dismissed — a potential case of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
Viruses

6,000 passengers were stuck in limbo with an unconfirmed viral outbreak in their midst.

By Dan Robitzski

Detroit-based carmaker GMC revealed today that it's working on resurrecting the Hummer brand with a Hummer EV that features some monstrous specs.
Advanced Transport

This seems like a testosterone-drenched response to Tesla's Cybertruck.

By Victor Tangermann

There's a decent chance that two satellites will collide this evening, potentially releasing a cloud of hazardous debris into orbit.
Science & Energy

"The worry is that we'll start seeing a chain reaction where all the satellites kill each other with shrapnel and space becomes unusable."

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese billionaire Yukatu Maezawa had to break the hearts of 27,722 women, revealing that he cancelled the TV show to find himself a Moon trip companion.
Moon

Sorry, ladies!

By Victor Tangermann

Google has unveiled a new chatbot named Meena, which it claims is capable of conversing on a level almost equal to humans.
Google

Meena's responses are both logical and specific.

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. government fast-tracked the development of a vaccine for 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that emerged from China last month. But it could take a year.
Viruses

The goal is to start a clinical trial in three months.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just released the highest resolution images of the Sun's surface ever taken using the largest solar telescope in the world.
Science & Energy

Forbidden snacks.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study suggests that artificial intelligence might trick us into thinking we see alien technosignatures where none exist.
Artificial Intelligence

We'll need to be careful using AI in the search for ET.

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists attached microelectronics to the undersides of jellyfish to create "biohybrid robots" that swim three times as fast as normal ones.
Robots and Machines

A global network of "biohybrid" jellyfish could help us explore the Earth's oceans.

By Victor Tangermann

Rocket technology company SpinLaunch is planning to start suborbital test flights using a massive centrifuge called as soon as this winter.
Space

The company still has to prove its satellite slingshot will actually work.

By Victor Tangermann

Japan is building a massive humanoid robot modeled after those in the "Gundam" sci-fi franchise — and it'll reportedly be able to walk.
Robotics

It'll be 59 feet tall and weigh a staggering 25 tons.

By Kristin Houser

NASA announced on Monday that it has chosen private space station manufacturer Axiom Space to build the first space hotel for the ISS.
NASA

Space hotel CEO: "It's a bargain!"

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese researchers transplanted sheets containing heart muscle cells derived from stem cells onto a patient's damaged heart for the first time.
Health & Medicine

This first-of-its-kind procedure could replace heart transplants.

By Kristin Houser

A group calling itself OurMine hacked the official social media accounts of the National Football League and 15 NFL teams.
Hacking

The hackers tweeted an offer to trade a star player for $1.

By Kristin Houser

A new study has found that the Pacific Ocean's increasingly acidic water is dissolving the shells of newly hatched Dungeness crabs.
Science & Energy

Ocean acidification has claimed one of its smallest victims yet.

By Kristin Houser

A breakdown of who is getting sick and dying from the coronavirus outbreak shows that elderly people and those who were already sick are getting hit harder.
Viruses

There's not much risk — unless you're sick or old.

By Dan Robitzski

Ndemic Creations saw a huge uptick in "Plague Inc." players recently, a situation the game studio attributes to the current coronavirus epidemic in China.
Viruses

"Please remember that 'Plague Inc.' is a game, not a scientific model."

By Kristin Houser

German munitions experts had to defuse seven unexploded World War II bombs at the factory site where Tesla wants to build its new Gigafactory, CNBC reports.
Tesla

It was an explosive situation.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has notified owners in China that they'll be able to charge their vehicles for free for the duration of the nation's coronavirus epidemic.
Tesla

Tesla is doing its part to help during the deadly epidemic.

By Kristin Houser