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The Breakthrough Listen Initiative is now listening for radio transmissions from 200 times more star systems it was before.
Science & Energy

SETI Team Increases Number of Stars That Might Host Life by 200x

They're now listening for radio signals from 288,315 star systems.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia has officially declassified footage from 1961 of the biggest ever nuclear blast of the RDS-220 hydrogen bomb, better known as Tsar Bomba.
Future Society

Russia Declassifies Video of World’s Biggest Nuclear Blast

Watch it here.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have no idea what formed a series of bizarre ridges on the surface of Mars, and they're not confident in their guess.
Science & Energy

Scientists Still Baffled by Bizarre Martian Ridges

"Of course, this story is almost certainly incomplete if not totally wrong."

By Dan Robitzski

An engineer trained an artificial intelligence algorithm on the King James Bible and had it write bizarre doomsday scripture.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Trained on the Bible Spits Out Bleak Religious Prophecies

A quantum researcher cooked up an "AI Jesus."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a shark that had its teeth and skin almost completely eaten away by ocean acidification and chemical pollution.
Pollution

Pollution Dissolved This Shark’s Teeth and Skin, Researchers Say

But somehow, it still survived — by swallowing its prey whole.

By Dan Robitzski

An energy startup called NDB says it's making progress on a battery technology powered by small pieces of nuclear waste. Oh, and they say it's safe.
Nuclear Fusion

Researchers Test Battery Powered by Nuclear Waste

"So if you're talking about electric vehicles, our battery could run for around 90 years without the requirement of recharging."

By Jon Christian

A new report slammed SpaceX's plans to launch more than 30,000 Starlink low-Earth satellites, noting their "extreme" impact on scientific endeavors.
Future Society

Astronomers Slam SpaceX’s Growing Starlink Satellite Constellation

If SpaceX has its way, Starlink could have an "extreme" impact on science programs.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk just compared his secretive brain-computer interface startup Neuralink to the dystopian science fiction show "Black Mirror."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Compares Neuralink to “a ‘Black Mirror’ Episode”

"You could basically store your memories as a backup, and restore the memories, and ultimately you could potentially download them into a new body or a robot body."

By Jon Christian

New research suggests that GEODEs, or imitation black holes full of dark energy, could be driving the universe's ongoing expansion.
Science & Energy

Physicists: Fake Black Holes Could Be Pulling the Universe Apart

They'd look like black holes — but they're actually spinning blobs of dark energy that are remaking the cosmos.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla competitor Lucid Motors claims to have beaten a Tesla Model S in a quarter mile race, covering the distance in a blistering 9.9 seconds.
Tesla

Lucid Motors Claims to Have Beaten Tesla Model S on Drag Strip

The competition is really starting to heat up.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of physicists speculate that a bizarre form of extraterrestrial life might be able to survive and rapidly evolve inside stars.
Space

Scientists Say Life Could Survive Inside Stars

Like genetic mutations, each generation would develop new traits, perhaps to the point of developing intelligence.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have spotted what they claim to be the most massive collision of two black holes ever, creating a black hole of about 150 solar masses.
Black Holes

Astronomers Claim to Have Spotted the Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever

"Everything about this discovery is mindboggling."

By Victor Tangermann

According to Anthony Fauci, top infectious disease expert, there could be a safe way to start giving out a coronavirus vaccine earlier than expected.
Developments

Fauci: We Could Cut Trials Short and Give Out COVID Vaccine “Right Now”

"I'm not concerned about political pressure."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Invent Artificial Skin That Can Feel Pain
Robots and Machines

Scientists Invent Artificial Skin That Can Feel Pain

This goal is to improve on prosthetics — or even skin grafts that can actually feel.

By Victor Tangermann

The bodybuilding supplement AKG keeps mouse alive and healthy for longer, so scientists want to see if it does the same for humans.
RX and Medicine

This Drug Makes Mice Live Longer and Healthier Lives

A common bodybuilding supplement kept lab mice healthier for longer.

By Dan Robitzski

New optical tweezers can pick up objects as small as ten nanometers, potentially improving the way biologists investigate molecules.
Biology

Engineers Build Tweezers So Tiny They Can Pick Up Individual Molecules

"The ability to trap and manipulate such small objects gives us the ability to understand the way our DNA and other biological molecules behave in great detail."

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers have built a true hologram, not unlike the ones seen in "Star Wars": a short loop of the Earth spinning on its axis.
Virtual Reality

Scientists Create True, “Star Wars”-Style Hologram

I guess they couldn't get the rights to Carrie Fisher's likeness.

By Dan Robitzski

The Trump Administration's de facto ban on Chinese-made drones has prevented the Interior Department from starting controlled burns to limit forest fires.
Drones

Leaked Memo: Trump’s Chinese Drone Ban Made Wildfire Season Worse

Firefighters will have to risk their lives while the drones are grounded.

By Dan Robitzski

A NASA satellite that launched in 1964 — over half a century ago — just burned up as it reentered the Earth's atmosphere.
NASA

Amazing Footage Shows Ancient NASA Satellite Burning Up During Reentry

It breaks apart in a fiery streak across the sky.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists mapped the physical structure of the coronavirus' genetic code at an unprecedented level of detail in hopes that they can find ways to stop it.
Viruses

Scientists Create 3D Map of Entire Coronavirus Genetic Structure

It's a tangled mess of what they call a "long, noodle-like molecule" that folds in on itself like "molecular origami."

By Dan Robitzski