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On opposite side of the Earth's core lie two massive, mysterious blobs of ultrahot ancient rock that have scientists locked in a decades-long disagreement.
Science & Energy

"It would be like having an object in the sky, and asking, 'Is that the moon?' And people are like, no. 'Is that the sun?' No. 'What is it?' We don’t know."

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that the Big Bang theory could be off: some assumptions about the early unvierse don't match the actual data.
Science & Energy

Eric Lerner says his findings contradict the popular theory.

By Dan Robitzski

A journalist crashed Segway's new S-Pod into a wall at CES 2020, bringing an end to the self-balancing electric wheelchair's demonstration.
Advanced Transport

"At the very end of my ride, the joystick came loose, and the Segway egg (and I) crashed into the wall."

By Kristin Houser

In a video uploaded to Twitter by Elon Musk, a Tesla Model 3 can be heard talking to pedestrians, the newest feature Musk has announced for the Tesla.
Elon Musk

Teslas will also "fart in their general direction," Musk said.

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. Department of Energy will build the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a cutting-edge particle collider, at New York's Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Physics

The cutting-edge device will cost upwards of $2.6 billion to build.

By Kristin Houser

Spanish startup Novameat has unveiled its latest product: Steak 2.0, a plant-based steak it says is the "most realistic" yet.
Future Society

Novameat calls it the "most realistic" plant-based steak yet.

By Kristin Houser

According comments he made on a post that outlined his New Year's resolutions on Facebook, Zuckerberg revealed that he hunts wild boar with bow and arrow.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg: billionaire hog slayer.

By Victor Tangermann

A study of mass mortality events involving feral pigs could yield insights that help Australia repair its ecosystem after its devastating brushfires.
Science & Energy

The dead pigs are helping researchers understand mass mortality events.

By Kristin Houser

Boeing has released internal communications regarding its 737 Max — and the contents of some of the messages are downright disturbing. 
Advanced Transport

"I still haven’t been forgiven by God for the covering up I did last year."

By Kristin Houser

A new report suggests that the U.S. military might be holding on to more footage of a mysterious 2004 "unidentified aerial phenomenon" UFO encounter.
Future Society

Pentagon spokesperson: "the release of these materials would cause exceptionally grave damage to the National Security of the United States."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX hopes to prove that NASA astronauts will be safe aboard Crew Dragon by deliberately destroying a Falcon 9 rocket soon after launch.
Falcon

The test aims to prove that Crew Dragon will keep astronauts safe.

By Kristin Houser

When the Department of Veterans Affairs refused to pay for a disabled veteran's prosthetic legs, the company that provided the limbs came to repo them.
Prosthetics and Devices

This is shameful.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German researchers have finally solved the mystery of a mysterious seismic humming first discovered in November 2018: an underwater volcano.
Science & Energy

Let's just say that it involves the largest magma chamber ever discovered.

By Victor Tangermann

Surveillance vendor Special Services Group has created a truly bizarre collection of tech for cops — including a spy camera hidden in a tombstone.
Future Society

And it really doesn’t want you to know about the tech.

By Kristin Houser

The Radcliffe Wave is an unbroken stream stars and stellar nurseries 9,000 light-years long — and it may be the biggest structure in the Milky Way.
Science & Energy

The unbroken stream of gas, dust, and young stars is 9,000 light-years long.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers found that increasing the minimum wage by a single dollar is linked to a drop in suicide rates between 3.4 and 5.9 percent in the U.S.
Studies

The rich, unsurprisingly, are living longer.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found a way to increase the lifespan of C. elegans worms fivefold, which would be equivalent to a human reaching the age of 500.
Science & Energy

This would be like a human living to be 400 years old.

By Kristin Houser

The eight "mighty mice" NASA sent to space have returned to Earth from the ISS, potentially bringing with them insights on humans avoiding muscle loss.
NASA

Thankfully, none got loose on the space station.

By Kristin Houser

In a letter to Senators, Ring confirmed at least four instances of employees abusing their power to watch customers' video footage.
Future Society

It's not just hackers spying through your Ring camera.

By Dan Robitzski

Two stars that make up the binary system called V Sagittae some 1,100 light years away are going to collide in an enormous explosion around 2083.
Science & Energy

It'll be the brightest stellar object in the night sky.

By Victor Tangermann