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Chess is one of the fastest-growing games on the video game streaming platform Twitch as hundreds of thousands tune in to watch masters strategize.
Future Society

Yasssss Queen: Chess Is Finally Becoming the Next Big eSport

Streamers are going nuts for this retro, black-and-white turn-based strategy game.

By Dan Robitzski

More patients are getting so-called paramedical tattoos to mask their injuries or scars instead of expensive plastic surgery.
Medical

Paramedical Tattoos: Ink Artists’ Latest Innovation to Aid Body Trauma

"It really made me have a different outlook on life."

By Dan Robitzski

This German a way to hack his prosthetic arm so that it could control electronic musical instruments.
Prosthetics and Devices

This Guy Hacked His Prosthetic Arm to Control Musical Instruments

He can control synthesizers with his mind.

By Jon Christian

The director of the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory told the BBC that alien hunting for extra terrestrials should be taken more seriously.
Science & Energy

SETI Scientist: Nobody Takes Alien Hunting Seriously

It's "time for [the search for alien life] to come in from the cold and be properly integrated to all other areas of astronomy."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have plans to battle cocaine addictions with a promising new tool: Using gene therapy to make cocaine less addictive.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Propose Gene Hack to Make Cocaine Less Fun

Geneticists say nay to yay.

By Foster Kamer

A team of researchers have developed a neural network that can predict if asteroids are on a collision course with Earth.
Artificial Intelligence

Neural Network Says These 11 Asteroids Could Smash Into Earth

These nasty space rocks could level entire cities — how come NASA hadn't flagged them?

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese authorities arrested Xu Zhiyong, a legal scholar and activist who called on President Xi Jinping to resign for mishandling the COVID-19 outbreak.
Developments

China Locks Up Activist Who Criticized State’s COVID-19 Response

"I don't think you're an evil man, you're just not wise… Mr. Xi Jinping, please step down."

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have released a gallery of stunning images of what the Coronavirus looks like taken with scanning and transmission electron microscopes.
Viruses

What Does the Coronavirus Look Like? This.

Scientists imaged the virus with an electron microscope — images that carry a terrible beauty.

By Jon Christian

A team of computer science professors have invented a special bracelet that jams any nearby microphones, including the ones in smart assistants.
Robots and Machines

This Cyberpunk Bracelet Jams Any Spying Microphones Nearby

"When you have something private to say, you can activate it in real time."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found a way to turn locusts into explosives-sniffing cyborgs according to a study funded by the U.S. Navy. Yes, bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts.
Robots and Machines

Bomb-Sniffing Cyborg Locusts? Bomb-Sniffing Cyborg Locusts.

Locusts in tiny remote controlled cars could spot explosive chemicals in just half a second.

By Victor Tangermann

It turns out that a thin coating of powdered rust could serve as a killer, lightweight shield against deadly cosmic radiation.
Off-World

It Turns Out Rust Is… a Great Shield for Deadly Space Radiation

Space jalopies, your time has come.

By Dan Robitzski

Tourists are ignoring safety measures when going to see endangered gorillas, spreading deadly diseases and putting the animals in greater danger.
Studies

Endangered Gorilla Community Ravaged by Exotic Man-Borne Disease

Get your stinking germs off me, you damn dirty tourists!

By Dan Robitzski

A newly published Amazon patent that dates back to 2017 lays out plans for a ship-based launch system that whips paylods into space using a miles-long whip.
Off-World

Amazon Patented a System That Literally Whips Stuff Into Orbit

Because, really, why the hell not.

By Victor Tangermann

Delta just threw down a carbon-neutral pledge at a first-class price: $1 billion over ten years. Is it a realistic ambition, or a pie-in-the-sky dream?
Renewable Energy

Uh, Delta Just Threw Down a $1 Billion Carbon-Neutral Pledge

They've given themselves ten years to get it done.

By Foster Kamer

Swiss startup Energy Vault wants to overcome the limitations of lithium-ion batteries by storing wind and solar energy by stacking massive brick towers.
Solar Power

Here’s How to Store Wind and Solar Energy Using Just Gravity

This startup wants to store green energy by stacking giant blocks.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists has nearly dug deep enough inside Earth to tap into a reservoir of supercritical fluid, which could serve as a limitless power supply.
Energy

This Team Wants to Capture Unlimited Energy From Inside the Earth

They have to dig so deep that they risk triggering a massive earthquake.

By Dan Robitzski

Russian director and producer Timur Bekmambetov is producing the first "vertical blockbuster movie," called "V2. Escape From Hell."
Future Society

This “Blockbuster” Movie Will Be Shot Entirely in Vertical Video

The director of "Hardcore Henry" is back with a movie shot entirely on vertical video.

By Victor Tangermann

A research team's new technique has improved the development of transparent organs creating stunning images of 3D cellular maps.
Developments

Scientists Turn Entire Human Organs Fully Transparent

See-through pancreases, hearts and kidneys could lead to functional, 3D printed human organs.

By Jacob Banas

On Friday, Chinese authorities only reported 14 new fatalities linked to COVID-19. But the sudden drop isn't necessarily the good news it appears to be.
Developments

Here’s Why There Are So Few Reported COVID-19 Fatalities Today

It seems like the count is correcting after a massive spike in reported cases.

By Dan Robitzski

Officials at The Health Commission of Hubei Province in China have announced a nearly tenfold increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday morning.
Developments

China Announces Spike in Deadly Virus Infections, Deaths

Here's why there was an explosion in the count of COVID-19 infections and deaths today.

By Victor Tangermann