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Apply now! NASA is officially accepting astronaut applications for its next generation of astronauts that could one day travel to the Moon and Mars.
Moon

Here’s Where You Can Apply to Be a NASA Moon Astronaut

"It’s an incredible time in human spaceflight to be an astronaut."

By Victor Tangermann

William Gerstenmaier, who served as the chief of NASA’s human spaceflight program for 14 years, has found himself new gig: working at SpaceX.
NASA

SpaceX Hires Former NASA Chief of Human Spaceflight

A former big fish at NASA is now swimming in SpaceX's pond.

By Kristin Houser

NASA will need $35 billion over the next four years to successfully complete the Artemis Moon mission, according to Human Spaceflight Chief Doug Loverro.
Moon

NASA: Next Moon Landing Will Cost About $35 Billion

And that money will be on top of NASA's current budget.

By Kristin Houser

What’s The Highest Known Temperature?
Physics

What’s The Highest Known Temperature?

Enter the world of extreme physics.

By Jolene Creighton

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

Iran Tries to Pass Off $20 Walmart Costume as Space Suit

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

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Is Going to Work on an Oil Rig

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

App Checks Whether You’ve Come in Contact With Deadly Coronavirus

"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

New Research: Marijuana Can Lead to False Memory Formation

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

Expert: Deadly Viral Outbreak Could Infect 60% of World Population

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

The WHO Finally Gives the Coronavirus an Official Name

"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

NASA Snaps Photo of Epic Dust Devil on the Surface of Mars

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

Hong Kong Officials Fear Deadly Virus Is Spreading Through Pipes

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

CA Hospital Accidentally Releases Patient With Deadly Virus

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

You Can Now Adopt Lab Animals That the FDA Experimented On

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

Scientist Who Said Spiders Have Personalities May Have Faked Data

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

Next NASA Mars Rover Will Sport a Rock-Vaporizing Laser

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

Space Force General: Russian Satellite Is “Unusual and Disturbing”

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

WHO Leader Warns of Worldwide Coronavirus Outbreaks

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

China Is Spraying Entire City Blocks to Contain Outbreak

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

Scientists Invent Device to Generate Electricity From Rain

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

By Dan Robitzski