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The Department of Homeland Safety has been circulating a memo about how masls could block facial recognition since Black Lives Matter protests began.
Future Society

Government Leak: Cops Terrified Masks Will Block Facial Recognition

Just in case you needed another reason to wear one.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is expecting to start returning SpaceX Crew Dragon pilots Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth from the ISS on August 1.
NASA

NASA Just Picked a Date for SpaceX to Bring Back Its Astronauts

The mission isn't over yet.

By Victor Tangermann

UK authorities issued a warning on Thursday, claiming that Russian hackers with ties to the Kremlin have been targeting coronavirus vaccine research.
Hacking

State-Backed Russian Hackers Are Targeting Coronavirus Vaccine Research

"We strongly reject these groundless accusations against us."

By Victor Tangermann

A company called HawkEye 360 is about to launch a cluster of satellites that hunt down pirates, smugglers, and poachers around the world.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Launching a Fleet of Pirate-Hunting Satellites

"We’ve seen dark ship activity all over the globe."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Discover “Vantablack” Deep-Sea Creatures
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Vantablack” Deep-Sea Creatures

"It’s like looking at a black hole."

By Victor Tangermann

Geologists are using new techniques like precise GPS measurements to figure out what's driving apart three tectonic plates in Ethiopia.
Science & Energy

Geologists Say a New Ocean Is Opening up in Africa

The theory is that massive, superheated rocks are bubbling up from deep inside the planet — and remaking the surface forever.

By Dan Robitzski

National security contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation has won a Pentagon contract to turn its Shooting Star cargo spacecraft into a space outpost.
Off-World

The Pentagon Is Quietly Working on a Military Space Station Outpost

"The possible applications for Shooting Star are really endless."

By Victor Tangermann

VR Sex
Virtual Reality

Ready or Not, Inexpensive VR Sex Is Going Mainstream

Realistic VR sex has reached a price point almost anyone can afford.

By Futurism Creative

A massive new study strongly links high blood iron levels with a longer lifespan, giving hope to new longevity treatments.
RX and Medicine

Scientists: Blood Iron Levels Strongly Correlated With Long Lifespan

The discovery might explain a link between diet and disease.

By Dan Robitzski

German electric car subsidies are so high, that leasing a Renault Zoe EV is essentially free right now. Demand is sky-rocketing.
Advanced Transport

Subsidies Mean This Electric Car Is Literally Free in Germany

"We did expect an increase in sales with the subsidies, but this run really struck us."

By Victor Tangermann

Faulty Studies Mean Everything You Know About Nutrition Is Wrong
Studies

Faulty Studies Mean Everything You Know About Nutrition Is Wrong

We deserve better nutrition research.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists grew stermatogonial stem cells — the precursors to sperm — in a lab for the first time, potentially unlocking new fertility treatments.
RX and Medicine

For the First Time, Scientists Grow Human Sperm Stem Cells in Lab

It could be a game changer for transgender parenthood.

By Dan Robitzski

A supermassive black hole seems to have bugged out: its corona rapidly vanished into nothing before a brand new one took its place.
Science & Energy

This Black Hole Just Glitched

A supermassive black hole's corona vanished — and then reappeared.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just released the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun, courtesy of the Solar Orbiter. And they already made a big discovery.
Science & Energy

Scientists Found Something Surprising in Closest-Ever Photos of the Sun

They're calling them "campfires" — and our star appears to be covered with them.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists built a beetle-sized backpack camera that they can use to livestream the daily routine of an insect from the bug's perspective.
Robots and Machines

Scientists Build Tiny Camera For Beetles to Carry Around

Oh, to be a beetle wearing a Beetlecam.

By Dan Robitzski

This $25,000 gadget, in the shape of a Nintendo Game Boy, is a magic key that can emulate the signal from a whole host of car maker's key fobs.
Advanced Transport

This $25,000 Gadget Can Steal Almost Any Car That Starts With a Fob

And for some reason, it looks almost exactly like a Nintendo Game Boy.

By Victor Tangermann

Someone appears to have hacked the Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Kanye West.
Elon Musk

Someone Apparently Just Hacked Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos and Kanye West

This is a pretty impressive hack, honestly.

By Jon Christian

In an interview with the Atlantic published today, Fauci described the White House's attacks against him as "bizarre" and "nonsense."
Developments

Fauci Describes White House Behavior as “Bizarre”

"I cannot figure out in my wildest dreams why they would want to do that."

By Victor Tangermann

China's embassy in Kazakhstan has put out a statement warning of an "unknown pneumonia" that is reportedly far more deadly than the coronavirus.
Developments

China Says There’s a New Disease That’s Even Deadlier Than COVID [UPDATED]

Officials are warning of an "unknown pneumonia" spreading across Kazakhstan — and they say it's deadlier than COVID-19.

By Victor Tangermann

People around the world are wearing hazmat suits in public — an apparent bid to avoid catching the COVID-19-causing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Developments

We Asked Experts Whether You Should Wear a Hazmat Suit in Public

In a grim new trend, people around the world are wearing hazmat suits in public. Experts say it's not a great idea.

By Jon Christian