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A new enzyme, which is really a hybrid of two others, can break down plastic waste six times faster than the next best one.
Environment

Scientists Create Enzyme That Devours Plastic at Incredible Speed

The new enzyme breaks down plastic six times faster than the previous best one.

By Dan Robitzski

Despite all of Amazon's claims to the contrary, warehouse workers suffer extremely high rates of injuries, and impossible quotas and robots make it worse.
Future Society

Injuries Went Up When Amazon Deployed Warehouse Robots

The robots made Amazon more efficient — but also far more dangerous.

By Dan Robitzski

According to an update, NASA's ground analysis concluded that the leak on board the International Space Station "appeared to grow in size."
International Space Station

NASA Says the International Space Station Is Leaking Faster Now

The ISS leak "appeared to grow in size," according to a NASA spokesperson.

By Victor Tangermann

An aviation company ZeroAvia successfully flight tested a hydrogen-powered passenger plane and has more ambitious tests planned in the future.
Advanced Transport

Researchers Successfully Test Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Plane

It's an impressive proof of concept for hydrogen-powered air travel.

By Dan Robitzski

Last week, a meteoroid briefly visited our planet before bouncing off our atmosphere like a stone skipping across a lake.
Science & Energy

Watch a Meteoroid Bounce Off the Earth’s Atmosphere

Swerve!

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has officially set the date for SpaceX's long awaited Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station for 2:40 am Eastern time on October 31.
NASA

NASA: Next SpaceX Astronaut Launch Will Be on Halloween

Trick or treat!

By Victor Tangermann

Cornell scientists developed a robot so tiny that it's invisible to the human eye — and they say it could someday hunt for cancer inside your body.
Robotics

This Robot Is So Tiny You Could Fit Ten of Them on a Single Period

Its creators hope the microscopic bot will crawl around inside your body to fight cancer.

By Dan Robitzski

A UK helicopter emergency services charity is in talks with Gravity Industries to allow paramedics to jetpack up a mountain to provide first aid.
Robots and Machines

Paramedics Test Jetpack For Daring Mountain Rescues

It could cut a grueling trip up a mountain down to a 90 second flight.

By Victor Tangermann

Japan Outlines Plan to Power Spacecraft With Moon Ice
Moon

Japan Outlines Plan to Power Spacecraft With Moon Ice

Generating fuel on the Moon is a lot cheaper than bringing your own.

By Victor Tangermann

An outrageously strange paper claims, among other things, that there's a black hole at the center of the Earth. Sometthing's fishy.
Science & Energy

Strange Research Paper Claims There’s a Black Hole at the Center of the Earth

Don't worry — there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

By Jon Christian

A team of scientists measured the mass of 1,800 galaxy clusters to get the most precise number for how much matter is in the universe yet.
Physics

Scientists Calculated How Much Matter Is in the Whole Universe

Evenly distributed, the universe only has six hydrogen atoms per cubic meter.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just announced the discovery of two organisms that eats viruses — the first credible finding of that type of creature.
Viruses

Scientists Discover Organisms That Eat Viruses

Take that, viruses!

By Jon Christian

The Italian scientists who found an undergound lake beneath the south pole of Mars revisited their data — and uncovered three more.
Science & Energy

Scientists Just Found Three More Reservoirs of Liquid Water on Mars

There could be as many as four underground lakes beneath the south pole.

By Dan Robitzski

A hacker forced a smart coffeemaker to turn on its heating element and spit steaming water onto it while showing a ransomware message.
Robots and Machines

Watch a Hacked “Smart Coffeemaker” Spew Steaming Water

How much harm could a hacked coffeemaker do?

By Jon Christian

A new brain-computer interface system can generate an image of a face based just on someone's neural activity as they picture certain characteristics.
Neuroscience and Brain

New System Reads Your Brain Waves, Draws a Picture of What You’re Thinking About

The brain-computer interface was able to generate faces as people pictured them.

By Dan Robitzski

Army officials want to upgrade SpaceX's Starlink satellites to serve as a navigational network more precise and secure than GPS.
Military

The US Military Wants Access to SpaceX’s Satellite Constellation

"If you have a million times more opportunity to send information down from your satellite, the data can be much closer to the truth."

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent interview, Elon Musk suggested that oil tycoons might not have known how much they were damaging the planet when they got into the business.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: “I Feel a Bit Bad About Hating on the Oil and Gas Industry”

What changed, man?

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists say they've ascertained how radioactive the Moon is — a finding that could have implications for the future of space travel.
Moon

Bad News: The Moon Is Surprisingly Radioactive

The Moon is about 200 times as radioactive as the Earth, according to new research.

By Jon Christian

The Air Force just awarded a contract to develop lasers that can detonate landmines and other hazards from a safe distance.
Military

The Air Force Is Getting a Laser That Detonates Landmines From Afar

The ZEUS laser will detonate any mines or explosives blocking airfields.

By Dan Robitzski

An AI algorithm learned how to dose anesthetized patients during surgery. In a simulated environment, it outperformed what doctors use today.
Developments

MIT Trains Neural Network to Keep Patients Anesthetized During Surgery

The AI system outperformed existing tech on simulated patients.

By Dan Robitzski