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SpaceX  is planning to start assembling a prototype of the massive Super Heavy rocket booster for Starship as soon as "this week" according to Elon Musk.
Starship

Elon Musk: SpaceX Is Starting Work on Starship Super Heavy Booster

"This is uncharted territory," Musk admitted.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a leaked FBI bulletin obtained by The Intercept, criminals are hacking into internet-connected smart doorbells track law enforcement.
Future Society

Oops: FBI Says Criminals Are Using Ring Cameras to Spy on Cops

Well, this is ironic.

By Victor Tangermann

Cryptographer Seny Kamara urges his peers in computer science to assume responsibility for how their work is used, especially against marginalized groups.
Future Society

Computer Scientist: We Can’t Ignore How Our Work Hurts Marginalized Groups

Cryptography experts need to stop turning a blind eye to how their work affects people

By Dan Robitzski

The team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have uploaded a fascinating GIF video of a dust devil rolling over the Red Planet's Gale crater.
Mars

NASA Shows Off GIF of a Dust Devil on Mars

No enhancements necessary.

By Victor Tangermann

COVID-19 scientists are running out of primates to test their experimental vaccines on, meaning important research can't be conducted.
Developments

Scientists Are Running Out of Primates to Test Vaccines On

The government missed its opportunity to create a "strategic monkey reserve."

By Dan Robitzski

Trump's newest medical advisor is pushing the White House to embrace a "herd immunity" strategy to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Developments

A White House Advisor Is Pushing a Reckless Herd Immunity COVID Strategy

The advisor recently made appearances on Fox News arguing that isolating everyone is "prolonging the problem."

By Victor Tangermann

Videos of police violence are important for holding the powerful accountable, but they're linked to PTSD and depression symptoms in Black and Latinx teens.
Health & Medicine

Police Brutality Videos Are Giving Teens PTSD Symptoms

"It's this difficult balance of needing the videos, but also protecting your own mental health."

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon Prime Air, the retail giant's drone delivery company, was designated an "air carrier" by the Federal Aviation Administration today.
Drones

Amazon Gets Permission to Start Making Drone Deliveries

Ready for takeoff.

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday, Elon Musk held a prototype product demo for Neuralink. But experts in the crowd remain unimpressed by his bold, unsubstantiated claims
Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink’s Demo Didn’t Impress Experts

The Neuralink demonstration was all flash with no substance, they say.

By Dan Robitzski

Veterans are spending several thousand dollars to go on special ayahuasca retreats in central America to treat a variety of mental disorders.
Health & Medicine

Veterans Are Taking a Psychedelic Plant to Fight PTSD

"It seemed to almost rewire my brain."

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday evening, SpaceX and Tesla CEO used a live event to release a number of rare updates about his secretive other startup, Neuralink.
Prosthetics and Devices

Elon Musk: We’ve Already Implanted Neuralink in Live Pigs

"In a lot of ways, it’s kind of like a Fitbit in your skull, with tiny wires."

By Jon Christian

In order to learn how cells can navigate large distances within our bodies, scientists plopped them into increasingly-complex mazes.
Biology

Researchers Forced Living Cells to Navigate Tiny Mazes

The tiny puzzles revealed how cells navigate our bodies.

By Dan Robitzski

After its first successful flight test of a Starship prototype earlier this month, SpaceX is planning to try again on Sunday.
Starship

SpaceX Is Planning to Fly Its Starship Prototype This Weekend

If you missed the last one, here's your chance.

By Jon Christian

A NASA satellite from 1964 is going to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere for an extremely fiery retirement at some point this weekend.
Science & Energy

A NASA Satellite From the 1960s Is About to Die

You had a good run, OGO-1.

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to powerful new lasers, scientists can now observe space debris orbiting the Earth during the daytime and better predict their paths.
Science & Energy

Scientists Saw Space Debris During the Day for the First Time

It's getting awfully crowded up there.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued a mea culpa in the case of a drone photographer who was told to stop filming at the company's Giga Texas construction site.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla Security Was “Overzealous” In Kicking Out Drone Photographer

"I think our security was a little overzealous in this case."

By Jon Christian

The Japanese Company SkyDrive Inc just conducted a successful test of its eVTOL flying car vehicle with a human pilot on board.
Advanced Transport

Japanese Company Tests a Flying Car — With a Human On Board

"I hope many people will want to ride it and feel safe."

By Dan Robitzski

The FBI helped foil a plot by Russian hackers to target Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory with a massive insider ransomware hack.
Tesla

FBI Reportedly Foils Russian Hack at Tesla Factory

A hacker tried to take down Tesla from the inside — but the automaker had other ideas.

By Jon Christian

Scientists just watched as a doomed sungrazer comet hurtled directly toward the Sun, ultimately crumbling apart along the way.
Science & Energy

This Dumbass Comet Just Flew Directly Into the Sun

"This is not survivable for a little comet."

By Dan Robitzski

Tiny doses of the psychedelic drug LSD could be an effective painkiller — perhaps as powerful, scientists found, as conventional opioids like morphine.
RX and Medicine

Research: LSD Microdoses as Effective as Opioids at Treating Pain

In the future, could doctors prescribe LSD as a painkiller?

By Jon Christian