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A new deepfake shows what it would have looked like if the Apollo 11 mission failed and then-president Nixon had to deliver the backup speech he had ready.
Science & Energy

MIT Deepfake Shows Nixon Sadly Saying the Moon Astronauts Died

A video shows the speech Nixon would have given if Apollo 11 failed.

By Dan Robitzski

The Moon is covered in lunar swirls — magnetic anomalies that could act as natural shields from dangerous cosmic radiation.
Science & Energy

Spiral Formations on the Moon Appear to Deflect Cosmic Rays

This is weird. Very weird.

By Dan Robitzski

Physicist and author Arthur Miller shares his thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence, art, and what it means for machines to be creative.
Artificial Intelligence

Someday, Robot Artists May Have to Explain Their Creations to Us

Physicist Arthur Miller predicts creative machines, sentient AI, and the future of art.

By Dan Robitzski

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft has left its hangar and is now attached to the Atlas V rocket that will launch it into space for the first time.
Boeing

Boeing Unveils Spacecraft Built to Carry Astronauts to ISS

Starliner is just weeks away from its first trip into space.

By Kristin Houser

A new AI system called SchNOrb can probe the quantum mechanics of compounds to help scientists design new molecules from scratch.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Learning Quantum Mechanics to Design New Molecules

A new algorithm can predict the quantum behavior of molecules.

By Dan Robitzski

NATO has added space as its fifth operational military domain, meaning the organization will now protect member nations' off-world interests.
Off-World

NATO Boss: Space Is Now a Military “Operational Domain”

But the organization promises not to deploy any weapons.

By Kristin Houser

The staff at a French hospital refused to meet the ransom demand of hackers, instead responding to a cyberattack by handwriting all documents.
Future Society

Cyberattack Forces Hospital to Revert to Handwriting Everything

When hackers attacked, hospital staff picked up their pencils.

By Kristin Houser

This scientist from Oregon State University believes the professor who claims to have evidence of insects on Mars was just an example of pareidolia.
Exobiology

University Deletes Press Release Claiming Evidence of Bugs on Mars

Was he just seeing things?

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed a drone (SQUID) that can be shot high up into the sky using a special cannon.
Drones

Watch NASA’s Truck-Mounted Cannon Shoot Drones Into the Sky

The researchers want to take their idea to Mars and Titan.

By Victor Tangermann

Indian researchers have submitted a male birth control injection to regulators for approval, which it could have in as few as six months.
Developments

Fate of Male Birth Control Injection Now in Government’s Hands

"The trials are over... the product can safely be called the world’s first male contraceptive."

By Kristin Houser

The reports, obtained from police Nevada, describe an environment in which workers have repeatedly left meth, cocaine and heroin out in the open.
Tesla

Police Reports: Meth, Heroin, Cocaine Found at Tesla Factory

Reports describe an environment in which workers repeatedly left drugs out in the open.

By Jon Christian

NASA is sending a rover to Antarctica to train for missions during which it'll hunt for alien life in the icy oceans of far-off moons
NASA

NASA Is Testing an Alien-Hunting Submarine in Antarctica

Once it can handle Antarctica, it might be ready for the moons of Saturn and Jupiter.

By Kristin Houser

A doctoral candidate has a unique idea for how to colonize Mars: send bacteria to digest the soil and churn out useable raw materials for future settlers.
Mars

Unusual PhD Thesis: Let’s Use Bacteria to Colonize Mars

Both NASA and the ESA are reportedly interested.

By Dan Robitzski

Uber is trialing a new feature giving drivers and passengers the option of recording audio of their rides in a purported attempt to increase safety.
Advanced Transport

Uber Is Going to Start Recording Audio During Rides

It wants users to feel like "the lights are on" when they're in an Uber.

By Kristin Houser

An app called Spelfie can take a picture of you from a satellite. The resolution won't be good enough to pick yourself out, but it can show for big groups.
Science & Energy

This App Takes a Picture of You From a Satellite

You might have to squint.

By Dan Robitzski

An early prototype of SpaceX's massive Starship rocket partially burst apart during a ground test at the company's test site in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship

Watch SpaceX Starship Rocket Burst, Crumple During Test

This hurts to watch.

By Victor Tangermann

How Much Wood Could A Woodchuck Chuck?
Science & Energy

How Much Wood Could A Woodchuck Chuck?

By Jolene Creighton

A truly bizarre evangelical app tries to keep people from watching porn by using AI to filter it out and sending alerts to their friends if they slip up.
Artificial Intelligence

Horrible Christian App Narcs to Your Mom If You Watch Porn

To be fair, it could work like a safesearch filter for kids.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese parents are using DNA testing to shape how they raise their children, despite the science behind the tests being flimsy at best.
DNA

Parents Are Letting DNA Testing Dictate How They Raise Their Kids

"I wanted to know about his talents in the future so that I can set a direction for him."

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that a fiery layer of super-hot plasma marks the transition between our solar system and interstellar space.
Solar Power

Our Solar System Is Blanketed in a Giant Wall of Fire

Voyager 2 broke through, but the wall could make interstellar travel difficult.

By Dan Robitzski