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Images of the Australian wildfires taken from space show the full extent of the devastation, putting the ongoing catastrophe in terrifying context.
Space

The Australian Wildfires Are So Bad You Can See Them From Space

These satellite images put the catastrophe in terrifying context.

By Kristin Houser

The newly announced Segway S-Pod transportation scooter looks eerily similar to the hover chairs featured in the dystopian Pixar film "WALL-E.
Advanced Transport

Segway’s New “Personal Transporter Pod” Looks Really Familiar

And it's not exactly a flattering resemblance.

By Kristin Houser

A team of MIT scientists belive that the magnetic field of the Moon was caused by a crystallizing iron core "dynamo" about a billion years ago.
Science & Energy

MIT: A “Dynamo” Inside the Moon Shut Down a Billion Years Ago

The Moon used to have a very strong magnetic field.

By Victor Tangermann

During their long-term mission aboard the International Space Station, a NASA astronaut developed a blood clot in the jugular vein of their neck.
NASA

A NASA Astronaut Got a Blood Clot In Space

"My wife answered and then passed the phone to me with the comment, 'Stephan, a phone call for you from space.'"

By Victor Tangermann

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced the Earthshot Prize, an initiative designed to solve Earth's greatest environmental problems before 2030.
Climate Change

UK Royals’ “Earthshot Prize” Aims to Save the Planet by 2030

The multimillion pound project will search for answers to Earth's biggest problems.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists at Stanford have created a silicon microchip that can act as a particle accelerator — a kind of scientific instrument that usually is far larger.
Science & Energy

This Tiny Particle Accelerator Fits on a Microchip

Honey, I shrunk the particle accelerator.

By Victor Tangermann

Astrophysicist Ron Mallett believes he's figured out how to build a time machine that would allow someone to travel to the past.
Physics

Astrophysicist Says He Knows How to Build a Time Machine

But his peers are far from convinced that it'll work.

By Kristin Houser

The Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on most fruit and mint-flavored nicotine vaping products to reign in use by teenagers.
Developments

FDA Bans All Vape Pod Flavors Except Tobacco and Menthol

No more mango Juul pods.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine proposed to send Japanese astronauts to the Moon in the late 2020s as part of a joint plan with the US.
Moon

NASA Proposed Sending Japanese Astronauts to the Moon

Will NASA return astronauts to the Moon by 2024 with Japan's help?

By Victor Tangermann

Tokyo's Penguin Café hosts a popular event for robot dogs and their owners, many of whom dress the bots up, and even celebrate their birthday at the cafe.
Robot Dogs

A Japanese Cafe Is Hosting Playdates, Parties for Robot Dogs

The events are so popular, the owner of the café has to turn people away.

By Kristin Houser

A team of UK researchers at Google Health and Google's AI lab DeepMind has created a tool that can successfully identify breast cancer in mammograms.
Cancer

Google’s New AI is Great at Spotting Breast Cancer in X-Rays

Could this AI reduce our dependence on human radiologists?

By Victor Tangermann

Mysterious Swarms of Giant Drones Have Officials Baffled
Drones

Mysterious Swarms of Giant Drones Have Officials Baffled

No one is admitting to owning the fleet.

By Kristin Houser

Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua has confirmed that a third gene-edited baby has been born as part of researcher He Jiankui's controversial experiment.
Gene Editing

China Quietly Confirms Birth of Third Gene-Edited Baby

He Jiankui is headed to prison for creating three — not two — gene-edited babies.

By Kristin Houser

A Chinese court has sentenced researcher He Jiankui to three years in prison for creating the world's first gene-edited babies.
Gene Editing

China Is Imprisoning the Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies

He Jiankui will spend the next three years behind bars.

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists detailed how 143 countries could transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2050 or possibly even sooner.
Energy

Scientists: Total Transition to Clean Energy Possible by 2050

Their detailed plan gets 143 countries to 100 percent clean energy.

By Dan Robitzski

China successfully launched its largest and most powerful rocket, the Long March-5 Yaosan, after a 2017 attempt ended in failure.
Off-World

China Successfully Launches Powerful Long March 5 Rocket

The same rocket will attempt to carry a rover to Mars next year.

By Victor Tangermann

Sightings of "strange lights" in the Montana night sky turned out to be SpaceX's Starlink satellites and not UFOs like locals thought.
SpaceX

People Keep Mistaking SpaceX’s Satellites for Alien Spacecraft

Local news stations in Montana received reports of "strange lights."

By Victor Tangermann

Pentagon officials signed a memo earlier this week urging members of the military to stop using consumer DNA tests, calling them a security threat.
DNA

Pentagon Urges Military Members to Skip At-Home DNA Tests

It thinks the tests could pose a risk to national security.

By Dan Robitzski

It's becoming increasingly likely that Japan's decision will be to dump the radioactive water stored at the Fukushima power plant into the ocean.
Environment

Japan’s Radioactive Water Will Go Into the Ocean or Atmosphere

It has to dump the Fukushima water somewhere.

By Dan Robitzski

The Venezuelan government is now paying people to start using its official altcoin by airdropping crypto to public employees, retirees, and the military.
Cryptocurrency

Here’s Why Venezuela Is Giving Retirees Free Altcoins

They'll all get half a token of the state-backed petro if they sign up for a wallet.

By Dan Robitzski