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The Elon Musk-led spaceflight company is teasing newambitions — with a line on its site inviting questions about a "private passenger" program.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Teasing Mysterious “Private Passenger” Spaceflights

"For inquiries about our private passenger program, contact..."

By Jon Christian

A team of researchers from Japan have created a "taste display" that's capable of producing any flavor for any tongue that's willing to lick its surface.
Devices

Scientists Say This Device Can Simulate Any Flavor

In the future, we could all be licking our smartphone screens.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study on fruit flies found ways to quantitatively measure the level of consciousness that a fly was currently experiencing.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Claim New Method Can Measure Consciousness

It works on fruit flies — and the team hopes it'll work on humans as well.

By Dan Robitzski

A cybernetics expert recently made a bold claim: he argues that online privacy has long since vanished, so we may as well embrace contact-tracing.
Privacy

Tech Expert: Privacy Is a Myth, so We Might as Well Contact-trace

"Big Brother is with us now, so for our own good we should use it to help not hinder us."

By Dan Robitzski

During a test, a powerful laser weapon system on board the amphibious US Navy ship USS Portland "successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle."
Energy

Watch the US Military Kill an Aircraft With an Energy Weapon

Get ready for an international arms race in destructive energy weapons.

By Victor Tangermann

An advanced telescope currently being built in Australia will give astronomers a far more detailed glimpse of cosmic events.
Science & Energy

New Telescope Will Watch Entire Southern Sky in Infrared

Astronomers will be able to see star explosions in "real time."

By Dan Robitzski

According to comments made on a recent Instagram post, Grimes revealed that her and Elon Musk's baby's name was updated from "X Æ A-12" to "X Æ A-Xii."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk and Grimes Just Updated Their Baby’s Name

They patched their baby's name like a software update.

By Victor Tangermann

North Dakota's coronavirus contact-tracing app was send data to third-party groups in violation of its own privacy policy.
Science & Energy

Gov Contact-Tracing App Sends User Data to Foursquare, Google

This privacy debacle threatens to erode public trust.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers say they've found a new kind of signal coming from our galaxy's supermassive black hole, which they think are rapidly-rotating flare ups.
Physics

Astronomers Detect Signal Coming From the Heart of Our Galaxy

There's unimaginable chaos at the core of our galaxy.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just cleared SpaceX the go-ahead for its historic launch scheduled for May 27. "We are go for launch!" NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted.
Crew Dragon

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon Mission for Liftoff

All systems are go for next week's historic launch.

By Victor Tangermann

Musk took the time to reflect on a bizarre and intense number of weeks in an interview with Bloomberg, noting that some of his tweets were "extremely dumb."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Some of My Tweets “Were Definitely Extremely Dumb”

"Some of the things I say, I would like to retract them."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study involving 96,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was linked to an increased risk of mortality.
Viruses

Large Study: Hydroxychloroquine Linked to Increased Death Risk

Just three days ago, Trump bragged to reporters that he's taking hydroxychloroquine.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronaut pee may be a priceless resource on future Moon settlements. It turns out it makes for a phenomenal building material.
Moon

On the Moon, the Real Gold Might Be Human Urine

"Water is very, very valuable on the lunar surface."

By Dan Robitzski

To convince Tesla CEO Elon Musk to open a new factory in the city, a 75-foot statue in Tulsa, Oklahoma just got an Elon Musk makeover.
Elon Musk

This 7-Story Statue of Elon Musk Looks Absolutely Terrible

What were they thinking?

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers claim their AI can make accurate personality judgments based on selfies alone — and even better than some humans.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers: This AI Can Judge Personality Based on Selfies Alone

Could this neural network really be better at predicting personality traits than humans?

By Victor Tangermann

A Canadian startup called Anahit Therapeutics is trying to get ahead of the psilocybin legalization curve by building cultivation facilities in Jamaica.
Future Society

This Startup is Building a Huge Magic Mushroom Farm in Jamaica

It's betting big on the future — and science — of psilocybin.

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have discovered that a massive rotating disk galaxy called the Wolfe Disk dates back to only ten percent of our universe's current age.
Future Society

Astronomers: Ancient “Wolfe Disk” Should Never Have Existed

The universe is stranger than we ever suspected.

By Victor Tangermann

Experts say that China is becoming the new international leader in the hunt for extraterrestrial life. They hope for newfound international cooperation.
Science & Energy

Experts: China Is Pulling Ahead in Race to Identify Extraterrestrials

"China is now catching up with, and in some areas surpassing, Western achievements."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is working on simplified, scaled-down nuclear reactors that it hopes will power future settlements on the Moon and Mars.
Moon

Scientists Want to Build Nuclear Reactors to Power Moon Colony

On a distant world, power will be important.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX Director of Crew Mission Management Benji Reed said he expects a "high chance" of bad weather delaying next week's astronaut launch.
SpaceX

SpaceX Says “High Chance” Human Launch Will Be Pushed Back

SpaceX will need calm seas to safely launch astronauts next week.

By Victor Tangermann