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Bioethicist Nancy Jecker argues that sex robots catered to their specific needs could provide much-needed companionship to lonely senior citizens.
Robotics

Bioethicist: We Should Give Sex Robots to Lonely Seniors

"Designing and marketing sex robots for older, disabled people would represent a sea change from current practice."

By Dan Robitzski

The FBI is commissioning a fleet of 140 robots to help manage a warehouse where it keeps billions of sensitive paper files.
Robotics

The FBI Is Buying 140 Robots to Handle Paper Records

A fleet of robots will manage billions of sensitive files.

By Dan Robitzski

The Federal Aviation Administration just cleared the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to fly after the plane was involved in two crashes resulting in 346 deaths.
Advanced Transport

Boeing’s Jet That Kept Crashing Is Now Cleared to Fly Again

Talk about bad timing.

By Victor Tangermann

Bennu, the asteroid on which NASA landed a spacecraft to gather samples, seems to be hollow and gradually crumbling apart.
Science & Energy

NASA Data Appears to Show That Giant Asteroid Is Hollow

"It's as if there is a void at its center, within which you could fit a couple of football fields."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters that he expects SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to "quarantine and self-isolate" after testing for the coronavirus.
NASA

NASA Head: Elon Musk Needs to “Quarantine and Self-Isolate” After COVID Diagnosis

Musk tested both positive and negative twice late on Thursday.

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, the entire solar system took a mere 200,000 years to form — considerably less time than how long humanity has been around.
Solar Power

Humans Have Been Around for Longer Than it Took the Solar System to Form, Study Claims

In cosmic terms, 200,000 years is a blip.

By Dan Robitzski

Metalysis, a UK-based engineering firm, has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to investigate ways to extract breathable air from Moon dust.
Moon

New Technique Claims to Extract Breathable Oxygen From Moon Dust

"If you want to go further out into space, it’s a gas station on the Moon essentially, to get into deeper space."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft had to warn users not to blow vape smoke into their brand new next-generation Xbox Series X consoles.
Future Society

Microsoft Begs Gamers Not to Blow Vape Smoke Into the New Xbox

"We can't believe we have to say this, but please do not blow vape smoke into your Xbox Series X."

By Victor Tangermann

Pfizer just announced its coronavirus vaccine is 95 percent effective with no serious side effects — even more effective than previously thought.
Viruses

New Results: First COVID Vaccine Even Better Than Scientists Thought

Fifty million doses could be ready before the end of the year.

By Victor Tangermann

It's been exactly a year since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in China, according to a March report by the South China Morning Post.
Developments

The First Known COVID Patient Was Identified Exactly One Year Ago

Who was patient zero?

By Victor Tangermann

China is preparing to launch its Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission early next week and the rocket to get it to the Moon was just rolled out.
Off-World

China Is About to Launch a Lunar Sample Return Mission

This robot mission intends to gather rocks from the surface of the Moon — and then fly them back to Earth.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA modeled how much air pollution humanity would have caused without a pandemic this year to find out how much emissions dropped.
NASA

NASA Figured Out How Much Less We Polluted Under Lockdown

NASA scientists were surprised.

By Dan Robitzski

A growing number of people in China are getting injected with one of several COVID-19 vaccines despite none of them having been officially deemed safe.
Developments

In China, COVID Vaccines Are Already Selling on the Black Market

Vaccine scalpers are charging more than a thousand dollars per injection.

By Victor Tangermann

In July, a NASA launch will send vials of human cremains and DNA samples to their final resting place on the surface of the Moon.
Moon

Upcoming Mission Will Fly Human Remains to the Moon

Would you send your cremated remains on a final journey to the Moon?

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that as many as 80 percent of young adults in America could be facing serious mental health issues due to the pandemic.
Health & Medicine

Survey: 80% of American Young Adults Depressed During Pandemic

COVID-19 isn't just causing deaths — it's also bringing a wave of depression and addiction.

By Dan Robitzski

Vince Reffet, a person known for soaring above Dubai using a jet-powered wingsuit, has passed away during a training accident on Tuesday.
Future Society

Jetpack Test Pilot Dies During Training Accident

It's a sad day for jet-powered human flight.

By Victor Tangermann

Geoengineering alone may not save us from the worst impacts of climate change, a study says, because greenhouse gas emissions do more than warm the planet.
Climate Change

Even More Scientists Say Geoengineering Can’t Save Us

Geoengineering won't make a difference if we don't also stop burning fossil fuels.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers have brought a wild concept back from the grave: a liquid-mirror telescope, 100 meters in diameter, built on the surface of the Moon.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Propose Giant “Liquid Mirror” Telescope on the Moon

A swirling vat of reflective liquid on the Moon's surface could allow us to study the moments following the Big Bang.

By Victor Tangermann

New research shows that amino acids can form in space without energy input, suggesting they may be older than stars and planets.
Biology

Building Blocks of Life Can Form in Deep Space, Scientists Say

According to new research, the amino acids can form in the void of space, before planets or even stars, in a phenomenon termed "dark chemistry."

By Dan Robitzski

Toyota has patented an autonomous refueling system that could allow for cars to top up their gasoline tanks, hydrogen fuel cells or batteries on the go.
Drones

Toyota Patents Autonomous Battery Drone That Recharges Your Car

Is this the future of car chargers?

By Victor Tangermann