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A website called thisworddoesnotexist uses AI to generate fake but believable definitions for made-up words like "lachetous."
Artificial Intelligence

This Delightful AI Generates Words That Sound Real But Aren’t

If we said "lachetous" meant a plant that grows on another plant, would you believe us?

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists figured out how the coronavirus takes over cells, and they think they found potential treatments that stop it.
Viruses

Scientists Have a Promising New Idea to Defeat the Coronavirus

They've identified several compounds that seem to keep the virus from reproducing.

By Dan Robitzski

The Pentagon has released"hazard reports" that give us more details about a series of encounters between US Navy pilots and "unidentified aerial phenomena."
Military

US Military Releases New Info About Navy UFO Videos

"The unknown aircraft appeared to be small in size, approximately the size of a suitcase, and silver in color."

By Victor Tangermann

"This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," WHO emergencies expert Mike Ryan said on Thursday.
Viruses

WHO: The Coronavirus Might Be Here Forever

"This virus may never go away."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft and the biotech company Adaptive are launching a study on coronavirus patients' T cells, and they're buying blood samples to get started.
Viruses

Microsoft Is Buying COVID-19 Patients’ Blood for Biotech Research

A doctor will come to your home to draw a sample.

By Dan Robitzski

Software developer Epic Games just released a stunning and near photorealistic tech demo of its latest video game engine called Unreal Engine 5.
Future Society

This Hyper-Realistic Game Engine Looks Almost Like Real Life

The company claims the engine could "achieve photorealism on par with movie CG and real life."

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook just agreed to pay $52 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that its content moderators suffered psychological trauma on the job.
Future Society

Facebook Will Pay Mods $52M For Trauma From Gore, Sexual Abuse

"We're committed to providing them additional support through this settlement and in the future."

By Dan Robitzski

Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch argues that developing conscious artificial intelligence will require entirely new hardware.
Artificial Intelligence

Neuroscientist: Conventional Computers Will Never Be Conscious

"Any AI that runs on such a chip… will still not be conscious like a human brain."

By Dan Robitzski

Parts of China's gigantic Long March 5B rocket have finally made their uncontrolled descent back to Earth on Monday, splashing into the Atlantic Ocean.
Off-World

Oops: China Just Dropped a Huge Rocket Piece Back to Earth

It screamed over several major US cities before splashing down in the Atlantic.

By Victor Tangermann

After spending about a week in Earth's orbit, the core stage of China's Long March 5 rocket is now plummeting towards our planet's surface.
Off-World

A Massive Chinese Rocket Is Plummeting Out of the Sky Right Now

If you look up, you may see a Chinese spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere.

By Victor Tangermann

Debris from China's Long March-5 rocket may have touched ground on the Ivory Coast after uncontrollably hurtling through the Earth's atmosphere.
Off-World

Out-of-Control Chinese Rocket Reportedly Dropped Debris on Africa

"Did they perhaps have a plan to de-orbit it that went wrong?"

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, Chinese and Iranian hackers are targeting US efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
Viruses

US Officials: Chinese Hackers Are Targeting Vaccine Research

"China has long engaged in the theft of biomedical research, and COVID-19 research is the field’s Holy Grail right now."

By Victor Tangermann

The machine learning algorithms that recommend products online can't keep up with how rapidly the pandemic has changed our lives.
Machine Learning

The Pandemic Has Seriously Confused Machine Learning Systems

"You're trying to optimize for toilet paper, … this week everyone wants to buy puzzles or gym equipment."

By Dan Robitzski

A new study led by the ESA found new evidence that Jupiter's moon Europa was indeed spouting plumes of water into space during a Galileo flyby.
Space

Scientists Find New Evidence Europa Is Shooting Water Into Space

What is Jupiter's smallest moon hiding below its thick icy shell?

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have come up with an idea to help contain the number of new coronavirus infections: working 4 days, and then staying at home for 10.
Developments

Researchers: Working Just 8 Days Per Month Could Help Fight COVID

Working for four days — and then staying at home for ten — could bring down infections.

By Victor Tangermann

GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced two provisions to the Patriot Act that would give the government broad new powers to spy on every American.
Future Society

The US Government Is Seizing Huge New Surveillance Powers

"These are two of the most cynical attempts to undermine surveillance reform I've ever seen."

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has launched a browser-based simulator that allows you to take over the controls of a Crew Dragon spacecraft and dock it to the Space Station.
International Space Station

Dock a SpaceX Spacecraft to the ISS in This Amazing Simulator

SpaceX just released a videogame. Can you beat it?

By Victor Tangermann

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.
Mars

Scientists Say They’ve Found the Perfect Spot for a Mars Colony

There's just one catch.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is about to set off an intentional and controlled fire inside a spacecraft — and it just left the International Space Station.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Setting a Fire Inside a Spaceship

It's for science, okay?

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA is preparing to launch the first experimental satellite of its Blackjack network, which would function like a military version of SpaceX's Starlink.
DARPA

DARPA Is About to Launch a Military Version of SpaceX’s Starlink

The first satellite of the Blackjack network is launching later this year.

By Dan Robitzski