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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

Researchers have discovered new evidence of a fifth force of nature, and if confirmed, the work could help us understand dark matter.
Physics

Physicists Discover Evidence of a New Force of Nature

This could be the key to understanding dark matter.

By Kristin Houser

See SpaceX perform a static fire test on the SuperDraco engines that form its Crew Dragon spacecraft's emergency abort system.
Crew Dragon

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Fire Its Abort System Engines

No giant explosion this time.

By Victor Tangermann

A group of researchers are eager to get back to exploring the far reaches of the universe and send a probe on a NASA mission into interstellar space.
Science & Energy

It’s Official: NASA Is Considering an Interstellar Mission

"This is humanity’s first explicit step into interstellar space."

By Victor Tangermann

A new mission plans to determine once and for all whether spacetime is a smooth fabric or a chunky mess of discrete units.
Physics

Satellite Mission Will Investigate Whether Reality Is Pixelated

They want to probe the fabric of our universe.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a recent study, ride-hailing apps like Uber might have had something to do with an increase in binge drinking as people are able to drink more and get a ride home after
Advanced Transport

Ride-Hailing Apps Linked to an Increase in Binge Drinking

When Uber becomes your designated driver.

By Victor Tangermann

Pennsylvania State University is currently developing a center focused on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
Off-World

Penn State’s SETI Center Could Legitimize Alien Research

SETI could finally reach mainstream academia.

By Kristin Houser

Decades later, people who had half their brain removed as children have stronger neural connections and function than doctors expected.
Neuroscience and Brain

People With Half Their Brain Removed Are Doing Surprisingly Well

"They have intact language skills. When I put them in the scanner, we made small talk, just like the hundreds of other individuals I have scanned."

By Dan Robitzski