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AmazonBasics products seem to have a troublesome tendency to explode or catch fire. Despite that, many troublesome products are still avaialbe online.
Science & Energy

Amazon Products Are Reportedly Exploding and Catching Fire

"This is more than a reliability problem, this is a potential safety problem."

By Dan Robitzski

China's largest defense contractor is constructing a floating spaceport to launch its rockets off the coast of Haiyang city on the Eastern coast.
Off-World

China is Building a Floating Spaceport to Launch Rockets

"Substantial progress" being made according to officials.

By Victor Tangermann

Colleges that pivoted to online education still need to find out how to do science labwork — some are mailing animal parts to students to dissect at home.
Biology

Colleges Are Mailing Brains to Students to Dissect at Home

"I would have never expected them to ship us, through the mail, real animal parts."

By Dan Robitzski

According to Tesla forum posts, some Tesla Model Y cooling systems are being patched by what appears to be faux wooden trim pieces.
Tesla

Tesla Model Y Owners Are Discovering Fake Wood in Their Cooling Systems

"Someone made a run to Home Depot to make Q2 numbers."

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin, currently under construction, is facing yet another big hurdle in winning over the hearts of local citizens and regulators.
Tesla

Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin Faces 406 Objections from Locals

Will Tesla be able to secure final building permits for its gigantic factory?

By Victor Tangermann

As colleges and universities open their doors, it's becoming clear that they are not prepared to offer mental healthcare to everyone who will need it.
Mental Health

The Mental Healthcare Crisis Coming to American Universities

"This is a pandemic within a pandemic."

By Dan Robitzski

The US Space Force just deployed its first troops — not to space, but to the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Space Force

The US Space Force Just Deployed Its First Troops

"This group is making history."

By Victor Tangermann

According to new rankings, the U.S. only has the 28th best quality of life in the world, and has some of the worst access to education and healthcare.
Studies

New Research: Quality of Life Is Slipping Backwards in the US

"We are no longer the country we like to think we are."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA announced it's soliciting commercial companies to collect space resources, including Moon "dirt," an effort to create a marketplace for space rocks.
Moon

NASA Wants to Pay Private Companies to Bag Moon Dirt

The agency wants to create an entire marketplace for buying and selling Moon rocks.

By Victor Tangermann

In the towns surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, people are returning to their long-abandoned homes to find them overrun by monkeys.
Nuclear Fusion

Japan Battles Wild Monkeys at Site of Nuclear Meltdown

Macaque monkeys are taking over the area around Fukushima.

By Dan Robitzski

Anduril, a defense-tech startup founded by Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey, has unveiled a new drone called the Ghost 4.
Drones

New Military Drone Fits in Backpack, Can Carry Lasers, Radio Jammers, Weapons

Its creator calls it "a Swiss army knife that can do everything."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists suggests that meteor impact craters could have offered the perfect conditions for life on Earth to emerge.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Life on Earth Likely Started in Meteor Craters

"They essentially create an oasis for life."

By Dan Robitzski

While scientists predicted that forests would continue to serve as carbon sinks, the benefits may be short-lived as too much CO2 makes trees die younger.
Climate Change

Too Much CO2 Is Killing Trees, Scientists Say

Forests may not be the robust carbon sinks that scientists hoped.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft got an up-close look at the asteroid Bennu as it crumbled apart and left a trail of debris and particles in its wake.
Science & Energy

NASA Got an Up-Close Look at an Asteroid Crumbling Apart

Bennu is shedding debris, and NASA had front-row seats.

By Dan Robitzski

A study involving hundreds of Russian cosmonaut brain scans reveal how the brain temporariy changes after months in orbit.
Neuroscience and Brain

According to Scans, Astronaut Brains “Reorganize” During Space Travel

Their brains essentially floated to different parts of the skull.

By Dan Robitzski

New recordings of President Trump reveal that he knew exactly how dangerous the coronavirus was back in February but refused to act.
Developments

Trump Admitted on Tape That He Knew COVID-19 Was Deadly

Trump knew how deadly the virus was all the way back in February — but chose to play down the risk.

By Dan Robitzski

Major wildfires are blanketing the West Coast right now, turning the skies an apocalyptic shade of orange. Parts of the Bay Area are seeing snowing ash.
Climate Change

The Skies in California Basically Look Like the Apocalypse Right Now

It's literally snowing ash in parts of the Bay Area.

By Victor Tangermann

A brain floating against a space scene background.
Off-World

Zero Gravity Causes Worrisome Changes In Astronauts’ Brains

Add “swollen brains” to the list of deep-space nightmare fuel.

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. just approved designs for the first small modular reactors, scaled down fission reactors that could help transition away from fossil fuels.
Nuclear Fusion

US Approves First Small-Scale Nuclear Reactors

"I am sorry to say that what lies ahead is risky and expensive."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are building the largest digital camera on Earth meant to observe the night sky. In a test, they took a picture of a head of Romanesco broccoli.
Space

Astronomers Use Huge Space Telescope Camera to Photograph Broccoli

"We thought it would look cool, which I think it does."

By Victor Tangermann