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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk doesn't think it's fair that NASA will pay Boeing 60 percent more than SpaceX to provide the same service.
Boeing

Elon Musk Tears Into NASA for Pricey Boeing Launches

NASA will pay Boeing $35 million more than SpaceX per launch. Elon Musk: “doesn’t seem right.”

By Kristin Houser

A team out of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has confirmed traces of water vapor being released above Jupiter's moon Europa.
Science & Energy

Scientists Confirm Water Vapor Above the Surface of Europa

NASA is investigating Jupiter’s icy moon for signs of life.

By Victor Tangermann

Ever since Trump announced a flavored vape ban, advisers and lobbyists have been trying to nip it in the bud. Now, it seems that they succeeded.
Developments

Courting “Vapers Who Vote,” Trump May Cancel Flavored Vape Ban

Lobbyists and advisers have been pushing Trump to abandon the ban for months.

By Dan Robitzski

YouTubers systematically tested over 15,000 keywords to demonstrate that YouTube is automatically demonetizing LGBTQ content.
Future Society

Is YouTube Demonetizing Videos That Mention LGBTQ Words?

The evidence is piling up.

By Dan Robitzski

Space companies trying to make off-world tourism a thing will likely cause major environmental destruction in the process as spaceflight ramps up.
Off-World

The Toll Casual Space Tourism Will Take on the Planet (Updated)

Increased rocket launches will be environmentally catastrophic.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists used a powerful supercomputer to create a new simulation that lets you see a galaxy form over the course of 13.8 billion years.
Science & Energy

Watch a Galaxy Form Over More Than 13 Billion Years

Scientists had to speed the simulation up just a little bit.

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists used data collected by the European Space Agency's Cluster mission to map out Earth's "eerie song" it sings during a solar storm.
Solar Power

Here’s What Happens When a Solar Storm Slams Into the Earth

You can even "listen" to the otherworldly music it creates.

By Victor Tangermann

Companies in India like Oxy Pure are selling customers access to pure oxygen as the area's air pollution becomes increasingly dangerous.
Future Society

As Air Pollution Spikes, Indian “Bars” Sell Clean Oxygen

The air pollution is so bad that children are getting brain damage — and entrepreneurs see a possibility.

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers were advertising thousands of stolen and hacked Disney+ accounts and credentials online within hours of the streaming service's launch.
Hacking

Hackers Are Already Selling Stolen Disney+ Accounts

Within hours of the service's launch, thousands of stolen credentials were online.

By Kristin Houser

A special panel of scientists studied the idea of hibernation pods for astronauts and how it would affect the design and size of habitation modules.
Developments

Scientist: Astronaut Hibernation Pods “Actually Not so Crazy”

A key advantage: it could protect astronauts from cosmic radiation.

By Victor Tangermann

A haunting quest to source a viral video of a man apparently capturing catfish using Coca-Cola brand soda, Mentos, and an ordinary egg.
Science & Energy

Is That Viral Catfish/Egg/Coke/Mentos Vid Real? An Investigation

We asked Coke — and Mentos.

By Jacob Banas

Richard Browning, British inventor and daredevil, has broken his own speed record flying in his "Iron Man" style jet suit.
Advanced Transport

Watch Daredevil Set a New Speed Record In “Iron Man” Jet Suit

"It truly feels like that dream of flying you have sometimes in your sleep."

By Victor Tangermann

By targeting protein-producing cells in the brains of mouse models of Down syndrome, researchers reversed some of the animals' cognitive impairments.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Reverse Cognitive Deficits of Down Syndrome in Mice

"Nobody thought anything could be done. But we may have struck gold."

By Kristin Houser

DARPA is funding research into bacteria for bomb detection that could sense explosives below the ground and then glow on its surface.
DARPA

DARPA Is Engineering Glowing Bacteria for Bomb Detection

If one bacteria detects explosives, another will glow on the ground's surface.

By Kristin Houser

The Boring Company has officially started digging a tunnel for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's futuristic transportation system.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Starts Digging “Viva Las Vegas Loop”

Elon Musk's Boring Company finally starts work on its first major project.

By Victor Tangermann

When British teen Ewan Fisher was 16 years old, he took up vaping. Within five months, he was in intensive care on two forms of life support.
Chemistry

UK Teen Needed Life Support After Vaping for Just Five Months

"I ended up in intensive care... I almost died."

By Kristin Houser

Google is secretly working with one of the biggest healthcare systems in the U.S. to collect personal medical records from millions of Americans.
Developments

Google Is Secretly Hoarding Your Medical Records

Should Google be able to access your full medical history without telling you?

By Victor Tangermann

Using head-mounted cameras to scan faces in Washington, D.C., Fight for the Future protestors hoped to draw attention to facial recognition surveillance.
Artificial Intelligence

Protestors Wearing Head-Mounted Cameras Scan 13,000 Faces in DC

They donned hazmat suits to warn of the dangers of facial recognition.

By Kristin Houser

Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI has released the full version of GPT-2, an algorithm capable of writing coherent paragraphs of text.
OpenAI

OpenAI Just Released the AI It Said Was Too Dangerous to Share

The startup may have overstated the threat.

By Kristin Houser

A whistleblower claims the emergency oxygen systems on the Boeing 787 jet don't always work and that Boeing did nothing to address the issue.
Advanced Transport

Whistleblower Says Boeing 787 Oxygen Masks Don’t Work

"I believe it's just a matter of time before something big happens with a 787."

By Kristin Houser