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Performing surgeries in space could end up being a pretty messy — and potentially dangerous — reality for astronauts on future missions to Mars.
Off-World

Scientists Ponder Gory Mayhem of Zero-Gravity Surgery

"One problem was that, during open surgery, the intestines would float around."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is planning the first test flight of its Starship prototype as soon as next week if a Raptor rocket engine test goes according to plan.
Starship

SpaceX Is Planning Starship’s First Test Flight for Next Week

SpaceX is eager to get its rocket monstrosity off the ground.

By Victor Tangermann

If a spacecraft ferried passengers to new star systems, their language would evolve to the point of making communicating with Earth extremely difficult.
Space

On an Interstellar Flight, Language Itself Would Evolve

After several generations, language would become unrecognizable.

By Dan Robitzski

A company called Pioneer Astronautics just got millions in funding from NASA to develop a way to extract oxygen from beneath the lunar surface.
Science & Energy

NASA Pumps Funding Into Startup That Says It Can Harvest Oxygen From Lunar Regolith

Pioneer Astronautics has a plan to generate oxygen from the Moon's dusty surface.

By Dan Robitzski

In a video message recorded for the Shanghai World AI Conference (WAIC), Musk stated that Tesla will reach (basic) Level 5 autonomy this year.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Brags That Tesla Is “Very Close” to Full, Level 5 Self Driving

"I'm extremely confident that level 5 or essentially complete autonomy will happen and I think will happen very quickly."

By Victor Tangermann

The coronavirus seems to kill more men than women for unknown reasons, but a new data tracker may help scientists get to the bottom of it.
Viruses

Scientists Still Don’t Know Why COVID-19 Hits Men and Women Differently

"The variability in death rates is immense."

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk's The Boring Company has decided to put on a fun competition, challenging the general public to dig a tunnel faster than a snail.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Announces Tunnel-Digging Contest

How fast can you dig a hole?

By Victor Tangermann

Sony has developed a wearable personal air conditioner that you can stick inside a specially-designed pocket sewn into an accompanying shirt.
Robots and Machines

Wearable Air Conditioner Could Stave Off Your Death In This Heat Wave

You'll have to take Sony's word that it actually works.

By Victor Tangermann

After someone tried to burn down the mayor's house in Sandefjord, Norway, police hope a nearby Tesla on Sentry Mode caught the perp on video.
Tesla

Police Are Seeking Tesla Owners to Solve an Attempted Murder

Someone tried to burn down a mayor's house. Police hope a Tesla on Sentry Mode saw something.

By Dan Robitzski

After a lengthy "hammering session" of 150 strokes, the "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander started "bouncing in place."
Mars

Crap: NASA’s Mars “Mole” Finally Started Digging, Then Hit Another Obstacle

Who knew that digging into Mars was this difficult?

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese theme parks are no longer allowing parkgoers to scream and howl as they're riding roller coasters due to the risks of spreading the coronavirus.
Future Society

To Fight COVID, Japanese Theme Parks Forbid Screaming on Roller Coasters

"Please scream inside your heart."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are warning that we may be overlooking serious brain disorders, triggered by the coronavirus that effect even those with mild symptoms.
Developments

Neurologists Say COVID Survivors Are Suffering Strokes and Brain Disorders

Doctors warn that there could be a "hidden epidemic" of neurological disorders among COVID survivors.

By Victor Tangermann

Michael Lofthouse, a San Francisco tech CEO, launched a racist tirade against a nearby family celebrating a birthday at a restaurant.
Future Society

Watch a Tech CEO Melt Down in a Racist Tirade

He apologized, but the family he screamed at isn't buying it.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Curiosity rover is about to embark on an epic new adventure at Mount Sharp, a gigantic mountain on Mars, to look for signs of ancient life.
Science & Energy

NASA Rover Starts New “Road Trip” Across Martian Wasteland

I spy with my little eyes...

By Victor Tangermann

A nuclear spill happened at the Los Alamos National Laboratory last month, and 15 workers could have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
Science & Energy

US Investigating “Breach” at Nuclear Weapons Facility

More than a dozen workers were potentially exposed to plutonium.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a stream of 200 stars hurtling toward the center of the Milky Way, and they suspect they came from another galaxy.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Surprised to Find Stars Streaming Into the Center of Our Galaxy

Intriguingly, this river of stars could be held together by a long-dead galaxy's lingering dark matter.

By Dan Robitzski

A new investigation of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft found that both its hardware and software are riddled with problems.
Boeing

Official Report: Boeing’s Spaceship Still Really, Really Sucks

Can't Boeing just, you know, be more like SpaceX?

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new paper, a team of Chinese scientists claim a strange "gel-like" substance found on the far side of the Moon is "impact melt breccia."
Moon

China Finally Figured Out What That Weird “Gel-Like” Substance from the Far Side of the Moon Was

Drum roll please!

By Victor Tangermann

After China enacting broad new controls over Hong Kong, the region's internet has already effectively been silenced and censored.
Future Society

Hong Kong Is Already Being Censored by China’s “Great Firewall”

And China is probably about to censor Google, Twitter and Facebook.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a House appropriations bill released today, Congress doesn't intend to raise NASA's budget, setting aside the same $22.63 billion for 2021.
Moon

Congress Budget Denies NASA Full Funding for Moon Missions

Did Congress just kill NASA's ambitions to return humans to the Moon by 2024?

By Victor Tangermann