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Scientists are suggesting that the methane-filled lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan could have been formed by massive explosions.
Science & Energy

Huge Explosions May Have Formed Lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan

Pockets of warming nitrogen gas could've blown massive craters into the moon's surface.

By Victor Tangermann

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to ban flavored vaping products in the state as part of a push to keep residents from falling victim to vape lung.
Chemistry

New York’s Governor Wants to Ban Flavored Vapes

And if he could, he says he would ban all vaping products.

By Kristin Houser

Shawn Rosenberg, a prominent psychologist at the University of California, Irvine told the crowd at a recent meeting of the International Society of Political Psychologists that "democracy is devouring itself," Politico reports.
Future Society

Prominent Researcher Predicts That Democracy Is Going to Collapse

"In sum, the majority of Americans are generally unable to understand or value democratic culture, institutions, practices or citizenship in the manner required."

By Dan Robitzski

On Friday, state broadcaster CCTV aired footage of traffic police using a drone to tell a scooter rider to put on his helmet, according to a newly published South China Morning Post story.
Drones

Police Drone Caught Barking Orders at Chinese Driver

Are nagging, hovering drones the future of the surveillance state?

By Kristin Houser

A survey of 14 well-known comets traced them all back to the same point in space and time, suggesting that the comets of our solar system are all related.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Birthplace of All Comets Could Explain Life on Earth

All 14 comets he studied share an origin story.

By Dan Robitzski

A state-owned communications watchdog in Russia claims that Google, Facebook, and YouTube interfered with a local election by allowing political ads.
Future Society

Russia Accuses Facebook of Meddling In Its Election. Seriously.

Ironic.

By Victor Tangermann

A deepfake video uploaded to YouTube explores what it would have looked like if Will Smith had accepted to take on the role of Neo in "The Matrix."
Future Society

Watch a Deepfake That Casts Will Smith as Neo In “The Matrix”

We really dodged a bullet.

By Victor Tangermann

China claims its Yutu-2 lunar rover has stumbled upon an unsually colored "gel-like" substance on the bottom of an impact crater on the Moon.
Science & Energy

China Claims Its Moon Rover Found a Colorful “Gel-Like” Substance

Did somebody goo the Moon?

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”

Let the war of the electric supercars begin.

By Victor Tangermann

A meeting of MIT Media Lab employees to discuss the school's acceptance of donations from Jeffrey Epstein led to a bizarre series of events.
Future Society

Bizarre MIT Meeting About Jeffrey Epstein Ends In Tears, Yelling

The meeting devolved into something that sounds more like reality TV than MIT.

By Kristin Houser

PornWikiLeaks, a website responsible for the doxxing and harassment of thousands of porn performers, just got permanently shut down by Bang Bros.
Future Society

A Porn Company Bought, Promptly Incinerated a Website That Doxxed Performers

It's good news but a reminder that the internet is written in pencil.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers working on a Tesla battery say their new model could last for up to 1 million miles over 6,000 recharging cycles.
Tesla

Tesla Researcher Says New Battery Could Last One Million Miles

The goal is to make a future fleet of robot taxis more cost-effective.

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors examining sufferers of the deadly vape lung sickness sweeping the U.S. have identified a rare type of cell in the patients' lungs.
Chemistry

Doctors Identify New Link Between “Vape Lung” Sufferers

These cells could be key to understanding — and preventing — vape lung.

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that we haven't found aliens because they're waiting until their solar systems pass closer to ours before making the journey.
Space

New Research: Aliens May Have Already Visited Earth

"Every system could be habitable and could be settled, but they wouldn’t visit us because they’re not close enough."

By Dan Robitzski

An MIT-funded robotic agriculture project that promised anybody the instant ability to successfully grow food is snake oil, according to Business Insider.
Agriculture

Report: MIT’s Much-Hyped Robotic Agriculture Project is a Sham

MIT workers reportedly put store-bought plants inside the devices to impress funders.

By Victor Tangermann

The MIT Media Lab reportedly took more money from Jeffrey Epstein than it previously admitted by disguising the source of his donations.
Future Society

MIT Media Lab Hid Donations From Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein

Lab director Joi Ito has resigned in the wake of a bombshell report.

By Kristin Houser

Three more health departments have announced vape-related deaths, bringing the total death tally of the mysterious lung disease up to five people.
Developments

Terrifying Vape Disease Has Now Killed Five People

Since Friday, officials have announced three more "vape lung" deaths.

By Dan Robitzski

India may have lost all communication with its Vikram lunar lander after making its approach last week — but not all may be lost.
Moon

India Finds Lost Moon Lander, Tries to Establish Contact

India's lunar lander may not be dead.

By Victor Tangermann

A new study found that mouthwash can impede post-exercise hypotension, a phenomenon in which a person's blood pressure is lower for hours after exercising.
Studies

Bad News: Mouthwash Might Mess With Your Blood Pressure

It negates a phenomenon known as post-exercise hypotension.

By Kristin Houser

This Biotech Company Claims to Have 3D Printed a Mini Human Heart
3D Printing

This Biotech Company Claims to Have 3D Printed a Mini Human Heart

Can 3D printing technology really make donor organs obsolete?

By Victor Tangermann