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A mysterious video that claimed China would be sending 100,000 ducks to Pakistan to help deal with a locust invasion went viral on Chinese social media.
Science & Energy

Expert: China is Not Deploying Duck Army to Devour Locusts

Sorry, duck fans.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have started analyzing data collected by China's Yutu-2 Moon rover's ground-penetrating radar. They found mostly Moon dust.
Science & Energy

Chinese Rover Discovers It’s Sitting on 39 Feet of Moon Dust

"That’s a lot of regolith."

By Victor Tangermann

A group of scientists say their new research shows that contagious diseases like the coronavirus spread like viral videos and other internet memes.
Viruses

New Research: Contagious Diseases Spread a Lot Like Memes

Scientists warn that the coronavirus may be spreading like a viral video.

By Jon Christian

A team of astronomers determined that an exoplanet called K2-18b is capable of holding liquid water at habitable conditions.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Conclude Massive Exoplanet Could Host Life

This super-Earth could feature a habitable ocean world beneath a thick layer of hydrogen gas.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a high-ranking organizer, it's possible the Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be canceled due to the international coronavirus outbreak.
Viruses

The Tokyo Olympics May Be Canceled Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

Would they really cancel the entire Olympics?

By Jon Christian

NASA has learned that Boeing did not perform a "full, end-to-end integrated test" of its astronaut-ferrying Starliner spacecraft with the Atlas V rocket.
Boeing

NASA: Boeing Skipped Crucial Software Test of Starliner Spacecraft

The lack of a critical end-to-end test caught NASA's safety panel off guard.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists built a neural net that connected artificial brain cells to living biological ones, which signalled back and forth over the internet.
Neuroscience and Brain

Artificial and Biological Neurons Just Talked Over the Internet

An international neural net remotely connected real and artificial brain cells.

By Dan Robitzski

Northrop Grumman's "Mission Extension Vehicle-1" (MEV-1) docks with a Inteslat 901, a communication satellite that's been in orbit for a lengthy 18 years.
Off-World

World’s First: Spacecraft Docks to Commercial Satellite In Orbit

This 18-year-old communications satellite just got a new lease on life.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey suspect there's a small asteroid that caught itself in our planet's gravity, like a moon.
Science & Energy

Astronomers: Our Planet Might Have Another Moon, Except It’s Tiny

Okay, we'll admit that it's a bit smaller than the regular Moon.

By Victor Tangermann

Juul is pitching a Bluetooth-enabled vape that won't let you puff until you've connected it to an app and uploaded a government-issued ID.
Prosthetics and Devices

Juul Wants to Age-Lock Its Vapes

This sounds like a terrible episode of "Black Mirror."

By Jon Christian

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to confuse the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 with Ebola, a completely separate deadly disease.
Viruses

Trump Appears to Confuse Coronavirus With Ebola

Then he accidentally spelled it "caronavirus."

By Jon Christian

Special modified human stem cells were able to control blood sugar levels in a demonstration involving diabetic mice by secreting insulin.
Studies

Diabetic Mice “Cured Rapidly” Using Human Stem Cells

These insulin-secreting cells cured mice from severe diabetes "within two weeks."

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, the Pentagon announced the official adoption of a series of new principles for ethical use of artificial intelligence in warfare, the AP reports.
Ethics

These Are the Pentagon’s New Ethics “Principles” for AI in Warfare

Skynet, here we come.

By Foster Kamer

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a nuclear-powered rocket to move cargo around Earth's orbit.
Moon

DARPA’s Working on a Nuclear-Powered Rocket for Easy Moon Access

A literal moonshot.

By Jon Christian

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak that's spread around the world over comes with a lot of confusing terminology and vocab, so we wrote a glossary.
Viruses

Here’s a Glossary for the Ongoing Coronavirus Outbreak’s Vocab

There are a whole lot of acronyms floating around right now. Here's a guide to keep them straight.

By Dan Robitzski

The baby boomers of America are using marijuana at ever-increasing rates, according to a new study published February 2020.
Studies

Study: Boomers Smoking Weed at Unprecedented Rates

We get it, Dad. Put down the bong.

By Foster Kamer

Space Force Lt. General David Thompson clarifies what, exactly, the new military branch does, and how it plans to work with private companies.
Science & Energy

Space Force Working “Pretty Closely With Elon Musk and SpaceX”

This Space Force lieutenant seems pretty interested in SpaceX's satellite constellations.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers at Penn State just confirmed the existence of G 9-40b, a gigantic super-Earth only roughly 90 light years from Earth.
Exoplanets

This Gigantic Neptune-Sized Exoplanet is Incredibly Close

In galactic terms, at least.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new report, the internet was intentionally shut off more than 200 times in 33 countries in 2019, affecting tens of millions of people.
Future Society

Governments Shut Down the Internet Hundreds of Times in 2019

Citizens protesting in the streets? Better shut down the web!

By Victor Tangermann

The pharma company Moderna Inc. just shipped a batch of experimental coronavirus vaccine to federal researchers, and tests could begin by April.
Viruses

Drugmaker Ships First Batch of Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines

"Nothing has ever gone that fast."

By Dan Robitzski