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The first trial of a chlamydia vaccine in humans delivered promising results, with researchers already looking forward to the next steps.
RX and Medicine

"The research is still in its early days, but we're very happy."

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX has scheduled the next test flight of its Starship prototype Starhopper — possibly up to an altitude of 650 feet — for this weekend.
SpaceX

"Just spoke with FAA, so hopefully yes."

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook paid third-party contractors to write up transcriptions of user's conversations, despite the company's insistence that it doesn't record us.
Meta

And the company paid outside contractors to do it.

By Dan Robitzski

Starting in 2023, the United State's nuclear stockpile will be managed by El Capitan, a supercomputer with a peak performance of 1.5 exaflops.
Computers

It'll be more powerful than today's top 100 supercomputers combined.

By Kristin Houser

A new survey reveals that teens tend to trust social media and YouTube personalities more than they do established news outlets.
Future Society

A survey shows that teens go to YouTube despite knowing it's less reliable.

By Dan Robitzski

Microplastic has been found in rainwater samples in the Rocky Mountains, suggesting that plastic pollution has spread much farther than expected.
Pollution

"It's a part of our environment now."

By Dan Robitzski

With just tiny implant, a security researcher was able to rig an Apple charging cable to give himself access to any user's devices.
Computers

And anyone can buy it for $200.

By Kristin Houser

Russia is sending a semi-autonomous, gun-savvy robot to the International Space Station next Thursday. They hope the Russian bot will help build Moon bases.
Robotics

The Russian robo-astronaut looks brutal as heck.

By Dan Robitzski

The day after the feral hogs meme was born, these researchers published a study about the very real problem the animals pose for farmers.
Science & Energy

The timing of this new feral hog study really couldn’t be any better.

By Kristin Houser

During an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast, Bernie Sanders promised he'd tell the public about alien life if he was elected president.
Science & Energy

"My wife would demand that I let you know."

By Dan Robitzski

A new deepfake on YouTube brought some signature cartoony design elements back to Disney's new live-action "The Lion King" remake.
Artificial Intelligence

The end result is a bizarre hybrid of new and old.

By Dan Robitzski

A new deepfake puts Tom Cruise's face onto Christian Bale's body from "American Psycho." It's a bizarre gray area in the realm of deepfake nudity.
Artificial Intelligence

The video is uncomfortable. And extremely NSFW.

By Dan Robitzski

#globalwarning videos on Tik Tok show people slowly melting in the heat as global climate change gets worse and worse around them.
Climate Change

#Globalwarning shows a memeified glimpse into our future.

By Dan Robitzski

The person behind the Storm Area 51 event is now promoting Alienstock, a music festival set to take place in the Nevada desert the same weekend.
Off-World

The event promises to provide "an experience that celebrates Aliens and the Unknown."

By Kristin Houser

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley got to test out their hot new spacesuits for launch day of the long-awaited SpaceX Crew Dragon test flight.
Crew Dragon

Will SpaceX be able to launch its Crew Dragon capsule in November?

By Victor Tangermann

Now-deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein told a New York Times reporter he advised Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk in August 2018.
Elon Musk

Can you guess what Tesla has to say about that claim?

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk estimates the cost of building a self-sustaining city on Mars to be anywhere "between $100 billion and $100 trillion."
Mars

For perspective, that's about triple the United States' total tax revenue.

By Victor Tangermann

Snap, Inc is about to release the third iteration of its AR glasses, Spectacles 3. It's extremely unclear who they're for.
Robots and Machines

Twice the cameras, twice the cost.

By Dan Robitzski

YouTuber Amie DD published a video last week in which she has a small RFID tag that doubles as her Model 3 keycard implanted into her forearm.
Tesla

Carrying around a physical keycard for your Tesla is so 2018.

By Victor Tangermann

Climate change has the global food supply on the brink of disaster, according to a newly published United Nations report.
Food

Climate change has the global food supply on the brink of disaster.

By Kristin Houser