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NASA's new Artemis Accords serve as a set of guidelines for both governments and private companies to peacefully operate in space.
NASA

NASA: Please Follow These Space Rules We Can’t Enforce

These rules for space exploration would be great — if there was any way to enforce them.

By Dan Robitzski

After the Senate voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act, House Democrats have one last shot to introduce an amendment that would preserve American's privacy.
Future Society

This Is the Last Chance to Keep Cops From Seeing Your Web History

Nancy Pelosi could re-introduce a privacy safeguard into the Patriot Act.

By Dan Robitzski

This startup is selling a gigantic air-filtration helmet that it says will filter out the COVID-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. Does it work?
Viruses

Will This Gigantic Air-Filtration Helmet Protect Against COVID?

Would you wear this in public?

By Jon Christian

As schoolchildren stay home during formative periods of their childhood, scientists are predicting they'll face educational setbacks for years.
Future Society

Scientists Predict the Pandemic Will Set Students Back for Years

The damage will likely be defined by class differences.

By Dan Robitzski

The newly-minted US Space Force launched a secretive Boeing spacecraft this weekend, loaded with military and NASA equipment.
Space Force

US Space Force Launches Secretive Spacecraft

This slow-motion footage is pretty impressive.

By Jon Christian

Police in China, Italy, Dubai, and multiple other countries are now wearing thermal cameras embedded in their helmets to scan for fevers.
Viruses

Cops Around the World Are Scanning for Fevers With Helmet Cams

Greetings, citizen.

By Dan Robitzski

Therapeutics firm Sorrento claims to have found the first ingredient for its "cocktail" of antibodies that could protect against the coronavirus.
Developments

Pharma Company Claims to Find Part of COVID-Fighting Cocktail

Could this antibody cocktail act as a "protective shield" against infection?

By Victor Tangermann

Scientist Discovers Gross New Fungus on Twitter
Biology

Scientist Discovers Gross New Fungus on Twitter

"As far as we know, this is the first time that a new species has been discovered on Twitter."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study by researchers suggests that the body builds a robust antiviral immune response after fighting the coronavirus. Good news for a vaccine.
Developments

Good News: Human Body Builds “Robust” Immune Response to COVID

"These findings are really good news for vaccine development."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers and physicists is 3D printing a nuclear reactor, which they say will help speed up the pace at which the slow-paced industry innovates.
3D Printing

Engineers Are 3D-Printing a Nuclear Reactor

"We know all these concepts work. The problem is we can't build them fast and cheap enough."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers managed to create the most thoroughly-intermixed human-mouse chimera hybrids to date, thanks to a weird stem cell-manipulating trick.
Biology

Scientists Are Creating Mouse-Human Hybrids

They want to use them to farm human organs.

By Dan Robitzski

Two Rohingya refugees in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh have tested positive for the coronavirus, the BBC reports.
Developments

Report: COVID Has Spread to the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

Experts say a coronavirus outbreak in a refugee camp is a worst-case scenario.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, a large medical system located in New York, over a third of COVID-19 patients experienced acute kidney injury.
Developments

Study: COVID Patients Suffering Acute Kidney Damage

A new piece of the coronavirus puzzle.

By Victor Tangermann

In a stroke of incredible luck, a NASA/ESA spacecraft is on the right pass to fly right through the tail of a passing comet.
Science & Energy

Research Spacecraft May Pass Through Tail of Dead Comet

Tail of the shattered comet.

By Dan Robitzski

Amazing Vid Shows What You’d See If Rockets Were Transparent
Off-World

Amazing Vid Shows What You’d See If Rockets Were Transparent

You can even see the fuel draining out of them.

By Victor Tangermann

New research reveals that a certain class of star gives off rhythmic pulsations that are similar to a person's heartbeat.
Science & Energy

Astronomers: Some Stars Have Something Akin to a Heartbeat

"Now we can detect structure, more like listening to nice chords being played on the piano."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have developed a brain implant that allowed the blind and previously sighted participants who lost their sight in adulthood "see" letters.
Brain

Brain Implant Allows Blind People to “See” Letters

"They described seeing glowing spots or lines forming the letters, like skywriting."

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers are building experimental rovers that can vibrate intensely to escape from dangerous, wheel-clogging sand traps on Mars.
Mars

This Wiggly Mars Rover Is the Silliest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

Now these are some dance moves.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report, Tesla's "million mile" battery could make its EVs far cheaper and also last much longer thanks to new technologies.
Tesla

Tesla Leak Describes Upcoming “Million Mile” Battery

Are Teslas about to become as cheap as gas cars?

By Victor Tangermann

A website called thisworddoesnotexist uses AI to generate fake but believable definitions for made-up words like "lachetous."
Artificial Intelligence

This Delightful AI Generates Words That Sound Real But Aren’t

If we said "lachetous" meant a plant that grows on another plant, would you believe us?

By Dan Robitzski