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A biological anthropology professor has written a book suggesting that it's not extraterrestrials piloting UFOs, but time-traveling humans from the future.
Future Society

Professor: UFOs May Be Time-Traveling Humans From the Future

"I think the simplest explanation, innately, is that it is us."

By Kristin Houser

Rand Paul's bizarre tweet suggests that we're not creating climate change on Earth, but perhaps we should be on Mars or some exoplanet.
Off-World

Senator: Climate Change Is Fake. Also, Let’s Terraform New Worlds

Rand Paul says humans will "likely survive for hundreds of millions of years."

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Space Force caused a social media frenzy by tweeting out a photo of its utility uniform nametapes on camouflage uniforms.
Space Force

Space Force Unveils Camouflage Uniform, Sparking Twitter Frenzy

"Have you been to a part of space where this camouflage would blend in?"

By Kristin Houser

After announcing plans to temporarily stop production of the 737 Max airliner in December, Boeing confirmed that production was officially on hold to CNN.
Advanced Transport

Boeing Officially Halts Production of 737 Max Airliner

The disaster-prone plane is officially on hold.

By Victor Tangermann

Astrobiologist Samantha Rolfe has published an essay explaining how invisible aliens could already be living on Earth — and how they might have gotten here.
Science & Energy

Astrobiologist Explains How Invisible Aliens Could Live on Earth

"This means we can’t study or even notice them because they are outside of our comprehension."

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX tested its Crew Dragon spacecraft's in-flight abort system on Sunday, blowing up a Falcon 9 rocket in the process.
SpaceX

Watch a SpaceX Rocket Explode in Mid-Flight

It looks like a scene out of "Star Wars."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley got to ride a Tesla Model X to the launch pad as part of a SpaceX pre-launch rehearsal over the weekend.
SpaceX

SpaceX Says It’ll Drive Astronauts to Launchpad in Tesla Model X

Here's a collaboration we can get behind.

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump regrets getting personally involved in his administration's vape ban, which could help curb teen vaping.
Chemistry

Trump Says He Now Regrets Pushing for Vape Ban

"I should never have done that fucking vaping thing."

By Kristin Houser

A research facility that studies how cadavers decompose had a break in of hungry feral cats, which actually gave forensics experts new insights and tools.
Science & Energy

Feral Cats Break Into Research Facility, Eat Human Cadavers

"Both cats showed preference for bodies in relatively early decomposition."

By Dan Robitzski

In a statement, Tesla stated that a petition about unintended acceleration crash reports "is completely false and was brought by a Tesla short-seller."
Tesla

Tesla Blames Crash Reports on Short-Seller

Tesla says the claims were “completely false” and “brought by a Tesla short-seller.”

By Victor Tangermann

SLS
Falcon

How Does NASA’s New Mega-Rocket Compare to the Falcon Heavy?

The SLS may be more powerful, but is it worth the cost?

By Chelsea Gohd

Researchers couldn't find any reason why human hibernation shouldn't be possible — and cracking it could help us explore the cosmos.
Developments

Scientists: Human Hibernation Is Entirely Possible

"We couldn’t find any showstoppers, any reason it wouldn’t be possible."

By Kristin Houser

Astronomers have built a new model that could answer lingering questions about Betelgeuse — by positing that it was once two stars.
Science & Energy

Giant Star Betelgeuse May Have Eaten a Smaller Companion

The famous red giant may have once been two stars.

By Kristin Houser

A small Michigan town is spending $3,400 on a Nasal Ranger, a bizarre-looking device it hopes will help it sniff out illegal marijuana plants.
Future Society

Smelly Town Buys Bizarre Device to Sniff out Marijuana Plants

"The city of Bessemer stinks. You can smell marijuana everywhere."

By Kristin Houser

The NHTSA said Friday that it's thinking about launching an investigation over a petition citing issues over Teslas accelerating suddenly.
Tesla

Government Might Investigate Teslas Accelerating Unexpectedly

Are Teslas lurching forward and crashing?

By Victor Tangermann

European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have figured out a way to produce oxygen from Moon dust. The team just opened up their own "prototype oxygen plant."
Science & Energy

Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to Make Oxygen From Moon Dust

"Being able to acquire oxygen from resources found on the Moon would obviously be hugely useful for future lunar settlers."

By Victor Tangermann

A children's hospital being constructed in Dublin might implement facial recognition security cameras. The reasoning? To prevent babies from being stolen.
Facial recognition

Hospital: We Need Facial Recognition to Catch Baby Snatchers

Wait, what?

By Dan Robitzski

The blob, a patch of warm water in the Pacific Ocean, caused the deaths of an estimated one million seabirds, according to a new study.
Climate Change

Pacific Ocean’s Warm “Blob” Killed a Million Seabirds in One Year

This is the largest mass death of seabirds in recorded history.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created a "strange metal" that could help us harness the potential of the quantum world in a practical way.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Create “Strange Metal” Packed With Entangled Electrons

This could be the key to creating quantum technologies.

By Kristin Houser

In a series of tweets on Thursday evening, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed some more details of his greater plans to colonize Mars.
Mars

Elon Musk Says He’ll Put A Million People on Mars By 2050

Musk: "There will be a lot of jobs on Mars!"

By Victor Tangermann