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SpaceX's groundbreaking Heavy Falcon rocket launched successfully from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:30 am ET. Almost everything went according to plan.
Falcon

SpaceX Aces Falcon Heavy Launch, Despite Booster Explosion

The rocket also carried the cremated remains of 152 humans into orbit.

The FBI is investigating the billing practices of biomed startup uBiome. The company may have been billing insurers for more services than it provided.
Health & Medicine

FBI Investigating uBiome’s Billing Practices

The company may have been gaming the system to bill insurers.

A jaw-dropping report found that crypto exchange Quadriga CEO Geralt Cotten got away with $200 million worth of crypto before his death in December.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto CEO Funneled Client Money Into Fake Accounts Before Death

The CEO and his wife "frequently traveled to multiple vacation destinations often making use of private jet services." 

On Monday night, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch 24 experimental satellites into orbit. CEO Elon Musk calls it the company's "most difficult launch."
SpaceX

Elon Musk: This Is SpaceX’s “Most Difficult Launch” Ever

But if it's successful, the payoff could be huge.

The Tibet Air Shower Array has detected extremely high-energy photons from the Crab Nebula, which is some 6,500 light-years away from Earth.
Energy

Crab Nebula Has Hit Earth with Highest-Energy Light Ever Recorded

We've never seen photons like these before.

Amazon just won exclusive rights to the ".amazon" internet domain after a seven-year-long dispute wiith eight South American governments.
Future Society

Amazon Beats South American Nations in Fight Over .amazon Domain

Ultimately, ICANN ruled against Brazil and Peru.

Thanks to a popularity boost from Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, the value of Bitcoin recently surged to over $11,000.
Bitcoin

Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Just Resuscitated Bitcoin

Bitcoin is back from the dead.

CBD could prove to be a useful antibiotic, according to a study in which the cannabis compound effectively killed several strains of bacteria.
Health & Medicine

Cannabis Compound Could Be Latest Weapon in War Against Superbugs

CBD is "remarkably effective" at killing some bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains.

Ocean waves are slamming plastic pollution against an island's coastline, causing a potentially dangerous plastic crust to form on the rocks.
Pollution

Why Is a Strange Plastic Crust Spreading on This Island’s Coast?

The "plasticrust" now covers 10 percent of this island's coastal rock.

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry
Climate Change

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry

Jay Inslee's plan would end government subsidies while supporting workers.

A new study found that frozen sperm samples survived in microgravity, suggesting reproducing in space with sperm sent from Earth could be possible.
Mars

Study: Sperm Banks in Space Could Make Colonizing Mars Possible

We might not need male astronauts for reproducing in space after all.

Dozens of newly-uncovered climate studies that were buried by Trump's USDA reveal how major foods like rice are becoming less nutritious.
Climate Change

Trump Admin. Hid Climate Reports Warning of New Dangers

The uncovered findings have widespread public health implications.

Science leaders tell STAT there's nothing they can do to stop a Russian scientist's plan to create more CRISPR babies from progressing.
Prosthetics and Devices

Science Leaders: We Can’t Stop Russian’s Plan for CRISPR Babies

His home nation will need to put a stop to the controversial experiment — or not.

NASA's Curiosity Rover just found methane readings at a Martian site to be three times as high as the previously record level — posssibly a sign of life.
Science & Energy

New NASA Rover Discovery Hints at Signs of Life on Mars

Curiosity just detected mysteriously high levels of methane on the Red Planet.

Scientists recreated the extreme conditions of salty mud puddles on Mars in order to see whether microbial life could feasibly survive there.
Mars

Extraterrestrial Life Could Feasibly Live in Salty Puddles on Mars

At least, microbes survived similar conditions on Earth.

Drivers' misconception that Tesla's Autopilot can fully take over driving duties might be due to the system's name, according to a new report.
Tesla

Idiot Drivers Can’t Grasp That Teslas Aren’t Fully Autonomous

But it might not be entirely their fault.

That drone that Iran shot down was a super-spy behemoth that carries up to $90 million worth of surveillance equipment while flying for 34 hours at a time.
Drones

Before Iran Shot It Down, the US’s $130M Drone Spied on the World

The RQ-4 Global Hawk was chock-full of surveillance equipment.

Two mysterious white objects that were spotted in the sky over Kansas City, Missouri last night turned out to be DARPA's balloons.
Future Society

UFOs Over Kansas City Turned Out to Be Something Strange

Spoiler: it wasn't aliens.

Waymo, the Alphabet-owned company that develops autonomous cars, just joined an international partnership in hopes of reaching more global markets.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo’s Bizarre Plan to Bring Autonomous Cars to France and Japan

Maybe it could bring them to Arizona first.

Young people are getting plastic surgery in the hopes of looking more like the heavily filtered photos of themselves they share on social media.
Health & Medicine

Doctors Say Selfies Are Pushing More Teens to Get Plastic Surgery

They want to look more like their Snapchat selves.