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An early prototype of SpaceX's massive Starship rocket partially burst apart during a ground test at the company's test site in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship

Watch SpaceX Starship Rocket Burst, Crumple During Test

This hurts to watch.

By Victor Tangermann

How Much Wood Could A Woodchuck Chuck?
Science & Energy

How Much Wood Could A Woodchuck Chuck?

By Jolene Creighton

A truly bizarre evangelical app tries to keep people from watching porn by using AI to filter it out and sending alerts to their friends if they slip up.
Artificial Intelligence

Horrible Christian App Narcs to Your Mom If You Watch Porn

To be fair, it could work like a safesearch filter for kids.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese parents are using DNA testing to shape how they raise their children, despite the science behind the tests being flimsy at best.
DNA

Parents Are Letting DNA Testing Dictate How They Raise Their Kids

"I wanted to know about his talents in the future so that I can set a direction for him."

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that a fiery layer of super-hot plasma marks the transition between our solar system and interstellar space.
Solar Power

Our Solar System Is Blanketed in a Giant Wall of Fire

Voyager 2 broke through, but the wall could make interstellar travel difficult.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have discovered new evidence of a fifth force of nature, and if confirmed, the work could help us understand dark matter.
Physics

Physicists Discover Evidence of a New Force of Nature

This could be the key to understanding dark matter.

By Kristin Houser

See SpaceX perform a static fire test on the SuperDraco engines that form its Crew Dragon spacecraft's emergency abort system.
Crew Dragon

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Fire Its Abort System Engines

No giant explosion this time.

By Victor Tangermann

A group of researchers are eager to get back to exploring the far reaches of the universe and send a probe on a NASA mission into interstellar space.
Science & Energy

It’s Official: NASA Is Considering an Interstellar Mission

"This is humanity’s first explicit step into interstellar space."

By Victor Tangermann

A new mission plans to determine once and for all whether spacetime is a smooth fabric or a chunky mess of discrete units.
Physics

Satellite Mission Will Investigate Whether Reality Is Pixelated

They want to probe the fabric of our universe.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a recent study, ride-hailing apps like Uber might have had something to do with an increase in binge drinking as people are able to drink more and get a ride home after
Advanced Transport

Ride-Hailing Apps Linked to an Increase in Binge Drinking

When Uber becomes your designated driver.

By Victor Tangermann

Pennsylvania State University is currently developing a center focused on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
Off-World

Penn State’s SETI Center Could Legitimize Alien Research

SETI could finally reach mainstream academia.

By Kristin Houser

Decades later, people who had half their brain removed as children have stronger neural connections and function than doctors expected.
Neuroscience and Brain

People With Half Their Brain Removed Are Doing Surprisingly Well

"They have intact language skills. When I put them in the scanner, we made small talk, just like the hundreds of other individuals I have scanned."

By Dan Robitzski

Over 30 years after it blew up, astronomers finally spotted the cosmic wreckage — a neutron star hidden in a dense cloud of dust — of a famous supernova.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Found the Wreckage Cloud From a 1987 Supernova

Finally, scientists found the famous explosion's hidden debris.

By Dan Robitzski

A new study of the effects of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactive ingredient in ayahuasca, could help us finally understand consciousness.
Neuroscience and Brain

Research: DMT’s Effects on Brainwaves Could Explain Consciousness

"It’s like dreaming but with your eyes open."

By Kristin Houser

In order to make robots more effective at their jobs, scientists suggest programming them with an inate fear of their own deaths.
Robotics

To Make Robots Perform Better, Make Them Constantly Fear Death

This is grim.

By Dan Robitzski

An entomologist claims rover photos show life on Mars in the form of both living and fossilized insects, but the evidence is far from convincing.
Mars

Professor Claims to Have Discovered Insect-Like Life on Mars

"There has been and still is life on Mars."

By Kristin Houser

A private orbital systems company is developing the "Dream Chaser," a sleek reusable spacecraft, which NASA will test to shuttle cargo to the Space Station.
NASA

NASA Will Test Beautiful Spaceship That Looks Like Space Shuttle

This sleek machine could ferry cargo to the Moon's orbit and back.

By Victor Tangermann

A wave of questionable startups claim they can test your DNA and make complicated predictions about your personality and health. Experts say it's hogwash.
DNA

“Like Horoscope Readings!”: The Scammy World of DNA Test Startups

They claim to scan your genetic code for everything from physical features to personality traits. The only problem? Experts say it's a complete scam.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine placed humans in "suspended animation" for the first time.
Developments

Scientists Place Humans in “Suspended Animation” for First Time

They cool your body — and replace your blood with an ice-cold salt solution.

By Victor Tangermann

A group of scientists are suggesting that supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies are surrounded by, and devour, much smaller "baby black holes."
Science & Energy

Baby Black Holes May be Orbiting Supermassive Black Holes

Scientists suspect that these black holes are constantly devouring one another.

By Victor Tangermann