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A car in the U.K. exploded because its driver sprayed an "excessive" amount of flammable air freshener in the vehicle and then lit a cigarette.
Advanced Transport

A Driver Used so Much Air Freshener His Car Literally Exploded

Everything was going fine until he lit up a cigarette.

By Kristin Houser

The families of children who died or were maimed in cobalt mines are suing Apple, Tesla, and other tech giants for allegedly knowing about the child labor.
Future Society

Families Sue Tech Giants for Deaths of Children in Cobalt Mines

They're suing Apple, Microsoft, Dell, Alphabet, and Tesla for "extreme abuse of innocent children on a large scale."

By Kristin Houser

New Orleans is the latest city to be targeted by ransomware hackers, but after a weekend-long emergency response, it seems to be back to normal.
Hacking

New Orleans Declares State of Emergency Due to Hackers

So far, it seems like the city escaped unscathed.

By Dan Robitzski

A proposed NASA space telescope called HabEx would use a gigantic sail to filter out the light from distant stars while hunting new exiplanets.
Science & Energy

Scientists Want a Giant Folding Space Telescope to Find Earth 2.0

The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory would probe deep space for a new home.

By Dan Robitzski

The ESA is launching a space telescope called CHEOPS (Characterising Exoplanets Satellite) on Tuesday to study distant planets.
Science & Energy

Europe is Launching a Planet-Hunting Space Telescope Tomorrow

The ESA's brand new space telescope is an expert at spotting planets just like our own.

By Victor Tangermann

A driver used his Tesla dashcam footage to prove a police officer was wrong in issuing him a ticket for failure to signal at an intersection.
Tesla

Tesla Owner’s Dashcam Footage Proves Cop Wrong

With the push of a button, a Model 3 owner saved $171.

By Kristin Houser

A new survey of the center of the Milky Way challenges what astronomers have long thought about how stars formed in the region.
Science & Energy

Astronomers May Have Been Wrong About The Milky Way’s History

A new picture from the Very Large Telescope rewrites our cosmic origin story.

By Dan Robitzski

A hundred lights that have appeared and disappeared in the night sky over the past 70 years could be signs of the existence of aliens.
Physics

Newly Discovered Blinking Space Lights Could Be Signs of Aliens

The team behind the project isn't ruling it out.

By Kristin Houser

Ad Astra CEO and former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz is building a plasma rocket engine that he thinks is our best bet to send people to Mars.
Mars

A Former NASA Astronaut Is Building a Plasma-Powered Mars Rocket

He called regular, SpaceX-style rockets "primitive."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of legal representatives of those whose money disappeared with bitcoin CEO Gerald Cotten's death have sent a letter seeking an exhumation.
Bitcoin

They Might Dig Up Body of Bitcoin CEO to See If He’s Really Dead

Lawyers are calling for "certainty around the question of whether Mr Cotten is in fact deceased."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study has uncovered 109 genetic variants linked to more than one psychiatric disorder, a discovery that could help identify future treatments.
Health & Medicine

Study Uncovers Genetic Links Between Psychiatric Disorders

The biological causes of mental health issues are starting to become clear.

By Kristin Houser

Apple's employee wellness program includes free DNA tests through Color, which can scan for things like cancer and heart disease.
DNA

Apple’s Employee “Wellness” Program Includes Free DNA Tests

Proactive healthcare is nice, but this gives the company unprecedented access to employees' lives.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just spotted MAMBO-9. The ancient galaxy's light just reached Earth after a 13 billion year-long journey through space.
Science & Energy

Scientists Spot One of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever: MAMBO-9

MAMBO-9 is a mind-bending 13 billion lightyears away.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch YouTubers Build a Functional Half-Scale Cybertruck, Because Why Not?
Advanced Transport

Watch YouTubers Build a Functional Half-Scale Cybertruck, Because Why Not?

This Cybertruck will definitely fit into your garage.

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, NASA built a complete map of the surface of a neutron star, giving astronomers a new resource as they try to understand the cosmos.
Science & Energy

Stare Into the Brutal Maw of This Barbarous Neutron Star

NASA managed to map a neutron star's surface for the first time.

By Dan Robitzski

Nonprofit New Story has unveiled the first 3D-printed houses in what will eventually be a community boasting 50 of the unique homes.
3D Printing

These Adorable 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness

Each took just 24 hours to build using a massive 3D printer.

By Kristin Houser

The Milky Way might be home to two black holes and not just one — and researchers have a plan for detecting Sagittarius A*'s "hidden friend."
Science & Energy

Our Galaxy Might Have — Two! — Black Holes at Its Center

And scientists think they know how to find out for sure.

By Kristin Houser

The AI research firm AI Now called for the ban of untested and biased technologies like facial recognition and emotion-detecting algorithms.
Facial recognition

Report: Facial Recognition Should Be Banned From Everyday Life

Researchers: the tech "should not be allowed to play a role in important decisions about human lives."

By Dan Robitzski

Russia is launching a center devoted to monitoring meteors, comets, and asteroids to ensure they don't collide with Earth.
Science & Energy

Russia Is Working on Its Own Plan to Blow up Killer Asteroids

To thwart incoming asteroids, Russia is considering everything from rockets to solar sails.

By Kristin Houser

Chinese company Futurus's new heads-up display screen for cars takes advantage of the entire windshield and not just a small part of it.
Advanced Transport

A Startup Wants to Turn Your Car’s Windshield Into a Giant Screen

What could possibly go wrong?

By Kristin Houser