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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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Kristin Houser

Americans think monitoring asteroids and comets that could hit the Earth is way more imporant than crewed missions to Mars, according to a new poll.
Mars

Americans Don’t Really Care About Reaching Mars, Says Poll

"There are all kinds of other things... that deserve our attention."

By Kristin Houser

Russia's defense minister recently announced that the country has begun combat tests for both lasers and hypersonic weaponry.
Military

Russian Military Actively Testing Lasers, Hypersonic Weapons

The Russian Minister of Defense called the technology "unparalleled."

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk took to Twitter to warn about an impending collapse in global population, arguing that demographics will look like an upside-down pyramid.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Civilization Could Collapse in 30 Years

The world will face a massive population decline by 2050, Musk says.

By Dan Robitzski