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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration's 2018 decision to let Defense Distributed share blueprints for 3D-printed guns was illegal.
Future Society

Federal Judge: It’s Illegal to Post 3D-Printed Gun Designs Online

He ruled that the Trump Administration can't simply reverse an earlier decision.

By Kristin Houser

A team of physicists attempted a bizarre new way to spot dark matter: using antimatter probes. It hasn't worked yet, but the scientists have some ideas.
Physics

New Research: Antimatter Could Be Portal to “Dark Universe”

Scientists have a new plan to spot dark matter.

By Dan Robitzski

In a study published this week, a lecturer argues that the internet is "necessary to enable the realisation of human rights and the promotion of democracy."
Future Society

Professor Claims Internet Access Should Be a Human Right

Almost half of the global population has zero access to the internet.

By Victor Tangermann

California’s Air Protein says it’s figured out how to make meat from thin air — by building on an idea NASA had in the 1960s.
Science & Energy

This Startup Says It Can Create “Meat” Out of Thin Air

Step aside, plant-based meat.

By Kristin Houser

The levels of oxygen on Mars increase and decrease over the year in a way that just doesn't make sense to scientists, a new paper reveals.
Science & Energy

“Mind Boggling” Behavior of Oxygen on Mars Has NASA Stumped

Every year, oxygen levels on Mars spike. Scientists are baffled.

By Kristin Houser

Academics in South Korea are naming kids — theirs, their friends, or others — as coauthors on their papers to help with college admissions.
Science & Energy

Professors are Naming Their Kids as Co-authors in Academic Papers

"I don't like colleges emphasizing publications in admission process because high school students cannot be involved in research seriously."

By Dan Robitzski

Several witnesses to the U.S. Navy's 2004 UFO encounter have detailed the immediate aftermath of the event, and that the video was seized by the military.
Off-World

Veterans Claim Military Immediately Seized Video of UFO Encounter

They say mysterious men landed in a helicopter and confiscated the footage.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists spotted a runaway star traveling across the galaxy so rapidly that it will never return and traced its path back to our supermassive black hole.
Science & Energy

A Supermassive Black Hole Yeeted This Star at 3.7 Million MPH

Bye forever!

By Dan Robitzski

Asteroid Ultima Thule was renamed by NASA to "Arrokoth" thanks to the Nazi connotations of its old name, as Agence France-Press reports.
Future Society

NASA Reverses Course After Giving Asteroid Nazi Name

Oops — this name is a favorite of Nazi occultists.

By Victor Tangermann

According to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal, Google will start offering bank checking accounts to its Google Pay customers.
Future Society

Google Is Going to Start Offering Bank Accounts

Will consumers trust Google with their money and financial data?

By Victor Tangermann

A nuclear tomb full of radioactive material is at risk of busting open as climate change causes both sea levels and temperatures to rise.
Climate Change

Nuclear Waste Tomb Unlikely to Survive Climate Change

And the U.S. government refuses to help reinforce it.

By Kristin Houser

After 30 years, conservationists have finally confirmed using camera traps that the deer-like silver-backed chevrotain is not extinct.
Science & Energy

Scientists Thought This Creature Was Extinct For 30 Years. Then It Returned.

"For so long, this species has seemingly only existed as part of our imagination."

By Kristin Houser

The Facebook iOS app is turning on users' camera without informing them, according to Twitter user Joshua Maddux, who uploaded a screen capture video.
Future Society

Facebook’s iPhone App is Secretly Using Your Camera As You Scroll

Is this a privacy violation, or a harmless bug?

By Victor Tangermann

A decommissioned nuclear missile silo in Arizona just went on sale for $395,000, in case you’re in the market for a doomsday bunker.
Future Society

Realtors Are Trying to Sell a Decommissioned Nuclear Missile Silo

And it could be yours for just $395,000.

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that vaping is just as bad for your heart as is smoking cigarettes. In some ways, vapes are even worse.
RX and Medicine

New Research: Vaping Is Incredibly Bad for Your Heart

They may be even more unhealthy than cigarettes.

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook hired the cofounder of a media outlet that's specifically biased against Elizabeth Warren to head its recently-launched news service.
Future Society

Facebook’s Head of News Founded an Anti-Warren Website

The political misinformation is coming from inside the house.

By Dan Robitzski

Paralyzed Army veteran Terry Hannigan Vereline used an exoskeleton to complete the 2019 New York City Marathon over the course of three days.
Health & Medicine

Paralyzed US Veteran Uses Exoskeleton to Complete a Marathon

"Words cannot express the feelings I had crossing the finish line."

By Kristin Houser

A Ford pickup truck was airlifted from a parking lot in Berlin after it was blocking (or ICEing) a dedicated Tesla electric vehicle charging stall.
Tesla

Watch Police Drag Away Truck That ICEd Tesla Driver

They literally lifted it out with a crane.

By Victor Tangermann

One man recently got a double lung transplant because he vaped so much that he caused irreparable damage to his respiratory system.
RX and Medicine

This Person Vaped So Much They Needed a Double Lung Transplant

He asked the hospital to use his story as a warning for others.

By Dan Robitzski

Not only could SpaceX's satellites interfere with radio wavelengths, they're already proving to be brighter than expected.
Science & Energy

Scientists: SpaceX Satellites Threaten “Astronomy Itself”

"If there are lots and lots of bright moving objects in the sky, it tremendously complicates our job."

By Victor Tangermann