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Last week, a Russian nuclear sub caught fire, killing 14. Now, a Russian Navy official says that the deceased crew averted a "planetary catastrophe."
Nuclear Fusion

Russia: Dead Nuclear Sub Somehow Avoided “Planetary Catastrophe”

The Kremlin is keeping the details under wraps.

By Dan Robitzski

A Dutch astronomer and satellite tracker Ralf Vanderberg just spotted something extraordinary and rare: the U.S. Air Force's top-secret X-37B space plane.
Space

Amateur Astronomer Spots US Air Force Space Plane Lurking in Orbit

The US has something very mysterious in orbit.

By Victor Tangermann

A tongue-in-cheek Facebook event called "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us" recently amassed an army of over 200,000 conspirators and meme lovers.
Future Society

Almost 300,000 People Say They’re Gonna Storm Area 51

Really.

By Victor Tangermann

Someone used machine learning to superimpose the face of Jim Carrey onto Jack Nicholson's character in Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1980 film "The Shining."
Artificial Intelligence

Oh No: Someone Deepfaked Jim Carrey Into “The Shining”

Here's Johnny!

By Jon Christian

An attempt to reconcile the discrepancy among Hubble Constant calculations only complicated the matter, raising questions about our models of the universe.
Physics

New Hubble Data Breaks Scientists’ Understanding of the Universe

A new attempt to find the universe's age revealed troubling flaws.

By Dan Robitzski

Congress wants to know if the US miltary experimented with creating bioweapons out of ticks and other insects — and then released them into the wild.
Health & Medicine

Congress to DoD: Are Disease-Carrying Insects Escaped Bioweapons?

Rumors have circulated for decades. It's time for answers.

By Kristin Houser

In a new report by CNBC, Tesla employees said that they used electrical tape to fix plastic housings thanks to aggressive deadlines.
Tesla

Tesla Employees Admit Using Electrical Tape to Fix Model 3s

Some cars on the production line ended up missing bolts, nuts or lugs.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new survey, American and British kids would much rather become YouTubers than astronauts, while the opposite is true in China.
Future Society

Astronauts Are Out. American Kids Would Rather Be YouTubers.

The opposite is true in China.

By Dan Robitzski

Australian futurist Richard Hames told news.com.au that he believes we're overdue for a drone assassination and that one will take place within three years.
Future Society

Sketchy Futurist Says We’re Overdue for a Drone Assassination

And he thinks the drone might use "a toxic poison" to kill its target.

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX has preliminary results to share about what it suspects caused its Crew Dragon capsule to fail during an engine test in April.
Crew Dragon

We Finally Know What Caused the SpaceX Crew Dragon Explosion

Did SpaceX learn their lesson?

By Victor Tangermann

We're one step closer to invisibility cloaks thanks to a new artificial intelligence that designs metamaterials with specific optical properties.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Is Helping Scientists Develop Invisibility Cloaks

It designs new metamaterials far faster than humans can.

By Kristin Houser

It may be possible to terraform Mars by blanketing future space farms with a thin layer of aerogel that blocks radiation and heats the ground.
Science & Energy

A Thin Layer of Aerogel Could Make Martian Farming Possible

Blanketing Mars with aerogel may be enough to help plants grow.

By Dan Robitzski

Englands Department for Transport announced that every new home needs to have an electric car charging port as part of a push to make EVs more accessible.
Advanced Transport

UK Releases Plan to Put Electric Car Chargers in All New Homes

The U.K. would be the first to mandate in-home EV chargers.

By Dan Robitzski

An AI-developed flu vaccine is now undergoing clinical trials, meaning we could be headed toward an era of fewer flus and more AI-developed drugs.
Artificial Intelligence

First Human Drug Developed Solely by AI Is a Vaccine

The AI's new flu vaccine is already undergoing clinical trials.

By Kristin Houser

India officially called off the launch of its first mission to the Moon on Sunday a mere hour before launch due to a "technical snag."
Moon

India Calls Off Moon Mission One Hour Before Launch

“As a measure of abundant precaution, Chandrayaan 2 launch has been called off for today."

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, scientists managed to capture photographic evidence that two photons were linked by quantum entanglement.
Physics

Scientists Capture First-Ever Image of Quantum Entanglement

The image paves the way for tools to analyze quantum behavior.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists who work on extraterrestrial-seeking projects like SETI report a stigma within science that gets their work dismissed and funding killed.
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Terrified of SETI Research

Investigating extraterrestrial life is a great way to have your work written off.

By Dan Robitzski

Neural Implant Sends Camera Feed Into Blind People’s Brains
Brain

Neural Implant Sends Camera Feed Into Blind People’s Brains

"This is a complete paradigm shift for treating people with complete blindness."

By Kristin Houser

A NASA Astrobiology Institute-funded project will be trying to find out if life could ever exist in Titan's ocean — and if it does, how to look for it.
Science & Energy

NASA Organizes Huge Effort to Study Alien Life in Titan’s Ocean

Can the massive ocean of Saturn's largest moon sustain life?

By Victor Tangermann

During a speech at the National Conservatism conference, Peter Thiel called for the CIA and FBI to investigate Google's "seemingly treasonous" ties with China.
Future Society

Peter Thiel: Investigate Google For “Treasonous” Ties With China

Thiel suggested that Google was infiltrated by Chinese intelligence.

By Dan Robitzski