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Virgin Galactic plans to start selling tickets to space next year. By 2023, it will launch a shuttlefull of passengers every 32 hours.
Off-World

Virgin Galactic’s Plan: Send Tourists to Space Every 32 Hours

If every flight is fully booked, more than 3,000 people would launch into space in the next few years.

By Dan Robitzski

In 2011, Elon Musk and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein both attended an exclusive "Billionaires' Dinner" in Long Beach, Calif.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Got a Posh “Billionaires’ Dinner” With Jeffrey Epstein

Tesla declined to answer questions about Musk rubbing shoulders with the convicted sex offender.

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists on board the International Space Station have successfully mixed cement in the microgravity of space.
Off-World

For the First Time Ever, Astronauts Mix Cement in Space

Concrete could open a lot of doors for constructing habitats in space.

By Victor Tangermann

General John Raymnd, head of the newly-formed U.S. Space Command, clarified that he'll seek to first deter space combat but would still be ready to fight.
Space

Head of US Space Command: Space Is “Clearly a Warfighting Domain”

What could possibly go wrong?

By Dan Robitzski

Google has banned ads hawking unproven or experimental medical treatments and therapies, including many stem cell and gene therapies.
Future Society

Google Finally Bans Dangerous Miracle Cure Ads

It's taking a stand against sellers of bogus health treatments.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists are suggesting that the methane-filled lakes on the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan could have been formed by massive explosions.
Science & Energy

Huge Explosions May Have Formed Lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan

Pockets of warming nitrogen gas could've blown massive craters into the moon's surface.

By Victor Tangermann

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to ban flavored vaping products in the state as part of a push to keep residents from falling victim to vape lung.
Chemistry

New York’s Governor Wants to Ban Flavored Vapes

And if he could, he says he would ban all vaping products.

By Kristin Houser

Shawn Rosenberg, a prominent psychologist at the University of California, Irvine told the crowd at a recent meeting of the International Society of Political Psychologists that "democracy is devouring itself," Politico reports.
Future Society

Prominent Researcher Predicts That Democracy Is Going to Collapse

"In sum, the majority of Americans are generally unable to understand or value democratic culture, institutions, practices or citizenship in the manner required."

By Dan Robitzski

On Friday, state broadcaster CCTV aired footage of traffic police using a drone to tell a scooter rider to put on his helmet, according to a newly published South China Morning Post story.
Drones

Police Drone Caught Barking Orders at Chinese Driver

Are nagging, hovering drones the future of the surveillance state?

By Kristin Houser

A survey of 14 well-known comets traced them all back to the same point in space and time, suggesting that the comets of our solar system are all related.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Birthplace of All Comets Could Explain Life on Earth

All 14 comets he studied share an origin story.

By Dan Robitzski

A state-owned communications watchdog in Russia claims that Google, Facebook, and YouTube interfered with a local election by allowing political ads.
Future Society

Russia Accuses Facebook of Meddling In Its Election. Seriously.

Ironic.

By Victor Tangermann

A deepfake video uploaded to YouTube explores what it would have looked like if Will Smith had accepted to take on the role of Neo in "The Matrix."
Future Society

Watch a Deepfake That Casts Will Smith as Neo In “The Matrix”

We really dodged a bullet.

By Victor Tangermann

China claims its Yutu-2 lunar rover has stumbled upon an unsually colored "gel-like" substance on the bottom of an impact crater on the Moon.
Science & Energy

China Claims Its Moon Rover Found a Colorful “Gel-Like” Substance

Did somebody goo the Moon?

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”

Let the war of the electric supercars begin.

By Victor Tangermann

A meeting of MIT Media Lab employees to discuss the school's acceptance of donations from Jeffrey Epstein led to a bizarre series of events.
Future Society

Bizarre MIT Meeting About Jeffrey Epstein Ends In Tears, Yelling

The meeting devolved into something that sounds more like reality TV than MIT.

By Kristin Houser

PornWikiLeaks, a website responsible for the doxxing and harassment of thousands of porn performers, just got permanently shut down by Bang Bros.
Future Society

A Porn Company Bought, Promptly Incinerated a Website That Doxxed Performers

It's good news but a reminder that the internet is written in pencil.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers working on a Tesla battery say their new model could last for up to 1 million miles over 6,000 recharging cycles.
Tesla

Tesla Researcher Says New Battery Could Last One Million Miles

The goal is to make a future fleet of robot taxis more cost-effective.

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors examining sufferers of the deadly vape lung sickness sweeping the U.S. have identified a rare type of cell in the patients' lungs.
Chemistry

Doctors Identify New Link Between “Vape Lung” Sufferers

These cells could be key to understanding — and preventing — vape lung.

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that we haven't found aliens because they're waiting until their solar systems pass closer to ours before making the journey.
Space

New Research: Aliens May Have Already Visited Earth

"Every system could be habitable and could be settled, but they wouldn’t visit us because they’re not close enough."

By Dan Robitzski

An MIT-funded robotic agriculture project that promised anybody the instant ability to successfully grow food is snake oil, according to Business Insider.
Agriculture

Report: MIT’s Much-Hyped Robotic Agriculture Project is a Sham

MIT workers reportedly put store-bought plants inside the devices to impress funders.

By Victor Tangermann