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Oxford Physicist: Geogineering Away Climate Change Won’t Work
Climate Change

Oxford Physicist: Geogineering Away Climate Change Won’t Work

"There is simply no substitute for decarbonization."

By Dan Robitzski

While performing a close flyby of Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured several stunning images of a solar eclipse on the gas giant.
Solar Power

Juno Captures Stunning Images of a Solar Eclipse on Jupiter

Jupiter's moon Io casts a *really* big shadow.

By Kristin Houser

The editor of Chinese state-backed newspaper, the Global Times, protested government censorhip in a Weibo post that was soon deleted.
Future Society

Editor of Chinese Paper Complains About Censorship, Gets Censored

The editor complained about the Great Firewall — and was promptly censored for it.

By Dan Robitzski

A new meta-study concluded that mass shootings perpetrated by black people are blamed on external factors, while white shootings were linked to video games.
Future Society

Researchers: Blaming Violent Video Games for Shootings is Racist

When the shooter is white, we blame video games — but not if they're black.

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian research lab known to house smallpox suffered an explosion that blew out windows and sent one person to the hospital with severe burns.
Developments

Explosion Reported at Russian Facility Storing Smallpox

The blast was strong enough to blow out windows.

By Kristin Houser

The Japanese government has suggested it may dump contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, but experts say it's too dangerous.
Environment

Experts: Fukushima Water Is Too Dangerous to Dump Into the Sea

"They do not want to pay the full costs of storing and processing the contaminated water."

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers from West Virginia University claim they've discovered the most massive neutron star to date.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Spotted the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

A piece of this neutron star the size of a sugar cube would weigh 100 million tons — about the mass of the entire human population.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists built rudimentary soft robots that are controlled and steered by living neurons and muscles, just like a living organism.
Robotics

Scientists Built Tiny Robots Powered by Muscles and Nerves

The biological machines start swimming when they detect light.

By Dan Robitzski

Pengyi Li from China attempted to smuggle sensitive spacecraft and military missile components out of the U.S. according to documents obtained by Quartz.
Future Society

The U.S. Says China is Stealing Military Spacecraft Technology

A Chinese national was just caught trying to smuggle sensitive aerospace parts out of the country.

By Victor Tangermann

There's a small chance that a defunct space habitat collides with a retired Russian satellite on Wednesday, illustrating the threat of space debris.
Science & Energy

A Derelict Space Habitat May Crash Into an Old Russian Satellite

Genesis II and Cosmos 1300 might collide on Wednesday.

By Dan Robitzski

New apps use AI to scrutinize your texts and determine whether someone is really into you or if you might not be the best match.
Artificial Intelligence

Can an AI Scan Your Messages to Detect if Someone’s Flirting?

Finally, AI to help the oblivious flirters of the world.

By Dan Robitzski

On Jupiter's moon Io, the strongest volcano in the solar system is likely about to erupt within the next couple of days, according to new calculations.
Science & Energy

A Giant Volcano on One of Jupiter’s Moons Is About to Erupt

A giant space volcano named Loki is ready to blow.

By Dan Robitzski

After hackers revealed flaws in the F-15's cybersecurity, the Air Force plans to invite white hat hackers to probe an active satellite for vulnerabilities.
Military

The Air Force Is Inviting Hackers to Breach a Satellite

"What they're going to do is try to take over the satellite by any means they find."

By Dan Robitzski

Richard Stallman, who only recently reversed his position that kids and adults should have sex, resigned from MIT after backlash for comments on Epstein.
Future Society

MIT Researcher Who Defended Sex With Children Resigns

Richard Stallman is out.

By Dan Robitzski

Musk has gathered his best legal team to help him build a defense after calling a Thai rescuer a pedo last July: "pedo guy" isn't a "pedophile guy."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Legal Defense: “Pedo Guy” Doesn’t Mean “Pedophile”

This is a galaxy-brain legal defense.

By Victor Tangermann

A New Bioreactor Captures as Much Carbon as an Acre of Trees
Climate Change

A New Bioreactor Captures as Much Carbon as an Acre of Trees

Finding new ways to sequester carbon may be necessary to curb climate change.

By Dan Robitzski

According to Ars Technica, cutting-edge research into ultra-powerful lasers could pulse a laser "through fabric of the Universe."
Science & Energy

New Lasers May Be Powerful Enough to Drill a Hole in Reality

An ultra-powerful laser could tear into "the very fabric of space and time."

By Jon Christian

A company called Trusii told customers it would pay them monthly if they took out a loan to participate in a study testing its hydrogen water machine.
Developments

Biohackers Got Scammed by a Company Selling “Hydrogen Water”

Customers had to take out $10,000 loans — and got machines that broke or developed mold.

By Dan Robitzski

YouTube influencers feel constant pressure to churn out content, prompting some — including Christine Sydelko — to give up the gig.
Future Society

YouTube Influencers Are Mentally Collapsing From Stress

Popular YouTuber Christine Sydelko has decided to "quit the internet stuff" — and she's not alone.

By Kristin Houser

In a one year genetics study, scientists gave nine healthy men a cocktail of three drugs to see whether they would slow down the men's biological age clock.
Studies

In One-Year Study, Drug Cocktail Appears to Reverse “Genetic Age”

“I’d expected to see slowing down of the clock, but not a reversal.”

By Victor Tangermann