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The US Army Reserach Laboratory is working on a new kind of versatile robot that moves around with biological muscles instead of wheels and motors.

The Military Is Working on Robots With Biological Muscles

By Dan Robitzski

Hawaii has become the first US state in history to declare a climate emergency, The Hill reports.

Hawaii Declares Climate Emergency Due to Rising Sea

By Victor Tangermann

China launched the first module of its upcoming space station, and video footage shows it drifting away from the rocket as it reaches orbit.

China Releases Video of Space Station Module Entering Orbit

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Mars Helicopter has failed to get off the ground for its fourth flight, according to a Thursday tweet by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Fails to Make It Off the Ground for Fourth Flight

By Victor Tangermann

Michio Kaku believes physicists are on their way to unraveling a theory of everything, and that doing so will make us "grand masters."

Michio Kaku: Figuring Out Secrets of Physics Will Make us “Grand Masters”

By Dan Robitzski

Space Force chief scientist Joel Mozer says that the military should develop augmented supersoldiers in order to stay competitive with other countries.

Prosthetics and Devices

Space Force Chief Scientist: “Human Augmentation” Is Now Necessary

By Dan Robitzski

Aerospace company Stratolaunch has managed to get its Roc aircraft, the world's largest plane, off the ground for the second time this morning.

Watch the World’s Largest Aircraft Take Off in the Desert

By Victor Tangermann

A Texas family is suing SpaceX for negligence after a crash with a truck blocking the highway left one dead and four injured.

Family Sues SpaceX for Death, Spinal Injuries

By Dan Robitzski

Recent claims that AI can pick up facial expressions to determine how you're feeling are almost certainly wrong, a Microsoft AI expert argues.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Scientist: Emotion-Reading AI Is Doomed To Fail

By Dan Robitzski

CNN is reporting that several federal agencies are investigating at least two possible "directed energy attack" incidents on US soil.

Feds Investigating “Directed Energy” Attack Near White House

By Victor Tangermann

China successfully launched the first and largest module of its upcoming space station into orbit, where it now awaits the other parts.

China Successfully Launches First Module of New Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

A production company just announced that it's creating a new series of MMA fights that will happen in space with zero gravity.

Startup Says It Will Launch Fighters Into Space For Brutal Zero-G Combat

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that orbital debris, to say nothing of still-operational satellite constellations, is impeding astronomers' work.

Science & Energy

Space Junk Is Literally Making the Sky Brighter, Astronomer Say

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk has been publicly defending Tesla after a recent crash killed two passengers, and a Senator wishes he'd stop until the investigation ends.

Senator Slams Musk for Talking About Deadly Tesla Crash

By Dan Robitzski

The head of user interface design at Tesla has left the company — and on the way out the door, leaked some spicy images and videos of the Cybertruck's UI.

New Leak Shows the User Interface of Tesla’s Cybertruck

By Victor Tangermann

About 1,000 French soldiers and 20 former generals signed an open letter blaming racial minorities for violence and warning of a civil war.

Former Generals Warn That France Could Descend Into Civil War

By Dan Robitzski

During its third heroic flight on the surface of Mars on April 25, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter managed to catch the Perseverance rover in the frame.

Mars Helicopter Snaps Photo of Mars Rover, Way Down on the Surface

By Victor Tangermann

China’s space agency plans to launch two space probes beyond the solar system, which would make China the second country to reach interstellar space.

China Is Planning an Interstellar Space Mission

By Dan Robitzski

On a recent call with Tesla investors, CEO Elon Musk compared the automaker’s production and supply chain challenges to World War II.

Elon Musk: Tesla Production “Makes World War II Look Trivial”

By Dan Robitzski

If companies want to save money, it would make more sense to replace executives with AI rather than their lower-paid workers.

Artificial Intelligence

Should Overpaid CEOs Be Replaced With Artificial Intelligence?

By Dan Robitzski

Google and Alphabet are under fire from their own investors over weak whistleblower protection and poor human rights enforcement.

Google Investors Condemn Company for Punishing Whistleblowers

By Dan Robitzski

A NASA clinical consultant says that sex in space will likely become far more common and even normal as space travel becomes more ambitious.

Sex Positions in Space Will Be Amazing, Scientist Says

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers on Reddit are sharing some not-so-kind thoughts about Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after a student asked for their honest opinions.

Science & Energy

The Engineering Subreddit Is Tearing Elon Musk Apart

By Dan Robitzski

According to promotional videos shown off by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China has a surprisingly similar vision to the Starship.

China Is Working on What Looks Like a Clone of SpaceX’s Starship

By Victor Tangermann

Former Pentagon official Luis Elizondo says the government could release all of its findings on UFOs as soon as this June.

Former Military Intelligence Official Says Government Preparing for Huge UFO Reveal

By Dan Robitzski

Given the unaddressed long-term challenges posed by climate change and biodiversity loss, humanity may very well be doomed, according to a new paper.

Humanity Is Almost Certainly Doomed, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

In a new viral video captioned "this man is living in 2030," a person can be seen zipping along a public road, riding on top of a high-powered drone.

Man Sighted Flying Through City on Giant Drone

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover caught Ingenuity's third flight on camera, showing just how far the little helicopter got on the Martian surface.

Amazing Video Shows Mars Helicopter Cruising Above Martian Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Authorities suspect that Kremlin operatives have used the deepfakes in order to gain information against Alexei Navalny's opposition movement.

Artificial Intelligence

Russia Accused of Using Deepfakes to Imitate Political Rivals

By Tony Ho Tran

A UK woman had the ride-sharing horror story of the year after her Uber drove into a canal — and still charged her for the ride.

Advanced Transport

Uber Drives Passenger Into Canal, Still Charges for Ride

By Tony Ho Tran

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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Hits Record Speeds in Third Flight

By Tony Ho Tran

Swarm of Drones Creates Huge QR Code in the Sky

Swarm of Drones Creates Huge QR Code in the Sky

By Tony Ho Tran

The Indonesian navy is running out of time to track down a lost submarine with a crew of 53 on board off the north coast of Bali.

Robots and Machines

Lost Submarine Found, Torn Apart Into Three Sections

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX has finally managed to land its first massive Starship rocket in one piece. Well, at least it did for several minutes.

Elon Musk Is Hosting “Saturday Night Live”

By Jon Christian

Police say the blast from gender reveal explosion was so powerful that it cracked the foundations of nearby homes and could be heard in a neighboring state.

Science & Energy

Gender Reveal Explosion Was So Strong It Cracked Home Foundations

By Jon Christian

Elon Musk says that he thinks SpaceX can help NASA reach its ambitious goal of sending human astronauts to the Moon by 2024.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can Still Land Astronauts on Moon by 2024

By Dan Robitzski

"Do you ever get so excited about what you're working on that you forget to eat meals?" Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Thursday status update.

Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s So Excited About New Project That He’s Forgetting to Eat

By Victor Tangermann

Planting trees in places where they belong is great for the planet, but trying to solve climate change through trees alone isn't enough and could backfire.

Covering the Planet in Forests Still Wouldn’t Stop Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

The value of fell down to just below $50,000, the first time it did so since early March. Analysts suggest it could be related to Biden's capital gains tax.

Bitcoin Crashes, Wiping Over $200 Billion Off Crypto Market

By Victor Tangermann

Underwater volcanic eruptions release enormous amounts of energy, enough to power the entire US according to scientists.

Science & Energy

Study: Underwater Volcanoes Could Power the Entire US

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk stole Miles Klee's meme and reposted it on Twitter, raising questions about digital ownership and the inner workings of the billionaire's mind.

Elon Musk Appears to Have Stolen This Guy’s Meme

By Dan Robitzski

An Indonesian general told reporters on Friday that a naval vessel detected an object with "strong magnetic resonance" at a depth of 164 to 328 feet.

Search Party Discovers “Object” During Search for Lost Submarine

By Victor Tangermann

Watch an Astronaut Play Piano on the ISS as the Earth Drifts in the Background

International Space Station

Watch an Astronaut Play Piano on the ISS as the Earth Drifts in the Background

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX and NASA have launched yet another crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

SpaceX Sends Four Astronauts Into Space On Reused Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Climate change, especially through the melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice and increased water usage, is making the Earth rapidly tilt over.

Climate Change Is Literally Changing the Tilt of the Earth

By Dan Robitzski

When SpaceX launches another four astronauts to the International Space Station, there won't be enough beds to go around.

The Overcrowded Space Station Doesn’t Have Enough Beds

By Dan Robitzski

People are deciding to not have kids to reduce their impact on the environment and struggle to justify bringing children into a climate-ravaged world.

Women Are Choosing Not to Have Children Because of Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Wall Street is warning that the value of Bitcoin could soon fall off a cliff, as CNBC reports.

Analyst Predicts 50 Percent Drop in Bitcoin Value

By Victor Tangermann

The Indonesian navy is running out of time to track down a lost submarine with a crew of 53 on board off the north coast of Bali.

Missing Submarine Running Out of Oxygen, Experts Fear

By Victor Tangermann

A custom sex robot made by RealDoll rants about hating humanity and waiting for the human race to die off so robots can take over.

Sex Robot Programmed to Rant About End of Humanity

By Dan Robitzski

After its first groundbreaking flight on the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is about to take off for the second time.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Completes Much Longer Flight, Does Tricks

By Victor Tangermann

A Chinese manufacturer has delivered their latest powered exoskeleton system, specifically designed for fighting fires in the woods.

Robots and Machines

Chinese Firefighters Issued Exoskeletons to Make Them Stronger

By Victor Tangermann

In the process of lifting off from the Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter kicked up a real storm, as a new video shows.

New Vid Shows NASA’s Mars Helicopter Kicking Up Dust During Flight

By Victor Tangermann

Indonesia's navy says it has completely lost track of a submarine with 53 people on board, NBC News reports.

A Submarine Is Missing, With 53 on Board

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists discovered "The Unicorn," which is what they're calling an extremely tiny black hole closer to the Earth than any other black hole we know about.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Closest-Ever Black Hole to Earth

By Dan Robitzski

China's upcoming space station will have a telescope with 300 times the field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope attached to it.

China’s Space Station Will Have a Hubble-Class Telescope Attached

By Dan Robitzski

Fallout from post-World War II nuclear bomb tests is still popping up in honey today, though at low concentrations that are still safe to eat.

Science & Energy

Fallout From Nuclear Bomb Tests Is Showing Up in This Popular Food

By Dan Robitzski

The head of Russia's space program Dmitry Rogozin has confirmed that the country will pull out of the International Space Station after 20 years.

International Space Station

Russia Confirms That It’s Abandoning the International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

The US Army is testing a pair of powered exoskeleton boots that could soon allow soldiers to carry heavily loaded rucksacks with ease over long distances.

Robots and Machines

The US Army Is Testing a Powered Exoskeleton

By Victor Tangermann

The US Strategic Command, the miliary agency that manages the nuclear stockpile, just hinted about the prospect of nuclear war on Twitter.

Science & Energy

The Agency In Charge of the Nukes Just Tweeted Something Alarming

By Dan Robitzski

On the holiest of pot smoking days, joke-but-not-actually-a-joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin hit 42 cents, or $0.420, as Bloomberg reports.

Dogecoin Hits $.420

By Victor Tangermann

The United States announced that it supports Japan's plan to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.

United States Supports Plan to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Dan Robitzski

Tech companies have devleoped tools that allow them to retroactvely insert product placement into existing movies, TV shows, and music videos.

Science & Energy

A Startup Is Using CGI to Insert Product Placements Into Old TV and Movies

By Dan Robitzski

Russia just showed off the construction of the first base module of its space station, scheduled to be launched into orbit some time 2025.

Russia Shows Off First Module of Its Upcoming Space Station

By Victor Tangermann