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The UAE is testing a system that uses drones to electrocute clouds and trigger rainfall in hopes of replenishing dwindling water supplies.

The UAE Is Using Drones to Manipulate Weather

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has released a number of gorgeous digital renders of a SpaceX Dragon XL lunar resupply spacecraft rendezvousing with the lunar Gateway.

NASA Releases Beautiful New Renders of Lunar Gateway Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

There's a growing pile of evidence that dark matter bosons can clump together and form "ghost stars" that are totally invisible to our eyes and telescopes.

Science & Energy

There’s Growing Suspicion That The Universe Is Filled With Invisible “Ghost Stars”

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists dropped a spherical telescope into Lake Baikal, where they hope it will spot subatomic neutrinos zipping by as they pass through the Earth.

Scientists Dump Telescope Into the World’s Deepest Lake to Hunt for Dark Matter

By Dan Robitzski

NASA recently released footage of the first dust devil, a tiny, traveling twister, spotted by the Perseverance rover on Mars.

Science & Energy

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Spotted a Tiny Twister on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk isn't selling his song about NFTs in the form of an NFT after all.

Elon Musk Says His Techno Song NFT Isn’t For Sale After All

By Victor Tangermann

A rural school in Batesville, Arkansas generated enough solar energy to give every teacher up to $15,000 in raises, as CBS News reports.

A School Bought Solar Panels and Saved Enough to Give All Its Teachers Raises

By Victor Tangermann

A new kind of smart fabric integrates electronics that can turn clothes into glowing, billboard-like screens or even working keyboards.

Science & Energy

New Smart Fabric Can Turn Clothing Into a Huge Screen

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a way to turn food scraps into viable jet fuel that burns cleaner than traditional petroleum fuels and works with the planes we have today.

Food Waste Could Power the Jet Engines We’re Currently Flying With, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

A man referred to by the BBC as "Sebastian" lost over half a million dollars after falling for a Elon Musk-related Bitcoin giveaway scam.

Man Loses Half a Million Dollars in Elon Musk Reply “Crypto Giveaway” Scam

By Victor Tangermann

Photos taken by Texas-based photographer and SpaceX enthusiast Austin Barnard show the space company's latest Starship prototype's new suit of armor.

Starship’s Heat Shield Looks Like High Tech Armor

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk uploaded a techno track about NFTs to his Twitter account to sell it "as an NFT."

Elon Musk Says He’s Selling a Techno Song About NFTs as an NFT

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers have already started stealing NFTs, the blockchain-based art credentials that give a buyer original ownership over a digital piece of art.

Hackers Are Already Stealing NFTs

By Victor Tangermann

According to information obtained by NASASpaceFlight, SpaceX may attempt to send a Starship prototype all the way to space as soon as July.

SpaceX Reportedly Wants to Fly First Starship to Orbit as Soon as July

By Victor Tangermann

Dating app Tinder will soon be allowing its users to run background checks on possible dates, as The Verge reports.

Tinder Is Adding an Option to Run Background Checks on Potential Dates

By Victor Tangermann

After the military coup in Myanmar, Japan's space agency halted a joint project with Myanma scientists to prevent it from being exploited by the army.

International Space Station

Satellites Are Stranded on the ISS Because of a Military Coup

By Dan Robitzski

Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak tweeted that the term "video game" won't properly encapsulate the digital entertainment neuralink is working on.

Neuralink Co-Founder: “We’re Gonna Need a Better Term Than ‘Video Game'”

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla chief Elon Musk is now officially the company's "Technoking," according to an official filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Elon Musk Just Changed His Title at Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

Blue Origin and NASA are developing artificial gravity by rotating the entire rocket and using centrifugal force, kind of like a carnival ride.

NASA and Blue Origin Developing Artificial Gravity Trick

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX successfully landed all three of its Falcon Heavy boosters during the rocket's second launch ever, marking a new milestone in reusable rocketry.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket For Record Ninth Time

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronomers say they've found a new kind of signal coming from our galaxy's supermassive black hole, which they think are rapidly-rotating flare ups.

Science & Energy

Stars Apparently Used to Be Way, Way, Way Bigger

By Tony Ho Tran

The International Space Station recently jettisoned a nearly three ton piece of garbage into low Earth orbit. The trash is made up of old batteries.

The Space Station Just Released Its Largest Piece of Garbage Ever

By Tony Ho Tran

Queen Elizabeth II took some time last week to join a Zoom call about Mars, space, and STEM to help celebrate British Science Week.

The Queen Joins WFH Culture, Participates In Zoom Call About Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.

NASA Using Navajo Language to Name New Mars Discoveries

By Tony Ho Tran

A Pennsylvania mom was arrested after she allegedly created deepfakes of her daughter's cheerleading rivals to sully their reputation.

Artificial Intelligence

Mom Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Frame Daughter’s Cheerleading Rivals

By Tony Ho Tran

Incredibly Rare Asteroid Fragments Land on Couple’s Driveway

Science & Energy

Incredibly Rare Asteroid Fragments Land on Couple’s Driveway

By Tony Ho Tran

Severe cases of COVID-19 might lead to the formation of growths called nodules behind people's eyeballs, but scientists aren't yet sure what that means.

Artificial Intelligence

Algorithm Detects Deepfakes by Analyzing Reflections in Eyes

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists are getting closer to cracking the physics of warp drive, according to aerospace engineering professor Jason Cassibry.

Peer-Reviewed Paper Claims Faster-Than-Light Travel Is Possible

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX is preparing to test its Starlink broadband-beaming internet service on board a US Air Force "tactical aircraft," CNBC reports.

SpaceX is Hooking Up an Air Force Aircraft With Starlink Internet

By Victor Tangermann

Beer giant Molson Coors filed a report with the SEC revealing that it's the victim of a hack that seems to have brought beer production to a stop.

Science & Energy

Hackers Bring Beer Production To a Halt

By Dan Robitzski

Only a YouTube inventor would buy an exoskeleton just to lift a massive 50 pound sword modeled after one found in the hit video game "Final Fantasy VII."

Robots and Machines

YouTuber Uses Exoskeleton to Wield Gigantic Anime Sword

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists confirmed that a powerful antineutrino crashed into Antarctica in 2016, triggering a subatomic phenomenon that had never been verified before.

Scientists Confirm an Incredibly Powerful Antimatter Particle Crashed Into Antarctica

By Dan Robitzski

At a recent meeting about NASA's James Webb space telescope, engineers voiced their concern over pirates, as The Atlantic reports.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Officials Are Worried That Pirates Will Steal the James Webb Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey recently said that video games would be a whole lot more interesting if we faced real-world danger for dying in-game.

Robots and Machines

Oculus Founder Suggests Video Games That Kill You in Real Life

By Dan Robitzski

People in China have a new obsession: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, as The New York Times reports.

People in China Absolutely Love Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

In order to protect Earth's biodiversity from global crises, a team of engineers suggests building a massive sperm bank and seed vault on the Moon.

Scientists Are Aiming to Send 6.7 Million Sperm Samples to the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's massive stamping machine, perhaps one of the largest of its kind, caught on fire at the company's factory in Fremont, California.

Huge Assembly Line Machine Catches on Fire at Tesla Factory

By Victor Tangermann

A meteor rocketed over Vermont and exploded with such a powerful blast that it shook buildings and registered as seismic activity.

Science & Energy

This Meteor Exploded So Violently That It Shook Entire Buildings Below

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's new Mars rover Perseverance scooped up its first rock and soil samples, officially beginning the hunt for extraterrestrial life.

Perseverance Is Now Officially Searching for Life on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's Cybertruck is shaping up to be the ultimate off-road warrior — and it might be just as good as providing off-the-grid power as well.

Elon Musk: Cybertruck Will Be Able to Power Off-Grid Tiny Homes

By Victor Tangermann

Citizens were outraged after the mayor of the Japanese town Suttsu volunteered to be considered as a nucelar waste storage site.

Japanese Mayor’s House Firebombed to Protest Nuclear Power

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has released an incredible video of the pictures its Perseverance rover took right before landing on Mars on February 18th.

First-Person Vid Shows Perseverance Hurtling Toward Mars Surface

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers has dug through hundreds of years worth of data surrounding the Earth's magnetic field and found something unusual.

Science & Energy

A Huge “Magnetic Anomaly” Struck One Geographic Spot, Hundreds of Years Ago

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists thought the asteroid belt was either the remains of a destroyed planet or the raw materials to make a new one, but the answer is more complex.

Is the Asteroid Belt What’s Left of an Obliterated Planet?

By Dan Robitzski

Canadian police seized a Boring Company "Not-a-Flamethrower" during a drug bust, despite the weapon perhaps being technically legal.

Police Just Seized Another Elon Musk Flamethrower During a Drug Bust

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates told The New York Times that Bitcoin is "not a great climate thing."

Bill Gates Says That Bitcoin Sucks

By Victor Tangermann

NASA research reveals that Mars dust is whipping around the inner solar system, blasting spacecraft and even reaching Earth.

Science & Energy

Mars Is Spraying the Earth With Dust Storms, NASA Says

By Dan Robitzski

Musk took to Twitter on Tuesday to explain what may have gone wrong during SN10's maiden voyage — and explosion — last month.

Elon Musk Breaks Silence on Why Last Starship Prototype Exploded

By Victor Tangermann

Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes their plans to develop a Moon base together -- and without NASA.

China and Russia Sign Deal to Build Research Base on Moon

By Jon Christian

As part of a marketing stunt, Dutch TV personality Stijn Fransen got a tattoo by a tattoo artist remotely through the use of a 5G-enabled robot.

Artist Uses 5G Robot to Tattoo Somebody In A Different Location

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new analysis, a meteorite found last year in Algeria is a piece of an ancient planet, older than the Earth itself.

Science & Energy

Scientists Believe They Found a Chunk of an Ancient Planet in Africa

By Jon Christian

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has encountered a software glitch and had to put itself into a protective "safe mode" over the weekend.

Science & Energy

Software Glitch Shuts Down Hubble Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

Kilometer-high towers constructed out of lunar concrete and covered in solar panels at the Moon's poles could provide lunar bases with plenty of power.

Harvard Scientists Propose Super-Tall Towers to Power Moon Base

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has hoisted its next massive Starship prototype called SN11 to the launch pad at its testing facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX Just Rolled Its Next Starship Prototype Onto the Pad

By Victor Tangermann

After touching down in the Jezero Crater on February 18, NASA's Mars rover is getting ready for its big journey — and dropping off a special delivery.

NASA May Have Picked a Place to Fly the Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

If a new tweet means anything, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk already has his eyes set on a much higher-tech rocket fuel: antimatter.

Science & Energy

In Cryptic Tweet, Elon Musk Refers to Antimatter-Powered Rockets

By Jon Christian

SpaceX is asking US regulators for permission to build out its Starlink broadband internet service for cars, trucks, shipping boats, and aircraft.

SpaceX Plans to Bring Starlink Internet to Cars, Boats, and Planes

By Victor Tangermann

Chris Nguyen flew his drone over a Tesla test track last week and spotted one of the company's experimental Tesla Semi trucks in action.

Drone Spy Video Catches Tesla Semi Truck on Test Track

By Jon Christian

The US Army has developed a new pair of hi-tech goggles that allows infantry to see in the dark and even see around corners, as Popular Mechanics reports.

Virtual Reality

The US Army’s New Goggles Could Let Soldiers See Around Corners

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is making big moves in developing its launch site in South Texas, with plans for its expanded spaceport going public.

SpaceX Reveals Plans For Hugely Expanded Spaceport in Texas

By Victor Tangermann

Should pedestrians wear radar-reflecting devices that make them ultra-visible to self-driving vehicles' sensors -- or is that too much to ask?

Self-Driving Vehicles

Scientists: Pedestrians Could Wear Devices to Protect Themselves From Self-Driving Cars

By Jon Christian

According to drone images taken earlier this month, Tesla might be attempting to plug in a massive mega-battery into Texas' failed electricity grid.

Tesla Reportedly Hooking Up Giant Battery to Texas’ Failed Grid

By Victor Tangermann

This Photo of the Sun Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

This Photo of the Sun Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

By Tony Ho Tran

A meteorite fell to France last week — sparking calls by amateur astronomers to help search for and find the apricot-sized space rock.

Science & Energy

A Meteorite Fell In This Area and Everybody Is Looking For It

By Tony Ho Tran