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A team of students from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have created a car that's almost entirely made out of recycled waste.

Science & Energy

This Sporty Car Is Made Almost Entirely From Recycled Waste

By Victor Tangermann

The US Army is developing augmented reality goggles for dogs to help protect their human guardians by allowing them to command the dog from a distance.

The US Military Developed AR Goggles For Dogs

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just partnered with the U.S. military to build a rocket that could ship weapons anywhere in the world in one hour.

SpaceX Is Building a Military Rocket to Ship Weapons Anywhere in the World

By Dan Robitzski

A Native American tribe in Washington state just got a major internet upgrade, getting early access to SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet.

SpaceX Gives Native American Tribe Early Access to Starlink Internet

By Victor Tangermann

The CEO of space startup Rocket Lab Peter Beck told CNN that space in Earth's orbit is becoming worryingly congested.

Space Startup CEO Warns That Orbit Is Filling Up With Space Startups

By Victor Tangermann

China announced the next 18 astronauts that its space agency selected to serve on Tiangong-3, the space station planned for launch in the coming years.

China Names 18 More Crewmembers for Its Upcoming Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX made its "best and final offer" to the remaining residents of Boca Chica, Texas, but residents say they're being lowballed and mistreated.

SpaceX Is Having Trouble With the Neighbors of Its Spaceport

By Dan Robitzski

Physician Ali Vaziri accidentally "butt-dialed" himself into a $4,2080 "Enhanced Autopilot" upgrade for his Tesla Model 3, CNBC reports.

A Tesla Driver Accidentally “Butt-Dialed” a $4,200 Upgrade to His Car

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Hyperloop One has announced it is planning to build a certification center in West Virginia with construction of a test loop starting in 2022.

Richard Branson Is Building a Hyperloop Testing Center in West Virginia

By Victor Tangermann

Mercedes-Benz has teased a new electric car concept called Vision EQXX with a whopping 750 miles of range on a single charge.

Advanced Transport

Mercedes-Benz Says Its Electric Car Will Have Whopping 750 Mile Range

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists found that black holes give off a complex series of "chirps" in the form of gravitational waves after they merge.

Science & Energy

Black Holes “Chirp” Repeatedly When They Merge

By Dan Robitzski

Sir Roger Penrose, who just won a Nobel Prize for discovering black holes, says that our universe was neither the first to exist, nor will it be the last.

Science & Energy

Physicist: There Were Other Universes Before the Big Bang

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers suggest checking the surface of the Moon for ancient rocks that could have been blasted away from Venus during asteroid strikes.

Science & Energy

The Moon Might Be Littered With Ancient Shrapnel From Venus

By Dan Robitzski

Russia says it successfully tested its Zircon, a hypersonic nuclear missile that can travel nine times the speed of sound, on Tuesday.

Russia Says It Successfully Tested a Hypersonic Nuke

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a squid robot that can propel itself through water just like the real thing.

This Swimming Squid Robot Looks Absolutely Amazing

By Victor Tangermann

In an email, a Tesla executive warned workers that an anonymous employee "maliciously sabotaged" part of a factory last month.

Leaked Tesla Memo: Angry Employee Sabotaged Part of Factory

By Victor Tangermann

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the country will power all homes with wind energy by 2030, but it might cost more than he's allocating.

UK Pledges to Get 100% of Residential Power From Wind Turbines

By Dan Robitzski

With just hours left before he turned 13, Jackson Oswalt managed to fuse two deuterium atoms together in a fusion reactor he built — in his play room.

Middle Schooler Builds Tiny, Working Fusion Reactor

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is now running underwater tests for the spacesuits it plans on using for the upcoming series of Artemis missions to the Moon.

NASA Is Now Testing Its Artemis Moon Landing Spacesuit

By Dan Robitzski

A startup called Bolt Threads is using a special kind of fiber made from mycelium, the underpinning of mushrooms, to create "Mylo," a leather-like material.

Science & Energy

Adidas, Lululemon Say They’ll Make Clothes Out of Mushroom Leather

By Victor Tangermann

Surfers in Kamchatka, Russia are reporting that the ocean water is leaving them with poisoning-like symptoms, including nausea, weakness, and high fever.

Russian Surfers Say Mysterious Pollution Is Poisoning Them

By Victor Tangermann

A seed company uploaded a picture of onions to market its seeds on Facebook. The algorithm flagged it for being "overtly sexualized."

Facebook Algorithm Flags Onions as “Overtly Sexualized”

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists figured out what happened to Cassiopeia A, a star that had its outer layers blown away before it ultimately exploded in a supernova.

Science & Energy

Something Peeled an Entire Layer Off This Star Like a Giant Orange

By Dan Robitzski

Toyota has announced it will officially develop a production hydrogen fuel cell-powered, electric semi truck, a collaboration with manufacturer Hino.

Advanced Transport

Toyota Announces Hydrogen-Powered Semi Truck

By Victor Tangermann

Computer Scientist: AI Can’t Flourish Without a Physical Body

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Scientist: AI Can’t Flourish Without a Physical Body

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX just won a contract with the military's Space Development Agency to build four satellites that can track missiles like ICBMs.

Science & Energy

The Pentagon Commissioned SpaceX to Build Missile-Tracking Satellites

By Dan Robitzski

Rising temperatures are a big problem for the dairy industry, so scientists are gene-hacking cows to keep them cool and help them survive.

Scientists Tried to Gene Hack Cows to Survive Climate Change but the Cows Died

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists found individual neurons that had been turned into glass in the brain matter of an ancient Mount Vesuvius victim.

Science & Energy

Scientists Find Preserved Brain Cells in Ancient Man Crushed by Volcano

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla’s Roof Flies Off While Driving Home From Dealership

By Victor Tangermann

The International Space Station finally got is new space toilet, which crewmembers will test for several months before deciding if it should go to the Moon.

Science & Energy

The International Space Station Finally Got Its New Space Toilet

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, investing in nuclear power doesn't tend to lead to a drop in greenhouse gas emissions like using renewables does.

Scientists: Nuclear Energy is a Waste of Time

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists 3D printed fake sea turtle eggs and stuffed them with GPS transmitters to track and stop poachers from selling the endangered species.

Scientists Put GPS Trackers Inside Fake Sea Turtle Eggs to Catch Poachers

By Dan Robitzski

According to internal documents obtained by Bloomberg, America's largest oil and gas corporation Exxon Mobil has been planning to increase annual emissions.

Exxon Mobil Planning to Massively Increase Its Annual Emissions

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists identified 24 distant exoplanets that all seem to have even better conditions for hosting life than Earth does.

Science & Energy

Astronomers: These 24 Exoplanets May Be Better for Life Than Earth

By Dan Robitzski

A new Consumer Reports analysis found that, over their lifetime, electric vehicles cost half as much to maintain as gas-powered cars do.

Electric Vehicles

Report: Electric Vehicles Cost Half as Much to Maintain

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Invests in 3D Printing Space Habitat Technology

NASA Invests in 3D Printing Space Habitat Technology

By Victor Tangermann

The UK military has created a drone that's equipped with two shotgun barrels and a "machine vision" system to identify targets indoors.

UK Military Develops Drone With a Double Barreled Shotgun

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists identified a change in blue whales' songs that signals they're about to migrate south. They say it could be used to warn ships in the area.

Scientists Suggest Teaching Ships to Speak Whale Language

By Dan Robitzski

More companies are trying to make ocean wave energy a thing, including one firm that's been operating a massive generator since early 2019.

Huge Machine Captures Energy From Ocean Waves

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have developed "transparent wood," a glass-like material that is more cost efficient, stronger, and safer than glass.

Science & Energy

Scientists Create Clear, Glasslike Material Out of Wood

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers found a supermassive black hole slowly feasting on galaxies trapped nearby when the universe was still under a billion years old.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Spot Galaxies “Trapped” by Giant Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company will give an update on its Starship spacecraft in about three weeks.

Elon Musk: “Starship Update Coming in 3 Weeks”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is about to send a $23 million space toilet up to the International Space Station — its first new toilet in 30 years — for a test run.

NASA’s New Space Toilet Is Heading to the Space Station For, Uh, Tests

By Dan Robitzski

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency just handed out a $14 million dollar contract to develop a nuclear thermal propulsion system in space.

DARPA Is Considering a Nuclear Rocket for Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

NASA launched a new citizen science project called Planet Patrol that asks for the public to help identify new exoplanets.

Science & Energy

New Website Lets You Help NASA Find Alien Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that restructuring global society could grant every human on Earth a decent quality of life while cutting energy use to 1960s levels.

We Could Cut Energy use in Half and Still Give 10 Billion People “Decent” Lives

By Dan Robitzski

China just showed off a rocket that could send astronauts to the Moon — but when is still a big question mark.

China Reveals Rocket to Send Astronauts to Moon

By Victor Tangermann

New demonstrative Toyota robots show how warehouse-like technology could help seniors keep up on housework like the dishes.

Toyota Built a Robot to Do Grandpa’s Dishes

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just spotted a brief, but extremely intense event: a star self-detonating star some 70 million light-years away.

Science & Energy

Hubble Just Watched a Star Explode In a Massive Supernova

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Russian scientists suspects supermassive black holes may be traversible wormholes, and they have a plan to actually find out.

Science & Energy

Physicists: Supermassive Black Holes May Actually Be Wormholes

By Dan Robitzski

It may be many years away — but the Space Force is already considering the possibility of putting the first troops into space and establish a base there.

US General: Space Force May Build a Moon Base

By Victor Tangermann

A new video shows a Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet crashing into the ground in a massive ball of flame after colliding with a tanker aircraft.

Robots and Machines

Watch a US Fighter Jet Smash Into the Ground in a Huge Fireball

By Victor Tangermann

At Huawei's request, the Chinese government plans to launch a new antitrust probe into Google over its Android operating system's market dominance.

China Plans to Launch an Antitrust Probe Into Google

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists warn that as climate change progresses, even traditionally wet and humid forests around the world could be consumed by worsening fires.

Scientists Warn: Someday, Even Wet Forests Could Burn

By Dan Robitzski

Washington state emergency responders were able to get early access to SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband service for regions affected by wildfires.

SpaceX Gives Early Starlink Internet to Towns Destroyed by Wildfires

By Victor Tangermann

Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf suggests that it would be much easier to find intelligent extraterrestrial life while it's facing the apocalypse.

Science & Energy

Scientist: Aliens Facing the Apocalypse Would Be Easier to Find

By Dan Robitzski

As their eerie name suggests, "zombie storms" occurs when strong tropical climates cause storms to come back from the dead.

Science & Energy

National Weather Service Warns of “Zombie Storms”

By Victor Tangermann

The HP Omnicept measures biometrics to tell when people are stressed, which could be a good tool for high-stakes job simulations.

Virtual Reality

New VR Headset Reads Your Biometrics to Find Your Breaking Point

By Dan Robitzski

A new enzyme, which is really a hybrid of two others, can break down plastic waste six times faster than the next best one.

Scientists Create Enzyme That Devours Plastic at Incredible Speed

By Dan Robitzski

In a New York Times Opinion interview, Elon Musk raveled that he's not planning on getting a COVID vaccine once one becomes available.

Elon Musk: I Refuse to Get a COVID Vaccine

By Victor Tangermann

According to an update, NASA's ground analysis concluded that the leak on board the International Space Station "appeared to grow in size."

International Space Station

NASA Says the International Space Station Is Leaking Faster Now

By Victor Tangermann

An aviation company ZeroAvia successfully flight tested a hydrogen-powered passenger plane and has more ambitious tests planned in the future.

Advanced Transport

Researchers Successfully Test Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Plane

By Dan Robitzski

Last week, a meteoroid briefly visited our planet before bouncing off our atmosphere like a stone skipping across a lake.

Science & Energy

Watch a Meteoroid Bounce Off the Earth’s Atmosphere

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has officially set the date for SpaceX's long awaited Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station for 2:40 am Eastern time on October 31.

NASA: Next SpaceX Astronaut Launch Will Be on Halloween

By Victor Tangermann