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SpaceX Crew Dragon's solar arrays that provide power to the spacecraft are "degrading a little bit better than predicted."

NASA Says The SpaceX Crew Dragon Module Parked at the ISS Is Generating Way More Power Than Expected

By Victor Tangermann

The in-development science-fiction movie "b" will be the first feature-length ilm to feature a robot as the lead performer.

Hollywood Just Cast a Robot Actress in a $70 Million Movie

By Dan Robitzski

Peter Williams, formerly a physicist at a nuclear weapons research facility, claims that his superiors tinkered with important models then covered it up.

Lawsuit Alleges Coverup at US Nuclear Weapon Facility

By Dan Robitzski

US armed forces killed the suspected head of a Qaeda affiliate in Syria this month using an inert Hellfire missile warhead with six blades.

The US Military Crushed, Chopped Up Al Qaeda Terrorist With Sword-Covered Hellfire Missile

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently discovered an exoplanet the size of Neptune that whips around its star nearly once per week, all while being bombarded by solar storms.

Science & Energy

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Whipping Around Star Every Week

By Dan Robitzski

In the coming years, NASA plans to crash a SpaceX rocket into a tiny moon as a test run for diverting asteroids. But the moon's name was way too boring.

Science & Energy

NASA Renames Small Moon It Plans to Smash With SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

A new image uploaded by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows two Starship prototype tanks being assembled "in the midbay." And they're absolutely gigantic.

Damn, This Photo Shows How Huge SpaceX’s Starship Really Is

By Victor Tangermann

Composer Brian Eno took recordings of the acoustic waves given off by stars and sped them up into a haunting new arrangement.

Science & Energy

This Music Made by Stars Is Actually Extremely Beautiful

By Dan Robitzski

A new report by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees finally identified climate change as a reason refugees are forced out of their homes.

For the First Time, UN Warns of “Climate-Related” Refugees

By Dan Robitzski

The US Senate Intelligence Committee wants US intelligence agencies and the Pentagon to release all data relating to "unidentified aerial phenomenon."

Congress Is Trying to Force the Military to Release More UFO Info

By Victor Tangermann

The first documented case of police facial recognition AI making its first wrongful arrest happened when a man was wrongfully identified as a shoplifter.

Facial recognition

Cops Arrested an Innocent Man Because Facial Recognition Told Them To

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX just put a tank serving as its seventh Starship prototype called SN7 through its spaces at its testing site in Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX Blows Up Another Starship Tank, This Time on Purpose

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists assume the first life on Earth used RNA and that DNA developed later. But an experiment suggests both genetic molecules formed at the same time.

Experiment Shows That DNA May Have Existed Before Life

By Dan Robitzski

This is What Sunsets on Other Planets Would Look Like

This is What Sunsets on Other Planets Would Look Like

By Victor Tangermann

Physicists recently tested and validated the 50-year-old theory that dangling objects into a black hole then releasing them would generate power.

You Could Generate Power by Dangling Crap Into a Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

When the Artemis astronauts land on the surface of the Moon, NASA expects them to be able to trek ten miles on foot each time they venture out.

NASA: Next Moon Astronauts Will Hike 10 Miles on Lunar Surface

By Dan Robitzski

Chondrules, mysterious spherical bubbles found in meteorites, could have an incredibly-hellish origin story from the beginning of the solar system.

Science & Energy

Planets With Oceans of Lava May Have Given Us Meteorites

By Dan Robitzski

While working from home during the ongoing global pandemic, biologists have plenty of time — and they're discovering new insect species left and right.

Biologists Are Somehow Discovering a Ton of New Species in Quarantine

By Victor Tangermann

Virgin Galactic has signed a contract with NASA to start training astronauts for trips to the International Space Station.

Virgin Galactic to Start Training Astronauts for Trips to Space

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers claim to have achieved quantum teleportation using individual electrons. The discovery could revolutionize quantum computing.

Science & Energy

Scientists Demonstrate Quantum Teleportation Using Electrons

By Victor Tangermann

CERN wants a bigger, better particle collider. But with no guarantee for breakthrough discoveries, physicist Sabine Hossenfelder says don't bother.

Physicist Pleads: Stop Building Stupid, Expensive Particle Colliders

By Dan Robitzski

A new system makes carbon capture more feasible for power plants and can convert carbon emissions into raw materials for fuel.

New Tech Captures Power Plant Exhaust to Generate More Power

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's New Horizons space probe is so far away from Earth that it can see stars from entirely different angles than ever before.

Science & Energy

NASA Spacecraft so Far Away It Can See Stars from Different Angle

By Dan Robitzski

In a matter of weeks, NASA is planning to conduct a "demonstration" of the Crew Dragon with four of the five current ISS crew members on board.

NASA Planning Mysterious Test With ISS-Docked SpaceX Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

A new Defense Department report identifies Russia and China's nuclear capabilities as an immediate threat to U.S. satellites.

The Pentagon Is Worried a Space Nuke Will Fry Its Satellites

By Dan Robitzski

When it comes time to stop a killer asteroid, scientists suggest tethering it to a second asteroid to send it away, just like tying shoelaces together.

Science & Energy

New Plan to Deflect Killer Asteroids: Tie Their Shoelaces Together

By Dan Robitzski

Aerospace startup Rocket Lab is planning its first mission to the Moon in 2021 to test out navigation systems in its orbit.

A Small Company Is Quietly Planning a Moon Mission Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

A power company in the U.K. is building the world's largest liquid air battery, which stores energy in the form of highly-compressed air.

This Giant Battery Is Powered by Compressed Air

By Dan Robitzski

To study how early humans related to Neanderthals, a team of European scientists grew mini brains from human stem cells that contain Neanderthal DNA.

Science & Energy

Scientists Grow Petri Dish Mini-Brains With Neanderthal DNA

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Says It’ll Launch You Into the Stratosphere on a Balloon

Startup Says It’ll Launch You Into the Stratosphere on a Balloon

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have long suggested that the arrangement of galaxies through the universe was steered by something called quantum static. Now they can test it.

Quantum Physics

Strange Theory: Entire Universe Structured by “Quantum Static”

By Dan Robitzski

If bee populations continue to drop, a team of scientists says they can pollinate plants with soap bubble-launching drones.

New Trick Could Save Agriculture Even If All the Bees Keep Dying

By Dan Robitzski

"More than 100 spacecraft have been signed up" for SpaceX's Smallsat Rideshare Program," according to the company. First launch is scheduled for next week.

More Than 100 Spacecraft Signed Up for SpaceX Rideshare Program

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday, an unusual fireball streaked across the sky over Australia, leaving astronomers wondering whether they saw an incinerating satellite or a meteor.

Science & Energy

Watch a Mysterious Blue Fireball Scream Over Australia

By Dan Robitzski

New animation tech can create a virtual represenation of a dog after filming it with a single camera, no motion capture suit needed.

Science & Energy

New Motion Capture Tech Could Digitize Your Dog Into Video Games

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches

By Victor Tangermann

Artificial Intelligence

This AI Can Generate Headshot Photos From Slapdash Doodles

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, there could be as many as six billion Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars in our galaxy.

Science & Energy

Study: There Could be 6 Billion Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers probing the night sky for signs of dark energy discovered almost 21,000 new, extremely-dim galaxies.

Dark Energy Researchers Discover Nearly 21,000 New Galaxies

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists managed to make a robot out of an edible gel that could improve veterinary care and make for new children's toys.

Yum, Delicious: Inventors Built an Edible Robot

By Dan Robitzski

According to retired NASA astronaut Thomas Jones, the global failure to contain COVID-19 could be a teachable moment for asteroid impact planning.

Science & Energy

Astronaut: Killer Asteroid Plan Must Be Better Than COVID Response

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Duke University have developed an AI that can generate a detailed computer-generated portrait of a human face from a pixelized version.

Artificial Intelligence

New Algorithm Is a Lot Like the “Enhance!” Feature In “CSI”

By Victor Tangermann

According to a BuzzFeed News op-ed, the real economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is going to happen in August.

Terrifying Argument Says Economy Will Collapse For Real in August

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are closing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal from the "dark age" of the universe, an ancient era from before stars had formed.

Science & Energy

Scientists Hunting For Signs of the “Dark Age” Before Stars Formed

By Dan Robitzski

Israel startup Urban Aeronautics announced this week that it's partnering with hydrogen fuel cell maker HyPoint to devise a hydrogen-powered flying car.

Advanced Transport

This Flying Car Looks Like the DeLorean From “Back to the Future”

By Jon Christian

A team of scientists recreated the conditions under which life originated. They think they've kickstarted the whole process by generating new vesicles.

Scientists Claim to Have Recreated Earth’s First Life

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to a newly-passed resolution, Ithaca, New York might become the first U.S. city to cancel and forgive rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic.

City Passes Measure to Cancel Rent During Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

The National Science Foundation is investing in a crypto startup that plans to explore ways to get Americans on the blockchain.

Science & Energy

The US Gov Is Paying a Crypto Startup to Explore a Digital Dollar

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers say they've used cutting-edge imaging techniques to discover huge, "unexpected" structures near the Earth's core

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover “Unexpected” Structures Near Earth’s Core

By Jon Christian

Scientists discovered that a bizarre quasiparticle can reproduce by splitting in two and self-repairing like a biological cell would.

Bizarre Subatomic “Quasiparticle” Reproduces Like a Living Cell

By Dan Robitzski

In 2010, a scientist published research suggesting that 2020 would be a total shitshow. It goes without saying he really nailed it.

Science & Energy

A 2010 Scientific Paper Predicted That 2020 Would Be a Shitshow

By Dan Robitzski

On Twitter, Elon Musk elaborated on the design tweaks SpaceX will have to make to its Starship to allow it to land on the Moon.

SpaceX Trying to Figure Out How to Land Starship on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Amateur photographer and scientist Gaurav Agrawal had no idea his spectacular picture of a lake in a National Park could end up crashing Android phones.

This Guy Accidentally Took a Photo That Crashes Android Smartphones

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre star system: a collapsed pulsar and white dwarf binary orbiting a second white dwarf, upheld a major tenet of Einstein's general relativity.

Collapsed Star Proves Another of Einstein’s Theories

By Dan Robitzski

Twitter testing out a new feature on Android that would prompt users if they want to click and actually read the dang article they're planning to retweet.

Twitter Is Calling You Out for Sharing Articles You Haven’t Read

By Victor Tangermann

Dario Gil, the director of IBM Research, predicts that quantum computing app stores and code repositories will begin to emerge this decade.

Quantum Physics

IBM Director: Get Ready For Quantum Computing App Stores

By Dan Robitzski

A video of a Dubai policeman crashing a Russian-built hoverbike from an altitude of about 100 feet is going viral on social media.

Artificial Intelligence

Watch a Hoverbike-Riding Cop in Dubai Wipe Out Catastrophically

By Victor Tangermann

Popular dating app Tinder has reportedly blocked dozens of users for encouraging others to sign petitions and donate to Black Lives Matter-related causes.

Tinder Reverses Decision to Ban Black Lives Matter Supporters

By Victor Tangermann

According to a leaked email obtained by Reuters, Elon Musk has said that it's time to bring Telsa's commercial semi truck into "volume production."

Elon Musk: Tesla’s Semi Truck is Officially Going Into Production

By Victor Tangermann

A new iPhone update will urge anyone who tells Siri that "all lives matter" to read up on racial issues and visit BlackLivesMatter.com

Artificial Intelligence

Telling Siri “All Lives Matter” Brings up BlackLivesMatter.com

By Dan Robitzski

Honda shut down global production on Monday after a cyberattack disrupted several of its car and motorcycle plants around the world.

Advanced Transport

Cyberattack Shuts Down All Honda Factories Worldwide

By Dan Robitzski

To show solidarity with ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and to draw attention to racism in their workplaces, black academics are organizing a strike.

Black Researchers Are Holding an Academic Strike to Support BLM

By Dan Robitzski

In order to give high-energy researchers better working conditions, one physicist proposes building a particle collider on the Moon.

This Madlad Wants to Build a Particle Collider on the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

The artificial intelligence system Microsoft uses to post articles to MSN recently confused two women of color, showing how algorithmic bias is happening.

Artificial Intelligence

Robot Journalist Accused of Racism

By Dan Robitzski