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An essay signed by 21 current and former employees paints a bleak picture of what it is like to work at Blue Origin, a company that is "rife with sexism."
Blue Origin

More Than 20 Blue Origin Employees Say It’s a Horrible Place to Work

"I’ve gotten far enough away from it that I’m not afraid enough to let them silence me anymore."

By Victor Tangermann

The icy "glue" that holds Antarctica's ice shelf together and fills in any cracks is melting away, leaving the entire shelf in a dire situation.
Climate Change

The Icy “Glue” Holding Antarctica Together Is Starting To Fail

That's bad news.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Meteor Watch made sightings of at least five fireballs soaring through the sky over the US last Friday night at 32,000 mph.
Science & Energy

NASA Puzzled by Five Fireballs Over America in One Night

One of them soared through the upper atmosphere at 32,000 mph.

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA and the Air Force successfully flight tested a hypersonic missile that "breathes" the air around it to propel itself faster.
DARPA

DARPA Successfully Launched an “Air-Breathing” Hypersonic Missile

The military sees hypersonic weapons as a major weapon of the future.

By Dan Robitzski

Humans Could Definitely Live to 130, Scientists Say
Studies

Humans Could Definitely Live to 130, Scientists Say

The first human could live to 130 within this century.

By Victor Tangermann

The augmented reality company Nreal just announced a new set of AR glasses that don't have a single outward-facing camera.
Science & Energy

New AR Glasses Are for Streaming Video and Ignoring the Real World

The Nreal glasses don't have any outward-facing cameras.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter had to delay its 14th flight, scheduled for September 18, due to an "anomaly" with its flight-control motors.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is In Trouble

It had to abort its latest flight attempt.

By Victor Tangermann

Google is about to launch a "wildfire" layer on Google Maps that shows whether the surrounding area is currently burning.
Google

Google Maps Now Lets You Know if Your Route Is on Fire

This, unfortunately, actually sounds pretty useful.

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese Panasonic subsidiary Atoun has come up with a futuristic exoskeleton that can transform itself into a powered buggy.
Robots and Machines

New Exoskeleton Transforms Into Motorized Scooter

It's like an exoskeleton and an electric scooter had a baby.

By Victor Tangermann

Former Google X Chief Business Officer Mo Gawdat says that AI developers are creating God, and that humanity is in trouble because of it.
Google

Former Google Exec Warns That AI Researchers Are “Creating God”

Mo Gawdat believes that the singularity is coming and that AI poses a serious threat to humanity.

By Dan Robitzski

Mining companies are planning to scrape up the materials necessary to build electric car batteries from the bottom of the ocean.
Environment

Corporations Are Sending Huge Mining Machines to the Bottom of the Ocean

Mining companies claim that it's necessary to make electric car batteries, but experts disagree.

By Dan Robitzski

According to documents and video meeting recordings obtained by Vice, engineers aren't exactly thrilled by the $999 robot they came up with for Amazon.
Robotics

Creators of Amazon’s New Robot Secretly Admitted It’s “Terrible”

It "will almost certainly throw itself down a flight of stairs if presented the opportunity."

By Victor Tangermann

An experimental gene therapy drastically improved the eyesight — and ability to see color — of volunteers with a rare genetic condition.
RX and Medicine

Gene Therapy Restored Vision To Patient Who Hadn’t Seen Colors in Years

"We're thrilled to see early signs of efficacy because that means gene editing is working."

By Dan Robitzski

The Verge has obtained legal filings that show NASA's frustration with Blue Origin's request to negotiate its $5.9 billion lunar lander contract.
Moon

In Newly-Released Documents, NASA Scoffed at Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lawsuit

NASA isn't pulling any punches.

By Victor Tangermann

The alternative cryptocurrency Hamster skyrocketed on Tuesday — and Tesla CEO Elon Musk may have had something to do with it.
Cryptocurrency

Hamster-Themed Cryptocurrency Skyrockets for Incredibly Dumb Reason

Did Elon do this?

By Victor Tangermann

The Sun is about to pass between Mars and Earth, so NASA and the CNSA are putting their various rovers into safe mode until it moves.
Mars

Every Mars Rover Is About To Go Into Safe Mode

That pesky Sun is getting in the way of NASA's research.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is poking fun at his favorite adversary Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after making him the second richest person in the world.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Taunts Jeff Bezos For Becoming World’s Second-Richest Person

"I’m sending a giant statue of the digit ‘2’ to Jeffrey B., along with a silver medal."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that the average wind speeds of Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm are starting to steadily increase over time.
Science & Energy

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Changing, NASA Says

The winds are starting to pick up speed.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is yet again the world's richest person according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $201.7 billion.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Officially the Richest Person on Earth Again

The competition is heating up.

By Victor Tangermann

People peed so many party drugs into a local river at the 2019 Glastonbury music festival that the water became dangerous for local, protected eels.
Pollution

Festival Goers Did So Many Drugs That Their Pee Harmed Local Fish

The 2019 Glastonbury music festival had an alarming impact on local waterways.

By Dan Robitzski