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Saharan dust carrying radioactive isotopes from France's nuclear bomb tests in the 1960s is now blowing back into France.
Environment

France Tested Nuclear Weapons in Africa. Now Radioactive Dust Is Drifting Back Into France.

Ironic.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially on the move.Recently uploaded images show the six-wheeled robot's tracks imprinted in the dust around it.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Officially on the Move

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially rolling across the Martian wasteland.

According to a new survey, 69 percent of Americans either want or have at least partially received a coronavirus vaccine, signalling growing optimism.
Viruses

69 Percent of Americans Want the COVID Vaccine

This is nice news.

A startup wants to deliver cancer drugs directly to brain tumors via tiny, injectible devices that look like little drills.
Brain

Startup Creates Tiny Drill to Burrow Through Your Brain With Magnets

But don't worry — it's there to help.

A bizarre photograph of a ship seemingly hovering above the sea off the coast of Cornwall, UK, made its rounds late Thursday.
Science & Energy

Optical Illusion Photo Shows Huge Oil Tanker Hovering Over the Sea

What the hell?

The support of our readers has been tremendous over this last year — and Futurism truly would not be here if it wasn’t for all of you.
Future Society

A Note From The Publisher of Futurism

Please. We need your help.

The China National Space Administration released several new high-definition images captured by its Tianwen-1 Mars probe currently in the planet's orbit.
Mars

China Releases Stunning Images From Mars Orbiter

That's one hell of a view.

In a rare instance of reflection, Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised fellow American carmarker Ford to not "have gone bankrupt out of thousands of car startups."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Praises Tesla Nemesis, Ford, In Rare Reversal

Remember that Cybertruck vs. F-150 tug of war video? Now, Elon has kinder words.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has spent the last week getting ready for work and stretching its seven foot robotic arm.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover “Percy” Stretches Its Arm for the First Time

"Warming up for a marathon of science."

International travelers have had to endure something rather humiliating upon entering China at the airport: anal swab tests for COVID-19 as Reuters reports.
Developments

China Is Administering Anal Swabs to Foreign Visitors

Is this too invasive?

SpaceX's Boston Dynamics robodog named "Zeus" was spotted sniffing around the site of the recent Starship SN10 test and explosion.
Robot Dogs

There’s a Robodog Walking Around the Site of the SpaceX Starship Explosion

SpaceX's robodog "Zeus" is on patrol.

Scientists discovered water and organic matter on the surface of an asteroid, suggesting that impacts could have brought life's precursors to Earth.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Water, Organic Materials on Surface of Asteroid

For the first time ever, scientists have found elements of life in samples from an actual asteroid.

Russian cosmonauts currently stationed on board the ISS have started drilling holes near the infamous crack that formed in the station's Zvezda module.
Off-World

Russian Cosmonauts Are Drilling Holes in the Walls of the ISS

Don't worry — it's not what it sounds like.

"Wolverine," a top-secret project by the Alphabet-owned moonshot company X, is building devices that grant superhuman hearing.
Prosthetics and Devices

Secret Alphabet Project “Wolverine” Aims to Give People Superhuman Hearing

Google's experimental lab is working on a fascinating, top-secret initiative.

Space Tango, a Kentucky-based space startup, is planning to launch its own tiny orbital research platform in a matter of just two years.
Off-World

Kentucky Startup Plans to Launch Teeny Tiny Space Station

It's so tiny that it could fit on a SpaceX Rideshare.

The Wednesday explosion of SpaceX's Starship SN10 prototype was so intense, it showed up on local weather radar.
Starship

Starship Explosion Was So Huge It Was Picked Up by Weather Radar

Up close, the blast would have been Earth-shattering.

Doctors are identifying patients who were simultaneously infected by multiple coronavirus variants, raising concerns about new mutations.
Developments

People Are Catching Two COVID Strains at the Same Time

Inside one host, the different strains could swap genes — and mutate.

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

Elon Musk Says Starship “Landed in One Piece.” Fact Check: Kinda.

Will SpaceX manage to build a working Starship?

The CDC updated its official recommendations for surviving a zombie apocalypse. Experts say it's actually a valuable resource.
Developments

CDC Updates Guidelines For Zombie Apocalypse

Finally!

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chimed in on Tesla's new "yoke" steering wheel in its refreshed Model S.
Tesla

US Regulators Not Sure If Tesla’s Funky New Steering Wheel Breaks Rules

Futuristic fun, or a highway accident waiting to happen?