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The Smellicopter, a small autonomous drone that tracks down scents, relies on the biological machinery of a live moth antenna.
Drones

Tiny Cyborg Drone Navigates Using Surgically Removed Moth Antenna

"Nature really blows our human-made... sensors out of the water."

By Dan Robitzski

Back in July, the White House turned down an offer to buy hundreds of millions of extra doses of Pfizer's vaccine for COVID-19.
Viruses

Trump Turned Down Opportunity to Buy 500M Doses of COVID Vaccine

If the US doesn't have enough doses to go around, it could all be the fault of this one decision.

By Dan Robitzski

51-year-old Georgia resident Victor Hardley Crawley attempted to rob a bank by telling the bank tellers that he would infect them with COVID-19.
Developments

Man Robs Bank by Threatening to Infect Staff With COVID

Okay, this is a new one.

By Victor Tangermann

Iran Insists That Its Nuclear Scientist Was Killed by a “Satellite-Controlled Machine Gun”
Nuclear Fusion

Iran Insists That Its Nuclear Scientist Was Killed by a “Satellite-Controlled Machine Gun”

The weapon was reportedly able to target the scientist in a car — while sparing his wife sitting next to him.

By Victor Tangermann

Eagle-eyed early reviewers of "Cyberpunk 2077" spotted an NPC in the background that looks astonishingly like SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

There Appears to Be an Elon Musk Cameo in “Cyberpunk 2077”

That's totally Elon.

By Victor Tangermann

The Japanese government plans to invest in local prefectures that develop new matchmaking AI to help singles in the area find love.
Artificial Intelligence

Japan’s Government Is Using AI to Set Up Lonely Singles on Dates

"We hope this support will help reverse the decline in the nation's birthrate."

By Dan Robitzski

Are all these monoliths an international Banksy-level art installation or an extraterrestrial race pulling an uninspired prank on humanity? Likely neither.
Future Society

There Are Officially Too Many Damn Monoliths

The number of monoliths is too damn high.

By Victor Tangermann

More and more people were binge drinking more often in mid-April than they were in mid-March, thanks specifically to the pandemic.
Viruses

Binge Drinking Got Way Worse During the Pandemic

Same.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers in South Korea are developing an artificial "skin" that could allow soldiers to perfectly blend in with their surroundings.
Future Society

Researchers Invent Material That Could Create Invisibility Cloak

It even works in infrared.

By Victor Tangermann

Aptera Motors says its upcoming electric car may never need to be plugged in thanks to solar panels that give it 45 miles of extra range every day.
Advanced Transport

Startup Says Solar-Powered Electric Car Never Needs to Charge

Okay, that's pretty cool.

By Dan Robitzski

The federal government says it can dole out 40 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine — enough for 20 million people — this month. Experts say probably not.
Viruses

Experts Say Trump Promise For 20M December Vaccinations is Unrealistic

"I think it’s going to take a couple months."

By Dan Robitzski

Living in “Third Person View” With VR and a Backpack-Mounted Camera
Virtual Reality

Living in “Third Person View” With VR and a Backpack-Mounted Camera

With a VR rig and a backpack-mounted camera, you can experience life from a third person view — like a video game character.

By Dan Robitzski

After spending more than a year studying Ryugu, an asteroid some 180 million miles away, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has returned to drop off some samples.
Off-World

Japanese Spacecraft Returns Asteroid Samples to Earth

"We collected the treasure box. The capsule collection was perfectly done."

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to an array of electrodes implanted in their brains, two monkeys were able to "see" and recognize individual shapes — without using their eyes.
Prosthetics and Devices

New Device Sends Images Directly Into Monkeys’ Brains

Monkey see, monkey do.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is paying startups for any Moon dust they collect on missions scheduled for the next few years, but the payment is largely symbolic.
Moon

NASA Will Pay This Startup $1 to Collect Moon Dust. Wait, What?

Okay, that seems low.

By Dan Robitzski

The Inouye Solar Telescope, the largest solar observatory in the world, just released the first-ever image of a sunspot.
Science & Energy

The Sharpest-Ever Image of a Sunspot Looks Like a Portal to Hell

The Sun is a truly chaotic place.

By Victor Tangermann

China plans to expand its weather modification system to cover 5.5 million square miles. Neighboring India is worried it could become a weapon.
Environment

China Is Rolling Out an Enormous “Weather Modification” System

Experts say it could spur conflict with a neighboring country.

By Dan Robitzski

John Ratcliffe, the U.S. national intelligence cirector, wrote in an op-ed that China experimented on military members to try and create supersoldiers.
Genetics

US Official Claims China Is Testing Biologically Enhanced Supersoldiers

"U.S. intelligence shows that China has even conducted human testing on members of the People’s Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with biologically enhanced capabilities."

By Dan Robitzski

Alabama-based startup Aevum has unveiled a fully autonomous drone designed to release satellite-launching rockets in midair — and its an absolute monster.
Drones

This Is the World’s Biggest Drone

An absolute unit.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new book, Chinese scientist He Jiankui had the support of several Communist Party officials while working on his gene-editing experiments.
Gene Editing

Communist Party Secretly Supported Chinese Gene-Edited Babies, According to New Book

The Chinese government later distanced itself from the controversial experiments.

By Victor Tangermann