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Astronomers: There’s Still a Chance ‘Oumuamua Is Alien Tech

Scientists are still arguing over the origins of this interstellar space rock.

👁 TikTok has officially sued the Trump administration for banning transactions with its parent company ByteDance.

Future Society

TikTok Officially Sues the Trump Administration Over Ban in US

Tick tock.

👁 Tesla fanatic and DIY tinkerer extraordinaire Rich from Rich Rebuilds built a full-scale take on the "Cyberquad," the ATV cousin of the Cybertruck.

Advanced Transport

This Guy Built a DIY Cyberquad and It’s an Absolute Monster

Tesla teased an ATV. This guy actually built it — and it goes 102 mph.

👁 Engineering firm Furrion has built a four-legged exo-suit, a 9,000 pound monstrosity straight out of "Pacific Rim" — and it wants you to pilot it.

Robots and Machines

This Fully Functional, 9000 Pound Mech Suit Looks Absolutely Amazing

And they're looking for pilots.

👁 NASA recently put out a weird little cartoon that introduces kids to surprisingly complex topics like special relativity and the scale of the universe.

Physics

Video Shows NASA’s Bizarre Guide to Near-Light-Speed Travel

It's mind-blowing.

👁 The Arecibo Observatory, a staple of the SETI research community, will be out of commission for months after a supper cable mysteriously fell.

SETI Telescope Down for Months After Mysterious Damage

"This is just another bump in the road."

👁 The number of unemployment claims for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program is growing exponentially, raising the alarm.

Future Society

Economists Predict “Tsunami” of Unemployment

"The labor market is in the ICU."

👁 Researchers have developed a new deep learning algorithm that can detect heart disease just by analyzing four photographs of a person's face.

Studies

Algorithm Detects Heart Disease by Analyzing Selfies

"This could be a cheap, simple and effective [method] of identifying patients who need further investigation."

👁 The Russian government is about to start a 40,000-person experiment on its COVID-19 vaccine, which is usually something that happens before they approve it.

Viruses

40,000 Russians Are About to Get That Untested COVID-19 Vaccine

"It’s essential we don’t cut corners in safety or efficacy."

👁 NASA warns that harvesting lunar ice for future settlers' drinking water could make it impossible to study the ice down the road.

Moon

Mining Lunar Ice Could Irrevocably Damage the Moon’s Environment

Harvesting lunar ice could ruin future scientific research.

👁 A new NASA facility will communicate with distant spacecraft via lasers, vastly improving the bandwidth of interplanetary communications.

NASA Facility Will Beam Messages to Space Through Lasers

NASA wants a laser relay to connect Earth to distant spacecraft.

👁 Tesla is seeking approval from the FCC to market a sensor that can tell if a child is being left behind in a hot car, Reuters reports.

Tesla

Tesla Asks USA For Permission to Automatically Detect Kids Left in Hot Car

Okay, this is pretty cool.

👁 An AI-controlled virtual fighter jet just beat a human pilot in a dogfight, winning five rounds to zero as part of a DARPA contest.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Fighter Jet Obliterates Human Air Force Pilot in Simulated Dogfight

This could be a turning point in AI warfare.

👁 NASA is investigating a small air leak on board the International Space Station. Luckily, the three current crew members aren't in immediate danger.

International Space Station

NASA Says There’s a Small Leak on the International Space Station

Luckily, the crew is safe.

👁 Scientists developed a new kind of plastic that can be broken down and recycled an indefinite number of times without losing quality.

A New Kind of Plastic Could Be Recycled Indefinitely

The plastic can maintain its quality after being broken down and reshaped.

👁 A team of researchers have built a tiny microbot that weighs less than a gram and can run entirely on methanol, a type of alcohol.

Robotics

Relatable: This Tiny Robot Is Powered by Alcohol

"We were able to make it so light and small because we’re not relying on batteries."

👁 New research reveals that kids with COVID-19 have a much higher viral load — meaning the virus reproduces more rampantly in their bodies — than expected.

Viruses

According to New Research, Kids Spread COVID-19 Like Crazy

Just in time for school.

👁 Blue Origin just delivered an engineering mockup of a lander that could one day carry American astronauts down to the surface of the Moon to NASA.

Moon

Blue Origin Engineers Deliver Full-Scale Prototype Moon Lander to NASA

The vision of returning American astronauts to the Moon by 2024 is looking more real than ever.

👁 Astronomers have observed that two bubbles around the center of the Milky Way are spitting out clusters of cold molecular gas "like bullets."

Astronomers Detect “Bullets” of Gas Shooting Out of Our Galactic Center

They have no idea what's behind it.

👁 Authorities in Florida just approved a plan for biotech company Oxitec to release over 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes over the next two years.

Florida Is Releasing Almost a Billion Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes

Environmental advocacy groups are furious.