SpaceX has finally managed to land its massive Starship rocket in one piece. Well, at least for several minutes. The 165-foot stainless steel structure lifted off at around 6:15 pm EST on Wednesday, and its maiden voyage ticked most of the checkboxes: the belly flop, the burn to flip itself upright, the landing. One checkbox,… Continue reading Elon Musk Says Starship “Landed in One Piece.” Fact Check: Kinda.
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CDC Updates Guidelines For Zombie Apocalypse
Image by Ayoub Wardin via Pixabay / Futurism Finally, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its official guidelines and recommendations for — you guessed it — a zombie apocalypse. If it sounds like this perhaps isn’t the best time to dedicate resources to a fictional crisis, well, we hear you. But… Continue reading CDC Updates Guidelines For Zombie Apocalypse
This Crowdfunded Cybersecurity Hardware Can Protect Your Online Privacy From Hackers
The hackers of today are becoming smarter and smarter. They’re also becoming more evil. Remember the recent attempt to poison a city by hacking its water treatment plant? That’s pretty freaking evil. Your digital safety is at risk, too. That’s why it’s worthwhile to invest in a little cybersecurity. The Deeper Connect Nano Decentralized VPN… Continue reading This Crowdfunded Cybersecurity Hardware Can Protect Your Online Privacy From Hackers
Startup Says It Can “Charge” an Electric Car In Under Ten Minutes
It’s using a clever trick to recharge electric cars almost instantly. Ample Time San Francisco-based startup Ample has launched an electric car charging network that can provide a car with a full charge in less than ten minutes, Business Insider reports. Ample got on its feet thanks to a partnership with Uber. It’s currently in… Continue reading Startup Says It Can “Charge” an Electric Car In Under Ten Minutes
Fusion Thruster Startup Anticipates “First Town on Mars”
Radiation detection company US Nuclear Corp is trying to woo NASA into signing a contract to develop a fusion-powered spacecraft propulsion system that could take future space travelers all the way to Mars. In a collaboration with Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc. (MIFTI), a UC Irvine spinout focusing on developing a thermonuclear fusion-based generator, the company… Continue reading Fusion Thruster Startup Anticipates “First Town on Mars”
Experts: The United States’ Dropping Birth Rate is Becoming a “Crisis”
Image by Charles Deluvio via Unsplash / Futurism Early on in the pandemic, demographics experts and Facebook memes alike both confidently declared that the COVID-19 era of lockdowns and hunkering down indoors would result in a new baby boom. Now, it seems the opposite has happened. The birth rate in the United States seems to… Continue reading Experts: The United States’ Dropping Birth Rate is Becoming a “Crisis”
Elon Musk Wants to Rename a Texas Town “Starbase”
Gotta admit, that’s a pretty cool name. Welcome To Starbase Elon Musk is pushing to rename the Texas town where SpaceX test-launches its experimental Starship rocket with something a bit more fitting of its aspirations. On Tuesday, Musk tweeted that he’s “creating the city of Starbase, Texas,” which is almost certainly a reference to Boca… Continue reading Elon Musk Wants to Rename a Texas Town “Starbase”
COVID Stole Their Smell and Taste. Now They’re Getting Treatment.
Image by Luke Price Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have turned their focus on treating the long term effects of COVID-19 — including the loss of taste and smell, a symptom affecting a significant portion of those who have recovered from infection, as CBS-affiliated TV station KHOU reports. We’ve long known that the… Continue reading COVID Stole Their Smell and Taste. Now They’re Getting Treatment.
China Is Blanketing Every Public Space in Spy Cameras
The “Sharp Eyes” program will practically eliminate privacy in China. Sharp Eyes China has been ramping up its surveillance panopticon over recent years, and now it appears that the project is nearing completion — the ability to surveil anyone in any public space in the country seems to be within the government’s grasp. China’s five-year… Continue reading China Is Blanketing Every Public Space in Spy Cameras
Scientists: There’s Something Lurking in the Center of Earth’s Core
“It’s very exciting — and might mean we have to re-write the textbooks!” Innermost Core In school, you probably learned that our planet is made up of four distinct layers: the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core. But new research by a team of scientists from The Australian National University (ANU)… Continue reading Scientists: There’s Something Lurking in the Center of Earth’s Core