Virgin Hyperloop Will No Longer Transport Passengers, Lays Off Almost Half of Staff
Technology

Virgin Hyperloop Will No Longer Transport Passengers, Lays Off Almost Half of Staff

Virgin Hyperloop, the much-anticipated superfast passenger train that promised speeds of up to 1,080 kilometers per hour (670 miles per hour), has decided to focus…
Tonga’s Volcanic Eruption Created Record 590,000 Volcanic Lightning Strikes
Environment

Tonga’s Volcanic Eruption Created Record 590,000 Volcanic Lightning Strikes

Last month’s devastating Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption in the Tongan Archipelago resulted in a catastrophic tsunami and a plume that reached 55 kilometers (34 miles)…
Watch Clouds Whizz By On Mars in Intense New Curiosity Footage
Astronomy

Watch Clouds Whizz By On Mars in Intense New Curiosity Footage

Perseverance’s one-year “Landiversary” is today, but the Curiosity Mars rover, not to be outdone, has released some spectacular film of clouds scudding by on Mars…
Planetary Intelligence May Drive the Evolution of Life, Researchers Argue
Environment

Planetary Intelligence May Drive the Evolution of Life, Researchers Argue

Most people consider sentience and cognition to be characteristics of individual organisms, but the authors of a new study contend that intelligence occurs on a…
Swimmer Dies in First Fatal Shark Attack in Sydney Since 1963
Plants and Animals

Swimmer Dies in First Fatal Shark Attack in Sydney Since 1963

Officials said a British swimmer died in the first fatal shark attack in Sydney, Australia, since 1963. Simon Nellist, 35, was attacked by a shark…
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Pick Up Antlers in Shedding Season
Plants and Animals

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Pick Up Antlers in Shedding Season

Animals with spectacular antlers and spiky horns in areas of the United States are ready to shed their antlers and spiky horns in the literal…
DeepMind Uses AI to Control Plasma in Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Technology

DeepMind Uses AI to Control Plasma in Nuclear Fusion Reactor

Gaseous hydrogen fuel is subjected to extreme heat and pressure inside a tokamak until it transforms into plasma hotter than the Sun’s core, creating the…
Fish Cleaning Themselves in a Mirror May Have Just Demonstrated Self-Awareness
Plants and Animals

Fish Cleaning Themselves in a Mirror May Have Just Demonstrated Self-Awareness

If cleaner fish with parasite tattoos see themselves in a mirror, they will try to scrape them off, demonstrating that they have mirror self-recognition (something…
Startling Video Shows Hundreds of Birds Crash Into the Ground in Mass Bird Fall
Environment

Startling Video Shows Hundreds of Birds Crash Into the Ground in Mass Bird Fall

Last week, a security camera in Mexico captured bizarre and disturbing images that have since gone viral. In the latest incidence of mass bird extinction,…
We May Be Alone In Our Galaxy, Failed Search for Life Suggests
Astronomy

We May Be Alone In Our Galaxy, Failed Search for Life Suggests

A thorough search for sentient life elsewhere in the Milky Way has turned up no evidence of extraterrestrial activity, implying that we may be the…
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