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It could help address the world's looming water crisis...People have been trying to turn seawater into drinking water for thousands of years, but the process is not usually energy-efficient or affordable.

Boeing is investing $20 million in Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated human spaceflight company. The companies will work together to broaden commercial space access and transform global travel technologies.

The world will surely be watching.

As mentioned in the "About" section above, I am a big OSU fan and I bleed orange. To that end, I belong to an OSU message board where we get on-line and cuss/discuss OSU sports. Two days after coming home from being told I've got 0% chance to

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is seeking to create a vaccine that, theoretically, would protect people from most flu strains with a single shot of a universal vaccine.

The small waiting room at the home of self-styled healer "Brother Guayanes" in Caracas' rundown Petare district fills up quickly with patients -- business has never been better.

Boeing's venture arm HorizonX will take a $20 million minority stake in Sir Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic once it goes public later this year.

Roborace is the world's first competition for human + AI teams, using both self-driving and manually-controlled cars. Race formats will feature new forms of immersive entertainment to engage the next generation of racing fans.

NASA has taken delivery of its first all-electric X-plane.

(Natural News) Can you recognize a wound infection -- and do you know how to prevent it? These tips can help you keep a wound from getting infected.

Elon Musk indicates that SpaceX will for orbit with Starship as soon as possible after the 20-kilometer test. The timing is based upon building the increased number of Raptor engines.

Scientists have helped three amputees "merge" with their bionic prosthetic legs so they can use and feel their the limb as if it's a part of their own body.

Drought-Proof 'Cooling Houses' Use Saltwater and Cardboard to Grow Tons of Healthy Produce in the Desert

In a rare and extended interview, both Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Del Bigtree take on the many complex problems that dominate the current vaccination program in the U.S. and around the world.

In our debate, Dr. Reiwertz claimed that wild-type chickenpox (or varicella) kills 1/100 people. This is incorrect. Here are some actual facts with citations about chickenpox:

"We know passengers don't want to visit beautiful, pristine places on an operator that is not taking the nature they sail to seriously," said the cruise company's CEO.

Porsche has increased its production capacity for the Taycan, the company's first 750 HP electric vehicle that has been a monster thorn in Elon Musk's side, according to the pro-Tesla automatons over at electrek.

ARC 100, Modular Reactor, Passes First Phase of Canada's Nuclear Safety Commission Vendor Design Review

The first company with a lander will win the 2024 mission, NASA says.

According to evidence cited in this paper, of the 1,000 or so gut bacteria we know of, any given individual will have around 160 different species of bacteria colonizing their gut.

Now you don't have to take out the trash! Self-driving robotic garbage bin is programmed to take itself to the curb side for pickup

Artificial blood made in the laboratory could be transfused into ANY patient - regardless of their blood type, claim scientists

They can have seven times the energy density of the best Li-Ion battery possible.

A new series of tests is now showing that this exciting blood test can screen for numerous types of cancer with a stunningly high degree of accuracy.

Your diet soda might just be worse than a regular one. There are a lot of myths about artificial sweeteners. The main one is that they're actually better for you than regular sugar. Low-calorie sweeteners have been around for decades now, and we'

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - German startup Volocopter said Singapore is emerging as one of the most likely destinations for the commercial launch of its electric helicopters, where it hopes to offer short-hop flights for the price of a limousine ride.

Bollinger has revealed the beta prototypes of its super-tough electric Class 3 trucks - and the specs appear to have gone up again too.

Elon Musk describes the various aspects of the greatness of the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship.

With the debut of the Rivian/Amazon van, an electric Rivian motorhome is easy to imagine.

A new blood test could detect more than 20 types of cancer, allowing cases to be identified and treated far earlier.

It's time for the annual architecture update!

Current location: On its third lap around the Sun on a highly elliptical orbit, becoming closer and closer with each revolution

Joseph Agnew, undergrad and research assistant from the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Propulsion Research Center (PRC), presented the results of his study "An Examination of Warp Theory and Technology to Determine the State of the Art and

Nobody reads terms of service agreements. Guard puts a computer to work reading them for us.

Lithium-carbon dioxide batteries are attractive energy storage systems because they have a specific energy density that is more than seven times greater than commonly used lithium-ion batteries.

Google will likely announce quantum speedup and quantum supremacy has been proven using the random circuit selection problem. It is pretty clear that physics allows quantum speedup.

P3Tek presented the results of a 10-month study of the ThorCon thorium/uranium-fueled molten salt reactor (MSR) power plant.

Rain and massive crosswinds were no match for the sheer power of the Genovation GXE.

American scientists have developed a new 'brain-computer interface strip'

An inexpensive thermoelectric device harnesses the cold of space without active heat input, generating electricity that powers an LED at night, researchers report September 12 in the journal Joule.

China's MMC UAV launched a new hydrogen-powered vertical take-off and landing drone – or hydrone - at InterGEO 2019 in Germany last week, that has a flight time of up to 15 hours.

NONE of these smiling faces are real! Artists create more than 100,000 computer-generated portraits that look creepily lifelike

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg visited Capitol Hill to try and 'win friends' in Congress. It was his first big trip back to Washington since the contentious House and Senate hearings last year, where the Facebook chief was accused of sometimes treating l

A new leasing program is putting dozens of robots to work in the real world

The system will go online in October.

Imagine you're a parent locked in a custody dispute, and a video emerges of you abusing your child; or that you're a police officer, and you're seen on video brutalizing a suspect; or that you're a teacher "caught" on video beating a youn

Manipulated images and videos that appear "perfectly real" will be accessible to everyday people in "half-a-year to a year," deepfake pioneer Hao Li said on CNBC on Friday.

Researchers at the University of Buffalo (UB), funded by the Army Research Office (ARO), have developed a new plastic that could be used for advanced body armor, combat helmets, ballistic plates, and or even armor for vehicles.

Dr. Robert Zubrin presented his latest ideas on the Mars Direct plan -a plan to get human beings to the red planet within a decade.

Blue Origin has made major investments and upgrades to facilities at the Kennedy Space Center site 36. Blue Origin is clearly preparing for major New Glenn reusable rocket launches.