NASA's Hubble spots a mysterious flash in the middle of nowhere that defies science

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An artist's illustration shows a bright flash of blue light happening away from a galaxy.
Scientists have spotted a mysterious flash of blue light, and they don't know what is causing it.

NASA, ESA, NSF's NOIRLab, Mark Garlick , Mahdi Zamani

Big Tech made America lonely. Now it needs to fix the crisis it helped create.

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In a black glitchy abyss of floating glowing boxes full of lonely people on some form of technological device, two boxes float near each other towards connection.
Big Tech's obsession with feeding customers exactly what they want made Americans lonely. Now the industry has a chance to redeem itself.

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Now the industry needs to help bring us back together

AI was told to design a robot that could walk. Within seconds, it generated a 'small, squishy, and misshapen' thing that spasms.

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Sam Kriegman, an assistant professor at Northwestern University, shows off one of the robots designed by his team's AI.
Sam Kriegman, an assistant professor at Northwestern University, shows off one of the robots designed by his team's AI.

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20,000-year-old footprints show humans have been in the Americas longer than previously thought, scientists say

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Human footprints in brownish-white ground at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Footprints found in White Sands National Park may show that humans were in what is now New Mexico over 20,000 years ago.

National Park Service

Retired astronaut Leland Melvin says space food is tastier than you think

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Former astronaut Leland Melvin shows Sesame Street's Elmo dehydrated food at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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People mocked me online for being attacked by a shark, so I started a support group for survivors like me

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A portrait of Dave Pearson on the beach.
Dave Pearson survived a shark attack and went on to found Bite Club to support other survivors.

Courtesy of Dave Pearson

One-third of the world's captive orcas are in the US, and no one can agree on what to do with them

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SeaWorld announced in 2016 that it would stop its orca breeding program.

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MIT researchers have created a solar-powered desalination device that can make seawater drinkable for less than the cost of US tap water

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The desalination device created by MIT researchers.
The desalination device — pictured above — could produce drinkable water for less than the average price of US tap water.

Jintong Gao and Zhenyuan Xu

4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'

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Elon Musk poses with a SpaceX rocket in El Segundo, Los Angeles, in March 2004.

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Albert Einstein used to ponder these 5 mind-melting questions for fun. Can you figure them out?

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Photo of Albert Einstein in front of a chalkboard.
Albert Einstein pondered very complex ideas but tried to make them accessible.

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