Micah Hanks

Micah Hanks is a writer, podcaster, and creator/co-founder of The Debrief. He covers science, technology and futurism, and you can find him at micahhanks.com and on Twitter @MicahHanks.

Life on Mars? Discovery at Jezero Crater Reveals Promising Evidence for Organic Molecules

Micah Hanks·July 14, 2023

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected evidence that may point to the presence of organic molecules on Mars, a discovery that helps strengthen the possibility that life could have once existed there.

James Webb Space Telescope Celebrates First Year With New Stunning Cosmic Imagery

Micah Hanks·July 13, 2023

This week, we’ll be looking at the James Webb Space Telescope's recent achievements as it reached one year since heading into orbit.

Unexplained Magnetic Anomaly on the Moon Prompts NASA Investigation with Next-Generation Plasma Spectrometer

Micah Hanks·July 11, 2023

A plasma spectrometer has been delivered to NASA to assist the agency’s investigations into a mysterious area on the Moon that is the location of an unexplained magnetic anomaly.

Soviet USO Encounters: The Mysterious “Quackers”

Micah Hanks·July 11, 2023

This week, we look at Soviet USO encounters, and the mysterious “Quackers” encountered by Soviet submarine crews during the Cold War.

North Korea Accuses U.S. of Surveillance Flights, Threatens to Shoot Down Spy Planes in Its Airspace

Micah Hanks·July 11, 2023

North Korea issued a warning this week that U.S. spy planes detected within its airspace may be shot down amidst accusations that American drones and other aircraft are conducting surveillance.

Photonic Time Crystal Discovery Could Have “Profound Implications” for Optics, Lead to New Disruptive Tech

Micah Hanks·July 10, 2023

“We don’t yet understand exactly how it happens.” A breakthrough with photonic time crystals in the near-visible spectrum could lead to new approaches in optics and the creation of novel disruptive technologies.

Buried on the Far Side of the Moon, the Detection of a Mysterious Heat-Emitting Object Leads to an Unexpected Discovery

Micah Hanks·July 7, 2023

The detection of a large, heat-emitting mass buried beneath the far side of the Moon suggests it may have a history more like our planet than scientists once realized.

DARPA’S New SHIELD Program Plans to Purge Your Blood of Pathogens, Roomba-Style

Micah Hanks·July 6, 2023

This week's Intelligence Brief examines DARPA's new SHIELD program, which aims to protect warfighters against infections from pathogens.

Italy’s Fascist UFO Files

Micah Hanks·July 6, 2023

This week, we examine the strange history of Italy’s Fascist UFO files, and critically examine their relationship to the modern UFO crash wreckage retrieval debate on The Micah Hanks Program.

Threads Picks Up Millions of Users Within Hours of Launch as Meta’s New Alternative to Twitter

Micah Hanks·July 6, 2023

In the latest blow dealt in a battle between social media giants, Meta Platforms officially launched its new Threads app on Wednesday, amassing millions of followers within just a few hours.

Controlling Points of Darkness with Metasurfaces Could Enable New Covert Detection Technologies, Harvard Team Says

Micah Hanks·July 5, 2023

Harvard researchers say they have succeeded in developing a method of controlling points of darkness known as optical singularities with the help of metasurfaces.

Google’s Sycamore Quantum Processor May Have Just Settled Quantum Supremacy Debate

Micah Hanks·July 4, 2023

Google says its Sycamore quantum processor can now make instant calculations that would require the fastest conventional computers currently in existence almost half a century to complete.

Controversial Study Reveals Humankind’s Earliest Ancestors Coexisted with Dinosaurs Prior to Ancient Mass Extinction

Micah Hanks·July 3, 2023

The earliest mammalian ancestors of humans co-existed with dinosaurs prior to their mass extinction, new research reveals.

Superconductivity Breakthrough Reveals Never-Before-Seen Quantum Vortex Phenomenon

Micah Hanks·June 30, 2023

An international team of researchers says they have discovered a new variety of quantum vortexes within superconductors, pointing to a previously unknown circulatory phenomenon.

“I don’t really understand why they can do it.” The Godfather of AI Returns With a Warning

Micah Hanks·June 29, 2023

The “Godfather of AI” has returned to offer more words of caution about the potential issues humankind could face in the future with AI.

Giant UFOs on Radar

Micah Hanks·June 29, 2023

This week, Robert Powell, an executive board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, joins us to discuss large UAP and their detection on radar in a famous 2008 incident.

Mysterious Force Behind Cosmic Acceleration To Be Explored by New Joint NASA and ESA Effort

Micah Hanks·June 28, 2023

NASA and the ESA will team up to unravel the mysteries of dark energy and cosmic acceleration with the Roman and Euclid space telescopes.

Webb Space Telescope Makes Breakthrough Detection of Compound “Crucial” to Formation of Life

Micah Hanks·June 27, 2023

A new carbon compound has been detected in space for the first time using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, according to an international team of researchers.

The Pancosmorio Theory: New Research Reveals Factors That Could Complicate Long-term Survival in Space

Micah Hanks·June 26, 2023

Long-term survival of human explorers in deep space may be harder to achieve than once thought, according to new research.

Space Thruster Tiles, Self-Healing Squid-like Stuff, and Pig Hearts: DoD Event Exhibits Pentagon’s Unconventional Tech

Micah Hanks·June 23, 2023

The Pentagon recently showcased some of its most unconventional innovations during an event hosted by the DoD's ManTech program.

The Nuclear Connection: UAP and the Atomic Warfare Complex

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2023

Throughout the early years of the Cold War, recurrent appearances of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) were documented near several radioactive materials production plants, atomic weapons assembly facilities, and atomic weapons stockpile sites in the United States

The Search for Titan: Knocking Sounds, a Debris Field, and Breaking Developments in the Rescue Effort

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2023

Welcome to this week’s installment of The Intelligence Brief… as the search for a missing submersible has captured...

Discovery of “Debris Field” Announced by U.S. Coast Guard in Search for Missing Submersible

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2023

A debris field has reportedly been discovered by searchers involved in the effort to recover a missing submersible that was lost on Sunday near the vicinity of the Titanic wreckage.

Anomalous Phenomenon Observed in Quantum Bunching Effect “Utterly Contradicts Common Knowledge”

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2023

An anomalous bunching effect appears to contradict our accepted understanding of the properties of photons, according to a new paper.

MQ-9 Reaper Completes Harrowing Mission First That Proves It Can Be Flown From Anywhere in the World

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2023

The USAF says it has successfully landed an MQ-9 in terrain that proves the UAV can be launched from virtually anywhere in the world.

TRAPPIST-1 Could Have Lower Number of Habitable Planets, New Webb Data Suggests

Micah Hanks·June 20, 2023

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests an exoplanet with once-promising potential for life shows no signs of having a thick atmosphere.

Rescue Teams Race Against Time in Search for Missing Submersible Near Titanic Wreck

Micah Hanks·June 20, 2023

The search for a submersible craft with five people aboard remains underway after disappearing near the wreckage of the famous Titanic.

Theoretical Breakthrough Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Invisible Dark Matter

Micah Hanks·June 19, 2023

A team of Canadian researchers says that the lack of clumpiness in the structure of the universe could help to shed new light on the composition of dark matter.

New Phase of Matter Revealed in Physics Breakthrough By Scientists Who Engineered a “Frustration Machine”

Micah Hanks·June 17, 2023

A new phase of matter has been discovered by a team of physicists who succeeded in engineering what they call a “frustration machine.”

What’s That Orbiting the Moon? Data Suggests a Lost Spacecraft Could be Lurking in Lunar Orbit

Micah Hanks·June 16, 2023

Recent calculations suggest a famous "lost" spacecraft could have been hiding for decades in orbit around the moon.

Newly Revealed Speed of Fastest Stars Ever Observed in the Milky Way Stuns Astronomers

Micah Hanks·June 16, 2023

An international team of astronomers reports they have succeeded in detecting the fastest stars ever observed within the Milky Way galaxy.

DARPA and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Unite to Combat File Format Dangers with ‘SafeDocs’

Micah Hanks·June 15, 2023

DARPA and JPL team up with the SafeDocs program to provide new tools that allow safe access to online documents.

David Grusch: The UAP Whistleblower Controversy

Micah Hanks·June 15, 2023

As the story of UAP whistleblower David Grusch continues to unfold, statements from the former IC official have erupted in controversy.

New Bill Directs FAA to Track Airborne Objects That May Pose Collision Threat to Aviators

Micah Hanks·June 14, 2023

A new bill introduced by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee includes language that will task the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with tracking objects deemed to be a risk resulting from airborne debris.

Fastest Spacecraft in Existence Helps to Unravel the Mystery of “Fast” Solar Winds

Micah Hanks·June 13, 2023

NASA just sent the fastest spacecraft ever built close enough to the Sun to detect the fine structure of "fast" solar winds near its surface.

Study Doubles Number of Repeating Fast Radio Bursts, Also Reveals “Anomalous” Cosmic Radio Sources

Micah Hanks·June 12, 2023

A new study by researchers at MIT has doubled the number of repeating Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) that are known to exist.

Electric Propulsion Breakthrough Produces Motor that Could Help to Revolutionize Green Aviation

Micah Hanks·June 9, 2023

Engineers at MIT say they have developed a new motor that could be used to electrify large aircraft, significantly reducing their carbon footprint with the help of innovative new electric propulsion technology.

Powerful New Inertial Sensor to Equip the U.S. Navy for Navigation Without Relying on GPS

Micah Hanks·June 9, 2023

A formidable next-generation inertial sensor will soon be deployed by the United States Navy, which it says will offer vast improvements to its present maritime navigational capabilities.

Whistleblower Claims Congress is Being Kept in the Dark About U.S. Recovery of Non-Human Craft

Micah Hanks·June 8, 2023

This week, a whistleblower has claimed the U.S. government is withholding information about non-human craft from Congress.

Odd Structures Detected Near the Heart of the Milky Way Left This Team of Astrophysicists “Stunned”

Micah Hanks·June 7, 2023

Researchers have detected odd filament structures that may provide new insights into a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Craft Retrievals of Non-Human Origin?

Micah Hanks·June 6, 2023

A former intelligence official, David Charles Grusch, has come forward and filed a complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General alleging that knowledge of such retrievals of non-human craft has been illegally kept from Congress.

NASA’s UAP Study: Here Are the Key Takeaways from Yesterday’s Public Briefing

Micah Hanks·June 1, 2023

Welcome to this week’s installment of The Intelligence Brief… yesterday, members of a NASA independent study team that...

The RB-47 Incident: Mystery at 2800 Megacycles

Micah Hanks·June 1, 2023

This week we examine the RB-47 UFO incident, and how this 1957 case may offer significant scientific data supporting the existence of UAP.

NASA Study Team on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Calls for Better Data, Ending Harassment and Stigmas

Micah Hanks·May 31, 2023

On Wednesday, members of a NASA independent study team held a public briefing on its current efforts to categorize and evaluate data related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).

“Risk of Extinction” From Artificial Intelligence Prompts Concerning New Warning From AI Experts

Micah Hanks·May 30, 2023

A new warning about the potential dangers artificial intelligence (AI) may represent for humankind in the years ahead was voiced on Tuesday by leading scientists and tech industry experts.

Researchers Discover New Organisms with an Appetite That Could Help Revolutionize Plastic Recycling

Micah Hanks·May 29, 2023

Scientists say they have discovered a variety of microbes that can break down plastic at low temperatures.

Investigation and Tracking of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Explored in New Publications by Harvard Team

Micah Hanks·May 26, 2023

A series of new scientific papers detailing methods of detection and investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) has been published by a team of Harvard researchers.

Volt Typhoon: Chinese Hacking Effort Reveals “Stealthy and Targeted Malicious Activity”

Micah Hanks·May 25, 2023

This week, U.S. intelligence officials and industry leaders issued a warning about Volt Typhoon, a new state-sponsored Chinese hacking threat.

Colm Kelleher: AAWSAP and the Skinwalker Enigma

Micah Hanks·May 25, 2023

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we examine the controversial AAWSAP program with BAASS Deputy Administrator Colm Kelleher, Ph.D.

All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Seeks Deputy Director, as Friday Deadline Approaches

Micah Hanks·May 24, 2023

The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), is looking to hire a new Deputy Director, according to a vacancy on the website of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that expires on Friday.

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