MJ Banias is an editor and co-founder of The Debrief. He covers science, technology and defense, and you can follow him at mjbanias.com and on Twitter @mjbanias.
MJ Banias
MJ Banias is an editor and co-founder of The Debrief. He covers science, technology and defense, and you can follow him at mjbanias.com and on Twitter @mjbanias.
On today’s episode, Kenna and Stephanie ride the waves into "blue energy." They also hunt for clues to find the vanishing meteorites in the Antarctic, and work up the strength to take on a novel robot that utilizes biological muscle tissue.
Members of the South African parliament have had their personal contact information publicly listed on the parliament's official website, exposing them to a security risk.
A University of Bristol academic has uncovered that a mysterious religious tract found in the attic of William Shakespeare's Stratford home in the mid-1700s was written by the famous playwright's unknown sister, Joan Shakespeare.
On today’s episode, Kenna and Stephanie talk about new LSD policies that may alter how we deal with mental health in the future. The duo also dive into a new form of space sickness and the discovery of a 2,000 year old relic in the shape of hand.
This week, MJ and Stephanie dive into mental health studies and the future of work. The pair also get into a satellite swarm that astronomers want to build to look for life, the discovery of a giant creature in the Amazon, and much more.
Researchers have uncovered the earliest fossil evidence of an ancient 390-million-year-old forest, and it alters how our understanding of ancient Earth.
On today’s episode, Kenna and Stephanie unleash the bacterial beast as ancient and dormant bacteria are waking up. They also dive into DARPA's new marine quantum project, and take a bite out of the snake venom situation.
On today’s episode, Kenna and Stephanie explore Saturn's "Death Star" moon and the recent findings that could hint at what lurks beneath its dark surface. The dynamic duo also dive into the deep sleep science of hibernation and why blueberries are blue. How did we not know this? Turns out, we just figured it out.
The U.S. Space Force is set to take command of a new fleet of satellites that will provide real-time monitoring of ground targets around the globe, offering unprecedented surveillance capabilities.
NASA's Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object in space, is facing a critical situation following a computer glitch that has compromised its ability to transmit essential telemetry data back to Earth.
AI platform Midjourney banned a researcher shortly after he blew the whistle on the platform's content filters and the nude images the AI was generating.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a stunning new series of near- and mid-infrared images that depict 19 nearby spiral galaxies in vivid detail.
On today's episode, we jump into a blue light technology that can help you fall asleep, why you probably hate vegetables, and new research into dark energy.
On today's episode, we jump into the world of hypnosis, why we should use lasers to scarecrows, and the weird discovery of a giant worm creature that wants to eat you.
New research just identified the source of several neurodegenerative diseases including multiple sclerosis, and how an ancient migration brought it to Europe.
Google and TELUS International have collaborated to collect biometric data from children for age verification purposes to train their facial recognition software.