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Roman Germanic Skull

Genetic Research Reframes Archaeological Understanding of How the Germanic People Arose 1500-Years-Ago in the Roman Collapse

cyclops median eye

Scientists Propose Our Eyes Evolved From This Ancient “Cyclops” Organ

Volcano Younger Dryas

Volcanic Apocalypse? New Research Pushes Back on the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

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Air Force Is Making Way for the Stealthy B-21 Bomber By Phasing Out the B-1 and B-2

Harrison Kass·May 28, 2021
To make way for the upcoming B-21 bomber “Raider,” two of the US Air Force’s three strategic bombers are being...
virtual reality

Perception of Time Slows in Virtual Reality Environments, Research Shows

Christopher Plain·May 27, 2021
According to new research, a user’s perception of time may actually slow down when using immersive virtual reality (VR) devices.
littoral combat ships

US Navy opts to decommission Littoral Combat Ships, leaving future uncertain

Harrison Kass·May 27, 2021
The Navy has announced plans to decommission its first two Littoral Combat Ships. Instead of upgrades, the ships are being mothballed.
White House

White House Says President Biden Supports the Pentagon’s UAP Investigations

Micah Hanks·May 26, 2021
The White House acknowledged current efforts by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to produce a report on unidentified aerial phenomenon, more commonly known as UFOs, during a press briefing on Tuesday.
alien autopsy nft

Infamous 90’s “Alien Autopsy” Film Is Being Sold As A Million Dollar NFT

Christopher Plain and MJ Banias·May 26, 2021
NFT auction house Rarible has listed a still frame of an alleged dead alien from the 1995 infamous film, Alien Autopsy, for $1,000,000.
nuclear-powered spacecraft

Russia Announces Plans to Send Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft to Jupiter

Micah Hanks·May 26, 2021
Russia has announced ambitious plans to launch a new nuclear-powered spacecraft called Zeus on a 50-month-long mission.
Auditory Pareidolia

Auditory Pareidolia: The Voices in Your Head Have a Rational Explanation

Jazz Shaw·May 25, 2021
Have you ever thought you heard voices or music in the midst of random noise? Then you have likely experienced the common form of sensory illusion known as audio pareidolia.
supersonic commercial flights

This Company Is Bringing Back Supersonic Commercial Flights

Harrison Kass·May 24, 2021
Boom is working to reintroduce supersonic commercial flights. The goal is to provide four-hour flights to any location in the world for $100.
Hubble back in time

Hubble Telescope Aids Astronomers in Tracking Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

Micah Hanks·May 24, 2021
New clues about the mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) have emerged, as the locations of five of the strange signals have been located within a group of distant galaxies.
stealth aircraft invisible

New Liquid Coating Could Make Stealth Aircraft Invisible and Hypersonic

Christopher Plain·May 21, 2021
A team has developed a new ceramic-based coating that can make stealth aircraft more invisible, and can also work at hypersonic speeds.
microchipping humans

Microchipping Humans With Ultrasound Powered Devices Could Alter Medicine

Christopher Plain·May 21, 2021
Conspiracy theories aside, microchipping humans with tiny live saving computers powered by ultrasound will change the medical field forever.
OSIRIS-REx

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is Headed Back to Earth With Samples From an Asteroid

Micah Hanks·May 21, 2021
After several years in space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way back home with a trove of samples it collected during its historic retrieval mission.
mycelium

Entrepreneur Wants to Build Future Satellites out of Mushrooms

MJ Banias·May 20, 2021
One entrepreneur is working towards designing satellites out of mycelium. Though it sounds wild, mushrooms are a solid building material.
mystery booms

Mystery Booms: Multiple Theories Exist Behind Booms Reported for Decades

Micah Hanks·May 20, 2021
In modern times, many reports of strange sounds frequently described as “mystery booms” have been logged, particularly in parts of the eastern United States.
Zhurong rover

China’s Zhurong Rover Makes History with Successful Landing on Mars

Micah Hanks·May 19, 2021
The arrival of China's Zhurong rover on Mars moves the country forward as an increasingly formidable player in the future of space exploration.
weird dreams

New Study Explains Why You Have Weird Dreams

Christopher Plain·May 19, 2021
New research not only attempts to explain why we dream, but offers a unique explanation of why our dreams are so freaking weird.
havana syndrome

Possible Third Case of “Havana Syndrome” Reported on U.S. Soil

MJ Banias and Micah Hanks·May 18, 2021
A third suspected case of “Havana Syndrome” may have occurred on U.S. soil, igniting concerns that more attacks could occur.

A Ridiculously Simple Defense Against Russian Malware

Tim McMillan·May 18, 2021
Disastrous Russian malware attacks on major American corporations and local, state, and federal government agencies are becoming a deeply discomforting and disturbingly regular and frequent occurrence.  Just recently, a ransomware attack on Colonial Oil by the Russian-speaking cybercriminal gang, Darkside, brought...
ball lightning

Ball Lightning and the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Mystery

Jazz Shaw·May 17, 2021
The Debrief recently spoke to experts on the subject of ball lightning, looking into some of the existing research on the often cited, but little-understood phenomenon.
ethical meat

Access to Ethical Meat Will Motivate Future Hunters

MJ Banias·May 17, 2021
A new survey indicates that the future of hunting in the United States may shift towards sustainability and ethical meat consumption.
USS Omaha

Pentagon Confirms Leaked Video Showing “Transmedium” UFO is Authentic

Micah Hanks·May 14, 2021
The Pentagon has confirmed that recently leaked UAP footage was obtained by the US Navy, and is being examined by the UAP Task Force. 
thermal cloak

New Cloaking Device Can Alter Thermal Appearance of Objects

Christopher Plain·May 14, 2021
Researchers have worked out how 'thermal cloaking an object can make it invisible or appear like a completely different object altogether.
Mars

Mars May Still be Volcanically Active, New Research Says

Micah Hanks·May 14, 2021
New research has suggested that Mars may still be volcanically active, which could have implications for astrobiology on the Red Planet.
Axiom

Axiom and NASA Team Up for the First Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS

Micah Hanks·May 14, 2021
Texas-based Axiom Space Inc has partnered with NASA in an effort to achieve the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in 2022.
hypersonic

New Propulsion System Inspired By Dying Stars Can Reach a Hypersonic Mach 17

MJ Banias·May 13, 2021
A new propulsion system can reach Mach 17 (13,000 mph), and it was inspired by the explosion that occurs when a star dies.
antiferroelectric

New Army Antiferroelectric Research Offers Breakthrough Energy Storage Potential

Tim McMillan·May 13, 2021
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, known as DEVCOM, recently announced researchers from the Army Research Laboratory had demonstrated a...
DoD

Memo Details New DOD Plans to Become a “Data-Centric Organization”

Micah Hanks·May 13, 2021
A recent memorandum issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks outlined plans that aim to transform the Defense Department “into a data-centric organization.”
mindwriting

New “Mindwriting” AI Allows People With Paralysis to Write

Christopher Plain·May 12, 2021
"Mindwriting" allows people who have lost the ability to type or often even talk the ability to do so once again with the help of a BCI.

DARPA Develops AI Sarcasm Detector (Just What We Needed)

Tim McMillan·May 12, 2021
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, recently announced the successful demonstration of an advanced AI-enabled model...
Twistronics

“Twistronics” May Lead to a New Era in Quantum Communication and Night Vision

Christopher Plain·May 12, 2021
Research Funded by the US Army into "Twistronics" may lead to innovations in night vision technology and quantum communication networks.
quantum internet

Researchers Say a Quantum Internet Is Needed to Keep Data Safe

MJ Banias·May 11, 2021
By 2030, a quantum internet may be needed in order to keep digital communication safe from quantum computers.
lost cosmonauts

The Lost Cosmonauts: A Story of Soviet Secrets and Space Hackers

Micah Hanks·May 11, 2021
At the height of the Space Race, two Italian brothers claimed they uncovered evidence of a secret Soviet space program, and even lost cosmonauts.
invisible soldiers

Could an ‘Artificial Skin’ lead to Invisible Soldiers?

Ryan Sprague·May 11, 2021
Scientists in South Korea have developed a 'skin' that adapts to its environment, and can make anything, including soldiers, invisible.
robots

New Self-Learning Robots Show Evidence of Evolution As They Move

Christopher Plain·May 11, 2021
Researchers invented self-learning robots that use a basic algorithm to move, and they adapt to their environment indicating evolution.
starlink internet

This Battlefield Has No WiFi: How Starlink Internet Can Alter Autonomous AI Military Systems

MJ Banias·May 11, 2021
As AI is used on the battlefield, poor internet access in remote areas can cause it to fail. Can Starlink internet solve this issue?
exoplanet

Earth 2.0: Scientists Seek a Better Method for Finding Habitable Exoplanets

Christopher Plain·May 10, 2021
Scientists are looking for a "cosmic twin" in the search for potentially habitable exoplanets that could mirror Earth in a variety of different ways.
monsters

10 Military Encounters with Monsters That Make you Wonder “What the Hell?”

Zelia Edgar·May 10, 2021
Here is a top 10 list of the oddest military encounters with cryptids, ranging from the simply weird to the genuinely "what-the-hell?"
Long March

China’s Uncontrolled Long March Rocket Will Be a “Truly Spectacular,” But Reckless Show

Tim McMillan·May 8, 2021
A nearly 100-foot long, 16.5-feet wide, 21 metric ton expended rocket is currently barrelling through the Earth’s atmosphere, orbiting every...
Aurora

Physicists Discover a New Mysterious Type of Aurora

Tim McMillan·May 7, 2021
In a recent study, physicists with the University of Iowa say they have discovered a new new feature of auroras – the brilliant natural light displays predominantly seen near Earth’s high-latitude regions.  Examining a nearly two-decades-old video of auroras, researchers said...
consciousness

Researchers Locate The ‘Gateway to Consciousness’

Christopher Plain·May 7, 2021
Researchers zeroed in on the brain's anterior insular cortex, and found that it plays key role in human consciousness.
chimera

The Ethics of a Human-Monkey “Chimera” Embryo

Jazz Shaw·May 7, 2021
Researchers were able to produce more than a hundred "chimera" embryos for the purpose of potentially growing human organs for transplant.
shark magnetic field

Sharks Use Earth’s Magnetic Field Like a “GPS” to Navigate, New Study Proves

Christopher Plain·May 6, 2021
In a new study, researchers have proven that sharks use magnetic fields to navigate. It may not be safe to go back in the water just yet.
coral

Corals ‘Talk’ To Each Other, New Study Concludes

Christopher Plain·May 6, 2021
A study has shown how the genetic profile of corals indicates that that these living ocean forests indeed communicate with each other.
cyberattack

Cyberattacks on U.S. Police Departments Are a Huge Overlooked National Security Threat

Tim McMillan·May 5, 2021
Recently, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department made headlines when they announced the agency’s computer network had been hacked, with...
directed energy

New Directed Energy Weapon May Transform Medicine and Warfare

Christopher Plain·May 5, 2021
Invented by researchers at Purdue University, the directed energy system has a range of possible applications for both military and medicine.
inspector general

Inspector General Launching Evaluation into The Pentagon’s Actions With UFOs

Tim McMillan and MJ Banias·May 4, 2021
The DoD's Office of the Inspector General has announced the launch of a formal evaluation into The Pentagon’s actions regarding UFOs.
quantum communication

We Should Use Quantum Communication To Talk to ET, Says SETI Researcher

Christopher Plain·May 4, 2021
A researcher from the University of Berkeley's SETI program has proposed we scan for signs of ET using quantum communications methods.
Parker Solar Probe

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is Breaking Records as the Fastest Manmade Object

Micah Hanks·May 4, 2021
Faster than a speeding bullet, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe may not be Superman, but it certainly is breaking records for being the fastest object humans have ever sent into space.
blood falls

Blood Falls: How a Macabre Glacier May Help the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Ryan Sprague·May 3, 2021
Flowing from Antarctica's Tony Glacier into nearby Lake Bonney is Blood Falls, a bizarre waterfall which spews crimson liquid.
future threats

French Military Uses Sci-Fi Authors and Artists to Prepare for Future Threats

Mike Damante·May 3, 2021
France's military has partnered with creatives in the art and science fiction space to envision future threats to national security.

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