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Wall Street Giants Want to Be Your Landlord - Data Shows Megabanks Are Buying up All the US Real Estate

With Iceland, this would be easier than in most other countries, thanks to its geothermal and hydropower resources and its small population...

If Bill Gates has his way, the food in our future will little resemble what's on our plates today. It will be replaced by a menu of GMOs, fake lab-made "meat' and artificial cheese -- all made with patented technologies from which he'll make

For the first half of the year, Zero Hedge has been especially constructive on the uranium sector (read: here, here, here), which we believe uranium companies will get a boost as ESG euphoria takes hold.

Elon Musk says that Raptor engine production has reached one every two days.

Reports warned of killer robots -- the reality is messier

A little-known substance derived from hemp is flying off the shelves of U.S. gas stations and smoke shops, offering users a cheap and convenient high even in states where marijuana isn't legal.

Citizen, a startup in search of growth and revenue, has explored strategies that have made it the subject of criticism. "It fuels public insanity and fear," one former employee said.

The era of supersonic commercial flights came to an end when the Concorde completed its last trip between New York and London in 2003, but the allure of ultrafast air travel never quite died out.

With a view to one day developing transparent solar cells that can double as windows in homes and other buildings, an international team of scientists has demonstrated a new type of transparent electrode that can function as a key building block.

KinectAir says it'll be running VoltAero's pretty Cassio aircraft as part of its regional fleet by 2023, allowing it to offer all-electric short-range and hybrid-electric longer-range hops at seat prices around 70 percent of current conventional airc

By turning their tools to perovskite crystals scientists have discovered unexpected behavior that represents an entirely new state of matter, which they say can help drive the development of advanced solar cells and other optical and electronic devic

Nuclear fusion research seeks to form helium atoms under high temperature and pressure to release huge amounts of energy, and scientists in China have taken in important step toward this

If you live in an area prone to natural disasters this article offers advice on how to design a natural disaster-resistant home. It's only natural that we expect to feel safe and secure in our homes.

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The Boring Company Vegas Loop capacity testing exceeded 4400 passengers per hour on Tuesday.

Within a span of about six months, as many as a dozen new "space tourists" could fly into low Earth orbit on four flights beginning as early as this September.

Composting can seem like a mystery. Some people throw everything in a pile and let it break down over time, on the other spectrum, some folks get very technical with ratios, temperature and timing.

It's nice that most of us can now buy food again while showing our faces, again. But the past going-on-two-years ought to have taught us what could happen again.

Panasonic is involved in a project on the island of Ishigaki, southwest of Okinawa, to seek ways to grow vegetables in subtropical monsoon conditions. Part of the Japanese government's Asian Monsoon Plant Factory System (PFS) Consortium, the goal is

There are two problems with the Holy Jab – beyond the risks (including of death) people assume when they receive their Anointing.

You would think that during the worst Pandemic since the 1918 Spanish Flu life insurance companies would be hedging their bets to avoid major losses from Covid-19.

Acting Health Officer Susan Philip decreed that within the city and county of San Francisco, allows minors age 12 and up to consent to receive any vaccine against COVID-19 that has been authorized by the FDA, via emergency authorization...

Pregnant women are being led to believe the COVID-19 injections are safe, but none of these vaccines have been approved for pregnant women.

A woman called numerous funeral directors in Ontario, in the cities of London and Toronto, which has a population of over 6 million people, to inquire whether they noticed a huge increase in deaths in 2020, or if the number of deaths were in line wit

It will be crewed by two pilots and carry research payloads for NASA.

Production of new battery-powered version of its top-selling vehicle is expected to start next spring in Michigan

SpaceX Starlink has 1578 satellites in orbit which have combined download capacity of 26 terabits per second.

Elon Musk confirms that Gigatexas will start producing 4680 battery cell Model Y later this year.

NASA has formalized an October, 2020 contract for SpaceX to get $53 million for an orbital refueling demo contract.

A few years ago a London-based designer named Dani Clode introduced the world to the Third Thumb, a novel robotic finger controlled using pressure sensors under one's feet.

In the latest edition of the ongoing "James Corbett redpills the normies" series (see, for example, this conversation with Thaddeus Russell and this conversation with Takota Coen), James talks to Jim Goddard of the mainstream "This Week in Mone

A 40-year-long study showed sperm counts have dropped by nearly half. Dr. Shanna Swan hypothesizes men will no longer produce sperm by 2045.

The United States today is producing roughly the same amount of goods and services as before the coronavirus pandemic -- but with 8.2 million fewer workers, equal to the combined payrolls of every employer in Virginia, Arizona and Iowa.

Audacious French company Nawa showed off a concept bike in 2019, claiming its supercapacitor-hybrid battery pack could massively boost power and urban range for electric motorcycles. Now, it seems we'll get a chance to see if the numbers stack up.

Aerospace engineer Gisela Detrell, who helped design the Martian city, discusses what a city like Nüwa can offer residents by relying solely on Mars resources.

While it's important to check wounds for infections, removing the dressing in order to do so can be disruptive to the healing process. A new smart bandage could help, by "glowing" in a certain way if an infection is beginning.

Samsung Display has been teasing some of the screen technology that it's working on for future smartphones, as part of the Display Week 2021 virtual conference. We've got foldables, slideables, and an under-display camera.

Australian photovoltaics researchers have made a 'cool' discovery: Singlet fission and tandem solar cells which increase efficiency and lower operating temperatures and keep devices running for longer.

Australian University is partnering to commercialize aluminium ion batteries which can charge up to 70 times faster, had a more efficient and longer life and were more sustainable than lithium-ion.

Until Friday, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) was very secretive about landing plans for its Mars rover. Then the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) chief adviser of Interplanetary Exploration Ye Peijian announced in a

With the mosquito season well underway, it can be tempting to buy mosquito repellants to protect yourself from mosquito bites.

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a tropical plant in the same family as ginger. It is commonly used as a spice but also hailed for its medicinal properties.

The 100-foot, repurposed catamaran is sailing around the the world to prove that the most abundant element in the universe is key to building a cleaner future.

Amazing Tech Developed by Private Firms Are on the Verge of Creating Nuclear Fusion Reactors to Power Humanity

Israeli/American company Eviation is preparing for the first test flights of its gorgeous Alice, an all-electric 11-seat luxury plane with an impressive 506-mile (814-km) range from a single charge of its huge 820-kWh battery pack.

SpaceX will launch four orbital tourists before Virgin Galactic or Blue Origin launch their first sub-orbital tourists.

Using chickens to restore the land is a great way to prepare the ground for a garden, or in our case, a future food forest.

The potential for tapping into humanity's CO2 emissions as a cheap and free source of carbon and oxygen is on full display with Air Company, a startup that produces premium vodka from deposited atmospheric carbon.