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Taylor Swift and her private jet are the world's worst celeb CO2 emission offenders according to a new report, which the internet freaked out about.

Taylor Swift Didn’t Rack Up Wasteful Private Jet Miles Alone, Team Says

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Germany may need to expand the life of a nuclear power plant as Russia invades Ukraine and destabilizes power supplies in Europe.

German Government Says It May Keep Nuclear Plant Open After All

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Bill Gates, billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft, has thrown some weight behind an air conditioning startup Blue Frontier to help stop climate change.

Bill Gates Invests in Exciting Air Conditioning Startup

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Security firm Dr. Web said 28 malware apps were downloaded from the Google Play Store almost 10 million times. Apple accused Android of big malware issues.

Android Malware May Have Charged Millions of Customers Without Permission

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is doing lunar terrain tests as NASA prepares it for a Moon mission.

NASA Tests Rover Prototype After Announcing Launch Delay

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The only Gorgosaurus skeleton that's ever been made available for private ownership sold at auction for more than $6 million yesterday.

Paleontologists Furious as Dinosaur Skeleton Sells at Private Auction

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The Western US is in the worst drought in 1,200 years. Lawns suck up previous water resources, but not every resident is on board with cutbacks.

An Evil Force Is Sucking the Life Out of California: Lawns

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Twitter user said three of his Samsung phones popped open and appear to have battery problems caused by heat and climate change.

Tech Reviewer Says Heatwave Causing Samsung Batteries to Burst Out of Phones

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli is under investigation by two attorneys general for his new company, Druglike, which he says isn't a pharmaceutical company.

Martin Shkreli’s Crypto Startup Under Investigation by Two Separate Attorneys General

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The mysterious red ocean glow pilot Dustin Maggard captured in photos and video of the Pacific Ocean was caused by commercial saury fishing vessel lights.

Expert Finds Compelling Explanation for Mysterious Red Glow in Ocean

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A chess robot playing three games at once broke a 7-year-old boy's finger in a tournament that ended Thursday in Russia. Officials say the bot was confused.

Russian Chess Robot Breaks Child’s Finger During Tournament

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RX and Medicine

WHO Declares World Health Emergency Over Monkeypox

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Google has finally fired the engineer, Blake Lemoine, who insists the company's chatbot AI known as LaMBDA is sentient after a previous suspension.

Google Fires Engineer Who Said Its Experimental AI Gained Sentience

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A windmill in Texas caught on fire after getting strucking by lightning. Footage showed a spiral of smoke before the structure collapsed.

Wind Turbine Catches on Fire, Creates Spiral-Shaped Smoke Pattern

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a damning report published yesterday, Reuters confirmed that carmaker Hyundai has been using child labor near its flagship factory in Montgomery, AL.

Hyundai Busted Using Child Labor in Alabama

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Startup EarthGrid's plasma bot is built to bore tunnels underground fast and cheap, and may help run electric and power grid lines for the US.

Robot Designed to Tunnel Through the Earth Incredibly Fast Using Plasma

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One Reddit user captured video of an exceptional Tesla Semi that features a bucking horse mural on its side. Semis have been delayed for years.

Tesla Semi Spotted With Huge Mysterious Mural on Its Side

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists in Switzerland say they've figured out how to make jet fuel from water, carbon dioxide and sunlight using a solar tower.

New System Creates Jet Fuel From Water, CO2 and Sunlight

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists at Hongtuo Joint Laboratory in Wuhan, China, have invented a somewhat mysterious laser pen that lets users write in mid-air.

Chinese Scientists Show Off Laser That Can Write Words in Mid-Air

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Florida authorities say the Giant African Land Snail carries rat lungworm, a deadly parasite that causes meningitis. Around 2,000 snails have been found.

Giant Snails Invading Florida Carrying Dangerous Parasite, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

More writers are using AI programs like Sudowrite to create fiction novels faster than ever before. Some support AI writing, some don't.

Artificial Intelligence

Authors Are Starting to Use AI to Quickly Churn Out Novels

By Lonnie Lee Hood

New imagery of the largest canyon in the solar system was captured on the Red Planet by the ESA and the Mars Express mission.

Mars Satellite Captures Breathtaking View of Deepest Canyon in Entire Solar System

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian urged the United States to stop militarizing space. The US is spending billions on the Space Force.

China Accuses United States of Militarizing Outer Space

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Twitter video of a four-legged robot dog with a gun strapped to its back went viral this week. Video shows the robot dog firing multiple rounds with recoil.

Hacker Mounts Submachine Gun on Robodog, Shoots Live Ammo

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Japanese scientists say cultured human muscle cells can stay swole with their bear serum injection. Bears hibernate without losing muscle, unlike humans.

Scientists Supercharge Human Muscle Cells By Injecting Them With “Bear Serum”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A ship passed through a "milky sea" deep-water bioluminescence event in 2019. A new study about bioluminescence details the glowing ocean and biology.

Sailors Say the Ocean Around Their Ship Started to Glow

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English officials say thousands of peoeple could die in this week's heatwave. Temperatures could hit 104 degrees and caused a emergency heat red alert.

English Officials Horrified by Heat Wave They Say Could Kill Thousands

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A suit filed against Mars Inc, on Thursday claims the company doesn't inform customers that Skittles contains titanium dioxide, which could be toxic.

Please No! Lawsuit Claims Toxic Ingredient in Delicious Skittles

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Experts are worried that Texas' state's power plants won't be able to keep up with energy demands as temperatures soar and plants run full steam.

Experts Concerned Texas Power Plants Will Start to Die Amid Heat Wave

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A secret, ghostly self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been hiding underneath layers of cardboard and glue for more than a century.

Secret Van Gogh Portrait With Left Ear Discovered with X-ray

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Even if the crypto market isn't exactly growing in terms of profit, the enthusiasts who mine it are certainly increasing their energy consumption.

United States Crypto Miners Are Now Using as Much Power as Houston

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Linkin Park Singer Creates Technology to Turn You Into a Human NFT in Online Meetings

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Less than 24 hours after her death, New York City’s chief medical examiner completed Ivana Trump's autopsy and said she died from blunt force trauma.

Medical Examiner Releases Details About Death of Ivana Trump

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Coal-powered plants are being repurposed in the US to store and produce solar and battery power for more renewable power sources.

Companies Are Turning Coal Plants Into Solar Farms

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A solar panel can leak heavy metals and cause pollution, but consumer solar demand may mean they get tossed aside less often.

California Complains Its Junkyards Are Filling With Toxic Solar Panels

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA is hoping to send scientists to the International Space Station on private missions, but the space agency says it'll need funding to make it happen.

NASA Seeks Funding to Send Scientists to Space Station

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Workers in Japan are apparently so overwhelmed that two companies are partnering up to create new upright "nap boxes."

Japanese Workplaces Installing Vertical “Nap Boxes” for Employees

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To prevent power outages this winter, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked that as many as nine of the country's nuclear reactors be brought online.

Japan May Need Nine Nuclear Reactors Turned On to Get Through Winter

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Crypto miners finally made at least one eco-conscious decision this week when they shut down temporarily to avoid overloading Texas' electric grid.

Texas Gets So Hot That Crypto Miners Call It Quits

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Doctors published a study in the European Heart Journal that found people who add salt to their food are more likely to die a premature death.

Salting Your Food Can Kill You Faster, Doctors Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Japanese researchers say we'll probably need their newly designed Moon base with artificial gravity if humans are going to live on the Moon.

Japanese Team Invents Moon Base With Artificial Gravity

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists say the James Webb Space Telescope will get hit by a micrometeorite every month. The telescope is about to return its first deep space images.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Planning for James Webb to Get Hit by One Micrometeorite Per Month

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Former President Donald Trump isn't a fan of Tesla CEO Elon Musk anymore because the billionaire didn't vote Republican. Trump says Musk lied about voting.

Donald Trump Is Absolutely Furious That Elon Musk Lied to Him

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People in Arizona hate Waymo's autonomous self-driving vehicles so much it made one pedestrian attack a vehicle and a safety driver inside the car.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicle Attacked by Furious Pedestrian

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A pregnant Texas driver is fighting a traffic ticket after police said her unborn child doesn't count as a passenger in HOV lanes.

Pregnant Woman Fights Traffic Ticket, Claiming Unborn Fetus Count as Passenger After Roe Reversal

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A smart pet door from Petvation that uses facial recognition software and machine learning to let your pets in and out is headed to production.

Smart Pet Door Uses Facial Recognition to Keep Strange Animals Out

By Lonnie Lee Hood

An employee in Chile really hit the jackpot this week when his employer accidentally paid him 330 times his salary on accident.

Man Who Accidentally Got Paid 330x His Salary Quits, Disappears

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Google says it will delete location and search history that confirms people sought abortion or reproductive care following Roe's reversal.

Google Says It Will Automatically Delete Abortion Clinic Visits From Users’ History

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Doctors and lawyers work hard to evolve the legal definition of death in a way that helps patients, grieving families and others.

Neuroscience and Brain

Lawyers and Doctors Struggle to Figure Out Who’s Actually Dead

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A single snake found its way into the Tohoku Electric Power station in Japan and caused an outage that lasted an hour for 10,000 homes on Wednesday.

Unfortunate Snake Causes Power Outage for 10,000 Homes

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A 10-year old child in Ohio missed the deadline to receive an abortion by three days, forcing her to take a risky journey over state lines.

10-Year-Old Forced to Cross State Lines by Disgusting Abortion Ban

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Never has a photo looked as awkward as the one Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his children just took with the Pope after flying his private jet to Italy.

Elon Musk Takes Flabbergastingly Awkwardly Picture With the Pope

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The FBI added Ruja Ignatova's name to its ten most-wanted list on Thursday because the Cryptoqueen scammed investors for $4 billion in a pyramid scheme.

FBI Offers Huge Reward for “Cryptoqueen” Accused of Stealing $4 Billion

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Giant bacteria, Ca. Thiomargarita magnifica, have been found in Guadeloupe. They have organelles, DNA and measure one centimeter long.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Bacterium So Large You Can Hold It in Your Hand

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Robots Now Delivering VR Porn Headsets to the Terminally Lonely

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North Korea Claims It Only Got COVID Because South Korea Sent Over “Tainted Balloons”

RX and Medicine

North Korea Claims It Only Got COVID Because South Korea Sent Over “Tainted Balloons”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Doom fans spotted something wrong with a photo of the game running on a McDonald's kiosk — it's fake. Video shows a real fan playing Doom on a till, though.

Sorry Folks, That Photo of Doom Running on a McDonald’s Kiosk Is Fake

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The state of New York has purchased more than 800 robots nammed ElliQ to assist seniors who live alone by setting reminders, answering questions and more.

New York State Buys Robots for Lonely Elders

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Google searching "desk ornament" returns images of a lot of Nazi paraphernalia. It's so bad a Google rep responded and said they'll find a fix.

Googling “Desk Ornament” Returns Images of Nazi Paraphernalia

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Colorado researchers say 44 wildfire events were caused by electrocuted birds in the US between 2014 and 2018. Birds catch fire and fall to the ground.

Experts Say Birds Are Catching on Fire on Power Lines and Starting Wildfires

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NEWBrew hit the shelves in April this year and is made from recycled and treated sewage water. NEWBrew makes toilet water beer from Singapore's own NEWater.

Happy BBQ Season! There’s Beer Made From Toilet Water Now

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The cost of polysilicon, used in solar panel production, rose 5 percent in price this week. Solar panel costs could also increase because of the jump.

Oh Great, Gas AND Solar Prices Are Going Up

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Germany is creating a giant thermos to heat homes in the winter in order to stall climate change and secure energy independence from Russia during war.

Germany Builds Colossal “Thermos” to Heat Countless Homes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists at UC Riverside and the University of Delaware say they convinced food-bearing plants to grow in total darkness with acetate.

Science & Energy

Scientists Invent Way to Grow Plants in Complete Darkness

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