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A DNA test has confirmed the biological age of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian orphan who has a rare genetic dwarfism condition.
DNA

"They painted [me] as some big monster, when in reality they were the ones."

China's population is falling and falling -- and that's a major problem for its economic and demographic outlook.
Data Privacy

China has a serious problem.

Some members of Congress are going to get a briefing on UFOs soon — though of course, the public won't be privy to anything they learn.
Off-World

What are they getting told?

Just before the year drew to a close, a Toyota Corolla crashed into a Cybertruck that was traveling along a road near Palo Alto, California.
Advanced Transport

Questions abound.

A group of travelers attempting to turn back the clock to ring in the new year twice got a rude awakening due to flight delays.
Advanced Transport

"You only live once, but you can celebrate New Year's Eve twice."

According to Reuters, Tesla's main bottleneck in Cybertruck production is producing the next-generation 4680 lithium-ion battery cells.
Tesla

And it's not the body panels...

A new image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an up-close and stunning look at what's known as an ice flow.
Mars

Magnificent.

Researchers have found that wildflowers in a patch of farm meadow in the Paris region have turned to self-fertilization due to fewer insects.
Climate Change

Talk about learning self-sufficience.

If you searched Craigslist using Google recently, you may have gotten totally meaningless junk pages stuffed solely with links and keywords.
Future Society

"This, in my opinion, is partly the fault of Google, who appears to be putting more emphasis on content rather than links."

In 2019, scientists detected a strange wobble deep below the Earth's surface that repeats every 8.5 years. They just found an explanation.
Science & Energy

They just found the cause.

In an attempt to bring air quality down from hazardous levels, officials have begun seeding clouds to make it rain in Lahore, Pakistan.
Science & Energy

It was a mixed success.

The "highly motivated" 18-year-old hacker who leaked GTA VI footage will stay in a secure hospital unless he is deemed no longer a threat.
Hacking

A judge deemed the teenager a high risk to the public.

Researchers uncovered that penile fractures increase during Christmas after evaluating data from hospital stays.
Studies

Wait... what!?

Local authorities in Iceland are telling people to stop visiting the volcanic eruption because the terrain is challenging and dangerous. 
Science & Energy

"As we have seen in the past, people overestimate their ability."

A new poll found that 80 percent of Americans think presenting AI content as human-made should be illegal.
Artificial Intelligence

The people have spoken!

After raising almost half a billion dollars in funding since being founded in 2014, Hyperloop One is shutting down.
Hyperloop

Is Elon Musk's revolutionary idea really no more?

Volkswagen is bringing back physical buttons and control switches to its new batch of cars after customer complaints.
Advanced Transport

Touchscreens are garbage, drivers complain.

An AI-generated image of Jack and Rose taking a selfie in front of an intact Titanic ship that is making its rounds has us mystified.
Artificial Intelligence

"Where to start with this one."

SpaceX fired up the engines of its latest Starship prototype, setting the stage for the company's third orbital test launch.
Starship

Third time's the charm.

Rite Aid used faulty facial recognition tech to combat shoplifting but instead ended up antagonizing and traumatizing shoppers.
Facial recognition

"Rite Aid's reckless use of facial surveillance systems left its customers facing humiliation..."