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A recent image shows three Tesla Cybertrucks on the back of a car carrier trailer covered in smudges and stains.
Advanced Transport

There’s an Issue With Cybertrucks: They’re Ridiculously Smudgy

Just don't touch it.

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors Are Getting Ready to Give Patients a Vaccine That Blocks Fentanyl’s Effects
Health & Medicine

Doctors Are Getting Ready to Give Patients a Vaccine That Blocks Fentanyl’s Effects

This could be huge.

By Victor Tangermann

The New Yorker documented the life-changing ambitions of He Jiankui, the scientist who gene edited human babies, leading to infamy and prison.
Gene Editing

Scientist Who Gene Edited Human Babies Had Plan to Transform Humankind

"Humanity enters an age of controlling destiny."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Genomic research suggests that less than 1,300 human ancestors survived this unknown catastrophe for some 117,000 years.
Evolution

Something Almost Entirely Killed Our Ancient Ancestors, Scientists Say

"About 98.7 percent of human ancestors were lost."

By Frank Landymore

Burning Man festivalgoers have been told to "shelter in place" amid massive rainstorms that led to unsafe mud conditions.
Science & Energy

Burning Man Descends Into Chaos as Attendees Told to “Shelter in Place”

Burners, of course, seem to be making the most of it.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious pulsar that is launching accreted matter from its companion star like "cosmic cannonballs."
Off-World

Dead Star Devouring Rival, Using Its Flesh to Shoot “Cosmic Cannonballs”

This pulsar is flinging "enormous amounts of matter" at "incredibly high speeds."

By Victor Tangermann

We regret to inform you that biohacking tech millionaire Bryan Johnson is back at it again, with a new body part.
Health & Medicine

That Millionaire With the Bizarre Health Regimen Is Doing Something Strange to His Genitals

You'll never guess what he's up to this time.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microsoft is looking to take wearable tech to the next level with its AI-powered backpack patent that would be able to spy on you.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Patents Bizarre AI-Powered Backpack, Bristling With Sensors

What in the world.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The NYPD plans to use its drone fleet to surveil large crowds this Labor Day weekend, including those congregating at private backyard events.
Drones

The NYPD Says It’s Going to Spy on Labor Day Parties Using Drones

"This is incredibly invasive and downright creepy."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Pentagon's UFO office has launched a website featuring all its declassified UFO videos — but proof of aliens will have to wait.
Off-World

Pentagon Launches Website to Watch Declassified UFO Videos

The truth is out there — or the videos are, at least.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Fred Lambert, editor in chief of a Tesla and EV enthusiast blog, says that Full Self-Driving tried to veer him off the road at highway speed.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Man Perturbed When Self-Driving Tesla Tries to Kill Him on the Highway

"Autopilot just tried to kill me, so please fix it."

By Frank Landymore

Research suggests wild boars in Germany have become contaminated with radioactive fallout that dates back to the Cold War.
Science & Energy

Scientists Investigate Why Wild Boars Are So Radioactive

As it turns out, they've been radioactive for a very long time.

By Victor Tangermann

Meta's much ridiculed avatars now have legs but they are only available in Horizon Home and can only be viewed in third person.
Metaverse

Zuckerberg Has Been Working on Metaverse Legs This Whole Time

Finally!

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers have revealed that people who smoke marijuana have high levels of cadmium and lead in their bodies.
Studies

Scientists Find That Weed Is Leaving Heavy Metals in Your Body

This is not good.

By Sharon Adarlo

Steve Williams, VFX bigwig, predicts a 100 percent AI movie will be released to the public, who won't suspect it's completely fake.
Artificial Intelligence

Iconic CGI Artist Says Soon There’ll Be a Totally AI-Generated Movie

"....you’re dealing with a weapon."

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has spotted the likely remains of Russia's crash-landed Luna-25 lander on the surface below.
Moon

NASA Orbiter Spots Wreckage Where Russia Crashed Into Moon

RIP Luna-25.

By Victor Tangermann

Planetary scientists suggest an Earth-like planet, no bigger than three times the Earth's mass, could lurk beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Off-World

Scientists Say There May Be Another Earth-Sized Planet Lurking in the Solar System

Have we finally cracked the code?

By Victor Tangermann

A study says that alcohol gives us extra confidence to approach people we already find attractive and does not give us beer goggles.
Studies

Beer Goggles Don’t Exist, Scientists Find

Next time somebody makes the beer goggles excuse, bring up this study.

By Sharon Adarlo

A man has been sentenced to death for tweets critical of his government — and self-professed free speech absolutist Elon Musk is silent. 
Elon Musk

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Has Nothing to Say About Man Sentenced to Death for Tweeting

If there's any time to speak up, it's now.

By Noor Al-Sibai

X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing more than 2,200 arbitration cases and could be on the hook for more than $3.5 million in legal fees.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Refusing to Pay Severance to Fired Twitter Employees May Be Backfiring Spectacularly

X is potentially on the hook for more than $3.5 million in filing fees.

By Sharon Adarlo