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The BepiColombo mission, led by the ESA and JAXA, recently completed an ultra-close flyby of Mercury's surface.
Off-World

Space Probe Takes Stunning Close Up Images of Mercury

What a hunk.

By Frank Landymore

As much as 80 percent of the Himalayas' glaciers could vanish by the year 2100 if global temperatures rise by four degrees Celsius.
Climate Change

Climate Change Could Cause Himalayan Glaciers to Shrink By a Shocking Amount

"On human time scales, we have never seen glacial melt this rapid, this fast."

By Sharon Adarlo

For what's believed to be the first time, a pizza was delivered by jetpack. The delivery was made by Domino's at the Glastonbury festival.
Robots and Machines

Domino’s Used a Jetpack to Deliver a Pizza at a Music Festival

"I've never seen a jet suit, let alone one delivering pizzas."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

What a Beaut! Mars Shines in Gorgeous New UV Images
Mars

What a Beaut! Mars Shines in Gorgeous New UV Images

Absolutely stunning.

By Sharon Adarlo

The Hunga volcano's eruption blasted through seawater, creating the perfect conditions for the most intense lightning storm ever observed.
Science & Energy

Violent Volcano Eruption Triggers an Ungodly Number of Lightning Flashes

Holy crap.

By Frank Landymore

Experts warned that AI's autonomy is just a "veneer," and that it surveils you through the scraped data it needs to train on.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Isn’t Magic, It’s Being Used to Spy on You, Experts Warn

Wake up.

By Frank Landymore

The costs associated with NASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission keep growing and growing by the billions, alarming officials.
Mars

Uh Oh, the Cost of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission Is Spiralling Out of Control

"I think there's a crisis going on."

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to comments from UFC president Dana White, it looks like an Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg cage fight might actually be happening.
Future Society

Elon and Zuck “Absolutely Dead Serious” About Cage Fighting, UFC Boss Confirms

"This would be the biggest fight ever in the history of the world, bigger than anything that's ever been done."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Over less than 20 years, humans extracted so much groundwater that it changed the tilt of the entire planet.
Science & Energy

We Pumped So Much Water Out of the Ground That We Tilted the Earth, Researchers Suggest

It even caused sea levels to rise.

By Noor Al-Sibai

An expert says that OceanGate's Titan submersible lacked basic location technology that would have made recovering it "routine."
Future Society

Imploded Submersible Apparently Lacked Extremely Basic Location Tech

It keeps getting worse.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During a spacewalk, Russian cosmonauts chucked an entire experiment into the abyss while cleaning the outside of the ISS.
Off-World

Cosmonauts Litter Orbit With Entire Science Experiment During Spacewalk

"Wave goodbye to it."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The James Webb Space Telescope just got a close look at TRAPPIST-1 c, a rocky exoplanet located roughly 40 lightyears away.
James Webb Space Telescope

The Webb Space Telescope Just Zoomed in Super Close on an Alien Planet

"It is extraordinary that we can measure this."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An unexpected herd of 40 goats wandered through a Texas development, munching on lawns and landscaping as they went.
Science & Energy

Watch 40 Ravenous Goats Terrorize an Unsuspecting Suburb

"One of the guys on two legs was just eating my tree. It was pretty wild."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Visibly Upset James Cameron Compares Submarine Implosion to Sinking of the Titanic
Future Society

A Visibly Upset James Cameron Compares Submarine Implosion to Sinking of the Titanic

"For us, it's a very similar tragedy where warnings went unheeded."

By Frank Landymore

An orca repeatedly slammed into a yacht sailing in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland earlier this week.
Science & Energy

Relentless Orca Repeatedly Rams Yacht

"What I felt [was] most frightening was the very loud breathing of the animal."

By Frank Landymore

CEO Who Said Safety Is a “Waste” on Board Lost Submarine
Future Society

CEO Who Said Safety Is a “Waste” on Board Lost Submarine

"I think I can do this just as safely while breaking the rules."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An underwater vessel has located a "debris field" within the search area during its hunt for the OceanGate submarine that went missing.
Future Society

Rescue Vessel Spots “Debris Field” During Search for Missing Submarine

That doesn't sound good.

By Victor Tangermann

OceanGate, the company behind the submarine that went missing, has officially announced that the crew of five "have sadly been lost."
Future Society

OceanGate Says Missing Submarine Passengers “Have Sadly Been Lost”

"We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew."

By Victor Tangermann

A company called Throwflame is selling a robot dog that has a flamethrower strapped to its back that can shoot 30-foot streams of fire.
Robot Dogs

Great, They’re Putting Flamethrowers on Robot Dogs Now

Welcome to hell.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The secret mode, which the hacker nicknamed "Elon Mode," allows for completely hands-free driving during Full Self-Driving mode.
Tesla

Hacker Discovers Hidden “Elon Mode” That Makes Teslas Way More Dangerous

Yikes.

By Frank Landymore