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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's avatar's virtual legs may have been staged at this week's Connect conference, and only a "preview of what’s to come."
Metaverse

As if the keynote wasn't underwhelming enough.

A shocking new video shows two climate activists throwing a can of soup at Vincent van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" painting at London's National Gallery.
Climate Change

"What is worth more, art or life?"

A Wave of Incredible Heat Ripped Through Jupiter
Science & Energy

This planetary scientist may have an answer as to what caused it.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has had a change of heart and is asking the Pentagon to fund more Starlink terminals to be sent to Ukraine.
Elon Musk

This is a terrible look, Elon.

Fast forward a couple of months and hell of a lot of drama later, and at least one of the investors in Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter has cold feet.
Elon Musk

"We're all trying to get out of it, to be honest."

Germany has once again fired up its coal plants. But Greta Thunberg thinks the country should just use its already in place nuclear power plants instead.
Nuclear Fusion

"I feel that it’s a mistake to close them down in order to focus on coal."

Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled his new avatar for the company's bespoke Metaverse — and it still looks like total crap.
Metaverse

Wake up babe, a new cringey Zuckerberg avatar just dropped.

Researchers studied a man who became allergic to his own orgasms, and diagnosed him with a little known condition called post-orgasmic illness syndrome
Studies

Poor guy.

Meta advisor John Carmack is "grumpy" about the current state of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, as he explained at Facebook-turned-Meta's Connect 2022.
Metaverse

"There's a bunch that I'm grumpy about."

Ukraine is asking its Western allies for more weapons after accusing Russia of using "kamikaze drones" meant to self-destruct when dropping munitions.
Drones

The future of warfare is here — and it's terrifying.

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has stumbled into a minor problem: it can't seal the tube of its latest collected sample.
Mars

Oh no!

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again — and this time, its stunning image looks a lot like a human fingerprint.
James Webb Space Telescope

"Like the growth of rings of a tree’s trunk, the dust loops mark the passage of time."

Methane producing microbes on Mars may have thrived deep underground billions of years ago, but also may have wiped themselves out, a new study suggests.
Mars

Sound familiar?

In Scientists were, for the first time, able to show that 800,000 living brain cells trapped in a petri dish can be taught how to play the videogame Pong.
Neuroscience and Brain

This is incredible.

Elon Musk is now a bona fide perfumier — and an allegedly successful one to boot — thanks to the sale of his bespoke "Burnt Hair" scent.
Elon Musk

"With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable."

A large percentage of people who use Tesla autopilot seem to think that their cars are fully self-driving —even though they don't have FSD.
Tesla

"It’s possible that system design and marketing are adding to these misconceptions."

An entirely AI-generated conversation between (living) podcast menace "Joe Rogan" and the deceased Apple founder "Steve Jobs" now exists. Great.
Artificial Intelligence

Nobody asked for this.

In a major neurological breakthrough, Stanford University scientists have successfully transplanted human brain cells into the brains of live rats.
Neuroscience and Brain

They appear to have grown new cognitive powers.

Tesla’s Model 3 is More Than a Car. It’s a Revolution.
Tesla

Are you ready for the future of transportation?

Earlier this year, a fake astronaut conned an old woman into sending him a ton of money in order to get back home from the ISS — and catfished her to boot.
Off-World

New scam just dropped!