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Twitter CEO Elon Musk pleaded with famed American author Stephen King to pay at least $8 to keep his blue checkmark.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Pleads With Stephen King to Pay for Blue Checkmark

"We need to pay the bills somehow!"

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers From China Genetically Engineer Monkeys to Exhibit Autistic-Like Behavior
Science & Energy

Researchers From China Genetically Engineer Monkeys to Exhibit Autistic-Like Behavior

By June Javelosa

Amid his increasingly-embarrassing Metaverse push, Meta-formerly-Facebook investors are growing more and more upset at CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Future Society

Many Facebook Shareholders Wish They Could Fire Mark Zuckerberg

"He’s tone deaf to what the owners of the company want, outside of himself."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Dogecoin and other doge meme coins have seen huge gains over the weekend after Elon Musk added Twitter to his growing portfolio of companies he owns. 
Elon Musk

Dogecoin Surges in Value as Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter

Funny how that works.

By Noor Al-Sibai

E-Bikes are meant to be a boon for green transit — but their explosive lithium ion batteries might make them more dangerous than they're worth. 
Advanced Transport

Electric Bikes Have a Small Problem: They Keep Bursting Into Flames

"When they fail, they fail like a blowtorch."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Videos show what appear to be workers at Foxconn's plant in China jumping a fence to reportedly escape the country's strict zero-COVID policies.
Developments

Chinese Workers Jump Fence After Being Locked Inside World’s Largest iPhone Factory

"It was total chaos..."

By Victor Tangermann

E-cigarette vapor caused lung cancer and possibly even bladder cancer in mice, found a new study from New York University.
Cancer

Bad News: Vaping Nicotine Linked to Lung Cancer in Mice

"E-cigarettes are bad news.”

By Victor Tangermann

In a presentation earlier this month, a team of researchers identified nine of the most livable caves on the surface of Mars.
Mars

Scientists Searching Mars for Good Caves for Astronauts to Live In

These nine grottos are among some of the hottest Martian real estate.

By Victor Tangermann

A gigantic piece of a Chinese Long March 2D rocket has seemingly plummeted back down to Earth and lodged itself in a crop in the province of Gansu.
Off-World

Large Chunk of Chinese Rocket Comes Crashing Down, Lodges in Field

Why does this keep happening?

By Victor Tangermann

No, you're not seeing things — that really is a picture of the sun giving a "smile," and there's a real scientific reason behind it, too.
NASA

NASA Captures the Sun at Perfect Moment So That It Has Goofy Grin

"More so than a smiley face, its eyes are like gleaming laser beams..."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Massive spikes of radiation levels on Earth were once believed to be caused by solar flares, but a new study suggests that something else may be driver.
Future Society

Something Unknown Seems to Blast Earth With Radiation Every Thousand Years or So

"There's a kind of extreme astrophysical phenomenon that we don't understand and it actually could be a threat to us."

By Frank Landymore

Shift Robotics claims its Moonwalkers, a dorky-looking pair of shoe attachments, will increase your walking speed by up to 250 percent.
Advanced Transport

Bizarre Shoe Attachments Claim to Make You Walk Way Faster

These "Moonwalkers" are not an April Fool's joke.

By Victor Tangermann

Allegedly, the prerolled joints the two plaintiffs bought were barely even half as strong as advertised. Talk about a weed come down.
Future Society

Potheads Sue Weed Company for Not Getting Them Stoned Enough

Be a lot cooler if their weed worked.

By Frank Landymore

A bold new theory proposes that a "Conan the Bacterium" microorganism could survive under Mars' barren surface for hundreds of millions of years.
Science & Energy

Researchers Say “Conan the Bacterium” Could Be Hidden Beneath Mars’ Surface

"In the novel experiments, Conan the Bacterium survived astronomical amounts of radiation in the freezing, arid environment."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Remember back when people insisted that vaping e-cigarettes was better for you than smoking regular cigarettes? As it turns out, that was a load of bull.
Studies

Vaping Is Absolutely Terrible for Your Heart, According to New Research

That's not what they used to say!

By Noor Al-Sibai

By using NASA data and US Geological Survey software, scientists say they've found "definitive" evidence of a 3.5 billion year old ocean coastline.
Mars

Scientists Discover Traces of Ancient Ocean Coastline on Mars

Now where were the best beaches?

By Frank Landymore

ISS astronauts are quite literally on a mission to save the Earth – or at least to show us which areas are home to the biggest polluters.
Space

Astronauts Spot World’s Largest Polluters from Space Station

This is huge.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla's "Cyberquad for Kids" were just recalled following an instance where the youth ATV was toppled by a 36-year-old adult.
Tesla

Tesla’s Child-Sized Cyberquad Recalled for Safety Issues

Better luck next time, Tesla.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Anime Fans In Japan Are Not Happy With AI-Generated Manga
Future Society

Anime Fans In Japan Are Not Happy With AI-Generated Manga

Sounds like tech bros might've poked the bear.

By Frank Landymore

NFTs aren't totally dead just yet. And in order to keep them alive, a growing number of web3 operators are turning towards a more familiar market: housing. 
NFTs

The Latest Idea to Make People Actually Buy NFTs: Throw in a House

That's a new one!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré