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Insider reports that Facebook is planning a mass round of "quiet layoffs," which could impact up to 15 percent of the entire company.
Future Society

"...the reality is they are being forced out."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A 14-year-old girl in Arizona was recently denied a refill of the autoimmune disease-managing drug methotrexate, even though she wasn't pregnant.
Developments

"I was shaking. I was in tears. I didn’t know what to do."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new crude oil supertanker launched by the China Merchant Energy Shipping company (CMES) is making use of four large sails to reduce its fuel consumption.
Fossil Fuels

Sails are making a big comeback.

By Victor Tangermann

Miso Robotics Flippy 2 robot can be a fry cook mostly on its own, and has already been picked up by a few chains across the country.
Robotics

"It does it faster or more accurately, more reliably and happier than most humans do it."

By Frank Landymore

An NYU chemistry professor was recently let go after students filed a scathing petition against him, arguing that his class, well, was simply just too hard.
Future Society

"Unless you appreciate these transformations at the molecular level, I don't think you can be a good physician..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Kremlin is lauding its occasional foe Elon Musk after he quite unpopularly advised Ukraine to give in to Russia's demands. 
Elon Musk

"He’s worthy of a promotion to the next officer’s rank."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Over the next 300 million years, scientists predict all the Earth's continents will come together to form the next supercontinent: Amasia.
Science & Energy

It'll only take 300 million years.

By Frank Landymore

A federal court has revived a lawsuit against Walmart and CVS for allegedly passing off long-discredited homeopathic treatments as actual, proven medicine. 
RX and Medicine

Don't confuse quack science with the real thing.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Live experimentation, some of it allegedly inhumane, on 1,027 animals reportedly led to the deaths of 329 dogs, 31 pigs, and 661 rabbits and rodents.
Developments

Live animal experiments led by Dr. Oz allegedly led to the — often inhumane — deaths of 329 dogs and puppies, 31 pigs, and 661 rabbits and rodents.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla showed off two early prototypes of its Optimus humanoid robot, a walking and talking automaton. Critics were left unimpressed.
Boston Dynamics

"None of this is cutting edge."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's DART collision created a massive cloud of space debris, which was captured by observatories — and the resulting images are absolutely breathtaking.
NASA

These images are unreal.

By Victor Tangermann

According to famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Elon Musk is the "modern day Thomas Edison." But, uh, is that a good thing?
Elon Musk

"He dreams big. And I don't think all of his dreams are realistic, but that doesn't matter..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Evolution seems to have sped up near Chernobyl, where a small type of tree frog has changed substantially since the 1986 nuclear meltdown.
Science & Energy

These little guys are as cute as they are fascinating.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a brazen Twitter outpour, Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Ukraine should give up parts of its territories to reach peace with Russia.
Elon Musk

"You are assuming that I wish to be popular."

By Victor Tangermann

The Liver King eats raw liver each day to achieve masculinity, according to a GQ profile. Does his diet add up? Experts disagree.
Health & Medicine

Something doesn't add up.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The US military keeps dumping sewage into Hawaii's Pearl Harbor thanks to its poorly-maintained wastewater sanitation systems.
Military

This is unconscionable.

By Noor Al-Sibai

What if you gave a plant control of a robotic arm and then gave that robotic arm a machete? That seems to be the idea behind the "Plant Machete" project.
Robotics

What could go wrong?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have discovered that the Earth's interior is absolutely teeming with water, something scientists have been suspecting for years.
Science & Energy

"This also brings us one step closer to Jules Verne's idea of an ocean inside the Earth."

By Victor Tangermann

Kim Kardashian is to pay a $1.26 million penalty to the SEC for allegedly pushing crypto token EMAX without disclosing how much she was paid to do so.
Cryptocurrency

Seriously, Kim?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Bruce Willis apparently isn't going to be deepfaked into movies after all, according to a representative who denied claims that circulated last week.
Future Society

Something very odd is going on here.

By Noor Al-Sibai