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Onlookers have been puzzled by the weird look in the eyes of the astronauts selected for SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, and there's a cool reason why.
Off-World

There’s a Fascinating Reason These Astronauts’ Eyes Look So Strange

Not your average piece of eyewear.

By Frank Landymore

A tech entrepreneur was shocked not only to find that he was charged crazy Uber fees for taking a car between cities, but also that he went viral for it.
Advanced Transport

Tech Guy Shocked That Uber From NYC to Philly Is Expensive

You can't get mad when you go viral like this, dude.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Who needs robot claws or imitations of the human hand when you can just throw a bunch of tentacles at a problem and see what sticks instead?
Robotics

Tentacle Robot Can Use Its Gangly Grippers To Pick Up Fragile Cargo

Gross... but practical?

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have discovered a neutron star that is far lighter than previously thought possible, undermining our understanding of the evolution of stars.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Puzzled by Extremely Peculiar Object in Deep Space

It's made of... what?

By Victor Tangermann

Last year, Elon Musk was crowned the world's richest person in history. Fast forward a year later, and $100 billion of his historic net worth has vanished.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has Lost $100 Billion in Under a Year

Yikes.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The International Space Station had to ignite its thrusters for over five minutes to dodge pieces of the satellite Russia intentionally blew up last year.
Off-World

Space Station Forced to Perform Huge Swerve to Avoid Debris From When Russia Blew Up a Satellite

It's going to keep happening.

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers at open-source hardware company Adafruit have created the ultimate candy bar — that can literally run the videogame "Doom."
Computers

Mad Genius Hides Computer Playing Doom Inside Candy Bar

Parents beware.

By Victor Tangermann

A powerful Meta-Formerly-Facebook investor has some advice to get his company's mojo back — but it's doubtful that Mark Zuckerberg wants to hear it.
Metaverse

Facebook Investor Warns Zuckerberg That Metaverse Investments Are “Terrifying”

"People are confused by what the metaverse even means."

By Noor Al-Sibai

CLIP Interrogator is the hot new AI generator on the block, but instead of generating images, this one very rudely does the reverse.
Artificial Intelligence

People Can’t Stop Feeding Their Selfies Into a Super Mean AI

This neural network has a really bad attitude.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Excess carbon dioxide is cooling the Earth's upper atmosphere, making it so that close-orbit objects like satellites and space junk stay in orbit longer.
Off-World

Climate Change Is Apparently Doing Something Weird to Satellites

This is ultimately bad for everyone.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In what could be a groundbreaking treatment for hair loss, Japanese scientists have, for the first time ever, grown hair follicles in a lab. 
RX and Medicine

Scientists Grow Hair Follicles in Laboratory for the First Time

"You might be able to take hair from someone whose hair is really lush and make it grow in the lab."

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI image generators are not perfect as a channel called "failed-diffusions" on Stable Diffusion's public Discord server goes to show.
Artificial Intelligence

We’re Cry-Laughing at These “Spectacular Failures” of AI Generated Art

We're dying.

By Victor Tangermann

In the next year, Pfizer plans to nearly quadruple the per-dose price of their COVID-19 vaccine, jacking costs from $20 to $30 per shot to $110 to $130.
Developments

Pfizer’s Jacking Up the COVID Vaccine Cost to 10,000 Percent Its Production Cost

Other vaccine makers will likely follow suit.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

AI-powered generator tools that can create brand new and uncanny music tracks at the click of a button are worrying record labels.
Artificial Intelligence

Record Labels Terrified by Rise of AI Music Generators

Is AI music infringing on the rights of artists?

By Victor Tangermann

According to a scathing new Greenpeace USA report, only five percent of plastic waste generated by US households — a shockingly low number.
Pollution

A Shocking Amount of US “Recycling” Goes Straight to the Landfill

Recycling plastic is a "failed concept," according to a scathing new report.

By Victor Tangermann

Engineer and prototype machinist Brian Stanley has gone viral with a video of a cyborg eye flashlight that can light up an entire room.
Prosthetics and Devices

A Guy Lost His Eye and Put a Bright Light Into the Socket

"I lost my eye to cancer, so I made this and turned my head into a flashlight."

By Victor Tangermann

Watch out for Slotie, a "metaverse casino" that was just issued an emergency cease-and-desist order by four different US states.
Metaverse

Shockingly, This NFT Metaverse Casino Is Already in Big Trouble

"Investing in virtual realities can leave investors virtually broke."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

With new tests, NASA is asking a bold question: What if the easiest way for rovers to land on Mars is to let it crash onto the surface?
Mars

NASA Testing Giant “Crumple Zone” Gadget That Would Let Rovers Crash Into Mars and Survive

It's pretty genius.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have spotted a gas giant planet in the vicinity of a red dwarf star, and its density is so low that it's comparable to a marshmallow.
Mars

Astronomers Puzzled by “Marshmallow” Planet With Unusually Low Density

Its surface is pretty toasty, too.

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University have constructed an AI-powered robot trained to kill cockroaches and other insects with a deadly laser.
Robotics

Brutal Robot Kills Cockroaches Using a Powerful Laser

"If you can kill them, you can kill any pests."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré