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The meal kit subscription service HelloFresh has been accused of using monkey labor in Thailand to source its coconut milk.
Science & Energy

Meal Kit Giant Accused of Using Monkey Labor to Source Coconut Milk

Absolutely horrendous, if true.

Thanks to a rare and very trippy optical illusion called the "Brocken spectre," the sensation of being followed may not be just in your head after all.
Science & Energy

Chilling Optical Illusion Creates Ghostly Figure Hiding in the Fog

"Creepy to see it out of the corner of my eye..."

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly firing anybody who has criticized him on Twitter's Slack channels, Platformer's Casey Newton reports.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Mass-Firing Employees Who Dared Criticize Him in Slack

"Your recent behavior has violated company policy."

A giant snake quickly darting across the Sun's surface was spotted by the ESA's Solar Orbiter, and it might have been a precursor to an even bigger event.
Off-World

Amazing Video Shows Huge “Snake” Slithering Across the Sun’s Surface

The sheer size will boggle your mind.

Physicists suggest wormholes, hypothetical tunnels linking one part of the universe to another, might be disguised as black holes.
Science & Energy

Objects We Thought Were Black Holes May Actually Be Wormholes, Scientists Say

"You’ll get to know the difference when you either die or you pass through."

Disgraced cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried isn't feeling much remorse after his $32 billion exchange FTX collapsed in a matter of days.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Guy Says He’s Doing Fine After Losing Billions of Customers’ Money, Getting Plenty of Sleep

"It could be worse."

NASA scientists have provided a heartbreaking theory for why we haven't yet met any alien lifeforms — because they destroyed themselves before we could.
Future Society

NASA Scientists Suggest The Reason We Haven’t Found Aliens Is They All Killed Themselves

That's grim.

It appears that the Tumblr blog run by disgraced Alameda Research CEO and FTX collapse figure Caroline Ellison has been unearthed — and it's pretty wild.
Blockchain

This Strongly Appears To Be Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison’s Tumblr Account

Okay, this is a doozy.

There are few things that wealthy people can do to get in trouble in the crypto-friendly tax haven of the Bahamas. But alas, Sam Bankman-Fried has done it.
Blockchain

The FTX Collapse Is So Egregious That Even the Bahamas Are Investigating

They're investigating to see "if any criminal misconduct occurred."

Musk is now even busier than he already was now that he has taken over Twitter — and that kind of pressure is clearly getting to him.
Elon Musk

Sad Elon Musk Says He’s Overwhelmed In Strange Interview After the Power Went Out

"I have too much work on my plate, that is for sure."

A Tesla driver was captured on video killing two people and injuring three others in China in an alleged brake malfunction.
Tesla

Police Investigating Deadly Accident In Which Tesla Plowed Into Multiple People

Warning: The video is graphic.

Crypto exchange Crypto.com is feeling the pressure following the collapse of rival FTX after its CEO admitted to sending $400 million to a competitor.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto.com Accidentally Sent $400 Million to a Competitor

Is the next liquidity crisis right around the corner?

Legal experts have pointed out a shocking loophole that may actually work in the favor of Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX's youthful head.
Blockchain

Experts Say Sam Bankman-Fried’s Best Legal Defense Is to Say He’s Just Really, Really Stupid

"Mismanaging your company and losing a bunch of other people’s money is not criminal."

According to officils, a ten feet-long piece of insulation peeled away from NASA's Moon rocket while Hurricane Nicole stormed by.
Moon

NASA Says Hurricane Nicole Peeled Off Part of Its Huge Moon Rocket

The countdown clock for Wednesday's launch is ticking.

You go to the gym, you pick things up. But maybe, as the second half of the famous quote goes, the focus should really be on putting them down.
Developments

Scientists Find That Lifting Weights Offers No Benefit Over Simply Lowering Them

Wanna cut your workout time in half?

Uganda has officially become a spacefaring nation — and its newly-launched satellite has tech that can 3D print human tissue on board.
Prosthetics and Devices

Uganda’s New Satellite Contains Equipment to 3D Print Human Tissue in Orbit

Okay, that's pretty cool.

researchers claim in a study published last month in Cells Report Physical Sciences that they've developed a way to charge the implants solely through breathing movements — potentially making them completely self-sufficient.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Build Brain Implant Powered Completely by User’s Breathing

Brain power? How about breathing power.

Unidentified hackers have stolen the health records of millions of customers of Australian health insurer Medibank, releasing them on the dark web.
Future Society

Insurance Company Refuses to Pay Ransom, So Hackers Start Releasing Health Records of Up To 10 Million People

So far, at least 500,000 personal health records have been stolen.

Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor the World Wide Web. He wants a decentralized internet, but thinks Web3 is one proposal we should ignore altogether.
Blockchain

The Guy Who Invented the World Wide Web Thinks We Should “Ignore” Web3

"Web3 is not the web at all."

Bug hunter David Schütz discovered that he could unlock any Google Pixel phone without a passcode — but Google were slow to respond.
Coding

Guy Discovers a Way to Unlock Any Pixel Phone Without the Passcode

"My hands started to shake at this point..."