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Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, and a number of other athletes poured a lot of money into FTX, the Sam Bankman-Fried-run exchange that just collapsed.
Blockchain

Tom Brady Appears to Be Totally Screwed by the FTX Collapse

How many Subway commercials will it take for him to financially recover?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In an unprecedented experiment, two teams of scientists have replicated a material that was, until recently, not produced anywhere on Earth.
Science & Energy

Scientists Reproduce Fascinating, Powerful Material Found in Meteorite

Okay, that's pretty awesome.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA Disputes Calling Its Inflatable Heat Shield a “Bouncy Castle”
NASA

NASA Disputes Calling Its Inflatable Heat Shield a “Bouncy Castle”

It could take humans safely to the surface of Mars — or be a huge hit at a kid's birthday party.

By Victor Tangermann

In emails to his new employees, freshly-minted Twitter czar Elon Musk told them that if they don't make money fast, the site may not survive.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says That Under His Brilliant New Management, Twitter May Go Out of Business

Surely no one could have predicted this.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla has recalled more than 40,000 of its vehicles due to an issue that could cause a loss of power steering in its 2017-2021 Model S and Model X cars
Tesla

Tesla Issues Software Patch So That Its Cars Don’t Lose Power Steering on Potholes

Whoops!

By Frank Landymore

Welcome to "Nemo's Garden," a beautiful underwater garden off of Italy's Northwestern coast. The underwater greenhouses are called "biospheres."
Science & Energy

Divers Growing Veggies in Underwater Greenhouses

These photos are absolutely breathtaking.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Winds reached 87 knots or 100 mph at the launch pad of NASA's SLS Moon rocket, which may have damaged it.
Moon

NASA Inspecting Moon Rocket for Damage From Hurricane Nicole

The winds were even stronger than expected.

By Victor Tangermann

Hawaii has a big problem with little fire ants that have begun quite literally raining down on people from above and sting them.
Sleep

Furious Fire Ants “Rain Down” on Hawaiian Residents and Bite Them in their Sleep

"They’re changing the way of life for our residents here in Hawaii."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Hubble Space Telescope captured three magnificent stages of a star right as it exploded — but it's gone unnoticed until now.
NASA

NASA Releases Hubble Images of Star Right as It Explodes

"I think that's probably one of the most amazing things I've ever seen!"

By Frank Landymore

One glaring question remains following FTX's collapse: will customers will ever get their money back? That's looking unlikely, given the evidence.
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried Deletes Tweet Promising Customers’ Money Is Safe

"I f*cked up."

By Victor Tangermann

One of the James Webb Space Telescope's most important instruments had been offline for months — but it's now been brought back to full functionality. 
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Fixes Months-Long Issue With James Webb Telescope

We missed you, MIRI!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's new Twitter account verification system, which gives anybody a checkmark for $8 a month, has spectacularly backfired.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Checkmarks Backfire Spectacularly When They’re Immediately Used to Impersonate People

It's pure chaos.

By Victor Tangermann

What would happen if the International Space Station was circling the planet at the altitude of an airplane? This video shows what that would look like.
International Space Station

Amazing Video Shows What the ISS Would Look Like If It Flew at the Height of a Jetplane

Blink and you'll miss it.

By Victor Tangermann

A Wisconsin hospice nurse and taxidermist is facing jail time after allegedly cutting off a dying 62-year-old man's frostbitten foot without permission.
Developments

Taxidermist Nurse Accused of Cutting Off Dying Man’s Foot Without Permission

She wanted to display it at her family's taxidermy shop next to a sign saying "wear your boots, kids."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The tech industry appears to be bearing the brunt of 2022's economic downturn, with recent and planned layoffs totaling in the tens of thousands.
Future Society

Big Tech Announced More Than 45,000 Layoffs in Recent Months

Remember when tech was on top of the world?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Months after claiming he was done selling Tesla stock, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold off another $3.95 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to filings.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Suddenly Selling Tesla Stock Like Crazy

He promised he was done selling in August.

By Victor Tangermann

Per Starlink's new fair use policy, the Elon Musk-owned ISP is about to start throttling users' service if they use over 1TB per month data cap.
SpaceX

Remember SpaceX’s Amazing Starlink Internet? It’s Capping Data Now

How the tables have turned!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Over 135,000 users joined Mastodon, an open-source microblogging platform and alternative to Twitter, within just 24 hours, according to a new graph.
Future Society

This Graph of New Mastodon Users Per Day Will Flip Your Silly Little Wig

"We can’t keep up with those requests, so we just opened the floodgates."

By Victor Tangermann

The value of Bitcoin has slid significantly, and is now hovering at a two-year low, following the news of Binance offering to bail out FTX.
Bitcoin

If You Bought Bitcoin in December 2017, You Have Now Lost Money

Cryptocurrencies are in a bad state right now.

By Victor Tangermann

It's not a great day over at Meta, where 11,000 people just learned that they're out of a job as CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces mass layoffs.
Future Society

Facebook Is Laying Off 11 THOUSAND Employees

"I got this wrong," Zuckerberg said, "and I take responsibility for that."

By Noor Al-Sibai