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Ethereum is about to implement a huge change dubbed "The Merge" to its platform — a change that has crypto miners shaking in their boots.
Ethereum

Crypto Miners Terrified by Ethereum’s Imminent Move to Proof of Stake

Here's why.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is planning to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if we can deflect any future asteroids— and it just acquired the first image of its target.
NASA

NASA’s Battering Ram Now Has Asteroid It’ll Smash in Its Sights

We're just weeks away from smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid.

By Victor Tangermann

The racketeering lawsuit against Elon Musk and his many companies just keeps getting bigger. The suit says Musk marketed Dogecoin but knew it was worthless.
Elon Musk

Racketeering Lawsuit Accuses Elon Musk of Pumping Up Dogecoin Value

"It has no value at all."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Ludicrously Close Up Shots of the Sun Look Nothing Like You’d Expect
Off-World

Ludicrously Close Up Shots of the Sun Look Nothing Like You’d Expect

The Sun looks like... Honey? Hair? Crystals?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a scathing new interview, early Coinbase investor Liron Shapira took a swipe at the cryptocurrency space, calling it "essentially worthless."
Cryptocurrency

One of Coinbase’s First Investors Says Crypto Is Worthless and Should Be Shut Down

These are fighting words.

By Victor Tangermann

Bad news (maybe) for nail salons everywhere: a new robot called Clockwork is in town, and claims to "liberate" people from apparent manicure hell.
Artificial Intelligence

New Manicure Robot Spells Potential Doom for Nail Salons

We have mixed feelings.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Students from four schools in West Virginia got to ride on an electric school bus for the first time yesterday. Mercer County may order more electric buses.
Advanced Transport

West Virginia Students Ride Electric School Bus for First Time

"It’s very quiet."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a resurfaced audio clip, television personality and Pennsylvania senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz says that thinks that some incest is fine, actually.
Developments

Audio Surfaces of Dr. Oz Saying Some Incest Is Okay, and Also His Daughters Don’t Like How He Smells

"If you're more than a first cousin away, it's not a big problem."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Last year, oil and gas pipeline Ku-Maloob-Zaap in the Gulf of Mexico said a gas leak set the ocean on fire. Now, it's leaking methane gas by the ton.
Climate Change

Last Year’s Ocean Portal to Hell Now Leaking Toxic Gas

Is it time for round two?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

This crypto advocate has an idea: fill future games with poor people playing human-controlled non-playable characters (NPCs).
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Guy: Desperately Poor People Could Be NPCs in Video Games

"With the cheap labor of a developing country, you could use people in the Philippines as NPCs."

By Victor Tangermann

It's not clear yet whether a driver filmed sleeping behind the wheel of a speeding Tesla was sleeping while on autopilot on Queen Elizabeth Way in Canada.
Future Society

Video Appears to Show Tesla Driver Completely Asleep on Highway

"He opened his eyes for a split second."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's has yet to ignite and launch its Space Launch System-powered Artemis 1 rocket into orbit, an unfortunate bookend for a rocket plagued by setbacks.
Moon

NASA Announces Plan to Fix Moon Rocket, and Maybe Launch It Eventually

The clock is ticking, folks.

By Victor Tangermann

The arctic glacier that many believe could predict "doomsday" could start collapsing faster than expected — and if that happens, we're all screwed.
Climate Change

The Doomsday Glacier Is Hanging on “By Its Fingernails,” Scientists Say

This is really bad news, folks.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff described the kind of bunkers the super wealthy are building as they prepare for an apocalypse of some kind.
Climate Change

Don’t Panic, But the Super Wealthy Are Quietly Building Doomsday Bunkers

"I tried to reason with them."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Astronauts like the European Space Agency's Samantha Cristoforetti practice life-saving CPR procedures on board the International Space Station.
Off-World

Astronaut Shows How to Perform CPR in Zero Gravity

"You have to find a way to push off against [a surface]." 

By Lonnie Lee Hood

YouTuber Daniel Riley invented and built a laser-powered lawn mower — the epitome of something you shouldn't try to replicate at home.
Robots and Machines

Guy Builds Terrifying Laser-Powered Lawn Mower

"It's not going to cut your finger off or anything like that," he warned, "but a direct hit to your eyeball, even for just a nanosecond, would make you blind for the rest of your life."

By Victor Tangermann

After examining blood samples from 14 NASA astronauts, researchers found that samples from all 14 astronauts showed mutations in their DNA.
Gene Editing

Scientists Found Genetic Mutations in Every Astronaut Blood Sample They Studied

Space is stranger than we know.

By Victor Tangermann

The energy crisis in Europe has gotten so bad that CERN is considering idling the Large Hadron Collider to save energy amid potential rationing.
Energy

Europe’s Energy Crisis Is So Bad It May Have to Idle CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

Thanks, Russia.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has shared an absolutely gorgeous time lapse filmed from on board the International Space Station showing off a stunning aurora.
Off-World

Space Station Captures Incredible Beautiful Auroras From Above

Auroras have never looked this good.

By Victor Tangermann

Shelling and fighting near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest nuclear plant, are making locals increasingly nervous about Russia.
Nuclear Fusion

Fighting Heats Up Near Ukraine Nuclear Plant

The closest town is evacuating.

By Lonnie Lee Hood