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YouTuber extraordinaire and NASA alum Mark Rober took it upon himself to launch an egg into space only to release it and have it land safely.
NASA

Former NASA Guy Drops Egg Out of Space, Tries to Keep It From Breaking

It took literal NASA engineering to pull it off.

Billionaire commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman says we should bring back the dinosaurs — and we're almost convinced that he's kidding.
Future Society

Billionaire Private Astronaut Suggests Reviving Dinosaurs

He's joking... right?

Stanford University is circling the wagons around its president after student journalists uncovered serious allegations of scientific misconduct.
Developments

Student Journalists Expose Claims of Scientific Misconduct Against Stanford’s President

There are "serious problems" with this dude's work, one expert said.

Lockheed Martin showed off an Amazon Alexa-enabled "party mode" on board NASA's uncrewed Orion spacecraft, which is making its way around the Moon.
NASA

NASA Shows Off Artemis “Party Mode,” Powered by Amazon (TM) Alexa (TM)

So tacky.

According to court filings, FTX owes about $55,319 to Jimmy Buffet's Bahamian Margaritaville resort, because of course it does.
Blockchain

FTX’s Worst Sin: It Owes an Immense Bill to Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville

No more cheeseburgers for SBF.

Brian "Liver King" Johnson, a caveman bodybuilder who has risen to fame online for eating raw animal liver on Instagram, has been accused of using steroids.
Developments

Raw Liver Eating Bodybuilder Accused of Injecting Himself With $11,000 Worth of Steroids Every Month

"Least surprising fitness scandal."

A courtroom in Washington County, Tennessee, erupted in cheers and applause after county commissioners rejected a proposal to build a Bitcoin mining plant.
Bitcoin

Courtroom Erupts in Cheers After Bitcoin Plant Rejected From Opening in Community

"Bitcoin mining is not welcome in Washington County."

In the early days of the FTX collapse, founder SBF was so stubborn about saving the exchange that people near him had to beg him to do the right thing.
Blockchain

Leaked Messages Show FTX Insiders Begging SBF to Step Down as Crisis Deepened

This guy!

San Francisco police have been granted permission by city supervisors to murder civilians using killer robots, a dystopian turn of events.
Robotics

San Francisco Cops Now Allowed to Use Robots to Kill People

"This is opening up a Pandora’s box that could change our society in a significant way."

The official ball of the World Cup makes use of internal sensors that track its movements, but it needs to be charged like any old phone.
Future Society

The World Cup Is So High Tech That They Have to Charge the Balls

Dodgy offside calls will be a thing of the past... as long as someone keeps the balls charged.

SBF, the disgraced head of the collapsed FTX crypto exchange, just can't stop talking smack — and this time, his lawyers are the victims.
Blockchain

SBF Says His Lawyers Can “Go F*ck Themselves”

That's one way to handle your lawyers.

Billy McFarland, scammer of Fyre Fest fame, wants you to invest in a not-metaverse metaverse project — and we have to say, we're confused.
Metaverse

The Fyre Fest Guy Is Off House Arrest and of Course His New Scheme Involves the Metaverse and Crypto

"PYRT is a technology I've been working on for the past few years called the VID/R: the virtual immersive decentralized reality."

Used luxury cars are selling for way cheaper than ever as crypto continues to crashes, and some thing those two things are closely related.
Cryptocurrency

Impoverished Crypto Bros Desperately Trying to Sell Luxury Cars

We're not gonna shed tears for these erstwhile internet money millionaires.

One of the world's preeminent astronomy organizations is decrying a newly-released satellite that has become one of the brightest objects in the sky. 
SpaceX

Astronomers Annoyed at Ludicrously Bright SpaceX-Launched Satellite

This long, weird satellite is one of the brightest things in the night sky now.

The Orion spacecraft in its journey past the Moon has captured a stunning, perspective-inducing photo that shows both the Earth and Moon in view.
Moon

Amazing Artemis Photo Shows Every Human, Alive or Dead, Plus the Moon

"It's really hard to articulate what the feeling is. It's really amazing to be here, and see that."

The startup CEO who was fired for taking LSD before an investor meeting is now suing his former employer for alleged ableist and racist discrimination.
Health & Medicine

Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting

Would you be comfortable with your CEO taking acid on the job?

Fiji's Vanua Levu is being absolutely overrun by vines, including an invasive species introduced by US troops during WW2, The Guardian reports.
Science & Energy

Entire Island Strangled by Choking Vines

Thanks, climate change.

3D printing firm ICON just landed a $57.2 million contract from NASA for Project Olympus, the company's mission to create 3D-printed Moon shelters.
Moon

NASA Hires Company to 3D Print American Base on the Moon

"We're giving humanity the capability to build on other worlds."

A Ford F-150 Lightning owner has been left stranded after his EV truck made a loud noise and suddenly died while charging at an Electrify America station.
Advanced Transport

Driver Says His Ford F-150 Lightning Made a “Loud Boom” and Died When He Plugged It In

"I'm 1,000 miles from home, the EA charger [went] black, and my Lightning won't move. I'm screwed."

After promising many major cities a tunnel that could solve their traffic woes by digging tunnels, Elon Musk's The Boring Company has become oddly quiet.
Elon Musk

Something Very Weird Is Going on at Elon Musk’s Boring Company

Has the company dug itself into a hole?