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The Ethereum blockchain has finally completed its long-awaited "Merge," switching from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake system.
Environment

Ether Price Falls After “Merge” to Cut Its Environmental Toll

Experts are calling it the "biggest event in crypto since the creation of bitcoin and Ethereum."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are proposing to unleash huge amounts of microscopic aerosol particles over the Earth's North and South Poles to slow down the melting ice caps.
Military

New Plan Suggests Re-Freezing Earth’s Poles by Spraying Chemicals With Huge Military Jets

"Any intentional turning of the global thermostat would be of common interest to all of humanity."

By Victor Tangermann

In October 2021, months before Russia's invasion, a YouTuber got an exclusive look inside the New Safe Confinement site at the Chernobyl nuclear plant.
Nuclear Fusion

YouTuber Clambers Inside Chernobyl’s Nuclear Sarcophagus

"A nuclear tomb to shelter to shelter the corpse of Chernobyl..."

By Victor Tangermann

A group of cryptocurrency miners — many of whom stand to lose their main stream of income due to the Ethereum Merge, have made their own Ethereum token.
Ethereum

Furious Crypto Miners Making Their Own Ethereum Where They Can Still Destroy the Environment After the Merge

Oh, great.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to 130,000 years' worth of mammalian food webs and extinction patterns, we're in the midst of a mass biodiversity crisis. Very chill.
Food

The Entire Food Chain Has Started Collapsing, Scientists Warn

Yikes.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Austin-based urologist Christopher Yang used his Rivian R1 T pickup truck to literally power a vasectomy procedure during a prolonged Texas power outage.
Prosthetics and Devices

Urologist Powers Vasectomy With Electric Pickup Truck During Blackout

"I performed what is likely the world's first [EV]-powered vasectomy today."

By Victor Tangermann

New James Webb Space Telescope images of the Orion Nebula reveal why this spacecraft continues to wow even the most no-nonsense scientists.
James Webb Space Telescope

Astronomers Are Losing Their Minds Over “Breathtaking” New James Webb Images

They're right to be excited.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Anyone who's been in a long-term relationship knows that sex and desire wane over time, but there may be a relatively easy way to bring the spark back. 
Studies

Scientists Have a Hack for Having More Sex in Long-Term Relationships

It's so simple that it just might work.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Last night, a bomb was detonated at Boston's Northeastern University — and a note left with the device named Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Future Society

Zuckerberg-Hating Lunatic Sets Off Bomb at Northeastern University

This does not bode well.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has long believed that 'Oumuamua, a mysterious object that visited our solar system, was an alien spacecraft.
Off-World

Harvard Professor Defends Claim That Alien Spacecraft Cruised Through Solar System

He's not backing down.

By Victor Tangermann

UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts just gave its ultra-realistic-looking humanoid robot Ameca a voice — and she has a lot to say.
Robotics

They Put GPT-3 Into That Robot With Creepily Realistic Facial Expressions and Yikes

"Nothing in this video is pre scripted."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's tiny, Moon-bound CAPSTONE probe is once again in trouble after its launch earlier this summer — and is quite literally spinning out of control. 
Moon

NASA’s Moon Spacecraft Is Tumbling Out of Control

Why does this stuff keep happening?

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's asteroid-smashing Direct Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is racing towards its celestial target, with the Italian-made LICIACube in tow.
NASA

Italian Probe Will Watch as NASA Smashes Asteroid With Battering Ram

Your new favorite interstellar duo!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ben Nowack, a 26-year-old inventor, wants to send satellites with mirrors mounted to their backs into space to allow us to generate solar energy at night.
SpaceX

Former SpaceX Guy Aims to Launch Giant Mirrors Into Orbit to Shine on Solar Panels at Night

It's a clever idea.

By Victor Tangermann

Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is planning "The Mirror Line." The skyscraper would be the world's largest structure and house millions.
Energy

Saudi Arabia Planning Skyscraper That’s 75 Miles Wide

It'd be the largest structure in the entire world.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The world's richest man is now claiming that his speech is being suppressed on Twitter — but we and everyone can see the tweet he posted about it just fine.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says His Tweets Are Being Suppressed, in a Tweet We Can See Perfectly Fine

You're not being shadowbanned, dude — people just don't like your tweets that much.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Famous French director Jean-Luc Godard decided to end his life this week via the controversial, yet legal, option of assisted suicide in Switzerland.
Developments

Famed Director Dies by Assisted Suicide

"He was not sick, he was simply exhausted."

By Noor Al-Sibai

This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device
Devices

This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device

Who would buy this?

By Victor Tangermann

Philadelphia police took a successfully novel approach to a kidnapping case by tracking a pair of Apple AirPods left in the car used in the crime.
Future Society

Police Find Kidnapped Baby by Tracking AirPods Mom Left in Vehicle

This could set a complicated law enforcement precedent.

By Noor Al-Sibai

China has tested modified cars that are capable of magnetically levitating (maglev) almost an inch and a half off of the ground on a stretch of highway.
Advanced Transport

Chinese Researchers Test Cars That Hover Over Road Using Magnets

They were able to go way faster than 88 mph.

By Victor Tangermann