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Researchers at MIT have come up with a new way to grow "wood-like plant material" in a lab, without ever having to resort to chopping down a tree.
Science & Energy

Okay, that's pretty awesome.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA said yesterday there's a big problem with the heat shield on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Crew-5 is using and needs to be replaced.
SpaceX

The heat is on.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new NFT project aims to steal African artifacts back from Western colonialists — and it's actually pretty freakin' awesome.
NFTs

This is honestly pretty great.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Pentagon's t-shirt saying not to worry about their "killer robots" is raising a lot of questions answered by their t-shirt, it seems.
Robotics

"We believe that a lot of the rules have to change."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Robotic vending machines are making their way to malls, airports, and grocery stores across the US, the latest in last-mile problem-solving technologies.
Robotics

This summer, the candy will come to you, not the other way around.

By Victor Tangermann

Walmart announced an expansion to its drone delivery program that will offer $3.99 deliver fees on shipments of 10 pounds or less.
Drones

If it fits, it ships.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers are puzzled by a number of strange and unexplained lights that show up in photographic plates of the night sky that date back over 70 years.
Exobiology

There shouldn't have been anything in the sky — because humankind hadn't launched a single spacecraft yet.

By Victor Tangermann

Nicholas Schmidt made history yesterday when his electric Ford F-150 Lightning became the first one delivered, but he originally ordered a Tesla Cybertruck.
Future Society

"Whichever one comes first, I’ll buy it."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Fresh off his recent Twitter-buying fail, Elon Musk is now claiming that it would be good, actually, if the world went into a recession. 
Future Society

"Some bankruptcies need to happen."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Police are doing something that appears to never have been done before: deepfaking a murder victim to try and help bring his killer to justice.
Artificial Intelligence

Creepy or helpful?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Moon dirt that was digested and recovered from cockroach carcasses probably isn't going to a new home, after all. NASA wants RR Auction to halt its sale.
Moon

Talk about fine dining.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The first electric Ford F-150 Lightning was delivered to a retail customer today in the automaker's home state of Michigan. Ford CEO Jim Farley celebrated.
Climate Change

The first customer just picked his up!

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The dust hasn't even settled from the Terra stablecoin, but the people behind it are already trying to make a new currency.
Blockchain

Sorry, the old Terra can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead!

By Noor Al-Sibai

The New Hampshire Attorney General released names of the cop and security guard who shot 33-year-old Michael Foley outside a New Boston Space Force Station.
Future Society

Okay, this is mysterious.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The hunt has begun for the world's first Turkish astronaut — and one of the country's kookiest minor celebrities has thrown his hat into the ring.
Off-World

"I also became famous as a flying man. Now I want to go to space, too."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A United Arab Emirates’ official warned that committing serious crimes including "murder" should be made illegal in the metaverse.
Metaverse

Does killing somebody in the metaverse make you a murderer?

By Victor Tangermann

A Microsoft executive faces an allegation he watched VR porn in front of employees and touched women inaporpriately. It's an industry wide problem.
Future Society

Bizarre.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Russian cosmonaut has shared an amazing photo of an ice formation on the windows of the International Space Station that looks a whole lot like the moon.
Moon

We've never seen anything like this before.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese researchers are investigating ways to disable and even destroy SpaceX's Starlink satellites if they ever prove to be a threat to national security.
SpaceX

The country is investigating ""soft and hard kill methods."

By Victor Tangermann

In a new video by YouTuber Tim "Everyday Astronaut" Dodd, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk can be seen ascending to the top of the space company's "Mechazilla" tower.
Off-World

"We should get like a hang glider and jump off or something."

By Victor Tangermann