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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has unknowingly been traveling with a pet rock companion since at least early February, covering over five miles.
Mars

There’s a Rock Stuck in the Mars Rover’s Wheel, NASA Complains

"We might confuse a future Mars geologist who finds it out of place!"

An Indiana woman allegedly told someone that she used an Apple AirTag to stalk a man and kill him because he was cheating on her.
Future Society

Woman Arrested for Murdering Boyfriend After Tracking Him With Apple AirTag

A grim saga.

SpaceX's imminent cargo launch has been delayed until at least the end of June because, well, the Dragon spacecraft may be leaking fuel.
NASA

NASA Alarmed by SpaceX Spacecraft Seemingly Leaking Fuel

This doesn't seem good at all!

Chinese scientists are reported to have developed a fully-automated, pig-cloning robot, and the AI-powered bot is apparently way more efficient than humans.
Future Society

China Now Producing Cloned Pigs Using Only Robots

This could change world food systems.

In a new piece for Big Think, Hartsfield argues that massive particle accelerators simply aren't worth the colossal amounts of money and effort.
Physics

Physicist Begs Colleagues Not to Build Another Large Hadron Collider

Tell us how you really feel!

Neuroscientists are positing that issues with the brain's own waste removal system may be the root cause of Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience and Brain

“Poisonous Flowers” in Brain May Cause Alzheimer’s, Scientists Say

These strange structures are beautiful... and deadly.

The nation's leading stungun maker is pulling plans to put Taser drones in schools, but that wasn't enough for most its ethics board, which has resigned.
Ethics

Most of Company’s Ethics Board Resigns in Disgust Over Taser-Wielding Drones

"The company has fundamentally failed to embrace the values that we have tried to instill."

An early Tesla Cybertruck prototype made a rare public appearance during the commissioning ceremony of the car company's Megapack project in California.
Tesla

Tesla Shows Off Cybertruck, But There Are a Bunch of Wires Ripped Out of the Steering Wheel for Some Reason

That's... messy.

Inventor Unveils Flying Motorcycle Powered by Eight Jet Engines
Advanced Transport

Inventor Unveils Flying Motorcycle Powered by Eight Jet Engines

Hell yeah.

Venus may have once been a life-supporting system, and NASA is looking to shed light on how Earth's "twin" came to be — and how, more sinisterly, it died.
NASA

NASA Plotting Journey Through the Hellish Atmosphere of Venus

"Flying analytical chemistry laboratory."

Roscosmos is reportedly trying to gain control over a German telescope currently orbiting the Earth almost a million miles away.
Off-World

Russia Reportedly Trying to Hijack Space Telescope Currently Orbiting Earth

That's one way to do it!

NASA's Mars helicopter has run into a bit of trouble 28 successful flights and well over an entire dusty Earth year into its mission on the Red Planet.
Mars

Navigation Sensor on Mars Helicopter Dead, NASA Says

The team will have to get creative.

During the undocking of Roscosmos spacecraft Progress MS-18, ISS Cosmonaut Sergey Korsakav discovered "stowaways" gripping the un-crewed freighter.
Off-World

No, These Aren’t Weird Visitors on the Outside of the Space Station

"But who are those stowaways watching us?"

A new "edible QR code" can determine whether or not you're drinking counterfeit liquor — but it looks a whole lot like a hit of acid.  
Future Society

This Edible QR Tag Looks like a Big Ol’ Hit of Acid

What a trip!

We know space food is gross, but these pizzas eaten aboard the International Space Station really take the cake — or rather, the pie.
NASA

NASA Astronauts Spotted Eating Nasty-Looking Pizza on Space Station

Is that technically even pizza?

In a surreal display of absolutely unmatched energy, the Queen journeyed through through the streets of London via hologram.
Future Society

The UK Is Apparently Just Driving Around a Hologram of the Queen Now

That's one way to do it!

Tonka the chimpanzee starred in "Buddy" and "George of the Jungle" — and is at the center of a legal battle in which his owner allegedly faked his death.
Science & Energy

Chimpanzee Star of “Buddy” Found Alive After His Owner Allegedly Faked His Death

"Tonka is not a normal chimpanzee."

Doctors researching an experimental cancer treatment were shocked when every single patient in the small trial went into remission.
Cancer

Scientists Intrigued by Treatment That Put Every Single Patient’s Cancer Into Remission

"I believe this is the first time this has happened in the history of cancer."

The Russian government is clearly fed up with speculation about the state of often-shirtless president Vladimir Putin's health.
Developments

Russia Says That Vladimir Putin Definitely Does NOT Have a Terminal Illness, Thank You Very Much!

And we, like, FOR SURE believe them.

The leading stun gun manufacturer's plan to put Taser drones in schools is so bad, the company's own ethics watchdog shot it down.
Future Society

Drama Engulfs Plan to Zap School Shooters With Taser-Toting Drones

This is, unfortunately, not that surprising in 2022.