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The archipelago nation of Seychelles says industrialized and Western nations aren't following through on climate change and climate aid promises.
Climate Change

Archipelagic Nation Sick of Other Countries Breaking Climate Change Promises

"Not one cent has come through."

A few wind farms in Scotland were asked to reduce output by 25 megawatts because turbines produced more power than the UK's electric grid could handle.
Wind

The UK Is Producing Too Much Wind Power, Actually

It's bittersweet.

Shakey's Pizza fans are upset Tesla filed plans to demolish the Hollywood building and replace it with a supercharger, diner and drive-in theater.
Future Society

Hollywood Locals Upset Tesla Is Replacing Shakey’s Pizza

RIP Shakey's.

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he wanted to open an old-school diner, Tesla this week filed papers to open a drive-in supercharger location in Hollywood.
Future Society

Tesla Planning 24-Hour Drive-In Theatre and Diner in Hollywood

Eat, watch, supercharge.

Two robotic buoys will relay location info on North Atlantic right whales back to shore so mariners and the public can help save the endangered species.
Climate Change

Marine Scientists Deploy Whale-Monitoring Robots to Save Endangered Species

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Kids who played video games saw a positive impact on their intelligence, European scientists say in new study published in the Nature journal.
Studies

Good News, Gamers! That Screen Time Could Make You a Little Smarter, Scientists Say

V poggers.

A team published a new study in the preprint journal Arxiv and said humanity could become an interplanetary Kardashev Type I Civilization by the year 2371.
Off-World

Humans Approaching Intelligence Level Required for Interplanetary Life, Scientists Say

We haven't even made it to first base yet.

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

MIT Says We Could Build a House With Lab-Grown Wood

Okay, that's pretty awesome.

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

SpaceX Replacing Defective Heat Shield Before Next Astronaut Launch

The heat is on.

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

Art Plundered From Africa Stolen Back, Sold as NFTs

This is honestly pretty great.

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

Pentagon: Stop Asking Questions About Our “Killer Robots,” Which Don’t Exist by the Way

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

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

Cyberpunk Overload! It’s the Summer of the Robot Vending Machine

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

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

Walmart Announces Drone Deliveries to 4 Million Households

If it fits, it ships.

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

Scientists Intrigued by Strange Lights in Old Space Photos

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

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

The First Electric F-150 Buyer Tried to Get a Cybertruck Instead

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

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

Elon Says a Recession Would Be a “Good Thing”

"Some bankruptcies need to happen."

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

Cops Are Now Deepfaking Murder Victims To Catch Their Killers

Creepy or helpful?

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

Someone’s Selling NASA Moon Dust That Got Eaten By Cockroaches

Talk about fine dining.

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

Deliveries of All-Electric Ford F-150 Lightning Officially Begin

The first customer just picked his up!

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

Creator of “Stablecoin” That Crashed to Zero Says It’s Creating a New One

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