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Scientists at UCSF say they've developed a new treatment that causes cancer cells to rat on themselves, allowing the immune system to easily kill them.
Cancer

New Treatment Turns Cancer Genes Into “Eat Me” Signs For Immune System

Turn cancer cells into a tasty treat for your immune system.

By Frank Landymore

The popular parent-teacher app Seesaw was hacked, and bad actors sent a horribly explicit, NSFW meme to unassuming users.
Hacking

Parent-Teacher Messaging App Hacked to Send Mom and Dad Horrifying Images

"DELETE THE MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This isn't a sympathy case for Harvey Weinstein. Bad guy. But his dental ordeal and the pleas he's made for proper care are emblematic of a bigger issue.
Developments

Harvey Weinstein’s Rotting Teeth Reveal a Lot About Prison Healthcare

Even if for a monster like him, is the future of prison in America?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Bill Gates is frustrated with the state of the world. But most of all, he's frustrated with the role that distraction plays in our failure to meet goals.
Future Society

Bill Gates Sounds Moderately Horrified by How Civilization Is Going

"The scariest thing of all is not that we're behind. We just have to accept that."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A food delivery robot threw caution to the wind and forced itself across a police line in the name of duty.
Robotics

Food Delivery Robot Plows Through Crime Scene as Cops Look on in Bemusement

Disrespect your surroundings.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers at MIT suspect Saturn may be hiding the remains of an ancient moon in its rings — which could explain the planet's unusual tilt.
Moon

Saturn Might Be Hiding Remains of a Secret, Massive Moon in Its Rings

It's a compelling theory that could explain a lot.

By Victor Tangermann

US president Joe Biden confused a gas-guzzling Corvette sports car for an electric vehicle in a recent tweet.
Advanced Transport

Joe Biden Mocked for Tweeting About EVs With Pic of Gas Car

"Such a car guy, you don't even know that's a gas-powered Corvette."

By Victor Tangermann

Some short men are so insecure about their heights that they are paying doctors to break their bones during surgical leg-lengthening procedures. 
Health & Medicine

Inside the Minds of the Short Men Who Get Their Legs Broken to Add 3-6 Inches of Height

This is a pretty extreme way to gain confidence.

By Noor Al-Sibai

An eerie green meteor of unknown origin streaked across the night sky on Wednesday, drawing the attention of thousand of onlookers in Ireland and the U.K.
Off-World

Video Shows Vivid Green Meteor Screaming Over Residential Area

"I’ve seen similar fireballs in the past 10 years, but nothing as spectacular as this."

By Frank Landymore

In a joking tweet, Elon Musk accused Hans Niemann of using vibrating, remote-controlled anal beads to beat the Magnus Carlsen, the game's No. 1 grandmaster.
Elon Musk

Why Elon Musk Said a Remote Controlled Sex Toy Was Used to Cheat at a Chess Tournament

Our heads hurt, too.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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