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Several NGOs have co-signed a letter to Telsa and Elon Musk, begging the founder to avoid investing in Indonesia's nickel mining industry.
Environment

Environmental Groups Horrified by New Tesla Plan

They're begging the founder to stay away from Indonesia.

According to a new Roscosmos interview, Russia's vision for its upcoming station dubbed Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) isn't exactly groundbreaking.
Off-World

Russia’s New Space Station Gets Sadder the More We Hear About It

Sounds more like a step backwards.

An independent analysis shows that Tesla's electric cybertruck is incredibly aerodynamic — its drag is above average for other pickup trucks on the market.
Wind

New Analysis Finds That Blocky Cybertruck Has Enviable Wind Resistance

Not bad!

A team of researchers have discovered "pits" in the lunar surface which, according to their computer modeling, sit at a balmy 63 degrees Fahrenheit.
Moon

NASA Finds Holes on the Moon Where It’s Always a Comfortable Temperature

A balmy 63 degrees Fahrenheit.

A massive piece of Chinese space junk is slowly making its descent back down to Earth — and nobody is entirely sure where it will fall.
Off-World

Chinese Rocket Officially Plummeting Down to Earth

"Due to the uncontrolled nature of its descent, there is a non-zero probability of the surviving debris landing in a populated area."

Residents of Indiana and surrounding states saw a massive fireball meteor hurtle through the atmosphere in the earliest hours on Saturday morning.
Off-World

Videos Show Meteor So Bright It Lit the Entire Sky

"I've never seen anything like what I just saw."

Quantum physicists have effectively opened a portal to a new time dimension while creating a new topological phase of quantum matter.
Physics

Physicists Create New Phase of Matter With “Extra” Time Dimension

This is pretty mind-bending.

Researchers working at Samsung AI Center unveil "neural head avatar technology" that turns still photos into eerily lifelike animated faces.
Artificial Intelligence

Eerie Deepfake Tech Turns Random Guy Into Angelina Jolie

Wow.

A person who bought a used 2013 Model S is now being charged $4,500 to unlock the full range of the vehicle, according to a now-viral Twitter thread.
Tesla

Tesla Cuts Car’s Range By 30%, Demands $4,500 to Get It Back

"They basically robbed him and are demanding a ransom to get back what he had before."

Michael Williams has filed a lawsuit against Chicago on grounds that an AI policing program called ShotSpotter led to his wrongful arrest.
Future Society

Man Sues City of Chicago, Claiming Its AI Wrongly Imprisoned Him

Officers are accused of putting "blind faith" in a notoriously unreliable platform.

Nearly 20 years of Alzheimer's research could be undone after investigators uncover that a widely cited and influential paper may have used fabricated data.
Studies

Decades of Alzheimer’s Research Allegedly Based on Fabricated Data

These are serious allegations.

China has added a new science laboratory module dubbed Wentian to its growing space station this week, an impressive feat.
Space

China Attaches New Section Onto Its Brand New Space Station

They're wasting no time.

A firm is organizing a class-action lawsuit against Yuga Labs, accusing them of inflating the worth of digital assets BAYC NFTs and native token ApeCoin.
Blockchain

Bored Apes Creators Facing Class Action Lawsuit

This lawsuit could potentially force the SEC's hand.

Russian space corporation Roscosmos has finally formally announced it is abandoning the International Space Station — at some point "after 2024."
International Space Station

Russia Says It’s Definitely Quitting the ISS But Doesn’t Say When Exactly

Putin is pleased.

You might want to have the spidey-sense to stay away from this one: engineers at Rice University have turned dead spiders into “necrobotic” grippers.
Robotics

Scientists Turn Dead Spiders Into “Necrobotic” Arachnoborgs

No... please no...

Mainstream cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly under investigation by the Securities and Exchanges Commission, Bloomberg reports.
Blockchain

Coinbase Reportedly Under Investigation by the SEC

Is crypto regulation finally on the horizon?

A Romanian rocket startup called ARCA Space has come up with an absolutely ludicrous rocket design to launch payloads into orbit.
Off-World

This Might Be the Weirdest-Looking Rocket We’ve Ever Seen

"This is possibly the dumbest space thing I've ever seen..."

On the list of terrible things to wake to wake your pregnant wife up with, the news that you've lost $100,000 in crypto is right up there.
Cryptocurrency

Man Wakes Pregnant Wife to Tell Her He Lost $100,000 on Crypto

Bad news, honey.

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli is reportedly launching a Web3 drug discovery platform called Druglike, allegedly to democratize and decentralize the industry.
RX and Medicine

Martin Shkreli Is out of Prison, so of Course He’s Getting Into Web3

This man simply will not stop.

A NASA-funded project aims to use the Sun as a gigantic lens to peer into the far reaches of the universe to look for extraterrestrial biosignatures.
Exobiology

Researchers Want to Use the Sun As a Giant Telescope to Look for Aliens

An epic task.