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Science is finally working to figure out what personality traits make someone an asshole.
Health & Medicine

"People didn’t really have very much trouble figuring out who the ‘biggest a**hole’ in their life was."

New App Pays Alcoholics $5 Per Day to Not Drink
Health & Medicine

Get sober. Get paid.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage at this year's TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, to address the elephant in the room: his bid to buy Twitter.
Elon Musk

Is it really about free speech?

NASA's Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at the agency's jet propulsion lab in California, chained himself to a JP Morgan Chase bank last week to protest government inaction on climate change.
NASA

"We’re going to lose everything."

Brazilian Military Faces Stiff Questions About Purchase of Penis Implants
Prosthetics and Devices

"We won’t allow Bolsonaro to turn Brazil into an orgy."

ProVeg, dedicated to reducing meat consumption, paid for a recent study that says vegan dog food I s healthier than those on conventional meat diets.
Future Society

Now wait a minute...

Long before sending off NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on its long journey into deep space last month, engineers took the opportunity to take an epic group selfie.
James Webb Space Telescope

"Everything is hunky-dory and doing well now."

In an animation, the James Webb Space Telescope is doing a seemingly chaotic loop-de-loop across the solar system. But there's method to the madness.
James Webb Space Telescope

There's method to the madness.

NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope's golden primary mirror wings, or side panels, deployed and latched successfully.
James Webb Space Telescope

"Webb’s iconic primary mirror is taking its final shape."

NASA has released a stunning new image taken by its James Webb Space Telescope that shows a star fully in focus surrounded by a dizzying vista of galaxies.
James Webb Space Telescope

"We have the highest resolution infrared images taken from space ever."

One of its 13 early targets is Jupiter, a gas giant that's far closer to us than most of its other targets.
Science & Energy

There's a lot we know about Jupiter. But even more we don't.

You could be filing tax for free, but companies like Intuit and H & R Block spend millions lobbying the government, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Future Society

"You could be filing your taxes for free."

NASA is hoping to launch a spacecraft to investigate a massive metal-rich asteroid called Psyche, which experts estimate to be worth $10 quintillion.
NASA

"It could be the part of a metal core of a tiny planet..."

Tesla CEO and richest person in the world Elon Musk is threatening to personally take over Twitter. The platform is having a field day.
Elon Musk

"'I’m going to leave Twitter if Elon Musk takes over' is the new 'I’m going to move to Canada if Trump wins.'"

Even while making the oh-so-serious offer to buy Twitter outright for a whopping $43 billion, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may still be trolling
Elon Musk

Can you really say you're surprised?

New company will let you save your data in the metaverse and pay $50 per year to talk to avatars of dead loved ones after they die.
Future Society

"If I die people can come in and have a conversation with my avatar."

Elon Musk Offers to Buy the Entirety of Twitter
Elon Musk

This is his "best and final offer."

Things didn't quite go according to plan when Israeli crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi tried to sell an NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's inaugural tweet. 
NFTs

Ouch.

Astronaut Scott Kelly is raising money for Ukrainian relief by selling NFTs that actually aren't ugly.
NFTs

"My story is not the typical astronaut story."

At least 16 were injuried in a subway shooting in Brooklyn, NYC. Public transit disruption meant Uber turned on surges, charing 10x as much for rides.
Future Society

"People are scared, let them get out safely."