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In the next year, Pfizer plans to nearly quadruple the per-dose price of their COVID-19 vaccine, jacking costs from $20 to $30 per shot to $110 to $130.
Developments

Pfizer’s Jacking Up the COVID Vaccine Cost to 10,000 Percent Its Production Cost

Other vaccine makers will likely follow suit.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

AI-powered generator tools that can create brand new and uncanny music tracks at the click of a button are worrying record labels.
Artificial Intelligence

Record Labels Terrified by Rise of AI Music Generators

Is AI music infringing on the rights of artists?

By Victor Tangermann

According to a scathing new Greenpeace USA report, only five percent of plastic waste generated by US households — a shockingly low number.
Pollution

A Shocking Amount of US “Recycling” Goes Straight to the Landfill

Recycling plastic is a "failed concept," according to a scathing new report.

By Victor Tangermann

Engineer and prototype machinist Brian Stanley has gone viral with a video of a cyborg eye flashlight that can light up an entire room.
Prosthetics and Devices

A Guy Lost His Eye and Put a Bright Light Into the Socket

"I lost my eye to cancer, so I made this and turned my head into a flashlight."

By Victor Tangermann

Watch out for Slotie, a "metaverse casino" that was just issued an emergency cease-and-desist order by four different US states.
Metaverse

Shockingly, This NFT Metaverse Casino Is Already in Big Trouble

"Investing in virtual realities can leave investors virtually broke."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

With new tests, NASA is asking a bold question: What if the easiest way for rovers to land on Mars is to let it crash onto the surface?
Mars

NASA Testing Giant “Crumple Zone” Gadget That Would Let Rovers Crash Into Mars and Survive

It's pretty genius.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have spotted a gas giant planet in the vicinity of a red dwarf star, and its density is so low that it's comparable to a marshmallow.
Mars

Astronomers Puzzled by “Marshmallow” Planet With Unusually Low Density

Its surface is pretty toasty, too.

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University have constructed an AI-powered robot trained to kill cockroaches and other insects with a deadly laser.
Robotics

Brutal Robot Kills Cockroaches Using a Powerful Laser

"If you can kill them, you can kill any pests."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An ex-Tesla executive has unloaded on her former boss Elon Musk, who, according to her, used to transform into another person when he got mad.
Elon Musk

Former Tesla Exec Says Elon Musk Can Be Like a “Toddler” Having a “Tantrum”

"I wasn't seeing Elon — I was seeing this person that was taken by anger."

By Noor Al-Sibai

With the help of the Atlas 2030 exoskeleton, eight-year-old David from Mexico, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is learning to walk.
Robotics

8-Year-Old Boy With Cerebral Palsy Walks Using Robotic Exoskeleton

It's a miracle.

By Frank Landymore

Bloomberg reports that the Biden administration might perform a national security review of Elon Musk, his Twitter deal, and Starlink.
Elon Musk

Biden Administration Reportedly Considering National Security Review of Elon Musk

It kind of makes sense.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has announced that it has put together a 16-expert team to investigate reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) or UFOs.
NASA

NASA Has Assembled an Expert UFO-Hunting Team

"Exploring the unknown in space and the atmosphere is at the heart of who we are at NASA."

By Noor Al-Sibai

By shooting a laser pulse imitating the Fibonacci Sequence into qubits, physicists created a new phase of matter far better at maintaing a quantum state.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Fed the Fibonacci Sequence Into a Quantum Computer and Something Strange Happened

"You can have the system behave as if there are two distinct directions of time."

By Frank Landymore

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, reportedly planned to spy on the locations of specific American citizens using the popular video app's location data.
Future Society

TikTok Caught Planning to Spy on the Locations of Specific American Citizens

What the hell is TikTok up to?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An ant photographed under a microscope by wildlife photographer Eugenijus Kavaliauskas has gone viral on social media for its evil appearance.
Science & Energy

This Extreme Closeup of an Ant Is Giving Us Actual Nightmares

Fear its gaze.

By Frank Landymore

New drone footage shows that Saudi Arabia has begun excavating for its giant skyscraper megacity — just after sentencing a group of people to execution.
Future Society

Saudi Arabia Begins Construction of 100 Mile Skyscraper

This is insane.

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA’s New James Webb Shot Is Much Better When You Put Googly Eyes on It
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s New James Webb Shot Is Much Better When You Put Googly Eyes on It

It's perfect. No notes.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman protesting an allegedly wrongful eviction unleashed her wrath by siccing hundreds of bees on cops serving the eviction notice.
Future Society

Woman Attacks Police With Swarm of Furious Bees

"Oh, you're allergic? Good."

By Frank Landymore

A team of researchers claim to have created a biodegradable and renewable alternative to both glass and plastic in the form of "transparent wood."
Science & Energy

Scientists Say New “Transparent Wood” Could Replace Plastic

It's far more sustainable.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced that after successfully smashing its Double Asteroid Reduction Test (DART) into an asteroid, the space rock ejected two comet tails.
NASA

Asteroid NASA Smashed a Spacecraft Into Grew Two “Unexpected” Tails

Astronomers are "both surprised and puzzled."

By Noor Al-Sibai