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Canada has snuck a Criminal Code amendment into its 2022 federal budget making it a crime to commit illegal acts — in outer space.
Off-World

Canada Says Astronauts Are No Longer Allowed to Murder Each Other

Well, okay then.

There may be a link between cats and psychosis, according to new reserach from scientists at McGill University in Montreal.
Parasites

Can Cats Infect You With a Psychosis-Inducing Brain Parasite? The Answer Is Complicated

"Cat ownership in childhood may be a risk factor for psychotic experiences in adulthood."

Despite hackers stealing $13.7 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, interest was so high in its metaverse plots the Ethereum crypto blockchain crashed.
Ethereum

Bored Apes’ New Drop Was So Popular That It Crashed the Entire Ethereum Blockchain

Smell that? It's blood in the water.

Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne has tested postive for COVID-19, a disease that may have come from bats, 40 years after he bit the head off a live bat.
Developments

In Epic Revenge, Bats Infect Ozzy Osbourne

Destiny — and bats — comes for us all.

The European Space Agency posted new photos of Mars' topography captured by the Mars Express. The depressions look like "fingernail" scratches.
Mars

Scientists: It’s As If Something With Huge “Fingernails” Scratched the Surface of Mars

Are there monsters on Mars yet?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told Twitter users he doesn't like Adderall, Ritalin, Wellbutrin and other prescriptions used to treat mental illness.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Warns Against Specific Prescription Drugs

Not cool.

Swimmer Ben Lecomte swam the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, where fish and animals thrive. Life created an entire unexpected ecosystem.
Climate Change

Hooray! The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Has Become a Thriving Ecosystem, Scientists Say

It's bittersweet.

A man drank shigella bacteria, which causes excruciating dysentary and tweeted the week-long process in stomach-churning detail.
Health & Medicine

Brave Volunteer Drinks “Dysentery Smoothie” to Give Himself “Life-Threatening Diarrhea”

"I truly felt like I could not move."

Billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, assumed Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez subtweeted him on Twitter yesterday in an awkward exchange.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Feuding With [Checks Notes] AOC

C'mon, man.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Future Interfaces Group modified a virtual reality headset to simulate haptics on the mouth and kissing in VR.
Future Society

Scientists Invent Weird Device to Simulate Kissing in VR

At last!

Paleontologists have found a giant ichthyosaur tooth in the Swiss Alps that re-writes what we know about their size. Glacial melt could meant more.
Environment

Scientists Find Giant Tooth

"Bigger is always better."

A Tesla Model 3 owner's vehicle was taken apart by a local body shop, after he rented it out to them over peer-to-peer carsharing app Turo.
Tesla

Man Freaks When Someone Rents His Tesla and Starts Taking It Apart

"Should I be worried? Should I be calling the cops?"

The Federal Aviation Association's environmental assessment of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft has been set back yet again, according to a notice.
Starship

The FAA Just Pushed Back SpaceX’s Starship Orbital Test Even Further

Starship is still grounded.

A controversial TikTok account fooled fans into believing a deepfake Robert Pattinson, but has since been deleted. Who did it?
Artificial Intelligence

Deepfaked Robert Pattinson TikTok Account Mysteriously Nuked

"That uncanny valley feeling haunts me when I watch this."

More than 30 residents reported a fireball and loud boom that turned out to be a meteor yesterday. Was it connected to that other asteroid?
Science & Energy

Residents Hear Loud Boom That Turns Out to Be a Meteor

"I thought the dinosaurs was coming back for us."

After breaking his promise to not trash talk Russia, former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly appears unable to shut up. 
NASA

Former Astronaut Muzzled by NASA Unloads on Russia Again

"They also are not that sophisticated as a spacefaring nation."

A study published by Princeton co-authors says climate change and carbon emissions are killing ocean and marine life so fast it could cause mass extinction.
Climate Change

Humans Causing Worst Ocean Extinction Event Since Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs, Scientists Say

Fish are literally suffocating.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to start peering into deep space later this year, having completed its alignment phase.
James Webb Space Telescope

Huzzah! The James Webb Is Fully Aligned and Ready to Spy on Deep Space

It's happening!

The crew of the latest space tourist mission into space had to figuratively knock on the door of the Russian segment of the ISS to use their bathroom.
Off-World

The Curse of the Toilet Continues! Bathroom Broke During Tourists’ Stay on ISS

They had to ask the Russians to use their toilet.

Grocery Chain Using “Cashiers” Paid $3/Hour to Video in From Nicaragua
Future Society

Grocery Chain Using “Cashiers” Paid $3/Hour to Video in From Nicaragua

This is messed up.