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Doctors published a study in the European Heart Journal that found people who add salt to their food are more likely to die a premature death.
Food

Salting Your Food Can Kill You Faster, Doctors Say

Maybe don't pass the salt.

Japanese researchers say we'll probably need their newly designed Moon base with artificial gravity if humans are going to live on the Moon.
Moon

Japanese Team Invents Moon Base With Artificial Gravity

"The day when human beings live in outer space, the moon, and Mars is imminent."

Scientists say the James Webb Space Telescope will get hit by a micrometeorite every month. The telescope is about to return its first deep space images.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Planning for James Webb to Get Hit by One Micrometeorite Per Month

Space is a dangerous place.

Former President Donald Trump isn't a fan of Tesla CEO Elon Musk anymore because the billionaire didn't vote Republican. Trump says Musk lied about voting.
Elon Musk

Donald Trump Is Absolutely Furious That Elon Musk Lied to Him

"He told me he voted for me."

Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find
Off-World

Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find

"The surface was soft and flowed away like a fluid."

People in Arizona hate Waymo's autonomous self-driving vehicles so much it made one pedestrian attack a vehicle and a safety driver inside the car.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicle Attacked by Furious Pedestrian

They went ham on that thing.

A pregnant Texas driver is fighting a traffic ticket after police said her unborn child doesn't count as a passenger in HOV lanes.
Future Society

Pregnant Woman Fights Traffic Ticket, Claiming Unborn Fetus Count as Passenger After Roe Reversal

"My baby girl is right here. She is a person."

A smart pet door from Petvation that uses facial recognition software and machine learning to let your pets in and out is headed to production.
Future Society

Smart Pet Door Uses Facial Recognition to Keep Strange Animals Out

Face ID is out. Whisker recognition is in.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is officially trying to back out of his bid to buy Twitter for $44 billion, the BBC reports.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Officially Giving Up on Buying Twitter

Twitter is confident it will "prevail" in court.

One cryptocurrency company is literally applying the logic of layaway to non-fungible tokens now, because apparently, the crypto community can sink lower. 
NFTs

Horrifying Loan Scheme Allows People to Buy NFTs in Installments

What could possibly go wrong?

Brad Pitt is one of the most recognizable faces in acting. But recognizing faces is something that Pitt himself seriously struggles with.
Neuroscience and Brain

Brad Pitt Says He Has Prosopagnosia

Here's what that means.

NASA just teased us with a list of the cosmic wonders captured by the James Webb telescope for its upcoming first images.
James Webb Space Telescope

Here’s What to Expect From James Webb’s First Images

NASA has officially revealed its first targets.

Crypto exchange Voyager Digital has filed for bankruptcy, and according to the paperwork, most customers likely won't be getting their money back.
Cryptocurrency

Man Loses Down Payment for House When Crypto Exchange Goes Bankrupt

"I just don't understand how this could be legal."

The federal government is looking into a self-driving taxi company after its second reported collision with another vehicle.
Advanced Transport

Feds Reportedly Investigating Driverless Taxis After They Wreak Havoc in San Francisco

What the hell is going on?

While addressing legislators on Thursday, EU commissioner Maroš Šefčovič warned that "the present drought in Europe could become the worst ever."
Climate Change

EU Warns That Current Drought Could Become “The Worst Ever” As Fires Spread

"We have the most intense, intense forest fires ever seen in Europe."

NASA has officially decried the startling act of anti-Ukraine propaganda by Russia that took place onboard the ISS earlier this week.
NASA

NASA Furious at Russia’s Ukraine Stunt on Space Station

Decades of peaceful cooperation are on the line.

Yesterday, Musk casually dismissed Bill Gates' claim that hydrogen power is the "Swiss Army Knife of decarbonization" — with just a laughing face emoji.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Shreds Bill Gates for Supporting Hydrogen Power

Hydrogen is "the most dumb thing I could possibly imagine for energy storage."

The ultimate hands-free dental care: a swarm of shapeshifting microrobots, able to treat and remove tooth decay-inducing bacteria and plaque.
Health & Medicine

Lazy Flossers Rejoice! Tiny Robot Shapeshifters Will Brush and Floss for You

Finally, something that can bring us all together.

In the wake of Elon Musk's latest round of widespread Tesla layoffs, several big name tech organizations are employing newly ex-Teslians left and right.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Rivals Snatch Up Laid-Off Tesla Employees

"If the Emperor of Mars doesn't want you..."

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot with a "homemade shotgun," Bloomberg reports.
Future Society

Former Japanese Prime Minister Assassinated With “Homemade Shotgun”

"This actually shows the extent that Japan gun laws are working."