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Chinese researchers are investigating ways to disable and even destroy SpaceX's Starlink satellites if they ever prove to be a threat to national security.
SpaceX

Chinese Scientists Reportedly Plotting How to Destroy SpaceX Satellites

The country is investigating ""soft and hard kill methods."

In a new video by YouTuber Tim "Everyday Astronaut" Dodd, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk can be seen ascending to the top of the space company's "Mechazilla" tower.
Off-World

Video Shows Elon Musk Climbing Mechazilla Tower

"We should get like a hang glider and jump off or something."

A study last week in the Scandanavian Journal of Medicine & Science In Sports found that three seconds of lifting increases muscle strength and thickness.
Studies

Scientists Find That Lifting Weights for Just Three Seconds Is Quite Good for You

Do you even lift, bro? Yeah, for three seconds per day!

Researchers have created the first-ever detailed map of the mysterious layer of rocks forming the boundary between the Earth's core and the mantle.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Area Inside Earth That Slows Earthquakes “to a Crawl”

What's going on down there?

Crypto scammers made a deepfake video of Elon Musk claiming he started the fake trading platform BitVex. Musk said the creepy video isn't him.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Alarmed by Deepfake of Him Endorsing Crypto Scam

"Yikes. Def not me."

Good Meat announced it'll build ten 250,000-liter bioreactors that it claims could make 30 million pounds of lab grown, no kill meat in the US.
Climate Change

Huge Facility to Produce 15,000 Tons of Lab Grown Meat Per Year in the US

"Our grandchildren are going to ask us why we ate slaughtered animals."

Animal researchers in the UK are teaming up with Chester Zoo to save endangered animal species from going extinct using crogenetically frozen tissues.
DNA

Zoo Saving DNA From Rare Animals In Case They Go Extinct

Like real life Jurassic Park!

Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database
DNA

Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database

"And it'll be used for good, right?"

Hollywood actor Seth Green fell for a common phishing scam, with hacker getting away with one of his NFTs, which was meant to star in his upcoming show.
NFTs

Someone Stole the Ape NFT That Was Supposed to Star in a New TV Show

"Days before he’s set to make his world debut, he’s literally kidnapped."

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter is wreaking havoc on Tesla's stock prices in drama one analyst calls a "circus show."
Elon Musk

Tesla Investors Getting Tired of Elon Musk’s “Circus Show”

Investors are getting tired.

Volkswagen CEO Says It Will Soon Overtake Tesla in Electric Car Sales
Tesla

Volkswagen CEO Says It Will Soon Overtake Tesla in Electric Car Sales

They're pretty far behind right now, but that could change by 2025.

The extensive shelling of Ukraine has been so severe, the invasion can literally be seen from space, a reminder of the devastating scale of the war.
Off-World

Astronaut Says the Ukraine War Is So Brutal He Could See It From Space

Talk about shock and awe.

Don't go to a stablecoin founder's house to try to talk to them if you're ever in South Korea.
Cryptocurrency

Bankrupt Investor Arrested for Showing Up at Crypto Founder’s House

"It's illegal to just go there and try to talk. I didn't know."

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has shown off an impressive new feature of the EQG, its upcoming, all-electric version of its premium G-Wagon off-roader.
Advanced Transport

Mercedes Shows Off Electric Car That Can Spin in Place By Controlling Wheels Separately

It did a full 360 on the spot!

NASA's InSight Mars lander took "what is likely to be its final selfie," according to a NASA update, a heartbreaking end to a spectacular mission.
NASA

NASA Lander Looks Beat as Hell in Final Selfie Before Death

Looking pretty rough, buddy!

Have you ever looked up from scrolling social media your phone and realized hours have passed without you noticing? Then you're very, very much not alone. 
Health & Medicine

Relatable! Scientists Say You Likely Enter a “Dissociative State” While Scrolling Social Media

It's not the trauma-related kind of dissociation, but it's still concerning.

After selling an NFT for a cool $69.3 million (nice) last year, digital artist Beeple has fallen victim to hackers.
NFTs

The Most Famous NFT Artist Got Hacked, Ripping Off His Followers

"Anything too good to be true IS A F**KING SCAM"

After years of delays, Boeing's second attempt to dock its Starliner with the International Space Station is going pretty well, actually.
Boeing

Boeing’s Starliner Mission Is Going Surprisingly Well, Actually

If this thing succeeds, it could be a major headache for SpaceX.

A March rumor that the Russians were going to abandon an American astronaut aboard the ISS made its way to the astronaut in question in an roundabout fashion. 
NASA

NASA Astronaut Heard Rumor of Being Abandoned in Space From His Wife

Honey...

A space company is getting ready to shoot the cremated remains of 47 people into orbit this week, the ultimate way to say goodbye to a loved one.
Off-World

Florida Prepares to Shoot Remains of 47 People Into Space

"It was a dream of his."