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A NASA update has revealed that after a series of delays, the Psyche asteroid mission is under review and may ultimately be scrapped.
NASA

NASA May Cancel Mission to Zillion Dollar Asteroid

This mission has been in the works for years.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A solar panel can leak heavy metals and cause pollution, but consumer solar demand may mean they get tossed aside less often.
Solar Power

California Complains Its Junkyards Are Filling With Toxic Solar Panels

"People just don’t realize that there are toxic materials in those electronics."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter and its moon Europa, taken by its groundbreaking new James Webb Space Telescope.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Picture of Jupiter So Crisp You Can See Its Moon Europa

This is only the beginning.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is hoping to send scientists to the International Space Station on private missions, but the space agency says it'll need funding to make it happen. 
NASA

NASA Seeks Funding to Send Scientists to Space Station

Get 'em up there!

By Lonnie Lee Hood

After somehow losing a human skeleton in transit, FedEx used perhaps the milquetoast possible way to apologize for the loss.
Medical

FedEx Apologies for Losing Human Skeleton Shipped Via Its Service

Talk about adding insult to injury!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto winter has apparently reached the high seas. OpenSea, the world's most popular NFT marketplace, has announced widespread layoffs, joining several other industry leaders who have had to make major workforce cuts amid the cryptosphere's catastrophic slump.
NFTs

Top NFT Marketplace OpenSea Fires 20 Percent of Its Employees

"The reality is that we have entered an unprecedented combination of crypto winter and broad macroeconomic instability."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Workers in Japan are apparently so overwhelmed that two companies are partnering up to create new upright "nap boxes." 
Future Society

Japanese Workplaces Installing Vertical “Nap Boxes” for Employees

"It’s better to sleep in a comfortable location."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover discovered something strange as it traversed Mars on Tuesday — a string-like material that looked like noodles.
Mars

NASA Intrigued by Noodle-Like Object Found on Mars

That's a new one!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The ever controversial head of the Russian space program, Dmitri Rogozin, is being replaced by deputy prime minister Yury Borisov, according to the Kremlin.
Off-World

Russian Space Chief Leaving Post, May Be Headed to War Zone

"Bye, Dmitri!"

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's father raised a child with his stepdaughter, British tabloid The Sun reports, a shocking revelation.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Disgusted by Dad Bragging About Impregnating Stepdaughter

But they have one thing in common.

By Victor Tangermann

While a Texas weatherman was warning that the ongoing heat wave might cause widespread blackouts, the news studio's power suddenly went out.
Climate Change

Studio Power Goes Out While Weatherman Warns About Rolling Blackouts

Talk about timing.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Some things last forever. Some things, like President Biden's no-handshake policy for his ongoing Israel visit, last, like, five minutes.
Developments

Biden Stops Shaking Hands to Fight COVID Spread, Forgets Minutes Later

Oh, Joe.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

To prevent power outages this winter, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked that as many as nine of the country's nuclear reactors be brought online.
Nuclear Fusion

Japan May Need Nine Nuclear Reactors Turned On to Get Through Winter

"Japan turns the corner in time, hopefully."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Embattled crypto lender Celsius finally filed for bankruptcy yesterday, and there's still no telling when, or if, customers will ever get their money back.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Lender That Kept Bragging About How Great It Was Files for Bankruptcy

"In reality, it had become a Ponzi scheme."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Crypto miners finally made at least one eco-conscious decision this week when they shut down temporarily to avoid overloading Texas' electric grid.
Cryptocurrency

Texas Gets So Hot That Crypto Miners Call It Quits

Yikes!

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In an essay for Insider, a former Tesla IT worker recalled what it was like to be laid off — and it wasn't pretty, with people crying everywhere.
Tesla

Tesla Employee Alarmed When They Arrive at Work and Everybody’s Crying

"I saw people crying in the lobby and wondered what they were crying about."

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin bros are so not OK that some of them have begun believing that the cryptocurrency was sent down by the Christian God himself.
Bitcoin

Religious Zealots Think Bitcoin Was Created by God

"Bitcoin adoption becomes a conviction."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have identified a mysterious new fast radio burst (FRB) that beats at regular intervals much like a heart.
Science & Energy

MIT Scientists Discover Deep Space Signal, Pulsing Like Heartbeat

"Boom, boom, boom."

By Victor Tangermann

A children's videos distributor is releasing a collection of NFTs based on Blippi, an IP created by a YouTuber who once defecated on his friend.
NFTs

YouTuber Who Blasted Friend With Explosive Diarrhea Selling NFTs to Children Now

Ladies and gentlemen, the NFT market.

By Victor Tangermann

Andrej Karpathy, the head of Tesla's AI department, has left the company, in a high profile departure from a department that oversees the company's controversial Autopilot driving assistance feature.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Head of Tesla’s Self-Driving Abruptly Leaves Company as Efforts Sputter

That seems... sudden.

By Victor Tangermann