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NASA's lunar mission has lost one its cube-shaped satellite entourage, which over the weekend shot out of the Moon's orbit.
Off-World

Dead Artemis Spacecraft Careens Out of Lunar Orbit

There's something weird going on with these Orion cubesats.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new report by Consumer Reports found that all 28 bars of dark chocolate that it tested contained lead and cadmium, and 25 had especially high levels.
Studies

Popular Dark Chocolate Brands Contain Dangerous Heavy Metals, Report Finds

Dark chocolate just got darker.

By Frank Landymore

Not every college professor out there is convinced that "we’re witnessing the death of the college essay in real time" thanks to ChatGPT.
OpenAI

Professors Say ChatGPT Is Writing Terrible Papers That Would Get Failing Grades

"Probably an F- if that's possible."

By Victor Tangermann

The second richest man in the world polled his millions of followers Sunday evening if he should step down as CEO. Milllions of people said yes.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Polled Twitter to Ask If He Should Resign, and the Results Were RESOUNDING

He's finally giving up.

By Victor Tangermann

John Carmack has quit his advisory position at Meta — and took to the social network to blast his now-ex-boss on his way out the door. 
Metaverse

John Carmack Quits Job Building Metaverse, Blasts Facebook

"This is the end of my decade in VR."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have admitted that it's "theoretical" to put a giant mesh bag around an asteroid to build space cities — but that it's technically feasible.
Off-World

Scientists Propose Building City Inside Giant Bag Around Entire Asteroid

"Roughly the size of Manhattan."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Robodogs can be both cute and scary, and now researchers in Korea say they've developed one that can climb walls and ceilings faster than its rivals.
Robot Dogs

We’re Deeply Alarmed By This Robodog That Can Climb Up Walls

No escaping one now!

By Frank Landymore

Grocery stores have been forced to recall some prepackaged salad mixes after tons of people got sick from a baby spinach mix that gave them hallucinations.
Health & Medicine

Grocery Stores Alarmed by Spinach Giving Dozens of Customers Hallucinogenic Trips

People will really trip on anything these days.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A form of red giant known as red clumps have been founding to be "glitching" in their cores at an alarmingly high proportion.
Off-World

Astronomers Intrigued by Certain Stars That Are “Glitching”

And the "glitches" are happening way more than expected.

By Frank Landymore

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal is in damage control mode after appearing in a TV ad for the since-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
Blockchain

Shaq Says It’s Not His Fault He Accidentally Shilled for FTX

"I'm all in," he said in the ad.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is very pleased with just how much material was released when it intentionally smashed its DART spacecraft into an asteroid in September.
NASA

NASA Pleased With the Degree to Which It Kicked This Asteroid’s A**

NASA's spacecraft dislodged "six or seven rail cars" worth of loose rock and dust.

By Victor Tangermann

A form of cosmetic surgery called buccal fat removal that's lighting up social media will give you those sexy, sunken cheeks, but at a troubling cost.
Developments

Expert Warns of Grim Consequences of New Cosmetic Surgery Trend

"Out of every five people that walk into my office that want it, probably only one is a good candidate for it."

By Frank Landymore

A giant aquarium in Berlin has exploded in the lobby of a hotel, spilling out hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and the 1,500 fish inside of it.
Future Society

Huge Aquarium Bursts, Spills Tropical Fish And Injures Bystanders

A tragedy.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Artists on the online community ArtStation have flooded the website with anti-AI logos in a mass protest, potentially screwing with future AI models.
Artificial Intelligence

Artists Mass Protest Against AI Stealing Their Work By Sharing Anti-AI Logo

"No artist gave consent to have their art used. We were not compensated."

By Frank Landymore

In a viral video, an uber-expensive F-35 jet bounces weirdly on the runway before ejecting the fighter pilot inside — and man, is it freaky to watch.
Advanced Transport

Watch a Pilot Get Ejected From an F-35 Jetfighter Right as It Crashes

"So glad we went with this instead of universal healthcare."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla's third largest investor and self-professed Elon Musk "fanboy" KoGuan Leo is calling for the company's embattled CEO to step down.
Elon Musk

One of Tesla’s Largest Shareholders Calls to Ditch Elon Musk

"An executioner, Tim Cook-like is needed, not Elon."

By Victor Tangermann

A smartwatch powered by slime mold is already pretty weird, but how about the truly unique dynamic that creates between a user and the watch?
Future Society

Bizarre Smartwatch Contains Living Organism

"There were very human responses. Some people were sad, some people really felt like the connection was broken."

By Frank Landymore

Things seem to be going really well for Elon Musk, who reportedly brought his former supermodel mother to a recent client meeting. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Brought His Mommy to a Big Business Meeting For Some Reason

According to Elon, "the proof is in the pudding." Maybe his mom made that too?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which is currently docked to the ISS, is rapidly heating up after it sprayed copious amounts of coolant into space.
Off-World

Russia Alarmed as Spacecraft Heats Up After Coolant Sprays Into Space

Unfortunately, it's docked to the ISS.

By Victor Tangermann

In a fit of rage, Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk suspended the accounts of over a dozen journalists from publications including CNN and The New York Times.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Conducts Poll, Doesn’t Like Results, Conducts New Poll, Still Doesn’t Like Results

He's throwing the world's most public tantrum.

By Victor Tangermann