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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.

There's a reason SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is insulting employees on Twitter, the platform he just agreed to buy for billions, including Tesla stock.
Elon Musk

The Dark Reason Elon Musk Is Trashing His Own Newest Employees

What is going on with him?

The Russian Navy has reportedly deployed several trained dolphins to defend a naval base at the Sevastopol harbor in southern Ukraine in February.
Future Society

Russia Reportedly Deploys Military Dolphins in Ukraine

They're reportedly being used to spot enemy divers.

Professional troll  — and possibly the proud new owner of Twitter — Elon Musk has really outdone himself with the latest meme he chose to blast out to his 80 million followers.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Shares Incredibly Stupid Meme Stolen from iFunny

He's really outdone himself with this one.

New research says EMFs emmitted by cell phones could be causing Alzheimer's because of excess calcium buildup in the brain.
Neuroscience and Brain

Alzheimer’s May Be Caused by Cell Phones, Scientists Say

Oh, crap.

A University of Oxford professor says we may be very wrong about the way the universe looks and expands, re-writing cosmology rules and theory.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say We May Be Extremely Wrong About the Universe

Uh oh.

With all the hubbub about Elon Musk being approved to buy Twitter, there remains a giant elephant in the room.
Elon Musk

Shocker: Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal May Already Be Falling Apart

Things could still go very wrong very quickly.

SpaceX has released a stunning new video of its Crew Dragon spacecraft firing its thrusters to dock with the International Space Station.,
Off-World

Beautiful Video Shows Dragon Capsule Making Final Approach to Space Station

This looks unreal.