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Several forest fires have erupted near the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was taken over by Russian troops late last month.
Science & Energy

Russia Accused of Impeding Efforts to Fight Fires Near Seized Chernobyl Power Plant

That's not good.

No, it's not just you — men really do think they're smarter than everyone else.
Studies

Men Consistently Overestimate Their Own Intelligence, Scientists Find

Okay, that might explain a lot.

A Japanese startup wants you to be able to feel pain inside the metaverse through a wristband that electrically stimulates its wearer's muscles.
Metaverse

Startup Says Its Tech Can Inflict Actual Pain in the Metaverse

As if the metaverse wasn't painful enough already!

Extraterrestrials may have already made themselves evident to us by creating massive wormholes sophisticated enough to bend the laws of space and time.
Science & Energy

Astrophysicist Says We May Have Already Observed Wormholes Created by Alien Civilization

It could simply be a matter of "reanalyzing past data."

When you look into the void, the void, inevitably, also looks back at you.
Moon

NASA’s New Moon Rocket Is So Huge You Can See It from Space

This is what the astronauts are going to ride back to the Moon.

A British startup claims to have created a real "invisibility shield" that doesn't even need power to operate.
Science & Energy

Startup Says It’s Created an Actual “Invisibility Shield”

Oh, and you can buy one right now.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off his incredibly awkward dance moves during the electric car company's grand opening of its Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Busts Enthusiastic Dance Moves at Tesla Gigafactory Opening

"Danke Deutschland!!"

Both the Earth's North and South poles in the Arctic and Antarctica are experiencing unprecedented warming and soaring temperatures this week.
Climate Change

Something Is Up With Earth’s North and South Poles

Things are not okay.

The nightmare neural networks are back at it again — and this time, they're taking requests.
Artificial Intelligence

Neural Network Twitter Bot Creates Whatever Delights Or Nightmares Its Fans Force Upon It

Do androids dream of electric creeps?

UN Taking Carbon Removal Tech Very, Very Seriously in New Report
Climate Change

UN Taking Carbon Removal Tech Very, Very Seriously in New Report

It will counter the "unremitting doom and gloom" of the last UN climate report.

Russia is officially labelling Meta, the parent company of both Facebook and Instagram, as an extremist organization, according to state news network TASS.
Future Society

Russian Court Rules Facebook and Instagram as “Extremist”

"The ruling is to come into effect immediately."

Russia is reportedly considering withdrawing from diplomacy with the United States — a move that threatens the International Space Station's existence.
Off-World

The ISS: Possibly the ‘Last Formal Diplomatic Link’ of U.S. and Russia

How the ISS is quickly becoming the last, dangling thread of U.S. and Russian relations.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is looking to arrest a driver, who attempted to make a rented Tesla Model S fly over the weekend.
Tesla

Crook Tries to Make Tesla Model S Fly, Crashes Into Parked Cars Instead

He forgot to put it in Full Self-Flying mode.

Want another reason to loathe Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Just look at how it may completely screw up the Paris climate accords — and our planet. 
Climate Change

UN: Ukrainian War Fossil Fuel ‘Madness’ Might Destroy The Planet

"Addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction."

After El Salvador's disastrous decision to make Bitcoin legal tender, Malaysia is excited to follow suit, Bloomberg reports.
Bitcoin

Malaysian Government: Let’s Turn Bitcoin Into Legal Tender

What could possibly go wrong?

UK-based satellite internet company OneWeb has signed a contract with SpaceX — shortly after ditching the Russian-made Soyuz over the Ukraine invasion.
SpaceX

Satellite Company Now Launching With SpaceX After Ditching Russia

Who needs Soyuz rockets when you've got SpaceX?

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics says wind and solar jobs will be among the fastest-growing occupations in the next ten years.
Solar Power

Government Says Wind and Solar Among Fastest-Growing Occupations in Next Ten Years

Finally, something good!

Days after Gulf States invited rebels from Yemen called the Houthi to sit down for peace talks, the group bombed gas stations with drones and UAVs.
Future Society

Gas Stations in Yemen Attacked With Drones

Maybe the US should think before it acts.

Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Twitter that thre cosmonauts from Russia aboard the ISS were not wearing blue and yellow to support Ukraine.
International Space Station

Russia Says It’s Just a Coincidence That Its ISS Cosmonauts Are Wearing the Colors of Ukraine’s Flag

"Sometimes yellow simply means yellow."

UCLA posted a "job" opening for an assistant adjunct professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department but it's unpaid.
Future Society

Miserly University Trying to “Hire” a Professor Who’s Completely Unpaid

"There will be no compensation for this position."