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Navy SEALs candidates go through brutal training, including a Hell Week. One Navy SEAL candidate died after completing training, and took drugs to survive.
RX and Medicine

Navy SEALs Are Allegedly Taking Viagra for a Very Strange Reason

"They say it’s training, but it’s torture."

Nearly 180,000 people in Jackson, Mississippi don't have clean drinking water. President Biden approved the state's emergency declaration for Jackson.
Environment

The Water System in Jackson, Mississippi Has Effectively Collapsed

Residents have no water to drink, shower, or flush toilets.

Even though he's not always good at making predictions, Elon Musk keeps predicting the world's population will collapse because of declining birth rates.
Elon Musk

Experts Say Elon Musk Is Wrong About That Population Thing He Keeps Saying

"Maybe want to give it a break Nostradamus."

A space infrastructure startup called Orbit Fab announced that it will be offering satellite refueling services in geostationary orbit as soon as 2025.
Off-World

Space Startup Unveils Plans for Orbital Fuel Station for Spacecraft

The price at this pump will be astronomical!

Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks
Data Privacy

Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks

"Where does one even buy a floppy disk these days?"

Satellite constellations are clogging up Earth's lower orbit and making it harder to spot killer asteroids, scientists warn.
SpaceX

Planetary Defense Experts Complain That SpaceX-Style Satellites Make It Harder to Spot Killer Asteroids

"This is only going to get worse."

California is spending $20 million on a pilot project that will involve 8,500 feet of solar panels covering sections of canals.
Solar Power

California Installing Huge Solar Panels Over Canals to Combat Drought

It just might work.

Former president Donald Trump's floundering social media platform, TRUTH Social, has been banned from Google Play due to content moderation concerns.
Future Society

Trump’s Failing Social Network Banned From Android App Store

"It sure would be nice if they would approve us."

The world's most popular NFT trading platform, OpenSea, has reportedly seen a 99 percent drop in trading volume since May.
NFTs

World’s Top NFT Marketplace Has Allegedly Lost 99 Percent of Its Trading Volume Since May

The crypto crash continues!

Scientists study the immortal jellyfish to learn about its DNA reproduction, life cycle and telomeres. New research reveals its special genes.
Future Society

Scientists Say They Found the Genes That Makes Immortal Jellyfish Immortal

This could be big.

After sending a Melbourne woman roughly over $7 million USD by mistake, cringe crypto exchange Crypto.com has won a lawsuit against the user.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto.com Accidentally Sends Woman $7 Million, Sues Her to Get It Back

Yep, these are the same guys who renamed the Staples Center.

Multinational insurance company AXA Insurance staged a hilariously terrible Tesla "battery fire" to prove that electric cars can be dangerous.
Tesla

Major Car Insurer Admits to Staging Tesla “Battery Fire” Stunt

This is just embarrassing.

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Robots and Machines

Save $100 When You Reserve the Samsung Odyssey Ark Curved Gaming Screen

The most immersive gaming monitor…ever.

A group of fed up Tesla owners in Norway say they are going on a "hunger strike," because their cars suck.
Tesla

Why These Tesla Owners Are Going on a Hunger Strike Against Tesla

Elon Musk is already mocking them.

Samsung worked with Bill Gates to invent a new kind of toilet that recycles and cleans waste and is better for the environment.
Environment

Bill Gates’ New Toilet Sets Your Poop on Fire

That's one way to do it!

A programming error accidentally — and permanently — shut down the entire Solana blockchain-based platform OptiFi, wiping out $661,000 worth of USDC.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Dev Enters Wrong Command, Destroys Entire Company

"We sincerely apologize..."

A recent study showed that feeding rats Cola-based soft drinks like Coke and Pepsi caused enough damage to their brains to cause... uh, some... stupidity.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Fed Rats Sugary Soda for Two Months and They Got Demonstrably Stupider

But Dr Pepper is still okay, right?

According to a report from Vice, many Americans are turning to illegal, unregulated online pharmacies in order to access birth control and contraception.
Developments

Illegal Online Pharmacies for Contraceptives are Booming in Post-Roe America

This is pretty bleak.

Former NASA astronaut and Axiom-1 mission commander Michael López-Alegría revealed that the "worst" part of his journey to the ISS was the bathroom.
International Space Station

Commander of First Private SpaceX Flight to ISS Reveals Worst Part of Journey

Oh no.

Pakistan's climate change minister says one-third of the country is underwater following summer flooding. At least 1,100 died in the Pakistan flood.
Climate Change

Pakistani Official Says a Third of the Country Is Underwater in “Apocalyptic” Flood

"I would call it quite apocalyptic."