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A startup called NextSense is working on a pair of earbuds that can record the electrical signals of the brain to study sleeping and mental conditions.
Prosthetics and Devices

Google Spinoff Working on Earbuds That Spy on Your Brain Signals

Move over, AirPods!

A Tesla Model 3 owner went through a terrifying experience with his vehicle's main display freezing up while driving at 83 mph down a California freeway.
Tesla

Man Says His Tesla Got Stuck at 83 MPH on the Highway

Terrifying!

Science is finally working to figure out what personality traits make someone an asshole.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Are Studying The Psychology of “A**holes”

"People didn’t really have very much trouble figuring out who the ‘biggest a**hole’ in their life was."

New App Pays Alcoholics $5 Per Day to Not Drink
Health & Medicine

New App Pays Alcoholics $5 Per Day to Not Drink

Get sober. Get paid.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage at this year's TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, to address the elephant in the room: his bid to buy Twitter.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Doesn’t Seem to Have Much of a Plan for Twitter

Is it really about free speech?

NASA's Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at the agency's jet propulsion lab in California, chained himself to a JP Morgan Chase bank last week to protest government inaction on climate change.
NASA

NASA Scientist Fights Off Tears Over Impending Disaster

"We’re going to lose everything."

Brazilian Military Faces Stiff Questions About Purchase of Penis Implants
Prosthetics and Devices

Brazilian Military Faces Stiff Questions About Purchase of Penis Implants

"We won’t allow Bolsonaro to turn Brazil into an orgy."

ProVeg, dedicated to reducing meat consumption, paid for a recent study that says vegan dog food I s healthier than those on conventional meat diets.
Future Society

Research Funded by Vegans Claims Being Vegan May Be Healthier for Your Dog

Now wait a minute...

Long before sending off NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on its long journey into deep space last month, engineers took the opportunity to take an epic group selfie.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Workers Took an Epic Selfie in Reflection of James Webb’s Giant Gold Mirrors

"Everything is hunky-dory and doing well now."

In an animation, the James Webb Space Telescope is doing a seemingly chaotic loop-de-loop across the solar system. But there's method to the madness.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope’s Orbit Is Gonna Be Absolutely Deranged

There's method to the madness.

NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope's golden primary mirror wings, or side panels, deployed and latched successfully.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope Has Officially Started Unfolding Its Huge Golden Mirror

"Webb’s iconic primary mirror is taking its final shape."

NASA has released a stunning new image taken by its James Webb Space Telescope that shows a star fully in focus surrounded by a dizzying vista of galaxies.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Releases First “Fully Aligned” Image From James Webb Space Telescope

"We have the highest resolution infrared images taken from space ever."

One of its 13 early targets is Jupiter, a gas giant that's far closer to us than most of its other targets.
Science & Energy

The James Webb Space Telescope Is Going to Stare Straight Into Jupiter

There's a lot we know about Jupiter. But even more we don't.

You could be filing tax for free, but companies like Intuit and H & R Block spend millions lobbying the government, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Future Society

There’s a Terrible Reason That Doing Your Taxes Costs So Much

"You could be filing your taxes for free."

NASA is hoping to launch a spacecraft to investigate a massive metal-rich asteroid called Psyche, which experts estimate to be worth $10 quintillion.
NASA

NASA Shows Off Spacecraft Visiting $10 Quintillion Asteroid

"It could be the part of a metal core of a tiny planet..."

Tesla CEO and richest person in the world Elon Musk is threatening to personally take over Twitter. The platform is having a field day.
Elon Musk

Internet Blows Up With Furious Reactions About Elon Musk Trying to Buy Twitter

"'I’m going to leave Twitter if Elon Musk takes over' is the new 'I’m going to move to Canada if Trump wins.'"

Even while making the oh-so-serious offer to buy Twitter outright for a whopping $43 billion, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may still be trolling
Elon Musk

Ah Yes, Of Course Elon Musk Hid “420” in His Offer to Buy Twitter

Can you really say you're surprised?

New company will let you save your data in the metaverse and pay $50 per year to talk to avatars of dead loved ones after they die.
Future Society

Startup Says You Can Talk to Your Dead Relatives, for a Fee

"If I die people can come in and have a conversation with my avatar."

Elon Musk Offers to Buy the Entirety of Twitter
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Offers to Buy the Entirety of Twitter

This is his "best and final offer."

Things didn't quite go according to plan when Israeli crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi tried to sell an NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's inaugural tweet. 
NFTs

Guy Tries to Sell Twitter Founder’s First Tweet NFT for $48M, Gets Top Bid of Just $280

Ouch.