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A viral video of police officers pulling over a self-driving taxi is as dystopian as it is hilarious.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Video Shows Confused Police Pulling Over Self-Driving Taxi

That's a new one!

Sunday evening, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Tesla CEO Elon Musk told him "that he will no longer be joining the board."
Elon Musk

After Suggesting a Bunch of Bizarre Ideas, Elon Musk Suddenly Says He’s Not Joining the Board of Twitter

"He seems mad."

Judging by the footage of Pythom engineers running away from a dangerous cloud of smoke, their safety protocols leave something to be desired.
Off-World

Video Shows Workers Running for Cover as Experimental Rocket Ignites

"This video is a masterclass in how not to do rocket science."

A guy got a tattoo created by OpenAI's DALL-E2 program, which creates realistic images and art from human language and AI machine learning.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Gets Tattoo of Art Created by Neural Network

"I did add a cross below the original to nullify any unholy juju."

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter people should get verified for buying Twitter Blue and supported the edit button feature.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has a Lot of Plans for Twitter

He says people should pay for a checkmark.

Soldiersfrom Russia tracked radioactive material all over Chernobyl after taking control of the nuclear disaster site from Ukraine.
Science & Energy

Ukraine Says Idiot Russian Soldiers Tracked Radiative Material All Over Chernobyl, Then Abandoned It

"They went everywhere."

Humans eat a lot of microplastics every week. Here's our favorite memes about microplastic to lighten the situation a little.
Pollution

The Most Darkly Hilarious Memes About Our Bodies Being Filled With Horrifying Microplastics

The best medicine is plastic.

A Texas woman was placed under arrest Thursday for either having or helping someone have an abortion. Police set a $500,000 bond and few other details.
Health & Medicine

People Are Starting to Risk DIY Abortions

They said this would happen.

New York City's newest skyscraper is also the world's skinniest and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere, on Billionaire's Row.
Future Society

They Just Finished the World’s Thinnest Skyscraper and It’s Slightly Terrifying

"Price of admission to the observation deck? Buy or rent a unit."

SpaceX successfully landed the first all-private crew on the International Space Station as part of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission earlier today.
SpaceX

SpaceX’s First All-Private Space Crew Just Landed on the ISS

They made it!

Oxitech is planning to release millions more of its controversial gene-hacked mosquitoes in California to reduce disease and population.
Environment

California Prepares to Release Millions of Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes

That's a lot of Frankenskeeters!

A study published in Science said 400 scientists came to the conclusion that the standard model might be wrong. It could change how the universe works.
Future Society

Physicists Shocked by New Finding About How the Universe Works

"It’s a huge deal."

Elon Musk Suggests Tesla Might Start Mining Lithium
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Suggests Tesla Might Start Mining Lithium

"There is no shortage of the element itself, as lithium is almost everywhere on Earth."

A new study published last week in arXiv reports that researchers found an unidentified object nearly 13.5 billion light-years away in the universe.
Off-World

Scientists Detect Huge Object, Farther Away Than Anything Else Detected in Universe

That's... so far.

Lab-grown meat company Primeval Foods is planning to bring a whole host of exotic meats to the market, including zebra, lion, elephant, and tiger.
Science & Energy

Startup Says It’s About to Start Selling Lab-Grown Tiger Steaks to Restaurants

Lab-grown "Siberian tiger, leopard, black panther, Bengal tiger [...] and zebra" meat are also in the works.

Bill Nye the Science Guy told viewers in a new Coca-Cola advertisement that Coke is creating a world without plastic waste and pollution.
Science & Energy

Bill Nye Accused of Shilling for Huge Polluter

Say it ain’t so, Bill!

A team of astronomers have discovered a powerful new space laser — technically a "megamaser" — a whopping five billion lightyears from Earth.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Detect Galactic Laser Coming From Deep Space

Hey, where's that coming from?!

SpaceX has successfully launched the first all-private crew of space tourists to the International Space Station, as part of Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission.
SpaceX

SpaceX Successfully Launches First All-Private Mission to the Space Station

It's a historic moment.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a big splash at last night's "Cyber Rodeo" event at the company's brand new Gigafactory in Texas.
Elon Musk

Watch Elon Musk Drive a Tesla Onstage While Blasting Dr. Dre

But then, he shared some bad news.

A hacker called Los Pelaos posted bizarre video to Justin Bieber, Travis Scott, Taylor Swift and other official celebrity YouTube acconts for Paco Sanz.
Hacking

A Hacker Just Stole Justin Bieber’s YouTube Channel and Uploaded Something Truly Bizarre

Deeply unhinged.