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It's news that literally nobody wants to hear: we're well on the path to yet another wave of COVID-19 cases. But things are different now.
Developments

It Is With Great Regret That We Inform You That We May Be Getting Slammed by Another COVID Wave

A new "zombie" subvariant could already be spreading in the US.

A new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering used special ultrasound to lower blood sugar in patients with diabetes as insulin prices soar.
Studies

Scientists Say They Might Have Found a Way to Treat Diabetes Without Insulin

It works in animals, and humans trials are coming up.

Scientists have discovered polluting microplastic in the lungs of living people for the first time, more proof that the particles are practically everywhere.
Studies

Scientists Find Microplastics Deep Inside Human Lungs

It's absolutely everywhere.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has made a fascinating discovery on Sol 401, 412 Earth days since landing on the Red Planet: the remains of its parachute.
NASA

NASA Rover Finds Its Own Parachute in Martian Desert

Is that really it?

New reserach shows fungi and mushrooms create electrical pulses and may be communicating with each other, or talking to each other.
Environment

Scientist Says Mushrooms Have a Language They Use to Talk to Each Other

Do they cry when we eat them?

Campaign Zero, a police reform group, says the ShotSpotter camera rarely produces evidence of a gun crime and detect fireworks, slamming doors and more.
Robots and Machines

Gun Shot Detection Cameras Alerting Cops to Slamming Doors Instead

"[It's] manufacturing consent for increased policing."

On top of making jokes about finally convincing Twitter to add an Edit button, Elon Musk did what he does best: post silly memes.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Jokes That He’s Gonna Smoke Weed at Twitter Board Meetings

Never say never.

Facebook parent company Meta is looking to cash in with "Zuck Bucks" now that Facebook's popularity has finally turned a corner.
Future Society

Facebook Secretly Working on Virtual Currency Dubbed “Zuck Bucks”

Fool me once.

OpenAI has released its latest creation called DALL-E2 — a truly impressive demonstration of the power of generative adversarial networks.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazing New AI Can Spit Out Realistic Images From Simple Descriptions

This is absolutely incredible.

A crypto startup promising users $20 worth of its Worldcoin cryptocurrency hasn't actually paid anything out despite claiming to help alleviate poverty.
Future Society

Startup That Exchanges Crypto for Eyeball Scans Descends Into Chaos

“They robbed me of my money."

OpenAI has released its latest product dubbed DALL-E2 — an impressive piece of coding that can turn simple text descriptions into photorealistic images.
OpenAI

Drat! OpenAI Says Its Image-Generating AI Is Incapable of Making Porn

They came prepared.

Scientists from MIT built a robot that can help dress a human. Future mobility aid applications are included in their study publishing this month.
Robotics

MIT Trained a Robot to Dress You Like a Cartoon Mad Scientist

Need a helping hand?

UK-based startup First Light claims to have achieved a fusion energy "breakthrough" by shooting a projectile into a fuel target to release energy.
Energy

Startup Claims Fusion Power “Breakthrough” Using Massive Gun

"We have identified a genuine route to commercial fusion."

A filament of plasma escaped the Sun over the weekend and left behind a "canyon of fire," a deep ridge over 12,000 miles deep and ten times as long.
Science & Energy

A Huge “Canyon of Fire” Just Opened Up on the Sun

It's absolutely massive.

Twitter bot creator Jack Sweeney tracked Elon Musk's private jet and refused $5,000 to stop. Is he the reason Musk bought so much Twitter stock?
Elon Musk

There’s a Very Interesting Theory About Why Elon Musk Bought 9% of Twitter

"Let’s see how pro free speech Elon really is."

Canadian doctors will decide how to implement medical assistance in dying, or MAID, for patients with severe mental illness, depression and PTSD by 2023.
Health & Medicine

Canadian Doctors Grapple With 2023 Plan to Let Mentally Ill Patients End Their Lives

What counts as "incurable"?

According to NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who returned inside a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, everybody simply got on with their jobs.
NASA

NASA Astronaut Says He Candidly Discussed Ukraine Invasion With Cosmonauts

There were a "variety of responses."

He Jiankui, the scientist who gained wide notoriety for genetically modifying two human babies in 2018, has been released from prison.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Genetically Modified Human Babies Released From Prison

He's out!

The Sun was handed a stunning piece of information: over 1,500 pages of bizarre, previously classified documentation about reports of contact with UFOs.
Future Society

Pentagon UFO Report Describes Radiation Burns, Other Bizarre Claims

What the hell did we just read?

Amazon is reportedly working on an internal messaging app — and employees working on it have discussed banning a hilarious number of labor-related words.
Future Society

Amazon Discussed Banning the Words “Fairness” and “Pay Raise”

They even considered banning the word "diversity."