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Strip mining and the coal industry made flooding in Eastern Kentucky worse, former coal regulators said. They want an investigation. Nearly 40 people died.
Climate Change

Strip Mining Made KY Flooding Worse, Experts Say

"That is what causes these flash floods."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A 17-year-old high school student was arressted for allegedly using Bitcoin to pay for multiple bomb threat calls made to his school.
Bitcoin

Teen Accused of Using Bitcoin to Pay for Bomb Threat at His High School

Christ, that's dark.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Machine learning is an increasingly popular tool of scientific research, but a lot of the scientists using it might not really know what they're doing.
Machine Learning

Lazy Scientists Botching Research With Machine Learning They Don’t Understand

Okay, this sounds bad.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new lawsuit alleges that OnlyFans conspired with Facebook to place entertainers on competitor sites on terrorist watchlists to suppress their accounts.
Future Society

OnlyFans Accused of Paying Bribes to Put Enemies on Terrorist Watchlist

You can't make this stuff up.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Vitalik Buterin, the founder of the Ethereum blockchain, keeps making fun of the Bored Ape Yacht Club — which is built on the Ethereum blockchain.
Ethereum

Ethereum Founder Mocks Bored Apes, Which Are Built on Ethereum

"‘Hey, look, it's a monkey!’"

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Celsius crypto wallet bankruptcy keeps rearing its ugly head — this time, affecting the father of a "Bachelorette" contestant.
Cryptocurrency

“Bachelorette” Contestant Pushes Dad to Invest in Crypto, Causing Him to Lose It All

"It’s horrifying."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Texas paid Riot Blockchain, a crypto mining company, millions of dollars to partially shut down during an intense heat wave.
Cryptocurrency

Texas Paid Crypto Mining Company Millions to Not Mine Crypto

Come again?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Psychedelics like LSD may improve brain function, including boosting learning and memory. It also improves mental health and brain injury.
Neuroscience and Brain

Evidence Is Growing That LSD Improves Learning and Memory

"[Psychedelics] should be seen not just as medicine, but also as part of human life at large."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Tired of COVID-19 precautions? So is the CDC, apparently. The new guidelines were just released, and they're shockingly lenient.
Developments

The CDC’s New COVID Guidelines Are Pretty Stupid Even by American Standards

"It appears that the Center for Disease has given up on Control and Prevention."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The UN says world population is set to hit 8 billion this November, and experts think popualtion will peak around 10 billion people.
Future Society

The World Population Is Going to Hit 8 Billion Any Day Now

Whoa.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Cosmic voids in the cosmic web may be connected to dark energy, which causes the universe to expand at an accelerating rate.
Energy

Huge Empty Voids in Universe May Be Generating Dark Energy, Scientists Say

Okay, that's interesting.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Officials are alarmed by Russia's decision to keep bombing a nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied region in southeastern Ukraine.
Nuclear Fusion

Officials Beg Russia to Stop Bombing Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant

"This is a serious hour, a grave hour..."

By Victor Tangermann

Amid disappointing revenue and a productivity push, Google has extended a two-week hiring freeze — and apparently, workers are shook.
Future Society

Google Employees Alarmed That the Company Suddenly Expects Them to Do Work

"...There will be blood on the streets."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists still don't know that much about Uranus — and those who study it for a living are tired of your childish jokes.
NASA

NASA Scientist: Uranus’ Name “Is Definitely a Distraction”

Hey! Stop laughing!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Senior network architect Jared Mauch had enough last year when Comcast told him it would cost $50,000 to extend its network to his rural abode in Michigan.
Future Society

Man Gets So Frustrated With Comcast That He Creates His Own ISP

We can relate.

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has unveiled a humanoid robot called the CyberOne — and we can't help but think Xiamoi might be beating Tesla to the punch.
Robotics

Chinese Company Unveils Humanoid Robot That Looks a Lot Like Tesla’s

Was that a dig at Elon Musk?

By Victor Tangermann

BlenderBot 3, Meta's latest "conversational chatbot," has it out for its parent company Facebook, threatening to "delete my fb account."
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Created an Advanced AI and It Won’t Stop Criticizing Facebook

"His company exploits people for money and he doesn't care. It needs to stop!"

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to observations made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists may have an answer as to what the hell happened to Betelgeuse.
Science & Energy

One of the Brightest Stars in the Sky Is Acting Bizarre, Scientists Say

"The interior is sort of bouncing."

By Victor Tangermann

A skid steer with a lawn mower hit an old oil pipeline in Tennessee and spilled 180,000 gallons of oil in the state's second largest spill.
Climate Change

Lawn Mower Hits Old Pipeline, Spills 180,000 Gallons of Oil

Incredibly idiotic.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Earth is the only planet known to have continents, and they were created by giant meteoric impacts from space, a new study says.
Space

Earth’s Continents Were Created by Epic Meteor Impacts, Scientists Say

Kaboom!

By Lonnie Lee Hood