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Several conspiracy theories involving the Mandela effect and portal opening have gone viral, and CERN scientists are trying to counter the misinformation.
Science & Energy

CERN Scientists Annoyed That People Think They’re Ripping a Hole in Reality

CERN scientist: "Look, bro..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It's pretty difficult to justify opting for a 17-minute trip on a private jet over a 45-minute car ride — but that's exactly what Kylie Jenner just did.
Climate Change

Kardashian Slammed for 17-Minute Private Jet Flight to Beat Traffic

"Girl what am I recycling for."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

More writers are using AI programs like Sudowrite to create fiction novels faster than ever before. Some support AI writing, some don't.
Artificial Intelligence

Authors Are Starting to Use AI to Quickly Churn Out Novels

Is this a good idea?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

New imagery of the largest canyon in the solar system was captured on the Red Planet by the ESA and the Mars Express mission.
Mars

Mars Satellite Captures Breathtaking View of Deepest Canyon in Entire Solar System

Stunning.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Land Life, a company that offers carbon offsets to polluting industries through planting trees, has accidentally started a massive forest fire in Spain.
Climate Change

Company Providing Carbon Offsets Accidentally Sets Large Forest Fire

You had one job!

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian urged the United States to stop militarizing space. The US is spending billions on the Space Force.
Off-World

China Accuses United States of Militarizing Outer Space

"The US has stolen intelligence information."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

To keep the race going during the scorching European heatwave, the Tour de France is pouring water on parts of the course to stop the roads from melting.
Climate Change

Tour de France Pouring Water to Keep Roads From Melting Amid Deadly Heatwave

"In certain places, the asphalt is going to start melting..."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

YouTubers at Out of Spec Reviews claim that an enthusiast's Tesla Model X has only lost 10 percnet of its battery capacity after 200,000 miles.
Tesla

Tesla Drives 200,000 Miles, Only Loses Ten Percent of Battery Capacity

Now you've got my attention.

By Frank Landymore

Twitter video of a four-legged robot dog with a gun strapped to its back went viral this week. Video shows the robot dog firing multiple rounds with recoil.
Robot Dogs

Hacker Mounts Submachine Gun on Robodog, Shoots Live Ammo

Scary.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a puzzling attempt to parody the practice of purchasing expensive ENS names, an NFT collector had a "joke" title flipped back to him — for over $150k.
NFTs

NFT Guy Accidentally Spends $150K on Stupid Joke He Tried to Make

"I deserve all of the jokes and criticism."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Now, Tesla has reportedly offloaded 75 percent of its Bitcoin holdings, another sign that major players are starting to grow wary of a "crypto winter."
Tesla

Tesla Sells Off Most of Its Bitcoin, at a Huge Loss

Elon Musk is jumping ship.

By Victor Tangermann

Almost 47 years later, a discarded coffee cup containing DNA may be the key to solving an infamous cold case in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Science & Energy

Investigators Analyze DNA Sample to Make Arrest in 1975 Murder

Impressive — but somewhat ominous.

By Frank Landymore

According to a White House statement, president Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing "very mild symptoms."
Developments

White House Says President Joe Biden Has COVID

He's experiencing "very mild symptoms."

By Victor Tangermann

Airline company Boom Supersonic has shown off brand new renders of its Overture aircraft, which it claims will become the "world's fastest airliner."
Advanced Transport

World’s “Fastest Airliner” Could Cross Atlantic In Just 3.5 Hours

"Aviation has not seen a giant leap in decades."

By Victor Tangermann

In light of a Florida family's space-loving young son's unexpected death, they're trying to raise the funds to rest his ashes on the Moon.
Future Society

Parents Crowdfund to Send 11-Year-Old Son’s Ashes to the Moon

"No matter what, we can just look at the Moon every night and I know that he's up there."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Upon announcing the public rollout of the DALL-E 2 beta, OpenAI declared that all DALL-E imagery can be commercialized and sold.
OpenAI

OpenAI Says It’s Fine to Sell Images Made With DALL-E 2

Customers are apparently already using it for movie storyboards and illustrated children's books.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The families of fallen Israeli soldiers are having the dead's sperm harvested, with the hope of that it will one day be used to father a child.
Developments

Israel Extracting Sperm From Dead Soldiers and Using It to Create Children

"It's like erecting a living monument."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

META, an art installation company, is now suing Meta, the corporation formerly known as Facebook, claiming that its identity has been stolen.
Future Society

Another Company Called Meta Is Suing Facebook’s Parent Company for Changing Its Name to Meta

This is getting kinda... meta.

By Frank Landymore

As seen in two new videos, real-life Green Goblin and drone rider Hunter Kowald took a plunge while playing a round of flying drone basketball.
Drones

See a Guy Riding Huge Drone Wipe Out After Trying to Shoot a Hoop

"Crashed parts flying everywhere!"

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers were able to hack into fruit fly brains and successfully command specific movements, with just a click of a wireless remote control.
Science & Energy

Scientists Hijack Fruit Fly Brains to Remote Control Their Wings

Fascinating.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré