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SpaceX has released a stunning new video of its Crew Dragon spacecraft firing its thrusters to dock with the International Space Station.,
Off-World

Beautiful Video Shows Dragon Capsule Making Final Approach to Space Station

This looks unreal.

Akihiko Kondo, who married ultra-popular virtual star Hatsune Miku back in 2018, has been separated from his virtual partner due to a software glitch.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Married to Hologram Can’t Talk to Wife Due to Software Glitch

Instead of loving words, he got a "network error."

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has gone far and beyond its original task of completing five flights on the surface of the Red Planet.
Mars

NASA Scientists Thrilled to Spot Wreckage From Mars Helicopter

The images could help NASA safely land upcoming missions and even astronauts on Mars in the future.

The United Nations Environment Program is warning that we are facing a "sand crisis" unless we put limits on and start regulating the extraction of sand.
Science & Energy

The World Is Running Out of Sand, Scientists Lament

It's the second most used resource worldwide after water — and we're blowing through it.

Right-wing and Nazi Twitter accounts previously banned are returning to the platform following the news Tesla CEO Elon Musk is buying the company.
Future Society

Twitter Says It Might Start Allowing Hate Speech

That's a weird thing to say!

Dr. Fauci Says the “Pandemic Phase” of COVID Is Over, Then Says Pandemic Is Actually Still Happening
Developments

Dr. Fauci Says the “Pandemic Phase” of COVID Is Over, Then Says Pandemic Is Actually Still Happening

Why are officials still struggling so hard to communicate basic details about the coronavirus?

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage
Mars

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage

What an amazing view!

According to a leaked document obtained by Motherboard, Facebook has no idea where the data it collects goes — or what it's even doing with it.
Data Privacy

Facebook Admits It Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Private Data

Uh, that doesn't seem good!

According to purchase terms filed with the SEC, Tesla CEO Elon Musk can't insult Twitter or its representatives if he wants the $46.5 billion sale to work.
Elon Musk

Terms of Twitter Deal Say Elon Musk Isn’t Allowed to Insult Twitter

Wait, isn't that infringing his free speech?

A Japanese company is taking service robotics to a whole new level with their humanoid power line-fixing robot.
Robotics

Japanese Railroad Builds Giant Gundam-Style Robot to Fix Power Lines

And you control it with a VR setup!

People who think evolution is a bunch of academic hogwash are, per a new study, much more likely to be bigoted.
Future Society

It Turns Out People Who Don’t Believe in Evolution Are Racist Jerks

"Our findings were consistent across cultural, religious, and national contexts..."

A hack used a crypto exploit to steal $1 million worth of cryptocurrency but self-destructed the contract and lost the currency permanently.
Cryptocurrency

Oops! Hacker Steals $1 Million in Crypto and Then Destroys It

That's gotta sting.

Scientists have discovered the building blocks of DNA in meteorites that landed in North America and Australia, Reuters reports.
Off-World

Scientists Find DNA Building Blocks in Asteroids

The building blocks of life may have come from outer space.

Firebrand ex-astronaut Scott Kelly is again assailing Russia amid the country's invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
NASA

Former NASA Astronaut Says Russian Cosmonauts Are Being “Brainwashed”

"And I know this because some of them have told me this."

While Tesla CEO Elon Musk could soon add Twitter to his already lengthy list of companies, his other big ventures are feeling the squeeze.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Twitter Stunt Is Wreaking Havoc on Tesla

Ouch.

AI Generates Painting of Actual “Burger King” and There’s a Terrifying Hunger in His Eye
Artificial Intelligence

AI Generates Painting of Actual “Burger King” and There’s a Terrifying Hunger in His Eye

All hail the true Burger King.

One of the discoverers of CRISPR gene-editing, a groundbreaking new method to engineer genes, believes we could use the technique to tackle climate change.
Climate Change

CRISPR Creator Says We Could Engineer Species to Fight Climate Change

Gene editing could allow them to capture more carbon dioxide.

The United Nations has issued yet another terrifying report about our near future — and readers, we're not in for a good time. 
Climate Change

UN Warns That Humankind Is Stuck in “Spiral of Self-Destruction”

Nice job, people!

Critics Point Out That Elon Musk Actually Kinda Hates Free Speech
Elon Musk

Critics Point Out That Elon Musk Actually Kinda Hates Free Speech

An inconvenient truth.

A top-secret superyacht confessional reveals the Bond-esque lifestyles of the rich and the famous who own these luxury vessels.
Energy

Superyacht Allegedly Used Energy Weapon to Defeat Pirates

Is this epic?