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A team of astronomers have discovered evidence for yet another exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our closest neighboring star.
Exoplanets

Scientists Find Life-Friendly Exoplanet They Say Is Close Enough to Visit

"The discovery shows that our closest stellar neighbor seems to be packed with interesting new worlds, within reach of further study and future exploration."

An animal rights advocacy group accuses Neuralink and Elon Musk specifically of facilitating and funding the torture and mutilation of monkeys. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Accused of Abusing Brain-Hacked Monkeys

"The documents reveal that monkeys had their brains mutilated in shoddy experiments and were left to suffer and die."

The agency conducted a report in response to a recent request by SpaceX to launch the second generation of Starlink satellites into orbit.
NASA

NASA Warns That SpaceX Satellite Swarm Could Kill Astronauts

NASA also says the swarm could threaten the whole Earth.

Aa team of researchers from the University of Reading in the UK found that it's possible to encourage rain by supercharging clouds with electricity.
Science & Energy

Scientists Propose Electrocuting Clouds to Make it Rain

Real life wizardry.

Avi Loeb wants to capture a high-res image of a UFO in two years with the Galileo Project, using telescopes on the Harvard observatory roof.
Exobiology

Harvard Astronomer Says He’s Building Device to Capture “High Resolution Image” of UFO

Can he pull it off?

Planetary scientists believe they've unlocked two mysteries about Saturn while studying its atmospheric currents.
Off-World

Scientists Unlock Decades-Old Mystery Behind Glow on Saturn

This unlikely pair of findings answers decades-old questions about the ringed planet.

Tesla cut corners to deal with the rampant supply chain issues — putting yet another hurdle in the way to level three full-self driving cars. 
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Accused of Cutting Corner That Makes Level 3 Self-Driving Impossible

Another bump in the road for Elon’s full self-driving promise.

The UK chapter of the World Wildlife Fund has cancelled its NFT project after critics pointed out it's still based on the polluting Ethereum blockchain.
NFTs

World Wildlife Foundation Cancels NFT Project After Critics Point Out That It Was Actually a Huge Polluter

"My initial response was they must be joking.'"

Threats of Russian invasion have led the Ukrainian military to a bizarre training location — the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. 
Military

Great, Ukraine is Doing Military Combat Drills in Chernobyl Now

Pripyat may not be as radioactive as one would expect.

A camera mounted inside the JET fusion reactor recorded an amazing video of glowing plasma swirling during this week's record experiment. 
Energy

Amazing Video Shows Inside Fusion Reactor During Record Breaking Test

Woah.

The team from McGill University designed a rocket system that uses a 10-meter wide laser array on Earth to power up an orbiting spacecraft.
Advanced Transport

Scientists Propose Mission to Mars Powered by Giant Laser on Earth

It could whip a spacecraft to Mars in just 45 days.

Meta warned this week that it would shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it didn't agree on new data protection rules. Lawmakers were delighted.
Future Society

Facebook Threatens to Pull Out of Europe, Europe Says “Please Do”

"I can confirm that life would be very good without Facebook."

SpaceX has hooked up the pair of massive "chopsticks" of its 460-foot "Mechazilla" tower to its latest Starship prototype dubbed Ship 20.
Starship

SpaceX Grabs Starship With Giant Robot Arms

"It's chopstick time!"

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently developed and tested a new Black Hawk helicopter that can fly with no one inside it.
DARPA

Welp, DARPA Just Flew a Black Hawk Helicopter with No Pilot

They say it can be easily fitted into existing aircraft.

A gaggle of troublesome turkeys have laid siege to NASA's Ames Center in Mountain View, California.
NASA

Furious Turkeys Lay Siege to NASA Lab

It's a fowl situation.

Scientists at the UK-based JET lab have smashed a fusion energy record for the first time in 25 years, producing 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds.
Energy

Fusion Scientists Say They Just Made a Major Breakthrough

"We've demonstrated that we can create a mini star inside of our machine and hold it..."

A solar storm killed 40 of 49 Starlink satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX last week after atmospheric drag doomed them to deorbit.
SpaceX

Geomagnetic Storm Kills 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites

Sorry, Elon.

Meet Breanne Rohloff, an engineer for NASA contractor Jacobs who moves rockets around at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in a giant crawler.
NASA

Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Drives NASA Rockets to the Launch Pad in a 6.5 Million Pound Crawler

"We're like the Space Center's Uber for rockets."

President Joe Biden's top science advisor Eric Lander resigned Monday night after admitting that he abused employees.
Cancer

Scientist Hired by Biden to Cure Cancer Ousted for Abusing Employees

"Dr. Lander’s conduct is disturbing."

It's 2022, so naturally, the feds have brought down a Bitcoin-laundering power couple — one half of whom is a crypto wallet CEO who is also an extremely bad rapper.
Bitcoin

Feds Arrest Crypto CEO for Bitcoin Laundering, But Her Real Crime Was Against Rap Music

"The infamous Crocodile of Wall Street strikes again!"