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Investors are buying exclusive rights to simple strings of emojis called "Yats" by early adopters — for some reason we can't figure out.
NFTs

Because the World Has Lost Its Mind, You Can Now Buy NFTs of Strings of Emojis

Paris Hilton and Lil Wayne have already bought them.

An international team of researchers have developed the synthetic human tooth enamel that they say outperforms the real thing.
Developments

Scientists Create Synthetic Tooth Enamel That’s Stronger Than Real Teeth

Nine out of 10 dentists will probably recommend it.

A team of astronomers have used the Murchison Widefield Array, a massive network of over 4,000 antennas in the Australian desert, to look for aliens.
Exobiology

Scientists Fail to Spot Aliens After Scanning Skies for Seven Whole Hours

Don't give up that easily!

Tesla CEO and Terrible Boss Elon Musk thinks there’s just too much bad news out there these days — and it’s the hateful media’s fault.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk, Who Constantly Posts About Stuff He Hates, Complains About the Media’s “Relentless Hatestream”

Pot, meet kettle.

A vandal has seemingly chopped off the cables to all eight stalls of a brand new Tesla Supercharger station in Oakhurt, California.
Tesla

Villain Slices All Cables Off Brand New Tesla Charging Station

Horrifying!

Child safety experts are sounding the alarm on the metaverse saying that it will attract sexual predators preying on kids using apps such as Horizon Worlds.
Metaverse

Experts Warn of Child Predators in Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

"They’ll go there first to take advantage of the fact that it is a safe ground for them to abuse or groom kids."

The village of Fairbourne in Gwynedd, in North Wales, is going to be below sea level by 2054, but that isn't soaring housing and vacation rental prices.
Climate Change

House Prices Surge in Neighborhood Predicted to Be Swallowed by the Sea

Why would you buy a doomed house?

Shoot magic energy lasers out of your fingers with augmented reality experiment that game enthusiast and HoloForge Interactive CTO Olivier Goguel created.
Artificial Intelligence

Awesome AR Demo Lets You Shoot Magic With Your Fingers

Who DOESN'T want magic laser hands!?

Union Pacific purchased 20 battery-powered locomotives for use in rail yards while other battery-powered train cars are getting to work.
Advanced Transport

Major Railroad Buys 20 Battery Powered Locomotives for Its Trains

That's a big battery!

A new study details how researchers have used electrical implants connected to a smartphone app to help Michel Roccati walk again after a spinal injury.
Prosthetics and Devices

Spine Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Control Legs Using App

Whoa.

AI-generated images have always been creepy, but one artist's neural network-guided interpretation of BuzzFeed headlines takes it to a whole new dimension.
Artificial Intelligence

Mad Scientist Forces AI to Make Horrific Pictures Out of BuzzFeed Headlines

An AI Was Force-Fed BuzzFeed's Meme-Worthy Headlines and Here's What Happened

After accruing even more dust during a recent storm, NASA scientists believe that the InSight Mars lander may finally be on its last legs. 
Mars

NASA’s Mars Lander Believed to Be Dying After Furious Dust Storm

Oh no!

Swedish musician and AI enthusiast Supercomposite used the Looking Glass AI to create hundreds of creepy tarot cards and has been sharing them on Twitter.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Generates Haunting New Tarot Cards

Where are their faces!?

Reserachers used a spinal cord implant in mice to help them walk again after being paralyzed long-term. They hope for human clinical trials.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Heal Paralyzed Mice With Spinal Cord Implants

"If this works in humans, and we believe that it will, it can offer all paralyzed people hope that they may walk again."

Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak has announced that he has personally invested in Synchron, a rival brain-computer interface startup.
Elon Musk

Neuralink Cofounder Invests in Rival That’s Beaten Elon Musk to Human Trials

It’s yet another rival company he’s supporting.

People in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico got a lightshow of a lifetime over the weekend when a spectacular fireball streaked across the sky as it fell to Earth. 
Future Society

Video Appears to Show SpaceX Rocket Disintegrating in Epic Fireball

It's spectacular.

NASA just approved a SpaceX project to launch its first fully-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.  
NASA

NASA Officially Approves First SpaceX Tourists to Visit Space Station

It's happening!

A new study by NewClimate Institute found that 25 large corporations that promised to fight climate change are doing a laughably bad job at it.
Climate Change

Surprise! Companies That Promised to Hit Net-Zero Emissions Are Failing Miserably

"We were frankly surprised and disappointed at the overall integrity of the companies’ claims."

The 27 most expensive recorded NFT sales in January amounted to $1.3 billion — but it came from just two crypto wallets trading with each other.
Cryptocurrency

Evidence Is Piling Up That a Huge Number of NFT Sales Are Fake

People keep buying their own NFTs — and driving up the price while doing so.

Pam Harght of Boston noticed and essentially rescued a sinking boat named Bing Bing during a work Zoom meeting last week.
Future Society

Woman Notices Sinking Boat During Zoom Call, Saves Crew

"They didn’t have much time left."