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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is finally paying his taxes this year. "For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year," he tweeted.
Elon Musk

"For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year."

A new scientific study says the universe may actually change its own laws of physics to achieve stability and evolution, called "The Autodidactic Universe."
Off-World

The cosmos is stranger than we know.

Baby Maeve was born in the backseat of a Tesla driving on autopilot while parents Keating and Yiran raced to the local hospital.
Tesla

Incredible.

A new lawsuit accuses Tesla CEO Elon Musk of tweeting in a way that hurts Tesla stock prices. His feud with Elizabeth Warren violates a 2019 agreement.
Elon Musk

Let him pay!

A professor wanted to give students a reward for reading the syllabus and hid a scavenger hunt clue inside, but no students claimed the free cash.
Future Society

The Devil's in the details.

NASA's Mars helicopter briefly lost connection last week, and it could be because of Apache Log4j flaw that allows hackers to attack with little effort.
Mars

What's really going on here?

A team is ready to open a Moon soil container from the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. The opening will allow the extraction of precious lunar gases for testing.
Moon

Okay, that's pretty cool.

A new article in Russian news details missed deadlines, unsafe space equipment and malfunctions as well as corruption and embezzlement at Roscosmos.
Off-World

Oof, that's brutal.

A huge cargo ship will use a large kite to drag itself across the ocean in a test run next month in an effort to reduce carbon emissions the shipping industry emits each year.
Climate Change

You mean.... a sail?

The FDA permenantly lifted a rule that requires patients to meet in person to get abortion pills and allow them to receive them by mail instead.
Developments

This makes abortion more available to folks who can’t easily travel to abortion providers.

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a video on Twitter of the giant Starship and its steering engines, a sign production may be back on track.
Starship

Talk about powerful.

Nuclear experts in the Netherlands are warning against "anti-5G" pendants that some are wearing to ward off harmful frequencies, they say, are being emitted by 5G towers.
Prosthetics and Devices

This is beyond stupid.

Nick Clegg, Meta's vice president for global affairs and communications, isn't impressed with the design of the company's Quest virtual reality headset.
Future Society

"Can we get the sneering and mockery out of the way?"

A Minecraft builder has built an 8-bit processor inside the video game, a truly impressive demonstration and understanding of what makes them tick.
Future Society

Anybody up for an extremely slow game of Snake?

An NFT project selling different poorly-drawn illustrations of George Floyd was released on the OpenSea platform on December 7.
NFTs

Just when you thought NFTs couldn’t get any worse.

The ousted CEO of a SpaceX copycat — and the man who gave Elon Musk his first rocketry books — is being sued for embezzlement.
Off-World

This is what happens when you get too high on your own supply.

A text exchange between an Amazon driver and her managershowcase some of the chaos and gross negligence by the company during the weekend’s disaster.
Future Society

"That’s waiting to turn this van into my casket."

Because nothing matters any more, a dog appears to have taken control of a Tesla vehicle, according to a groundbreaking investigate report.
Tesla

"This is crazy!"

How to Respond to Omicron Like a Rational, Smart, Non-Hysterical Adult
Health & Medicine

"It's too soon to tell" needs to be a comforting mantra, not a cause for freakouts.

As many as 30 feral hogs invaded a Texas neighborhood last week, damaging garden beds and yards. How should we deal with them?
Climate Change

Oink oink!