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Two professors say the first interstellar travel may transport tiny microscopic organisms known as tardigrades, or water bears, through space.
Off-World

Scientists Propose Sending Small Creatures to Neighboring Star Systems

Is that really ethical?

The Boring Company's tunnel at the Las Vegas Convention Center is starting to experience traffic jams all on its own during this year's CES.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Tunnel Mocked for Getting Its Own Traffic Jam

Weren't the tunnels supposed to solve this problem?

Bitcoin was hit by a precipitous price drop on Wednesday following a draconian Internet crackdown in Kazakhstan, the second-largest mining hub in the world.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Crashes as Major Crypto Country Shuts Down Entire Internet

Prices are now down 40 percent from November's high.

The International Space Station's about to get that much cooler now that NASA has approved a venture that will bring an art gallery/museum aboard. 
International Space Station

Startup Will Store Precious Artifacts in Vault Aboard the International Space Station

Yes, there's an NFT component — but it's not as wacky as you'd think.

In Europe, tens of thousands of empty planes are being flown due to an air traffic rule — while needlessly polluting the skies.
Climate Change

In Disgusting Waste, Airlines Are Flying Thousands of Completely Empty Jetliners

The situation is as terrible as it is avoidable.

It's not just you — everyone is having less sex, and fears about unwanted sex acts may be to blame.
Studies

Scientists Blame Assault Fears for Downturn in Human Sexual Activity

People may be avoiding sex entirely out of fears of sexual assault.

Hackers Steal $2.2 Million Worth of NFTs From Art Collector
NFTs

Hackers Steal $2.2 Million Worth of NFTs From Art Collector

"I have been hacked. All my apes are gone."

Infamous antivirus software Norton is being blasted for adding a cryptocurrency mining software called Norton Crypto to its Norton 360 suite.
Cryptocurrency

Norton Antivirus Criticized for Automatically Installing Cryptomining Software

"It's disgusting, gross, and brand-suicide."

A drone carrying a defibrillator saved a 71-year-old Swedish man's life after he suffered a heart attack while shoveling snow in December.
Future Society

Defibrillator Drone Swoops In and Saves Man Having Heart Attack

"If it wasn’t for the drone I probably wouldn’t be here."

A 23-year-old man from Wisconsin reportedly murdered an dismembered the bodies of his parents after they found out that he made up the fact that he worked at SpaceX and would be moving to Florida last summer.
SpaceX

Man Accused of Dismembering Parents After They Discovered He Didn’t Actually Work at SpaceX

"He had burned his parents’ heads in that fireplace."

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak fusion reactor was able to sustain a plasma temperature of 120-million-degrees Celsius for 1,056 seconds.
Energy

China’s “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Just Smashed Its Old Record

The reactor was 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun for more than 17 minutes.

A startup installed a new battery in a Tesla Model S — which allowed the vehicle to cover an astonishing 752 miles on a single charge.
Tesla

Tesla Drives 750 Miles With Upgraded Battery

Double the kilowatt-hours in the "same space as the original battery."

The James Webb Space Telescope launch into orbit means we'll never see photos of it again.
James Webb Space Telescope

This Might Be the Last We Ever See of the James Webb Space Telescope

It's been a wild ride.

The country of France passed a law in December that will require car companies to tell people not to drive in its commercials.
Climate Change

France Passes Law Requiring Car Ads to Tell People Not to Drive a Car

French car commercials will now tell viewers to walk, cycle, or use public transportation instead.

UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts made a big splash with a teaser video of its expressive humanoid robot. Now, it's back for an interview.
Robotics

That Robot With the Super Creepy Facial Expressions Is Back, and Yikes

Yep, it's still as weird as ever.

A new "genome-edited" tomato variety is being sold to Japanese customers as a way to chill out and is a first made with CRISPR technology.
Science & Energy

Company Claims Gene-Edited Tomato Contains Neurotransmitter

A tomato a day keeps the doctor away?

Reality TV star Stephanie Matto has announced that she would stop selling her farts in jars — and start selling them as NFTs.
NFTs

Reality TV Star Stops Selling Her Farts in Jars to Sell Fart NFTs Instead

We live in hell.

KFC has brought its plant-based chicken nuggets to restaurants nationwide, the latest in meat alternative products changing the face of the industry.
Science & Energy

KFC Will Now Start Selling Fake Chicken Nationwide

We're so ready..

Some people actually like looking at themselves when they're in Zoom meetings.
Future Society

Some Freaks Love Gazing at Themselves in Video Meetings, Scientists Find

Narcissus, eat your heart out.

A Russian rocket booster is making its uncontrolled re-entry through the atmosphere right now — and officials aren't entirely sure where it will hit.
Off-World

Russian Rocket Part Careening Back Down to Earth After Failed Launch

Nobody knows where it will make impact.