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A Texas woman was placed under arrest Thursday for either having or helping someone have an abortion. Police set a $500,000 bond and few other details.
Health & Medicine

People Are Starting to Risk DIY Abortions

They said this would happen.

New York City's newest skyscraper is also the world's skinniest and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere, on Billionaire's Row.
Future Society

They Just Finished the World’s Thinnest Skyscraper and It’s Slightly Terrifying

"Price of admission to the observation deck? Buy or rent a unit."

SpaceX successfully landed the first all-private crew on the International Space Station as part of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission earlier today.
SpaceX

SpaceX’s First All-Private Space Crew Just Landed on the ISS

They made it!

Oxitech is planning to release millions more of its controversial gene-hacked mosquitoes in California to reduce disease and population.
Environment

California Prepares to Release Millions of Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes

That's a lot of Frankenskeeters!

A study published in Science said 400 scientists came to the conclusion that the standard model might be wrong. It could change how the universe works.
Future Society

Physicists Shocked by New Finding About How the Universe Works

"It’s a huge deal."

Elon Musk Suggests Tesla Might Start Mining Lithium
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Suggests Tesla Might Start Mining Lithium

"There is no shortage of the element itself, as lithium is almost everywhere on Earth."

A new study published last week in arXiv reports that researchers found an unidentified object nearly 13.5 billion light-years away in the universe.
Off-World

Scientists Detect Huge Object, Farther Away Than Anything Else Detected in Universe

That's... so far.

Lab-grown meat company Primeval Foods is planning to bring a whole host of exotic meats to the market, including zebra, lion, elephant, and tiger.
Science & Energy

Startup Says It’s About to Start Selling Lab-Grown Tiger Steaks to Restaurants

Lab-grown "Siberian tiger, leopard, black panther, Bengal tiger [...] and zebra" meat are also in the works.

Bill Nye the Science Guy told viewers in a new Coca-Cola advertisement that Coke is creating a world without plastic waste and pollution.
Science & Energy

Bill Nye Accused of Shilling for Huge Polluter

Say it ain’t so, Bill!

A team of astronomers have discovered a powerful new space laser — technically a "megamaser" — a whopping five billion lightyears from Earth.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Detect Galactic Laser Coming From Deep Space

Hey, where's that coming from?!

SpaceX has successfully launched the first all-private crew of space tourists to the International Space Station, as part of Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission.
SpaceX

SpaceX Successfully Launches First All-Private Mission to the Space Station

It's a historic moment.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a big splash at last night's "Cyber Rodeo" event at the company's brand new Gigafactory in Texas.
Elon Musk

Watch Elon Musk Drive a Tesla Onstage While Blasting Dr. Dre

But then, he shared some bad news.

A hacker called Los Pelaos posted bizarre video to Justin Bieber, Travis Scott, Taylor Swift and other official celebrity YouTube acconts for Paco Sanz.
Hacking

A Hacker Just Stole Justin Bieber’s YouTube Channel and Uploaded Something Truly Bizarre

Deeply unhinged.

It's news that literally nobody wants to hear: we're well on the path to yet another wave of COVID-19 cases. But things are different now.
Developments

It Is With Great Regret That We Inform You That We May Be Getting Slammed by Another COVID Wave

A new "zombie" subvariant could already be spreading in the US.

A new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering used special ultrasound to lower blood sugar in patients with diabetes as insulin prices soar.
Studies

Scientists Say They Might Have Found a Way to Treat Diabetes Without Insulin

It works in animals, and humans trials are coming up.

Scientists have discovered polluting microplastic in the lungs of living people for the first time, more proof that the particles are practically everywhere.
Studies

Scientists Find Microplastics Deep Inside Human Lungs

It's absolutely everywhere.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has made a fascinating discovery on Sol 401, 412 Earth days since landing on the Red Planet: the remains of its parachute.
NASA

NASA Rover Finds Its Own Parachute in Martian Desert

Is that really it?

New reserach shows fungi and mushrooms create electrical pulses and may be communicating with each other, or talking to each other.
Environment

Scientist Says Mushrooms Have a Language They Use to Talk to Each Other

Do they cry when we eat them?

Campaign Zero, a police reform group, says the ShotSpotter camera rarely produces evidence of a gun crime and detect fireworks, slamming doors and more.
Robots and Machines

Gun Shot Detection Cameras Alerting Cops to Slamming Doors Instead

"[It's] manufacturing consent for increased policing."

On top of making jokes about finally convincing Twitter to add an Edit button, Elon Musk did what he does best: post silly memes.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Jokes That He’s Gonna Smoke Weed at Twitter Board Meetings

Never say never.