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Watch a Historian Eviscerate the Climate Justice Movement
Climate Change

"How does this sound to a child who hasn't eaten in days?"

Billionaires are extremely keen on getting into space — and taking other billionaires' money in exchange for a seat. Here's how to talk to your family.
Off-World

Ten minute joyride or polluting waste of money?

University of Utah's Jake Abbott predicts the Earth could soon look a lot like Saturn. "Earth is on course to have its own rings" made out of space junk.
Off-World

"Earth is on course to have its own rings. They’ll just be made of junk."

Bruce Willis has turned down NASA's invite to watch the launch of the DART mission that bears a striking resemblance to "Armageddon."
NASA

He does want to miss a thing.

The United Kingdom has added an amendment to their animal welfare law that says that invertebrate creatures such as octopuses and squids are sentient.
Future Society

The country says the creatures can feel "pain, pleasure, hunger, thirst, warmth, joy, comfort and excitement."

NASA is launching a spacecraft with a highly advanced ion drive, destined to slam into an asteroid as part of its Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission.
NASA

The technology is straight out of a science fiction movie.

A recent long-term isolation experiment on a simulated Mars base found that participants often get a little distant and rebellious as time goes on. 
Mars

Okay, that's not good.

Three of the aerospace company’s top executives have left their roles in the past two weeks — including one in charge of developing the Raptor engines.
SpaceX

This comes after CEO Elon Musk said a "complete design overhaul is necessary" for the Raptor engine.

Macy's announced it's releasing digital reproductions of some of its iconic Thanksgiving Parade floats as NFTs in the name of charity.
NFTs

You wouldn't tokenize a parade float.

Uh Oh, Someone Built a Tesla With Dual Giant Machine Guns
Tesla

Just what we needed.

A group of crypto enthusiasts are furious after they lost a bid to purchase a copy of the US Constitution at a Sotheby's auction.
Cryptocurrency

Who could possibly have seen this coming?

After decades of delays and billions of dollar spent, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is encountering more hiccups ahead of its launch later this year.
James Webb Space Telescope

"I am confident the team will do everything they can to prepare Webb to explore our cosmic past."

A handy guide to talking about the metaverse with your friends, parents, and weird cousins this Thanksgiving at the table.
Metaverse

Soon, you’ll be able to mute your annoying uncle over a virtual Thanksgiving table.

If users aren't comfortable with the fact that iRobot's Roomba i7+ stores a map of their floor plan in the cloud, they can opt for the e5.
Robots and Machines

But the company behind the device is making a version for the luddites among us.

El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele has announced the country's plans to build the world's first fully bitcoin bonds-backed "Bitcoin City."
Bitcoin

"This is going to make El Salvador the financial center of the world."

"If JPM doesn’t withdraw their lawsuit, I will give them a one star review on Yelp," Tesla CEO Elon Musk told The Wall Street Journal.
Elon Musk

"This is my final warning!"

Researchers are developing a lifesaving automatic Narcan injector that may bring harm reduction into the world of medtech.
Prosthetics and Devices

Keeping people alive is priority number one.

Don't know how to handle your anti-vaxxer relatives this Thanksgiving holiday? We've got your back, dear Futurism readers.
Future Society

Citations for days.

In an email, CEO Elon Musk warned that any manager who doesn't execute his directions will be "asked to resign immediately."
Elon Musk

If they don't comply, he said, they'll be "asked to resign immediately."

Imagine, if you will, that future humans manage to travel to other worlds and find...more humans. 
Exobiology

In a galaxy far, far away...