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Rolls-Royce's Spirit of Innovation electric airplane just crushed the all-electric top speed record, soaring through the air at 384.4 mph.
Advanced Transport

It smashed the current record by 132 mph.

Elon Musk Says “At Least” Half His Tweets are Made on Toilet
Elon Musk

He's just like the rest of us!

When your uncle asks if he should invest in some Bitcoin — or Floki, for that matter — you should have some answers ready.
Cryptocurrency

So your uncle wants to invest in Bitcoin...

Sure, the Metaverse could improve our lives. In fact, Rosenberg told Insider it'll make our world "feel like Harry Potter." But social media has already created a world where nobody can seem to agree on what's real or not, and the Metaverse isn't likely to make those problems better. They'll probably only get worse.
Future Society

What's real... and what's Meta?

The team of three that recently published an essay on dream hacking in Aeon includes Harvard professor of psychiatry Robert Stickgold, and they report that a 2021 survey found that, of more than 400 marketers in the United States, 77% plan to use dream-tech advertising in the next three years.
Future Society

Should advertisers be allowed to hack your dreams?

This Is the Science of Pleasure
Prosthetics and Devices

MEL Magazine and Futurism present: Reports, stories, and dispatches from the horny and hedonistic horizons of tomorrow.

A team of scientists are suggesting that we protect humans on Mars from deadly atmospheric conditions by kickstarting the planet's magnetic field.
Mars

Even NASA is on board.

A team of researchers say that the Moon is peppered with craters from miniature black holes — and they may reveal some breakthrough insights on dark matter. 
Science & Energy

Its craters might reveal evidence of dark matter.

Back in October, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently had to adjust its orbit to dodge out of the way of India's Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter.
Moon

They would've gotten way too close for comfort.

The body of a deceased cargo ship captain spent six months in the ship's walk-in freezer with 13 countries refusing to take care of it.
Future Society

The body spent six months in the ship's walk-in freezer.

An Arkansas woman found herself in a nightmare scenario recently when she discovered that someone had put an Apple tracking device on her car.
Devices

There's more to this story than meets the eye.

"Don’t want to brag but... I’m the best at humility," Musk tweeted today. To his credit, the billionaire hasn't shied away from admitting when he was wrong.
Elon Musk

"Don’t want to brag but... I’m the best at humility."

A high tech upcoming sex toy asks an intriguing question: is it possible to technologically emulate the experience of having a penis?
Robots and Machines

"The goal is biomimicry, to mimic the experience of an orgasm through male sexuality."

A woman is suing Tesla after she allegedly received near daily sexual harassment while working at the company — and she says Elon Musk is partly to blame.
Tesla

"After almost three years of experiencing all the harassment, it robs your sense of security — it almost dehumanizes you."

NASA has announced that the International Space Station (ISS) is still at a heightened risk of colliding with Russian space debris.
International Space Station

Here we go again.

Elon Musk warned of climate change, comet strikes, and dropping birth rates — not to mention, in his words, "good ol' nuclear Armageddon."
Mars

"I don't know what quite that risk is but it's not zero."

Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman to serve as acting president when President Joe Biden temporarily transferred power to her on Friday.
Developments

That's one way to do it.

Cryptographers are unhappy they are no longer the de facto association of the term "crypto." But is that really a bad thing?
Cryptocurrency

Is that necessarily a bad thing?

A Canadian teenager was arrested after stealing roughly $36.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from just one individual based in the US.
Cryptocurrency

It's "currently the biggest cryptocurrency theft reported from one person."

COVID May Have Messed Up One Million Americans’ Sense of Smell
Developments

A new study sheds some light on the long-term effects of the pandemic.