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Tesla has had to make a rather awkward compromise when it comes to its upcoming and much-hyped Cybertruck — one giant windshield wiper.
Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck Will Have a Single Absolutely Enormous Windshield Wiper

One wiper to rule them all.

A team of scientists have created a sleeping bag that sucks on the legs and feet of astronauts to keep them healthy long term.
Off-World

Scientists Invent Tube That Sucks on Astronauts Like Giant Popsicles

Don't worry, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

There's an extremely extremely disturbing site where users goad each other to commit suicide — and Google won't take it out of its search results.
Future Society

Google Refuses to Pull Website Responsible for Scores of Suicides

This is just horrifying.

Pluto may be reinstated to its position as a planet — and other celestial bodies may join it. 
Off-World

Scientists Call for Making Pluto a Planet Again

It all depends on your definition of "planet."

Alphabet's AI research company DeepMind has released the next generation of its language model that almost has the reading comprehension of a high schooler.
Artificial Intelligence

DeepMind Says Its New AI Has Almost the Reading Comprehension of a High Schooler

A provocative claim!

Instead of grinding through rock with a massive grinder, a startup called Petra is hoping to dig tunnels using super heated gas.
Robots and Machines

Startup Says It Can Dig Tunnels Really Fast by Melting Through Rock

Eat your heart out, Elon!

A group of scientists say that the Amazon Rainforest is on the brink of collapse — and could transform into a dry savannah in just five years.
Climate Change

Amazon Rainforest on the Verge of Becoming a Dry Savannah, Scientists Say

"It's a nightmare."

Vice President Kamala Harris came under a little fire this week for the outrageous decision to not use Bluetooth headphones — but experts say she's right.
Future Society

Kamala Harris Is Actually Right About the Bluetooth Headphones, You Nitwits

There are valid criticisms of the VP — but this ain’t it.

Tesla CEO and meme thief Elon Musk tweeted last night that he was considering quitting his jobs to become a full-time influencer.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He’s Thinking of Quitting SpaceX and Tesla to Become an “Influencer”

He's joking, right?

NASA Scientists Are Gonna Bawl Their Eyes When the Tiny Mars Chopper Dies
Mars

NASA Scientists Are Gonna Bawl Their Eyes When the Tiny Mars Chopper Dies

I'm not crying, you're crying!

Even when temperatures drop to 75 degrees Celsius below zero (-103 Fahrenheit), massive "zombie fires" continue to burn below parts of Siberia.
Climate Change

Underground “Zombie Fires” Continue to Burn Even at 74 Degrees Below Zero

It's a song of ice and fire.

Scientists have discovered a molecular signal that can help them create a pill that replicates the effects of exercise without the actual exercise.
Developments

Researchers Say Newly-Discovered Particle Could Help Create “Exercise in a Pill”

The pill would give the benefits of exercise to folks incapable of physical activity.

Kickstarter is moving to the blockchain and its users are legitimately furious about it. 
Blockchain

Kickstarter Creators Furious Over Company’s Move to Blockchain

There's lots of reasons to distrust Kickstarter's latest attempt to stay relevant.

Tesla owners were shocked to find that they were able to play elaborate video games while driving their vehicle. Now the NHTSA is looking into it.
Tesla

The Feds Are Investigating Tesla for Allowing Drivers to Game While Driving

"We are aware of driver concerns and are discussing the feature with the manufacturer."

A team of researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have created a jetpack-wearing humanoid robot — that also has a creepy, doll face.
Robotics

Scientists Built a Robot With Jetpacks and a Creepy, Doll-Like Face

Well, that's straight out of a nightmare.

Congress is set to pass a new defense bill introduced on Tuesday that would allow funding to reverse engineer UFO technology.
Robots and Machines

New Law Would Fund Reverse Engineering of UFO Tech

The bill would allow funding requests to "replicate any such advanced characteristics and performance" of UFOs.

New Zealand to Completely Ban Tobacco for Anyone Born After 2008
Developments

New Zealand to Completely Ban Tobacco for Anyone Born After 2008

"We want to make sure young people never start smoking."

Famed astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has truly outdone himself with his latest picture of the Sun, stitching together around 150,000 individual images.
Off-World

This Photo of the Sun Is so Absurdly Detailed That It Looks like a Living Organism

"Ordinarily, taking a telescope and pointing at the sun would be incredibly dangerous."

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg butted back at Tesla CEO Elon Musk's criticisms of the Build Back Better Act.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Now Feuding with *Checks Notes* Pete Buttigieg

"The government should just try to get out of the way and not impede progress."

Scientists have discovered a new planet — and it's really honkin' big! 
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Gigantic New World that Defies Previous Planetary Understanding

The big little planet that could.