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Tosca Musk, the sister of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has found her own niche market and is running the Netflix of romance novels called Passionflix.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Sister Runs the Tesla of Erotic Fan Fiction, and We’re Here for It

Has Elon invested? She won't say.

A team of scientists at the regenerative medicine company 3DBio Therapeutics have successfully implanted a 3D printed ear made from the patient's own cells.
3D Printing

Doctors Transplant Ear That Was 3D Printed With Patient’s Own Cells

That's pretty incredible.

According to internal emails obtained by Electrek, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees at the electric carmaker to resume full time work the office — or quit.
Elon Musk

Former Tesla Manager Says Workers Will Actually Love Elon Musk’s Tyrannical Email

"Folks... do not understand Tesla’s culture."

OpenAI's mind-blowing text-to-image AI system called DALL-E2 appears to have created its own written language, according to a computer science PhD student.
Artificial Intelligence

Researcher Says an Image Generating AI Invented Its Own Language

Did a distorted-looking language just... emerge?

A startup called SpinLaunch has been working to fling satellites into orbit via giant cannon for nearly a decade. Bad news: it won't work on humans.
Off-World

Company Says Giant Cannon for Shooting Satellites Into Orbit Would Be Fatal for Astronauts

Sorry, folks!

Researchers have come up with an ingenious new solution to tackle our renewable energy storage woes — which would turn skyscrapers into massive batteries.
Science & Energy

Scientists Propose Turning Skyscrapers Into Massive Gravity Batteries

Here's how it works.

In a strange new paper, one researcher calculates that there are four "malicious" alien civilizations in the Milky Way alone.
Exobiology

Study: There May Be as Many as Four Evil Civilizations in Our Galaxy

Wait, is that good news or bad news?

NASA has chosen Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to develop the next generation of spacesuits capable of protecting astronauts during spacewalks.
Moon

NASA Inks Deals for Moonwalking Suits for Artemis Landings

We desperately need a new spacesuit.

Catriona Campbell, A UK-based AI expert, argues we could soon be raising AI-based virtual children inside the metaverse dubbed "Tamagotchi children."
Artificial Intelligence

AI Expert Says Soon People Will Raise “Virtual Children” That Cost Less, Are Less Messy

Are "Tamagotchi children" really the answer to overpopulation?

Australian scientists got a fascinating surprise whenthey discovered what appears to be the world's largest organism, living under the ocean.
Biology

Scientists Discover World’s Largest Organism, Chilling Out Under Ocean

Mysteries of the deep!

The Limitless Space Institute non-profit is generating enough excitement and funding for the idea for a warp drive it has started giving out grants.
SpaceX

SpaceX-Affiliated Group Giving Out Funding for Warp Drive Research

The dream of travelling to a different star system is alive and well.

Advanced civilizations could have entire planets act as one massive starship to migrate to other systems, leaving their old and collapsing host star behind.
Off-World

Scientist Proposes Using Entire Planet as Spaceship to Different Star System

Escape... from a dying star.

The US Department of Defense is working to develop a full, portable 3D printing lab that can fit inside a shipping container.
3D Printing

The US Military Is Getting 3D Printing “Factories” Inside Shipping Containers

The 40-foot containers will contain all of the equipment to scan, model, and manufacture parts out of metals, ceramics and more.

According to several new studies published today in the journal Nature, space rock Ceres holds massive reservoirs of sea water underneath its surface.
Science & Energy

Study: Dwarf Planet Ceres is an Ocean World

"We know that these minerals are all essential for the emergence of life."

Nicotine use by American teens has soared to astonishing new levels since JUUL e-cigarettes exploded in popularity in 2017.
Studies

JUUL Got a Million American Kids Hooked on Nicotine, Researchers Say

Yikes.

Netflix tried to ban password sharing in three Latin American countries — but apparently, they simply can't get their own policies straight.
Future Society

Netflix’s Password Sharing Ban Already Sounds Like an Absolute Disaster

Why does this sound like the plot of a canceled Netflix show?

Remember those plants grown in soil collected by Apollo astronauts? Bad news -- it sounds like they didn't turn out so great.
Moon

Bad News! The Plants Grown in Moon Soil Turned Out Wretched

Would you eat these weird-looking sprouts?

Outspoken co-creator of Dogecoin Jackson Palmer has described Tesla CEO and longtime Dogecoin supporter Elon Musk as a "grifter" in a new interview.
Elon Musk

Dogecoin Cocreator Slams Elon Musk as a “Grifter”

That's gotta hurt.

Using a new gene therapy technique, researchers at the University of California San Diego reduced neuropathic pain in mice that were experiencing spinal cord or other nerve injuries — and with no side effects.
Gene Editing

Scientists Eliminate Chronic Pain in Mice and Primates Using Gene Therapy

This could be huge.

Web3 sure is going great — just ask Molly White, the researcher whose crypto scam-busting skills have felled con artists left and right.
Cryptocurrency

Awesome Woman Destroys “Predatory” Crypto Scams by Shaming Them to Death

"People are putting in money that they can’t afford to lose."