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Space tourists headed to the International Space Station this month are bringing a special headset that can map changes in their brain activity during spaceflight.
Neuroscience and Brain

SpaceX Space Tourists Are Bringing a Brain-Reading Helmet to Space This Month

"One headset, for multiple people, that automatically configures itself perfectly to each one’s head."

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, worth almost $3 billion, based on Friday's share prices.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Buys Huge Share in Twitter, Becomes Largest Shareholder

"The algorithm needs to be open source."

Elon Musk is griping that Twitter's algorithm isn't fair, and that there should be more transparency around how it works.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Absolutely Furious at the Twitter Algorithm

And where's he complaining? On Twitter, of course.

Amazon organizer roasted founder and billionare Jeff Bezos on Twitter, saying he was in space while the union was organizing.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos’s Space Travel Used for Scorching Burn On Amazon After Union Win

"While he was up there we were organizing."

Billionare Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he refused to enter exclusive German nightclub Berghain, but he probably got rejected by bouncer Sven.
Elon Musk

Yeah, Sure, We Totally Believe Elon Musk “Refused [to] Enter” Berghain

Musk failed the vibe check.

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the space program in Russia, has been tweeting about NASA, Roscosmos and the International Space Station again.
Off-World

Russia’s Latest Statement on the Space Station Is So Strange That Experts Are Divided

What in god's name is he talking about?

Four lightning bolts hit the towers surrounding Artemis I, the latest NASA mission to the Moon at the Kennedy Space Center.
Moon

Video Shows Lightning Striking NASA’s New Moon Rocket

Uh... is everyone okay?

Tesla released drone footage of the new Gigafactory in Berlin where CEO Elon Musk just showed off his new groove.
Drones

Watch a Drone Fly Directly Through the Tesla Assembly Line

That's one good drone pilot.

France's electric grid manager asked people to cut electric consumption because of an incoming cold front, Europe's ongoing energy crisis and Russia.
Energy

France Might Run Out of Energy Because of Russia’s War

They're coming up short.

The US House of Representatives finally took the first steps to legalize marijuana on Friday and will expunge some criminal records if passed.
Health & Medicine

Heck Yes! Government Moves to Decriminalize Marijuana

Get your celebration bowls and joints ready.

Follett cancelled plans to change features of their library software Destiny that would allow parents and schools ban students reading LGBTQ+ books.
Future Society

Company Backs Down on Software to Block Kids Getting LBGTQ+ Library Books

They did the right thing.

Here are a few April Fools' shenanigans that, if they weren't necessarily works of comedic art, certainly caught our attention.
Future Society

Okay, Here Are 2022’s Most Futuristic April Fools’ Jokes

Okay, that last one...

Space Station Tourists Will Only Enter Russian Segment If Invited, CEO Says
Off-World

Space Station Tourists Will Only Enter Russian Segment If Invited, CEO Says

It's an awkward time to fly to the International Space Station.

Some users who've taken "magic" mushrooms have experienced "wood-lover's paralysis," also called WLP, and lose control of their body through temporarily.
Neuroscience and Brain

People Who Took Psychedelic Mushrooms Say They Lost Control of Their Bodies

"I couldn't even chew."

Bitcoin — with a capital B — was designed to have a hard cap of 21 million Bitcoins, a limited coin supply. Miners are about to hit the 19 million mark.
Bitcoin

They’ve Now Mined Almost All the Bitcoin That Will Ever Exist

But what does that actually mean?

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature says a giant blob in a core part of Earth, called mantle plumes, are actually moving.
Climate Change

Two Huge Objects Inside the Earth Are Changing Shape, Scientists Say

What is going on down there?

A new report finds Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps cancer doctors who work on thyroid diseases on call or with him at all times.
Cancer

Putin Almost Always Accompanied by Cancer Specialist, Investigation Finds

What's going on with Putin's health?

During a recent interview, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that he was given a brand new nickname by the people working for him: Eye of Sauron.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Says That When Employees Call Him the “Eye of Sauron,” It’s Actually a Compliment

He says it's a compliment.

Enhance! NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the agency's tiny four pound Ingenuity Mars helicopter from orbit — an impressive feat.
Mars

Enhance! Spacecraft Spots NASA’s Mars Helicopter All the Way From Orbit

There it is!

Police found five deceased fetuses in the DC home of a Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising anti-choice activist who had already been arrested five times.
Health & Medicine

Police Find Five Fetuses in Home of Anti-Abortion Activist

Dear god.