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Musk took to Twitter to let the world know he was considering creating a school that might make your parents blush if you applied to it.
Elon Musk

You won’t believe what it’s called.

Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that breathing polluted air might cause lowered sperm counts.
Pollution

The air we breathe could be hurting reproductive health.

A New Zealand-based company wants to provide a "digital workforce" for the future metaverse complete with AI that can learn from interactions.
Artificial Intelligence

Also, they're creepy as hell.

The researchers discovered that there was a positive correlation between the sale of alcohol with the number of patients on liver transplant waiting lists.
Developments

The number of people on liver transplant waiting lists was 50 percent higher than predicted.

NASA scientist and software developer Casey Handmer argues NASA isn't ready for Starship has to offer and needs to make systematic changes to accomodate it.
Starship

"It’s a continuing and dedicated attempt to achieve the 'Holy Grail' of rocketry."

Facebook hardware insiders told The New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac that "this is going to take a long time, i.e. breakthroughs in physics, etc."
Metaverse

New hardware could require "breakthroughs in physics" to realize.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at the end of the company’s Connect conference dedicated to its augmented and virtual reality products.
Future Society

"We have a new north star: to help bring the metaverse to life."

SpaceX has flexed the "Chopsticks" arm of its massive Starship-catching tower for the first time earlier this morning at the company's Texas facilities.
Starship

SpaceX's giant robotic "Mechazilla" just came alive.

The US Navy still has no idea what the hell its submarine hit in the South China Sea earlier this month. Officials have yet to find out what it was.
Nuclear Fusion

What the hell was it?

McDonald's is partnering with IBM to implement artificial intelligence tech to take orders at its drive-thru lanes.
Artificial Intelligence

"I'm sorry, Dave. I can't give you fries with that."

NASA Says We Need a Plan for When We Discover Alien Life
Exobiology

The agency proposes a framework for communicating — and confirming — extraterrestrial life.

Billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has other goals in mind for his tremendous wealth: making humanity interplanetary.
Mars

"My plan is to use the money to get humanity to Mars and preserve the light of consciousness."

earth-flipped-side
Science & Energy

Scientists ventured to figure out whether or not, like you, after three martinis, Earth once keeled over on its side.

SpaceX has fortunately managed to plug its leaky space toilet with mere days left before its next Crew Dragon spacecraft launch this Sunday.
SpaceX

Thank God.

National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy told CNBC that Tesla isn't doing enough to keep its Full Self-Driving software safe.
Self-Driving Vehicles

"It’s not full self-driving."

Musk took to Twitter on Wednesday to make fun of common cryptocurrency scams.
Elon Musk

"If I send you 2 Doge, will you promise to send me 1 Doge?"

China might have cemented its supercomputing supremacy with not one, but two exascale supercomputing systems.
Computers

Here's why that matters.

New research indicates that many items found in fast food throughout the US contain hormone-disrupting chemicals found in plastic.
Food

"Stronger regulations are needed to help keep these harmful chemicals out of the food supply."

NASA is turning to the private industry to keep the doomed and Moon-bound Space Launch System alive — and for the next 30 year or so.
Moon

Could a private contractor really build the SLS for less than half the cost?

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwartzman believes that shortages in the gas and oil industry will lead to a social crisis in nations throughout the world.
Energy

He predicts skyrocketing oil and gas prices will lead to "real unrest."