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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently sat down with Lex Fridman and dished on who exactly he thought Satoshi Nakamoto really is — and he says it's not him.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Thinks He Knows the Real Identity of Satoshi Nakamoto

He also says that’s it’s most definitely, absolutely not at all him.

Cases of the COVID-19 are surging across the globe as the highly transmissible Omicron variant becomes the most dominant strain of the virus.
Developments

Omicron Continues to Wreak Havoc on Flights, Hospitals, and Worst of All, BTS

Things are starting to look a lot like 2020 again.

The CDC updated its COVID-19 guidelines, shortening the isolation timeline for those who contract the virus to just five days.
Developments

Health Experts Slam CDC After It Shortened COVID Isolation Guidelines

"It is a clear case of prioritizing corporate profit over public health."

A Russian rocket is now stranded in orbit after it suffered an engine failure — and it might come crashing back down to Earth.
Off-World

A Russian Spacecraft Is Stranded in Low Earth Orbit

It’s probably going to come crashing back down to Earth.

China recently informed the United Nations that its space station performed two evasive maneuvers this past year to avoid colliding with Starlink satellites
Off-World

China Furious With Elon Musk for Endangering Its Space Station

"The risks of Starlink are being gradually exposed, the whole human race will pay for their business activities."

NASA brought together 24 theologians for a year-long program to find out how exactly religious communities would react to alien life.
Future Society

NASA Paid Priests to Figure Out How to Deal With Aliens

A priest, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a NASA-funded program...

Researchers in China created a machine that can file a charge with more than 97 percent accuracy based on a description of a suspected criminal case.
Artificial Intelligence

China Created an AI ‘Prosecutor’ That Can Charge People with Crimes

It's been trained to identify Shanghai's eight most common crimes.

Police in Israel may soon have autonomous drones that fly to locations where gunshots are detected, but Denver police can't prove the tech even works.
Drones

New Tech Will Send Police Drones to Sites Where Guns Went Off

That's actually pretty scary.

Former President Donald Trump took far-right personality Candace Owens to task for questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines because, clearly, 2021 still has a few surprises left for us yet.
Developments

Donald Trump Touts Vaccine Safety, Humiliates Right-Winger

Literally what the hell is happening.

The world's newest space telescope that's been decades in the making is supposedly going to take off on Christmas Day and you best believe the internet has something to say about it.
James Webb Space Telescope

Memers Rejoice and Troll as James Webb Space Telescope Allegedly Prepares For Liftoff

Whether or not the telescope launches this year, it sure has been fun waiting around.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed today why he supports alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin and isn't a huge fan of Bitcoin.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Explains Why He is “Pro Doge,” Not Bitcoin

"Bitcoin just gives power to new rich people."

The more we learn about whether Elon Musk lives in either a shack or a palace, the more confusing the story becomes.
Elon Musk

Mystery Deepens About Whether Elon Musk Actually Lives in Prefab Box

Even by Elon's standards, this is getting dramatic.

A rising number of burglary and homicide crime cases is causing celebrities to stockpile bulletproof cars and safe rooms for security.
Future Society

The Wealthy Are Suddenly Hoarding Safe Rooms and Bulletproof Cars

Sounds like a nightmare.

A new study conducted by top scientists in China found a link between microplastics and IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease.
Health & Medicine

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Microplastics in Your Gut

We've just got a gut feeling...

A bizarre invention dubbed "Taste the TV" (TTTV) allows you to taste whatever you're watching through a special hygienic film that covers a flat TV screen.
Science & Energy

Scientist Invents Screen That Creates Flavors When You Lick It

"It’s sweet like a chocolate sauce."

Without the assistance of gravity, giving somebody a haircut is a lot tougher than you might think. And the results may end up being a disappointment.
Off-World

Astronaut Barber Means Well, Gives Terrible Haircut in Space

He was doing his best.

Tesla owner Tuomas Katainen hates his Model S so much he strapped on 60 pounds of dynamite. Watch him blow up the car and explain his experience.
Tesla

Man Hates His Tesla So Much He Blows It Up With 60 Pounds of Dynamite

Kaboom!!

Australian brain computer interface company Synchron allowed a 62-year-old man with ALS to turn his thoughts directly into tweets.
Prosthetics and Devices

Man With ALS Tweets Using Brain Implant That Translates Thoughts Into Text

"Hello, world!"

After an extremely sad online-only relaunch, RadioShack is gasping for relevancy by launching a cryptocurrency exchange for rich old people.
Hacking

Boomers Rejoice: RadioShack is Making Crypto for Old People

"The older generation simply doesn’t trust the new-fangled ideas of the Bitcoin youth."

A box full of untraceable cash sat collecting dust in the unused office a New York City physics professor for months — and its contents were shocking.
Physics

Physics Dept Gets Random Box Full of $180K in Untraceable $50s and $100s

That's one way to make a splash in the science world.