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The net worth of Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fallen by staggering amounts —  just over $69 billion year to date, according to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Has Officially Lost $69 Billion This Year

Nice.

A pair of researchers suggest a "fifth force" could be arranging smaller galaxies into disk shapes, while still considering the existence of dark matter.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Space Is Filled With Invisible Walls

Could "symmetrons" explain the existence of dark matter?

Tesla owner Jamil Jutha had only owned his Model Y for eight months before it caught on fire Friday and briefly trapped him inside.
Future Society

Tesla Driver Briefly Trapped in Burning Car, Kicks Out Window

"The doors wouldn't open."

Following this week's report that monkeypox was confirmed in the US and countries in Europe President Joe Biden said it's a concern if it spreads globally.
Developments

Joe Biden is Worried About Monkeypox

"It would be consequential."

A Texas toddler ordered 31 McDonald's cheeseburgers on his mom's phone from DoorDash. The kid went viral on Facebook for giving them away for free.
Future Society

Kid Steals Phone, Orders 31 Cheeseburgers, Leaves Huge Tip

We're lovin' it.

That "door" on Mars is a rock formation on Mount Sharp and it's hilariously small. A new panorama taken by the Curiosity rover shows more detail.
Mars

It Turns Out That “Door” on Mars Is Hilariously Tiny

It's more like a dog door.

Researchers say issues with the Hubble Constant could be explained by a "mirror world" invisible to us except through gravitational impact on our cosmos.
Future Society

Scientists Say There May Be a “Mirror World” to Our Own

Come again?

After years of delay and troubleshooting, Boeing finally docked its space taxi, Starliner, to the International Space Station with 800 pounds of cargo.
Off-World

Astronauts Enter Starliner After It Finally Docks To Space Station

They actually pulled it off.

Explorerers in China found a massive sinkhole that has an entire ancient forest inside. It could hold species previously not discovered.
Climate Change

Scientists Discover Ancient Forest at Bottom of Gigantic Sinkhole

Giant trees and new species, oh my.

Researchers released a new image of M87*, a black hole photographed in 2019 by the Event Horizon Telescope -- and it doesn't match the first one.
Science & Energy

Bad News! That Image of a Black Hole Might Be Totally Screwed Up

The last image was a "mistake," they say.

One family says their child was left with hearing damage after the boy's Apple AirPods blasted an Amber alert in his ears and filed a lawsuit for damages.
Prosthetics and Devices

Lawsuit Claims Apple AirPods Ruptured a Child’s Eardrums

A grim claim!

Insider dropped an alarming story today reporting that SpaceX paid one of its employees $250,000 to keep quiet about improper sexual advances from Musk.
SpaceX

SpaceX Reportedly Paid $250,000 to Silence Sexual Allegations Against Elon Musk

“Before the incident, she regarded Mr. Musk as a person to look up to."

Astrophysics professor Adam Frank suggests civilizations could advance so much they could eventually be able to change the laws of physics.
Physics

NASA Sponsored Researcher Suggests It Might Be Possible to Change the Laws of Physics

Mind blown.

Elon Musk was accuased of sexual assault and paid $250,000 in hush money after asking flight attendant for sex in exchange for a horse.
Elon Musk

After Sexual Allegations, Elon Musk Jets Off to Brazil

And he's off!

Facebook's dream of the metaverse is as incoherent as ever, following an 8,000 word essay posted by Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta.
Metaverse

In Extremely Confusing Twist, Facebook Says It Isn’t Building a Metaverse After All

Okay, we're puzzled.

It looks like the exhaust fumes from SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets (and others like it) are actually super toxic to humans — and to the planet we call home. 
SpaceX

SpaceX Rocket Fumes “Hazardous to Humans” and the Climate, Scientists Warn

This seems, uh, pretty bad.

Zoom is developing AI tech that analyzes emotions. TRF News says it could be a human rights violation. Workers are already burned out from the pandemic.
Future Society

Experts Alarmed by Zoom’s Tech for Detecting Users’ Emotions

"Creepy technology."

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has finally made its way into stable orbit Thursday evening after launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Boeing

Boeing Starliner Limps Into Orbit After Two Engines Fail

The cursed spacecraft can't catch a break.

In the latest news, Russia believes American farmers rely on its GLONASS geoloation system to get by, according to Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin.
Space

Crabby Russian Space Program Head Turns Sights on American Farmers

Okay, buddy, sure.

Google DeepMind lead researcher Dr. Nando de Freitas boldly declared that "the game is over" and that as we scale AI, so too will we approach AGI.
Google

Google Says It’s Closing in on Human-Level Artificial Intelligence

"The Game Is Over!"