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A text exchange between an Amazon driver and her managershowcase some of the chaos and gross negligence by the company during the weekend’s disaster.
Future Society

Amazon Wouldn’t Let Driver Stop Deliveries as Tornado Struck

"That’s waiting to turn this van into my casket."

Because nothing matters any more, a dog appears to have taken control of a Tesla vehicle, according to a groundbreaking investigate report.
Tesla

Tesla Spotted Cruising Down Highway With Dog in Driver’s Seat

"This is crazy!"

How to Respond to Omicron Like a Rational, Smart, Non-Hysterical Adult
Health & Medicine

How to Respond to Omicron Like a Rational, Smart, Non-Hysterical Adult

"It's too soon to tell" needs to be a comforting mantra, not a cause for freakouts.

As many as 30 feral hogs invaded a Texas neighborhood last week, damaging garden beds and yards. How should we deal with them?
Climate Change

Video Shows Dozens of Feral Hogs Invading Neighborhood

Oink oink!

Until now, a "true" millipede never existed, but a newly-discovered insect not only meets the proper criteria, but also looks like it came from Hades itself.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Hellish Bug With 1300 Creepy Little Legs

Like her namesake, E. persephone lives deep within the the underworld.

Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet hit dating app Grindr with a €6.3 million fine for sharing user data with advertisers without their consent. 
Future Society

Grindr Slammed With Huge Fine for Spying on Users

Hey thanks, Norway. Seriously.

The Parker Solar Probe flew through the Sun’s atmosphere and dipped below the upper part of its atmosphere known as the corona.
NASA

NASA Brags That Its Probe Officially Touched the Sun

The probe's data gives NASA insight into previously unobservable phenomena.

New research suggests that gender-affirming hormone therapy is directly connected to lower rates of depression and suicide attempts in transgender youths.
Health & Medicine

Study Finds That Trans Youth Who Get Gender-Affirming Hormones Are Less Depressed

It also reduces rates of suicide attempts in young transgender people.

In Red Bull-sponsored stunt news, a daredevil wingsuit pilot became the first person to fly in and back out of an active volcano.
Advanced Transport

Man With Wingsuit Flies Inside Mouth of Active Volcano

"Fear is a very positive thing."

Elon Musk tweeted a meme mocking NFT lovers this week, just after saying he'd use Doge Coin and after a previous attack against DAO users.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Mocks NFTs as Sign of Mental Illness

Not funny, Elon.

Meta's virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds has barely made it out to the public and beta testers are already being sexually harassed.
Metaverse

Sexual Assault Is Already Happening in the Metaverse

Meta claims users just weren't using it right.

"I came to the US with no money and graduated with over $100k in debt, despite scholarships and working 2 jobs while at school," Musk wrote.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Moans About His Student Loan Debt

He's just like us... except that he's the richest man on Earth.

Record breaking, hurricane-force storms blew across the Midwest on Wednesday destroying homes and causing more than half a million power outages.
Climate Change

Hurricane-Like Storms That Raged in the Midwest Caused by Climate Change, FEMA Says

"This is going to be our new normal."

NASA’s Probe Took a Video as It “Touched the Sun” and Wow
Science & Energy

NASA’s Probe Took a Video as It “Touched the Sun” and Wow

It was "like flying into the eye of a storm."

Cryptocurrency prices went completely nuts on several crypto exchanges on Tuesday, spiking to crazy new heights. The price of Bitcoin hit $789 billion.
Future Society

Crypto Site Glitch Makes Some Users Temporary Quadrillionaires

"I was expecting to be landed on the Moon not the farthest star in universe."

A Japanese billionaire who spent tens of millions of dollars to take a trip to the International Space Station doesn't care that he can only do so because he's obscenely wealthy.
Future Society

Billionaire Space Tourist Basically Says “Let Them Eat Cake”

I'll have what he's having.

The US Navy has fired a laser weapon at a floating target in the Mideast, destroying it, the Associated Press reports.
Robots and Machines

US Navy Uses Laser Weapon to Destroy “Floating Target”

The goal is to fend off "bomb-laden drone boats."

With the help of the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, scientists discovered a huge deposit of water at the bottom of a Martian canyon.
Science & Energy

Scientists Spot Hidden Water in Mars’ Grand Canyon

The region is "packed full of water — far more water than we expected."

Vaccine Successfully Stalls Elements of Aging in Mice
Studies

Vaccine Successfully Stalls Elements of Aging in Mice

Like the Night of the Living Dead, but at the molecular level.

Princeton Researchers Create Terrifying VR Simulation of Nuke Attack to Train US Officials
Virtual Reality

Princeton Researchers Create Terrifying VR Simulation of Nuke Attack to Train US Officials

"You walk into that simulation and come out a changed person."