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A passenger with absolutely no flight experience just landed a small Cessna plane after the pilot was incapacitated earlier this week.
Future Society

Listen to the Moment a Passenger Lands a Plane During Emergency

"The pilot is incoherent … and I have no idea how to fly."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

FDA Approves Vanilla-Flavored Underwear That Protect Against STIs
Prosthetics and Devices

FDA Approves Vanilla-Flavored Underwear That Protect Against STIs

That's kinda... kinky.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The value of Bitcoin is dropping precipitously, while gang violence is on the rise in El Salvador, a country that adopted Bitcoin as legal tender.
Bitcoin

Gang Violence Surging as Crypto Crashes in Bitcoin Country

"Nothing positive has happened."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is itching to meet his Chinese doppelgänger — that is, if the man actually looks like that. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Wants to Meet His Chinese Doppelgänger

"If he is real."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Watch two mechanics in Germany convert a Tesla Model 3 into a tank with chain tracks to go off-roading. Electric conversions are expensive but needed.
Tesla

Guy Turns Tesla Model 3 Into Giant “Mad Max”-Esque Tank

Oh hell yes.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

If the great crypto crash of 2022 is giving you deja vu, you're not alone as blockchain expert David Gerard argued.
Cryptocurrency

Expert Says Crypto Crash is Just Like 2008 Financial Crisis

"The same pattern has just taken place in crypto — except without any asset as solid as housing at the bottom of it."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers from Switzerland and the US say they brought neurons and retinal cells back to "life" after death. The eye cells detected color and light.
Studies

Scientists Claim to Bring Dead Human Eye Cells Back to Life

This study "joins a body of science raising questions about the irreversible nature of death."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Boeing's Starliner has clearly been cursed from the start — but apparently it runs far deeper than initial reports suggested.
Boeing

Boeing’s Attempt to Compete With SpaceX Is Even More Cursed Than We Thought

Things seem pretty bleak over there.

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX's Crew-3 splashed said they weren't too scared when Russia launched an anti-satellite missile test, nearly hitting the International Space Station.
NASA

NASA Astronauts Say There Was a Bright Side to Almost Getting Blown Up

"It was actually a privilege."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Madonna relased an NSFW NFT collection called Mother of Creativity on SuperRare. Proceeds go to charity and the clips show her birthing trees and bugs.
NFTs

Madonna Releases Extremely Explicit NFT Collection

And it kind of rules.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Facebook emperor Mark Zuckerberg has teased the existence of his company Meta's latest mixed reality headset dubbed Project Cambria.
Meta

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off New AR Headset But Blurs It Out for Some Bizarre Reason

What are they trying to hide?

By Victor Tangermann

Actor Ezra Miller was apparently having a normal one during their recent arrest in Hawaii when they claimed they filmed an altercation to put it into NFTs. 
NFTs

Actor Ezra Miller Claims They Filmed Alleged Assault to Turn It Into NFTs

"I got assaulted and I started filming."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have found a new avenue for finding out whether someone's been exposed to the world's preeminent parasite — by looking at their eyeballs. 
Parasites

It’s Surprisingly Likely That You Have a Nasty Parasite in Your Eyeball

"Toxoplasma gondii is probably the most successful parasite in the world today."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A New York elephant named Happy is getting her day in court after activists filed to establish her as a legal person in the eyes of the law.
Science & Energy

Lawyers File on Behalf of Elephant to Make Her a Legal Person

“For more than 40 years she has been kept as a prisoner.”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto CEOs are losing billions of dollars in wealth amid an implosion of the value of several mainstream cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg reports.
Blockchain

Coinbase Founder’s Wealth Shrinks From $13.7 Billion to $2.2 Billion

Crypto execs are really feeling the heat.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists from the University of Florida say they've successfully grown plants in samples of lunar soil collected during three Apollo missions.
Moon

Scientists Grow Living Plants in Moon Soil Captured by Astronauts

That's one hell of a gardening challenge.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Bay Area startup Brownstone Shared Housing is offering a miniature bunk bed pod for $800 a month, in a space you'll also have to share with 13 others.
Future Society

A Startup Is Renting Tiny Bay Area “Pods” for $800 Per Month

"I've lived like that... on a warship."

By Victor Tangermann

A report says scientists discovered tiny rock fragments believed to be from the day an asteroid struck Earth 66 mllion years ago and killed the dinosaurs.
Climate Change

Team Claims to Have Found Chunk of Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs

They also found an impaled turtle and fish full of debris.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

It looks like the Facebook Metaverse gambit may be showing more signs of implosion. 
Metaverse

Facebook Reportedly Already Running Out of Money for Metaverse

Oof!

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a Crew-3 splashdown news conference one astronaut compared the three ships he's been on, built by SpaceX, NASA and Russia.
NASA

Astronaut Compares the SpaceX, NASA and Russian Spacecraft He’s Flown In

Like Uber ratings, but for spacecraft.

By Lonnie Lee Hood