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Vice President Kamala Harris came under a little fire this week for the outrageous decision to not use Bluetooth headphones — but experts say she's right.
Future Society

Kamala Harris Is Actually Right About the Bluetooth Headphones, You Nitwits

There are valid criticisms of the VP — but this ain’t it.

Tesla CEO and meme thief Elon Musk tweeted last night that he was considering quitting his jobs to become a full-time influencer.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He’s Thinking of Quitting SpaceX and Tesla to Become an “Influencer”

He's joking, right?

NASA Scientists Are Gonna Bawl Their Eyes When the Tiny Mars Chopper Dies
Mars

NASA Scientists Are Gonna Bawl Their Eyes When the Tiny Mars Chopper Dies

I'm not crying, you're crying!

Even when temperatures drop to 75 degrees Celsius below zero (-103 Fahrenheit), massive "zombie fires" continue to burn below parts of Siberia.
Climate Change

Underground “Zombie Fires” Continue to Burn Even at 74 Degrees Below Zero

It's a song of ice and fire.

Scientists have discovered a molecular signal that can help them create a pill that replicates the effects of exercise without the actual exercise.
Developments

Researchers Say Newly-Discovered Particle Could Help Create “Exercise in a Pill”

The pill would give the benefits of exercise to folks incapable of physical activity.

Kickstarter is moving to the blockchain and its users are legitimately furious about it. 
Blockchain

Kickstarter Creators Furious Over Company’s Move to Blockchain

There's lots of reasons to distrust Kickstarter's latest attempt to stay relevant.

Tesla owners were shocked to find that they were able to play elaborate video games while driving their vehicle. Now the NHTSA is looking into it.
Tesla

The Feds Are Investigating Tesla for Allowing Drivers to Game While Driving

"We are aware of driver concerns and are discussing the feature with the manufacturer."

A team of researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have created a jetpack-wearing humanoid robot — that also has a creepy, doll face.
Robotics

Scientists Built a Robot With Jetpacks and a Creepy, Doll-Like Face

Well, that's straight out of a nightmare.

Congress is set to pass a new defense bill introduced on Tuesday that would allow funding to reverse engineer UFO technology.
Robots and Machines

New Law Would Fund Reverse Engineering of UFO Tech

The bill would allow funding requests to "replicate any such advanced characteristics and performance" of UFOs.

New Zealand to Completely Ban Tobacco for Anyone Born After 2008
Developments

New Zealand to Completely Ban Tobacco for Anyone Born After 2008

"We want to make sure young people never start smoking."

Famed astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has truly outdone himself with his latest picture of the Sun, stitching together around 150,000 individual images.
Off-World

This Photo of the Sun Is so Absurdly Detailed That It Looks like a Living Organism

"Ordinarily, taking a telescope and pointing at the sun would be incredibly dangerous."

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg butted back at Tesla CEO Elon Musk's criticisms of the Build Back Better Act.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Now Feuding with *Checks Notes* Pete Buttigieg

"The government should just try to get out of the way and not impede progress."

Scientists have discovered a new planet — and it's really honkin' big! 
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Gigantic New World that Defies Previous Planetary Understanding

The big little planet that could.

The feds are looking intro cryptocurrencies and apparently have been since the Trump administration.
Cryptocurrency

The Head of the CIA Says It’s Been Doing Mysterious Cryptocurrency Work

Naturally, rumors are spreading about the origins of Bitcoin.

We now have yet another reason to despise Amazon after the company's Tuesday outage left tons of people with "smart homes" in the lurch.
Internet Of Things

Amazon Outage Shuts Down IoT Vacuums, Doorbells, Fridges, Even Home Locks

Talk about a single point of failure.

The US Space Force installed a high tech new radar system this week that it says will be able to detect objects the size of baseballs in orbit. 
Future Society

Space Force Installs Huge Radar System to Track Tiny Objects in Orbit

They say it'll be able to spot a *baseball* in orbit.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially sold off his last remaining home for a cool $30 million. That means his only official abode is a small $50,000 prefab rental.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Sold His Final Home to Live in a Small Prefab Box

Looks like he's already packing his bags for Mars.

A team of researchers have discovered that a particle found in the blood of the young could be the secret to keeping older folks youthful.
Studies

Scientists: Stealing the Blood of the Young May Make You More Youthful

Maybe the vampires were right all along.

Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin announced on Twitter that Russia will send cosmonaut Anna Kikina to the ISS next year on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
SpaceX

Russia Mocked SpaceX. Now It’s Reserved a Seat for a Cosmonaut

SpaceX's Crew Dragon is too good of a deal to pass on.

A team of researchers in Kyoto, Japan have created a mask that glows under a UV light when exposed to the coronavirus.
Viruses

Scientists Invent New Mask That Glows When Exposed to Coronavirus

The masks use antibodies found in ostrich eggs to glow under UV light.