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Ugh, Men! Study Finds That Dudes Spread Way More COVID
Studies

Ugh, Men! Study Finds That Dudes Spread Way More COVID

Men: 0, COVID: 1

United Launch Alliance delayed the Atlas 5 rocket launch after a leak was found in the fuel ground storage. The rocket carries Space Force satellites.
Off-World

Military Satellite Launch Delayed After Fuel Leak

Explosion averted.

The SEC opened an investigation into Tesla over the company failing to notify shareholders of solar panel defects that could lead to fires.
Tesla

Whistleblower: Tesla Didn’t Tell Buyers Its Solar Panels Might Catch Fire

Investors aren't impressed.

China has succeeded in literally changing the weather, a new study claims.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say They Caught China Successfully Changing the Weather

Talk about making it rain!

This YouTuber bolted three jet thrusters to the back of his Tesla Model S, allowing him to drive the 4,500 pound vehicle on jet thrusters alone.
Tesla

Someone Strapped Three Jet Engines to a Tesla and, Uh, Wow

This guy did it first.

Researchers are building a massive, indestructible box that’ll record scientific data to give future civilizations insight on how exactly humanity fell.
Climate Change

Scientists Are Building a “Black Box” to Record the End of Civilization

"It’s built to outlive us all."

A new chewing gum that neutralizes the COVID-19 virus could help reduce its spread using plant-grown proteins and three universities' collaboration.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Say a New Chewing Gum Reduces COVID-19 Spread

But can you pop bubbles with it?

A condo owner says their condo association banned charging or parking electric vehicles, or EVs, in their own garage because they pose a fire hazard.
Advanced Transport

Condo Association Bans EVs From Parking in Garage, Saying They Pose Fire Risk

No parking at your own home!?

A man in Italy used a fake arm to try and avoid getting a real COVID-19 vaccine. The man's arm seemed different, and a nurse realized it was rubber foam.
Developments

Antivaxxer Caught Using Fake Arm to Pretend to Get Vaccine

He got caught faux-handed.

A Harvard astronmer corrected Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the billionaire incorrectly tweeted his Tesla Roadster was orbiting Mars in space.
Off-World

Harvard Professor Roasts Elon Musk For Dumb Space Mistake

Is this a joke to you?

One brave Tesla owner took a red Model 3 off-road this week, posting a video of the car driving through what appears to be the ocean.
Tesla

Watch This Maniac Drive His Tesla Through the Ocean

Wait, do Teslas float?

Chinese lunar rover Yutu-2 captured images of a cube on the Moon's surface this week. The rover is moving in to check out the object.
Moon

Chinese Rover Exploring What Appears to Be Cube-Shaped Object on Moon

Okay, that's weird.

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Future Society

Get Focused This Cyber Week With A Lifetime Of WiredVibe

This AI music system automatically adjusts to your mood, the weather, and much more to keep you on task and energized.

Singer Courtney Love beefed with Elon Musk, tweeting he should pay his fair share of taxes and mentioning weird group emails.
Elon Musk

Courtney Love Is Threatening Elon Musk With Mysterious “Emails” for Some Reason

What is Elon hiding?

The Tesla CEO tweeted a meme portraying Web3 and DAo lovers as weird, crypto evangelicals pitching the concept to urinal neighbors. It crashed markets.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Posts Meme Mocking Crypto Fans, Then Crypto Crashes

Did Elon's tweet crash the crypto market?

Astronomers from the University of Texas have spotted a gigantic black hole at the heart of our galaxy's many dwarf satellite galaxies.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Enormous Black Hole Right Near Our Galaxy

"The mass ratio is absolutely huge."

Florida's very cool and normal governor is proposing a "civilian military force" that would be under his control and not the Pentagon's.
Future Society

Florida Is Trying to Get Its Own Military, God Help Us All

And legally, it can.

Tourist Anime Nerd Accused of Spreading Omicron Variant
Health & Medicine

Tourist Anime Nerd Accused of Spreading Omicron Variant

Luckily, this case was mild and the man who got it has already recovered.

A company that provides human resources training to businesses has reportedly been using white actors to play Black characters in its VR training.
Future Society

Company Under Fire for Using White Actors to Play Black Characters in VR Training

"You can’t separate this from the history of blackface."

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Twitter today that SpaceX has begun the "construction of Starship orbital launch pad" at Cape Canaveral.
Starship

SpaceX Starts Constructing Starship’s Orbital Launch Pad at Cape Canaveral

It's really happening.