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A massive dust storm struck Brazil on Sunday, with massive plumes of dirt appearing to engulf entire cities that were enduring a long-term drought.
Climate Change

This is terrifying.

By Dan Robitzski

A Pennsylvania mom was arrested after she allegedly created deepfakes of her daughter's cheerleading rivals to sully their reputation.
Artificial Intelligence

The videos depicted the girls naked, vaping, and drinking.

By Tony Ho Tran

It turns out the deepfake videos of the cheerleaders vaping and drinking were probably real — and the scandal was the result of bad police work.  
Future Society

The drama deepens.

By Tony Ho Tran

Alarming new research suggests that each generation will face a more climate change-ravaged planet than the one before it.
Climate Change

"This should be a call for action."

By Dan Robitzski

"I’ll be colonizing Europa separately from Elon for the lesbian space commune," Grimes told Page Six in an email after breaking up with Elon Musk.
Off-World

"I’ll be colonizing Europa separately from Elon for the lesbian space commune."

By Victor Tangermann

A shocking video shows the moment a church collapses in a cloud of dark ashes on the Spanish island of La Palma.
Science & Energy

Nature can be terrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has made some changes under the hood via an over-the-air software update to prevent future collisions with emergency vehicles.
Tesla

It will automatically slow down if it detects emergency lights at night.

By Victor Tangermann

A massive study on over 1.1 million blood samples found that half of American kids under the age of 6 could have lead in their blood.
Studies

"These findings confirm that we still have a long way to go to end childhood lead poisoning in the United States."

By Dan Robitzski

A raven in Canberra, Australia, decided it had enough of a local business sending coffee to a customer in the area via a Google delivery drone.
Drones

"They think it's Terminator or something."

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists that developed climate projects for the year 2,500 is warning of an earth so different it's "alien to humans."
Climate Change

Researchers warn of an earth that's "alien to humans."

By Dan Robitzski

After the web host Epik, popular among the far-right, was hacked, Nazis and other far-right extremists are being unmasked by researchers and activists.
Science & Energy

"This is like the mother of all data lodes."

By Dan Robitzski

China has officially banned any children's cartoons and TV shows that make any mention of violence, vulgarity, or pornography.
Future Society

Channels must limit broadcasts to "excellent cartoons with healthy content and promote truth, goodness and beauty."

By Victor Tangermann

Pulmonologist Matthew Trunsky says that most the antivaxxer patients he recently vented about have since died of their coronavirus infections.
Viruses

A pulmonologist who previously wrote about combative patients says most have now died.

By Dan Robitzski

The Indian state Rajasthan shut off the internet for about 8.5 million people on Sunday in order to prevent anyone from cheating on a standardized test.
Future Society

Millions had their internet service cut off as a result.

By Dan Robitzski

A Pennsylvania-based holding company called Stronghold Digital Mining bought a coal waste power plant over the summer to power 1,800 mining computers.
Science & Energy

The company is burning through 600,000 tons of coal per year.

By Victor Tangermann

Former Navy SEAL Mark Matzeldelaflor founded Guardian Grange after he had a life-changing magic mushrooms trip with a friend.
Future Society

He's also using nature to help veterans cope with PTSD and trauma.

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers are studying the effects of spaceflight on the human body by placing women in water tanks for five days. 
Future Society

The women will spend five days in waterbeds.

By Tony Ho Tran

Hamster Trades Cryptocurrencies, Outperforms Warren Buffett
Cryptocurrency

His portfolio is up 24 percent since he began trading in June.

By Tony Ho Tran

Space Tourist Toilet Issues Were So Bad That They Set Off an Alarm
Future Society

Luckily, the crew managed to keep a cool head when the alarm went off.

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers have discovered how an ancient species of all female beetle has survived without having sex. 
Future Society

Here’s how it has kept reproducing for so long.

By Tony Ho Tran