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A Japanese company is taking service robotics to a whole new level with their humanoid power line-fixing robot.
Robotics

Japanese Railroad Builds Giant Gundam-Style Robot to Fix Power Lines

And you control it with a VR setup!

People who think evolution is a bunch of academic hogwash are, per a new study, much more likely to be bigoted.
Future Society

It Turns Out People Who Don’t Believe in Evolution Are Racist Jerks

"Our findings were consistent across cultural, religious, and national contexts..."

A hack used a crypto exploit to steal $1 million worth of cryptocurrency but self-destructed the contract and lost the currency permanently.
Cryptocurrency

Oops! Hacker Steals $1 Million in Crypto and Then Destroys It

That's gotta sting.

Scientists have discovered the building blocks of DNA in meteorites that landed in North America and Australia, Reuters reports.
Off-World

Scientists Find DNA Building Blocks in Asteroids

The building blocks of life may have come from outer space.

Firebrand ex-astronaut Scott Kelly is again assailing Russia amid the country's invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
NASA

Former NASA Astronaut Says Russian Cosmonauts Are Being “Brainwashed”

"And I know this because some of them have told me this."

While Tesla CEO Elon Musk could soon add Twitter to his already lengthy list of companies, his other big ventures are feeling the squeeze.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Twitter Stunt Is Wreaking Havoc on Tesla

Ouch.

AI Generates Painting of Actual “Burger King” and There’s a Terrifying Hunger in His Eye
Artificial Intelligence

AI Generates Painting of Actual “Burger King” and There’s a Terrifying Hunger in His Eye

All hail the true Burger King.

One of the discoverers of CRISPR gene-editing, a groundbreaking new method to engineer genes, believes we could use the technique to tackle climate change.
Climate Change

CRISPR Creator Says We Could Engineer Species to Fight Climate Change

Gene editing could allow them to capture more carbon dioxide.

The United Nations has issued yet another terrifying report about our near future — and readers, we're not in for a good time. 
Climate Change

UN Warns That Humankind Is Stuck in “Spiral of Self-Destruction”

Nice job, people!

Critics Point Out That Elon Musk Actually Kinda Hates Free Speech
Elon Musk

Critics Point Out That Elon Musk Actually Kinda Hates Free Speech

An inconvenient truth.

A top-secret superyacht confessional reveals the Bond-esque lifestyles of the rich and the famous who own these luxury vessels.
Energy

Superyacht Allegedly Used Energy Weapon to Defeat Pirates

Is this epic?

Musk's Twitter buy raises the inevitable question of why he's pouring resources in something as earthbound as a messy, controversial social media platform.
Mars

Buying Twitter Seems Like a Huge Distraction for Elon Musk’s Mars Plans

How's this helping anyone get to Mars?

The United Nations' atomic watchdog is warning that radiation levels at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear disaster site are "abnormal" and have been rising.
Science & Energy

UN Watchdog Says Radiation From Chernobyl “Abnormal” After Russian Attack

That's not good.

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Twitter workers are apparently really upset that Elon Musk is now their employer. 
Future Society

Twitter Employees Reportedly Furious Over Musk Acquisition

"The news today is so crazy I literally forgot I have COVID."

NASA is still deciding on whether to take a Russian cosmonaut along for the ride on a SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the ISS later this year.
NASA

NASA Deciding Whether Russian Cosmonaut Is Allowed on SpaceX Launch

It would be the first time a cosmonaut flies on board a Crew Dragon shuttle.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Boring Company is attempting to "build a working Hyperloop," in the "coming years," according to the billionaire.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Boring Company Will Build Underground Hyperloop

"So it wouldn’t matter to Hyperloop if a hurricane was raging on the surface."

Former president Donald Trump says that even if Twitter's new owner Elon Musk lets him back onto the site, he doesn't want to have anything to do with it.
Elon Musk

Trump Declares He Won’t Rejoin Twitter Even If Elon Musk Lets Him

"I am not going on Twitter."

A Spanish man had a roundworm infection so bad that doctors could literally see the larvae slithering under his skin.
Studies

Doctors Alarmed by Man with Worms Visibly Slithering under His Skin

Time is a flat roundworm.

Hackers took control over the Instagram and Discord accounts of Bored Ape Yacht Club and got away with millions worth of NFTs.
NFTs

Hackers Reportedly Get Away With $13.7 Million Worth of Bored Ape NFTs

"Crazy to think that even the best security practices from a user side isn't enough sometimes."

Luxurious Submarine for Rich People Looks Just as Cool as a Space Vacation
Advanced Transport

Luxurious Submarine for Rich People Looks Just as Cool as a Space Vacation

Okay, wow.