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A team of scientists are planning to drive a Tesla 9,400 miles around Australia — a journey that's entirely powered by the Sun alone, Reuters reports.
Solar Power

A Tesla Is Driving Around Australia, Completely on Solar Power

Here's how it'll work.

The world's foremost believer in extraterrestrials has designed a mission to uncover an interstellar object that crashed off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
Off-World

Harvard Scientist Says Alien Tech May Have Crashed Into the Pacific Ocean and He Wants to Find It

"My dream is to press some buttons on a functional piece of equipment that was manufactured outside of Earth."

Censors in China are cracking down on photos and videos of sick people not getting sufficient access to healthcare or reportedly being mistreated by healthcare workers.
Developments

Censors in China Are Having a Hard Time Silencing All the Rage Right Now

"People have lost trust in the government."

In a new filing with the SEC, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims to have secured $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Claims He Has the Money to Buy the Entirety of Twitter

Almost half of the $46.5 billion will come out of his own pocket.

For the first entirely private group of space tourists, the ISS is starting to seem a lot like "Hotel California."
Off-World

Tourists Have Been Trapped on the Space Station for a Hilariously Long Time

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

During Tesla's earnings call on Wednesday, Musk promised to have a "dedicated robotaxi" ready for "volume production" as soon as 2024.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Working on a Car With No Steering Wheel

"Massive scale. Full self-driving."

Former Astronaut Details Quest to Grow Cannabinoids in Space
Off-World

Former Astronaut Details Quest to Grow Cannabinoids in Space

It could be "a breakthrough from a biological science perspective."

Binance, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume, released a new emoji on Twitter this week — that looked like a swastika.
Future Society

Huge Crypto Exchange Releases Emoji That’s Clearly a Swastika

"Well that was obviously really embarrassing."

Wellness culture has really gone too far this time. 
Cryptocurrency

New Cryptocurrency Makes You Exercise to Mine Coins

Isn't that literally an episode of "Black Mirror"?

The military tensions between the US and Russia have not harmed the countries' relationship aboard the ISS — at least, that's what NASA's saying.
International Space Station

NASA Head: Things Are Fine on ISS Despite Russian “Slaughter”

That's quite a choice of words.

These Chopsticks Make Your Food Taste Better By Electrocuting Your Tongue
Food

These Chopsticks Make Your Food Taste Better By Electrocuting Your Tongue

It's the first ever demonstration of "salty taste enhancement via electrical stimulation."

Space company Astrobotic has unveiled the Peregrine Lander, the first US lunar lander designed to touch down on the Moon since the Apollo missions.
NASA

NASA Contractor Unveils First US Lunar Lander Since Apollo Missions

It's getting real.

Architects Propose Lighter-Than-Air Buildings That Hover Over City Streets
Science & Energy

Architects Propose Lighter-Than-Air Buildings That Hover Over City Streets

Talk about staying high.

Delta CEO Says Airline Is Testing SpaceX Starlink Internet in Flights
Future Society

Delta CEO Says Airline Is Testing SpaceX Starlink Internet in Flights

Any change is an improvement.

Turns out that when the Sun spits plasma at the Earth, it's actually pretty awesome.
Off-World

Remember When the Sun Shot a Ball of Plasma at the Earth? It Hit and Caused a Beautiful Aurora

What an incredible sight.

Is Netflix Trying to Blow Itself Up?
Future Society

Is Netflix Trying to Blow Itself Up?

Cracking down on password sharing sounds like a terrible idea right now.

In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists found that Europa's icy shell could be more porous than previously thought.
Moon

Jupiter’s Icy Moon May Be Way More Habitable Than We Thought

Shallow pockets of water "must have been, or maybe still are, extremely common" on Europa.

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly

Ouch!

The world's top scientists have spoken — and they want to see Uranus. 
NASA

Top Scientists Call on NASA to Probe Uranus

"We are sure there are going to be lots of surprises once we get there."

A controversial theory suggesting that quantum effects in the brain could explain consciousness may hold more weight than scientists originally thought.
Quantum Physics

Experiment Suggests That Consciousness May Be Rooted in Quantum Physics

Is this where "consciousness begins?"