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It's been nearly five years since Musk first announced the full self driving feature and very little progress has been made on it.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Owners Furious That Elon Musk Keeps Pushing Back Full Self-Driving

"You can’t believe them anymore."

A team of students from Eindhoven in the Netherlands have created an awesome-looking mobile home that depends entirely on solar energy.
Advanced Transport

This Solar-Powered RV Looks Absolutely Awesome

It has a range of 454 miles and can fit an entire double bed.

"Thor" actor Chris Hemsworth utilizes a painful and weird method to get his arms looking huge: blood-flow restriction workouts.
Developments

Chris Hemsworth Used a Grotesque Hack to Get Swole Enough to Play Thor

Here’s what he did to get his "arms to look like the legs of a racehorse."

Chinese scientists are studying lunar rock samples to assess whether or not they're a good fuel source for nuclear fusion.
Moon

China Analyzing Moon Rocks as Potential Fusion Power Source

It could be the key to unlocking fusion energy.

The Inspiration4 all-tourist crew is not wasting no time catching zillion-dollar views from a massive glass dome — and indulging in some space gambling.
SpaceX

Billionaire SpaceX Tourist Places Las Vegas Bet From Outer Space

How did space tourism get so tacky so fast?

Both Threads' mushroom leather material, Mylo, could revolutionize the fake leather market — and it's ready to go mainstream.
Science & Energy

Startup’s Mushroom Leather Ready for Commercial Production

An Adidas sneaker and Lululemon bags are already in the works.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey had an incredibly weird exchange of tweets regarding crypto and safe words on Thursday.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Tells Jack Dorsey “Crypto” Is His Safe Word

He previously said "Bitcoin" was his safe word.

This video demo of a Snapchat lens from augmented reality developer Kavin Kumar shows how it's able to turn a person's body into a spooky skeleton.
Future Society

Watch Augmented Reality Turn a Dude Into a Straight-Up Skeleton

It’s incredibly impressive.

Jeff Bezos Grits Teeth to Congratulate Elon Musk, Who Makes Fun of Him Constantly
Off-World

Jeff Bezos Grits Teeth to Congratulate Elon Musk, Who Makes Fun of Him Constantly

But there's some speculation that he might have copied the tweet from Branson.

SpaceX launched the first-ever all-tourist mission into orbit Wednesday evening. The launch caused an epic "jellyfish"-like aurora to form in the night sky.
SpaceX

SpaceX Launch Spits Out Epic, Firey Jellyfish in Night Sky

Here's why.

Fox News has adopted a hardline policy in the battle against the pandemic by requiring its employees to be vaccinated or take a daily COVID-19 test. 
Developments

In Bizarre Twist, White House Praises Fox News for Strict COVID Policies

The company requires employees to be vaccinated or undergo daily COVID-19 tests.

Amongst the myriad equipment at the Inspiration4 crew's disposal are a set of zip ties and sedatives in case anyone poses a danger.
SpaceX

SpaceX Launched Tourists With Zip Ties, Sedatives In Case Someone Gets Dangerous

"They also have to prepare for worst-case scenarios like someone on the crew becoming a danger to themselves or others.”

Kathy Patten suffered a heart attack and spent 45 long minutes clinically dead. But some intense CPR actually managed to bring her back to life.
Developments

Woman Resurrected After Being Clinically Dead for 45 Minutes

"It’s very scary, coming back is a second chance of life."

There are a total of 14 humans in space right now circling the Earth on board three different spacecraft, a new historic record.
Off-World

There Are More People in Orbit Right Now Than at Any Other Point in Human History

A record 14 astronauts are circling the Earth as we speak.

NASA has announced it will award high-dollar contracts to five US companies to help support the Artemis program — including one to Blue Origin.
NASA

NASA Awards $26.5 Million to Company That Sued It

But it’s much less than what Blue Origin wanted.

SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew has the best view — from a bathroom, which is right next to the Crew Dragon spacecraft's giant glass cupola.
Space

The View From Inspiration4’s Toilet Is Absolutely Incredible

We officially found the toilet with the best view.

SpaceX just left its private space industry competitors in the dust after it took a crew of four civilians into orbit on Wednesday.
SpaceX

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Already Blasted Past Jeff Bezos’ Highest Point

This is what actual private space travel looks like.

Harold "Sonny" White, a big name in warp drive research, left NASA in late 2019 to work on the Warp Drive with a private firm. He took everything with him.
Science & Energy

Warp Drive Scientist Took All His Equipment With Him When He Left NASA

"Yeah, I have a lab here full of all my goodies from NASA."

SpaceX has successfully launched the first-ever all-civilian crew into orbit on board its Crew Dragon spacecraft, a historic moment.
SpaceX

SpaceX Successfully Launches First All-Civilian Space Mission

It's yet another historic moment for SpaceX.

Rapper Nicki Minaj made some rather odd and infuriatingly misleading comments on Twitter earlier this week, but Fauci set the record straight.
Developments

Fauci: “No Evidence” That COVID Vaccine Injured Nicki Minaj’s Cousin’s Friend’s Testicles

Finally some sanity.