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Remember those plants grown in soil collected by Apollo astronauts? Bad news -- it sounds like they didn't turn out so great.
Moon

Bad News! The Plants Grown in Moon Soil Turned Out Wretched

Would you eat these weird-looking sprouts?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Outspoken co-creator of Dogecoin Jackson Palmer has described Tesla CEO and longtime Dogecoin supporter Elon Musk as a "grifter" in a new interview.
Elon Musk

Dogecoin Cocreator Slams Elon Musk as a “Grifter”

That's gotta hurt.

By Victor Tangermann

Using a new gene therapy technique, researchers at the University of California San Diego reduced neuropathic pain in mice that were experiencing spinal cord or other nerve injuries — and with no side effects.
Gene Editing

Scientists Eliminate Chronic Pain in Mice and Primates Using Gene Therapy

This could be huge.

By Victor Tangermann

Web3 sure is going great — just ask Molly White, the researcher whose crypto scam-busting skills have felled con artists left and right.
Cryptocurrency

Awesome Woman Destroys “Predatory” Crypto Scams by Shaming Them to Death

"People are putting in money that they can’t afford to lose."

By Noor Al-Sibai

French Jetpack inventor Franky Zapata lost control over his device during a recent flight demonstration and fell roughly 50 feet into a lake.
Advanced Transport

Video Shows Jetpack Inventor Crash Into a Lake

Ouch.

By Victor Tangermann

Somebody may have tried to "jam" signals at a Chinese space launch center — and it's raising some major red flags. 
Off-World

Chinese Researchers Reportedly Found Possible Sabotage Attempt Near Astronaut Launch Site

That's not good!

By Noor Al-Sibai

During Ingenuity's 25th flight on April 18, the tiny Mars helicopter really outdid itself, covering just over 2,300 feet at a brisk 12 mph.
Mars

New Video Shows Mars Helicopter Screaming Across Alien Landscape

"We are now operating far outside our original design limits."

By Victor Tangermann

DeLorean Shows Off New Electric Car With Iconic Gull-Wing Doors
Advanced Transport

DeLorean Shows Off New Electric Car With Iconic Gull-Wing Doors

It's back!

By Victor Tangermann

China, banned from the International Space Station, prepares to launch three of its astronauts to its own space station, Tiangong, this year.
Off-World

China Launching Three Astronauts As It Expands Its Space Station

It's happening!

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The archipelago nation of Seychelles says industrialized and Western nations aren't following through on climate change and climate aid promises.
Climate Change

Archipelagic Nation Sick of Other Countries Breaking Climate Change Promises

"Not one cent has come through."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A few wind farms in Scotland were asked to reduce output by 25 megawatts because turbines produced more power than the UK's electric grid could handle.
Wind

The UK Is Producing Too Much Wind Power, Actually

It's bittersweet.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Shakey's Pizza fans are upset Tesla filed plans to demolish the Hollywood building and replace it with a supercharger, diner and drive-in theater.
Future Society

Hollywood Locals Upset Tesla Is Replacing Shakey’s Pizza

RIP Shakey's.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he wanted to open an old-school diner, Tesla this week filed papers to open a drive-in supercharger location in Hollywood.
Future Society

Tesla Planning 24-Hour Drive-In Theatre and Diner in Hollywood

Eat, watch, supercharge.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Two robotic buoys will relay location info on North Atlantic right whales back to shore so mariners and the public can help save the endangered species.
Climate Change

Marine Scientists Deploy Whale-Monitoring Robots to Save Endangered Species

Less than 400 are left.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Kids who played video games saw a positive impact on their intelligence, European scientists say in new study published in the Nature journal.
Studies

Good News, Gamers! That Screen Time Could Make You a Little Smarter, Scientists Say

V poggers.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team published a new study in the preprint journal Arxiv and said humanity could become an interplanetary Kardashev Type I Civilization by the year 2371.
Off-World

Humans Approaching Intelligence Level Required for Interplanetary Life, Scientists Say

We haven't even made it to first base yet.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers at MIT have come up with a new way to grow "wood-like plant material" in a lab, without ever having to resort to chopping down a tree.
Science & Energy

MIT Says We Could Build a House With Lab-Grown Wood

Okay, that's pretty awesome.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA said yesterday there's a big problem with the heat shield on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Crew-5 is using and needs to be replaced.
SpaceX

SpaceX Replacing Defective Heat Shield Before Next Astronaut Launch

The heat is on.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new NFT project aims to steal African artifacts back from Western colonialists — and it's actually pretty freakin' awesome.
NFTs

Art Plundered From Africa Stolen Back, Sold as NFTs

This is honestly pretty great.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Pentagon's t-shirt saying not to worry about their "killer robots" is raising a lot of questions answered by their t-shirt, it seems.
Robotics

Pentagon: Stop Asking Questions About Our “Killer Robots,” Which Don’t Exist by the Way

"We believe that a lot of the rules have to change."

By Noor Al-Sibai