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In Europe, tens of thousands of empty planes are being flown due to an air traffic rule — while needlessly polluting the skies.
Climate Change

In Disgusting Waste, Airlines Are Flying Thousands of Completely Empty Jetliners

The situation is as terrible as it is avoidable.

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's not just you — everyone is having less sex, and fears about unwanted sex acts may be to blame.
Studies

Scientists Blame Assault Fears for Downturn in Human Sexual Activity

People may be avoiding sex entirely out of fears of sexual assault.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hackers Steal $2.2 Million Worth of NFTs From Art Collector
NFTs

Hackers Steal $2.2 Million Worth of NFTs From Art Collector

"I have been hacked. All my apes are gone."

By Tony Ho Tran

Infamous antivirus software Norton is being blasted for adding a cryptocurrency mining software called Norton Crypto to its Norton 360 suite.
Cryptocurrency

Norton Antivirus Criticized for Automatically Installing Cryptomining Software

"It's disgusting, gross, and brand-suicide."

By Victor Tangermann

A drone carrying a defibrillator saved a 71-year-old Swedish man's life after he suffered a heart attack while shoveling snow in December.
Future Society

Defibrillator Drone Swoops In and Saves Man Having Heart Attack

"If it wasn’t for the drone I probably wouldn’t be here."

By Tony Ho Tran

A 23-year-old man from Wisconsin reportedly murdered an dismembered the bodies of his parents after they found out that he made up the fact that he worked at SpaceX and would be moving to Florida last summer.
SpaceX

Man Accused of Dismembering Parents After They Discovered He Didn’t Actually Work at SpaceX

"He had burned his parents’ heads in that fireplace."

By Victor Tangermann

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak fusion reactor was able to sustain a plasma temperature of 120-million-degrees Celsius for 1,056 seconds.
Energy

China’s “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Just Smashed Its Old Record

The reactor was 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun for more than 17 minutes.

By Tony Ho Tran

A startup installed a new battery in a Tesla Model S — which allowed the vehicle to cover an astonishing 752 miles on a single charge.
Tesla

Tesla Drives 750 Miles With Upgraded Battery

Double the kilowatt-hours in the "same space as the original battery."

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope launch into orbit means we'll never see photos of it again.
James Webb Space Telescope

This Might Be the Last We Ever See of the James Webb Space Telescope

It's been a wild ride.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The country of France passed a law in December that will require car companies to tell people not to drive in its commercials.
Climate Change

France Passes Law Requiring Car Ads to Tell People Not to Drive a Car

French car commercials will now tell viewers to walk, cycle, or use public transportation instead.

By Tony Ho Tran

UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts made a big splash with a teaser video of its expressive humanoid robot. Now, it's back for an interview.
Robotics

That Robot With the Super Creepy Facial Expressions Is Back, and Yikes

Yep, it's still as weird as ever.

By Victor Tangermann

A new "genome-edited" tomato variety is being sold to Japanese customers as a way to chill out and is a first made with CRISPR technology.
Science & Energy

Company Claims Gene-Edited Tomato Contains Neurotransmitter

A tomato a day keeps the doctor away?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Reality TV star Stephanie Matto has announced that she would stop selling her farts in jars — and start selling them as NFTs.
NFTs

Reality TV Star Stops Selling Her Farts in Jars to Sell Fart NFTs Instead

We live in hell.

By Tony Ho Tran

KFC has brought its plant-based chicken nuggets to restaurants nationwide, the latest in meat alternative products changing the face of the industry.
Science & Energy

KFC Will Now Start Selling Fake Chicken Nationwide

We're so ready..

By Victor Tangermann

Some people actually like looking at themselves when they're in Zoom meetings.
Future Society

Some Freaks Love Gazing at Themselves in Video Meetings, Scientists Find

Narcissus, eat your heart out.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Russian rocket booster is making its uncontrolled re-entry through the atmosphere right now — and officials aren't entirely sure where it will hit.
Off-World

Russian Rocket Part Careening Back Down to Earth After Failed Launch

Nobody knows where it will make impact.

By Victor Tangermann

Big name companies such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Cisco have begun offering weeks- to months-long sabbaticals to long-time employees.
Health & Medicine

Chill Employers Are Letting Burned Out Employees Take Sabbaticals

Turns out, letting your employees rest and relax for a bit is good for the company.

By Tony Ho Tran

A meteor exploded over the skies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on New Year's Day — causing a boom the equivalent of 30 tons of TNT.
Science & Energy

Pittsburgh Shaken by Exploding Meteor

NASA says it was as strong as 30 tons of TNT — and 100 times brighter than the Moon.

By Tony Ho Tran

Mozilla is dipping its toes into cryptocurrency — much to the chagrin of two people who were instrumental in the erstwhile browser's creation.
Cryptocurrency

Mozilla Founder Horrified by Browser’s Foray Into Cryptocurrency

"You were meant to be better than this."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In spite of years of repeated delays, the James Webb Space Telescope's progress seems to be chugging along in kind.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Telescope Just Rolled Out Its First Mirror

"We actually have a telescope."

By Noor Al-Sibai