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At least one monkey destined for a laboratory was still on the loose in Pennsylvania on Saturday morning after it escaped from a wrecked truck.
Science & Energy

Lab Monkeys Escape After Traffic Accident in Pennsylvania

"God bless the monkeys on the loose."

A massive cache of pirated movies, TV shows, sporting events, video games, and more have begun appearing as publicly-accessible PDFs on USDA.gov.
Hacking

Someone Appears to Have Hacked the USDA’s Website to Share Pirated Movies

Want to watch a pirated version of "Spider-Man: No Way Home"? The USDA will hook you up!

When he's right, he's right, folks.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Absolutely Hates Twitter’s Hexagon-Shaped NFT Profile Pics

You've really got to hand it to him, just this once, as a treat.

New data published this week about demographics in China show the country's population may level off and then begin to shrink as families have less babies.
Data Privacy

Data Shows That China’s Population Is About to Start Actively Shrinking

That's actually not a good thing.

Researchers from the University of Lille in France created a scientific, plastic-coated bubble that lived for 465 days before bursting.
Future Society

Scientists With Nothing Better to Do Created a Bubble That Lasted 465 Days Before Popping

We're not gonna burst your bubble, but...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has successfully ejected several pebbles obstructing its sample collection system since taking its sixth sample in December.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover Successfully Shakes Off Obstructing Pebbles

"Like all Mars missions, we’ve had some unexpected challenges. Each time, the team and our rover have risen to the occasion."

Bitcoin continues to tumble down, down, down.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Is Down Really, Really Bad

Surely no one could have predicted this.

Archaeologists launched the solar system's first archeology "dig" studying human culture aboard the International Space Station this week.
Off-World

Will Archeologists Learn Anything Useful In New Space Station “Dig”?

Um, cool, we guess?

Astronomers are warning that SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites could interfere with their ability to spot asteroids careening past Earth.
SpaceX

SpaceX Satellites Disrupting Ability to Spot Killer Asteroids, Scientists Say

Okay, that's not good.

A Tesla factory worker has died on the assembly line at the electric carmakers' Fremont assembly line.
Tesla

Tesla Employee Dies After Collapsing on Assembly Line

This happened just a month after a shooting occurred at the very same plant.

Canadian researchers have created an AI that predicts new designer drugs in order to help cops crack down on them.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Create Narc Neural Network to Help Cops Predict New Designer Drugs

"A 'Minority Report' for new designer drugs"

A new interview with researcher David Holland reveals just how quickly the Thwaites Glacier, also known as the "Doomsday Glacier" is melting.
Science & Energy

The “Doomsday Glacier” Is Irreversibly Melting, Researchers Say

"It could fall apart quickly, in decades."

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered the people of Tonga Starlink internet access after the island nation was ravaged by a volcano blast.
SpaceX

Elon Musk Offers Starlink Internet at Volcano Disaster Site, Then Hesitates

"This is a hard thing for us to do right now."

A clip uploaded by NFT enthusiast and blockchain CTO Alex Moss purportedly shows a "live rave" taking place inside Meta's VR playground for adults.
Metaverse

Metaverse “Rave” Shows People Standing Perfectly Still With Zero Energy

"This was obviously created by someone who has never been to a rave."

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From Quarks to Quasars

Meet The Assassin Bug

At this point, you really gotta wonder whether investing in cryptocurrencies is even worth it. 
Hacking

Wildly Overconfident Crypto.com Bros Admit That Hackers Stole $30 Million of Its Money

At which point will enough be enough?

The CIA has announced that Havana syndrome is, in fact, not due to Russian attacks.
Health & Medicine

Twitter Roasts Feds After CIA Admits Havana Syndrome is Fake After All

Maybe the real Havana syndrome was the friends we made along the way.

Mass extinction events have ravaged life on Earth at least five times over the last 450 million years or so — and we're now experiencing the sixth.
Science & Energy

A Mass Extinction Has Already Started, Scientists Say

"We don't think there's a positive ending; we think it's kind of a disaster."

Getting a closer look at interstellar rock 'Oumuamua could forever change the way we understand the universe around us, scientists argue.
Off-World

Scientists Propose Mission to Catch Up With Mysterious Interstellar Object

It would take around 26 years.

Jeff Bezos has backed anti-aging startup Alto Labs, which has recently hired former chief scientific officer of GlaxoSmithKline Hal Barron as its CEO.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Startup Hires Top Scientist to Defeat Death

He'll help lead the company in its mission to "reverse disease."