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The Bored Ape Yacht Club, the second-largest NFT collection out there right now, announced this week that it donated $1 million in Ethereum to Ukraine.
Cryptocurrency

Bored Ape Yacht Club Donates $1 Million in Crypto to Ukraine

"I can't tell, because it's an ongoing war, exactly what we bought."

The wreck of Endurance, the famed historic ship that sank in the Antarctic during an expedition by explorer Ernest Shackleton 106 years ago, has been found.
Drones

Scientists Just Found One of the World’s Most Elusive Shipwrecks Using an Undersea Drone

Incredible.

David Bennet Sr. passed away at the University of Maryland Medical Center after he received an experimental pig heart transplant in January.
Developments

Man Who Received Experimental Pig Heart Transplant Dies

Why exactly did he die?

The Chernobyl nuclear power station was hit by a blackout due to damage caused by Russian forces, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Science & Energy

Chernobyl Meltdown Site Loses Power After Russian Invasion

Okay, that's not great.

Dimitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, has accused NASA astronaut Scott Kelly of getting dementia from stressful space flights.
Future Society

Russian Space Head Furiously Accuses NASA Astronaut of Having Dementia

This is getting ridiculous.

Just when you thought crypto nerds had outdone themselves, they do something wild — like trying to work around copyright law in the most outlandish fashion.
Cryptocurrency

The Dune NFT Project Is Back With an Inscrutable New Scheme

Wait... what?

It's the circle of life: tech bros get millions to fund their harebrained startups, and people on Twitter, in turn, mock their goofy, expensive ideas.
Off-World

Experts Mock Startup That Aims to Deliver Human Organs — and Pizza — from Orbit

"Please stop polluting the universe with your dumb ideas."

A number of US government agencies have been collecting detailed money transfer records of Americans without a warrant, according to a shocking new report by The Wall Street Journal.
Future Society

Senator Says There’s a Secret Program Spying on Americans’ Money Transfers

Privacy advocates are stunned that the program "was allowed to run for even a single day."

It turns out that many lab-grown meat products actually contain a shocking amount of blood due to fetal bovine serum, or blood from unborn cow fetuses.
Climate Change

Oops! It Turns Out Lab-Grown Meat Often Contains Real Blood

A dirty detail.

Larry Dvoskin, an NFT entrepreneur, recently paid at least $2,000 to publish an article about how great NFTs are in The Rolling Stone.
NFTs

NFT Guy Pays Rolling Stone to Run Article About How Great NFTs Are

That's kinda gross.

Everyone has their price — and for one former Tesla lawyer, that price was upwards of $30 million.
Tesla

Revealed: Tesla Competitor Paid Top Tesla Lawyer $30 Million to Defect

Everyone has a price!

A machine learning neural network generated a horrifying video of infinite nightmare clowns — and it's absolutely disturbing.
Sleep

We Will Never Sleep Again After Seeing a Neural Network Generate Infinite Nightmare Clowns

Argh, get it away from me!

More NASA astronauts are piling on, openly mocking Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, for his inflammatory comments.
NASA

Another NASA Astronaut Just Brutally Roasted the Head of the Russian Space Program

"Rogozin has always been a fool."

An international team of researchers claim to have slowed the signs of aging in mice by resetting their cells to younger states.
Gene Editing

Scientists “Elated” by Treatment They Say Made Mice Genetically Younger

"The technique is both safe and effective in mice."

A former NASA astronaut continues to feud with the Russia space agency head — and this time, he’s choosing to side with the Ukrainian president.
NASA

NASA Astronaut Who Tore Into Russian Space Boss Pledges Support for Ukraine President

"You have my utmost respect, President Zelensky."

Turns out drinking can cause worse side effects than a hangover, even when done lightly.
Brain

Just One Alcoholic Drink Per Day Appears to Shrink Your Brain, Scientists Say

"It gets worse the more you drink."

A Gen Z-founded startup wants to transport goods in capsules that travel faster than the speed of sound to space — and those goods include artificial organs.
Off-World

Weird Startup Proposes Dropping Artificial Human Organs From Space

Wait, what?

The Biden administration is bragging it has produced a record amounts of oil and gas as world powers look to end their reliance on Russian oil.
Fossil Fuels

White House Brags That America Is Producing More Oil and Gas Than Ever

Wait, isn't that headed in the wrong direction?

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that there would be a “slight delay” in the launch of the company’s experimental spacecraft.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is So Busy With Ukraine That It’ll Delay Starship

He says that SpaceX is reprioritizing on "cyber defense."

The heads were slated to be used for medical research when they were pilfered sometime between last Wednesday and Thursday.
Developments

Someone Stole a Bunch of Human Heads from a Medical Truck

"Pretty shocking."