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Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space program who repeatedly threatened to abandon the International Space Station, now denies having done so.
Off-World

Head of Russian Space Program Tells Absurd Lie About Abandoning ISS

Rogozin is either suffering from severe memory loss — or, much more likely, he's trolling NASA once again.

As laid out by reporter Nicholas Schmidle in a revealing piece for The New Yorker, the crew on board Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spacecraft veered way off course.
Off-World

Richard Branson’s Rocket Went Way Off Course During Spaceflight

The pilots reportedly chose to ignore a red light that lit up in the console.

A team of researchers from Israel have come up with a novel way of making photorealistic changes to photos using AI. And gave Elon Musk a bunch of haircuts.
Elon Musk

Neural Network Gives Elon Musk Incredible Makeovers

Straight nightmare fuel.

Federal regulators investigating Tesla Autopilot's habit of ramming emergency vehicles gave the company an ultimatum: Share your data or pay a huge fine.
Tesla

Feds Demand Data on Teslas Crashing Into Emergency Responders

Regulators want to know why Autopilot seems to have it out for emergency vehicles.

China's National Space Science Center (CNNSC) has shown off a prototype for a "Mars cruise drone" that looks extremely familiar.
Mars

China Appears to Be Working on a Clone of NASA’s Mars Helicopter

Well, this thing sure looks familiar.

Tesla seems to have bought itself a new Liebherr crawler crane for use in Texas, according to a picture of the machinery being shipped in Europe.
SpaceX

Huge SpaceX-Branded Tank Treads Spotted in Europe

SpaceX seems to have ordered a new toy.

A Russian official warned that much of the equipment in Russia's part of the International Space Station is expired, and "irreparable failures" may follow.
Off-World

Russian Official: Space Station Damage May Be “Irreparable”

"Literally a day after the [in-flight] systems are fully exhausted, irreparable failures may begin."

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting real tired of the constant litigation being thrown at him by Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.
Off-World

Elon Musk Suggests Zapping Jeff Bezos “With Our Space Lasers”

He's had enough.

A 24-year-old woman from Illinois was busted for faking the vaccination card she used to enter the state of Hawaii on August 23 — after misspelling Moderna.
Developments

Idiot Anti-Vaxxer Misspells “Moderna” on Falsified Vaccine Card

Leave it to the anti-vaxxers to be this careless.

The crew of the Inspiration4, the first-ever all-civilian human spaceflight mission, have agreed to collect and test drops of blood during their journey.
SpaceX

Blood Will Be Collected From SpaceX Space Tourists Next Month

The crew of the first all-civilian spaceflight mission have a lot of homework to do.

"Fboy Island" contestant and self-proclaimed crypto investor Garrett Morosky successfully conned one of the show's stars then tried to keep the money.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Investor Tricks Woman Into Falling in Love, Betrays Her for $100,000

"This is what I deserve."

"The Accident," a bizarre and likely ancient brown dwarf, hints at an entirely new class of celestial objects hiding in plain sight within the Milky Way.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Extremely Strange Deep Space Object

They're calling it "The Accident."

NASA is officially starting to flight test an all-electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft built by California-based Joby Aviation.
Advanced Transport

NASA Begins Flight Testing an Electric Flying Taxi

Is this what the future of the air taxi will look — and sound — like?

Billionaire Jared Isaacman is bringing hops to space and hopes to auction them off to a brewery to raise money for charity.
SpaceX

Billionaire Buys SpaceX Ticket To Make “Space Beer” in Absurd PR Stunt

Jared Isaacman is bringing hops to space then auctioning them off for charity.

New research demonstrates a way to trick an older person's immune system into becoming as robust and active as it was in their youth.
Studies

Doctors Claim to Have Discovered How to Reverse Cell Aging

Their work could help the elderly stave off COVID-19 and other infections.

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Studies

A Single Alcoholic Drink Immediately Increases Risk of Heart Dysfunction

Participants who already had atrial fibrillation were at considerably higher risk after a single drink.

Astronauts stationed on board the International Space Station threw their own zero-gravity pizza party, as seen in a clip by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
Off-World

Picky Astronauts Refuse to Put Pineapple on Space Pizza

"Everything but pineapple, that would be a serious offense in Italy."

Burning Man has moved entirely online for 2021 over COVID concerns, allowing festival goers to roam the the space from the comfort of their own home.
Virtual Reality

Burning Man Is Completely in Virtual Reality This Year

It's free to attend, but donations are welcome.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk argued GM may be having trouble keeping up with Tesla in EV market share because of recent fires involving the Chevy Bolt.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Ridicules GM Over Electric Cars That Keep Catching Fire

"This might be part of the problem."

The Airlander 10, a gigantic airship that looks an awful lot like a butt, could start ferrying passengers to and from the North Pole soon.
Advanced Transport

World’s Largest Aircraft Mocked for Looking Like Giant Butt

The giant, gassy aircraft could soon start making journeys to the North Pole.