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According to a new study, the spending habits of Swedish men lead to far more greenhouse gas emissions than do those of women.
Climate Change

Pound for pound, it seems men are hurting the planet a lot more than women.

A team of scientists uncovered a sort of fossil record of dozens of ancient, never-before-seen viruses in a sample of Tibetan ice.
Environment

Ancient viruses have been hiding out in Tibet's ice all this time.

Not just Tesla is hoarding Bitcoin — SpaceX is amassing undisclosed amounts of the cryptocurrency as well, Elon Musk revealed during a conference.
Bitcoin

"SpaceX, Tesla, and I own Bitcoin."

A recently surfaced video shows a Tesla Model 3 wading through deep flood waters, spraying water everywhere in the process.
Tesla

It's like a motor boat on four wheels.

At a blockchain conference today, Elon Musk revealed that "most likely, Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin," but on one condition.
Elon Musk

Spoiler alert: there's a big if.

Despite three COVID-19 vaccines having been made widely available, most people in Alabama are choosing to not get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Developments

"I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late."

Jeff Bezos's spaceflight company Blue Origin completed its first crewed mission. Meanwhile, experts debate why the rocket looks so "anthropomorphic."
Off-World

Nice, uh, rocket you got there, Jeff.

Lyft and the autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI plan to launch a small fleet of self-driving cars in Miami later this year.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Passengers in Miami might have their Lyft roll up all on its own.

Virgil Griffith, a prominent Ethereum cryptocurrency developer who was previously charged for violating US sanctions against North Korea, has been detained.
Future Society

Was Virgil Griffith really helping North Korea to "evade sanctions" and "launder money" by teaching them about crypto?

A top Catholic official resigned on Thursday after hackers revealed that he frequented gay bars and used Grindr, raising questions about digital privacy.
Science & Energy

Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill resigned after someone exposed his phone's location data.

China has built a maglev bullet train that reach a blistering 373 miles per hour, the world's fastest train in the world.
Advanced Transport

Travel times between Beijing and Shanghai could be even shorter than by air.

Branson's flight was a testament to the years of hard work put in by Virgin Galactic's engineers — but to call it traveling to "space" would be a mistake.
Off-World

The entire crew got their "astronaut wings," but didn't actually enter space.

A wobble in the Moon's orbit, coupled with rising sea levels, is about to make coastal flooding a whole lot worse for coastal cities.
Moon

Climate change and a lunar "wobble" are about to pack a dangerous one-two punch.

Over $21 million worth of Bitcoin were just moved out of a ten-year-old wallet that has been dormant since 2012. Was Satoshi Nakamoto behind it?
Bitcoin

Satoshi, is that you?

A gun shop in Utah started to sell a kit that covers real handguns in Lego bricks, making the weapons look like a colorful child's toy.
Future Society

Lego, needless to say, was not pleased.

New research validates MIT scientists' 1972 prediction that civilization is on track to utterly collapse within the next two decades.
Future Society

Well, that doesn't seem great.

Jeff Bezos's great Eureka moment: why don't we take all the bad, emitting stuff and stick it in space out of harm's way?
Jeff Bezos

"We need to take all heavy industry, all polluting industry, and move it into space."

New research found high levels of PFAS, a class of plastics used in a wide variety of products, accumulating in new moms' breast milk.
Studies

"I realized that I could do the best job I could, and I would still run into things out of my control."

A veterinarian in China caught and died from an extremely rare and deadly "Monkey B" virus that almost never infects humans.
Developments

Thankfully, this seems to be an isolated case.

Bitcoin has dipped below the $30,000 mark for a second time in months as Wall Street is starting to grow anxious of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
Bitcoin

The currency is having an awful year.