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In an unusual yet poetic essay, New York Times reporter Dennis Overbye compared astronauts to a genus of dung-eating fungus.
Off-World

New York Times Compares Astronauts to Dung-Eating Fungus

Is venturing beyond Earth really "aspiring to leave the dung pile"?

Thought you'd heard of all the horrifying medical conditions? Get ready for rectourethral fistula.
Health & Medicine

Doctors Intrigued by Man Who Jizzed Out of Butthole

That's not how it's supposed to happen.

Hackers launched a ransomware attack on a major farming services company, and the subsequent standoff could cause food shortages.
Science & Energy

Cyberattack on Farming Group Could Lead to Food Shortages

NEW Cooperative is accusing the hackers of breaking their own rules.

A viral video shows an electric New York Citi rent-a-bike being grinded to pulp after being thrown on some subway tracks — and it was quite the explosion.
Robots and Machines

Hey Kids… Wanna See an E-Bike Get Crushed by a Subway Train?

This is why you don’t leave your electric bike on the subway tracks.

The International Space Station is near the end of its life. When it's gone, NASA plans to rent rather than build its replacement.
NASA

NASA Is Trying to Rent a Private Space Station

"NASA will only be paying for the part that we need."

The island of La Palma's long-dormant volcano Cumbre Vieja erupted in a powerful explosion that's still threatening local communities.
Science & Energy

Volcano Flings Lava Nearly a Mile High, Swallows Houses Whole

"The price and privilege of living on a beautiful little island is, in this case, its geological history."

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promised "upgraded toilets" after the Inspiration4 crew experienced "challenges with it this flight."
Off-World

Elon Musk Confirms “Challenges” With Toilet on Tourist Spacecraft

"Definitely upgraded toilets" for the next flight.

NASA is building a spacecraft designed to travel about 1.5 billion miles through our solar system relying on solar electric propulsion alone.
NASA

Thrusters on New NASA Spacecraft Are Solar Powered

The future is electric — even in space.

Thanks to a recent dip in the value of Bitcoin, president Nayib Bukele is looking to cash in and announced he "bought the dip."
Bitcoin

In Response to Dip, El Salvador Buys a Bunch More Bitcoin

The self-anointed "dictator of El Salvador" just "bought the dip."

Bees killed 63 endangered South African penguins last week in what a conservationist is calling a "dramatic" loss for the species.
Science & Energy

63 Endangered Penguins Die After Being Attacked by Enraged Bees

"It is very, very unlikely and very unusual."

SpaceX's much bigger spacecraft Starship may also eventually be destined to launch tourists in the coming years, a big upgrade for future space tourists.
Starship

SpaceX Says It May Build Starships Exclusively for Space Tourism

"Starship will be able to carry a lot more people at once."

International Space Station crewmembers are repairing equipment using instructions on an AR headset so they can be more autonomous during distant missions.
Off-World

Astronauts Use Augmented Reality to Repair Space Station Equipment

NASA says the hands-free tech could make crewmembers more autonomous during faraway missions.

Commander and billionaire funder of the Space Crew Dragon expedition Jared Isaacman explained on Twitter why we saw so little footage last week.
Off-World

Billionaire Space Tourist Tries to Explain Lack of Footage From Inside Spaceship

It's not easy to broadcast from space.

Max Hodak, the former president of Neuralink who recently started a new neurotech company, says that furries are frequently reaching out.
Brain

Brain Implant Entrepreneur Says His Inbox Is Filled With Furries

"Patience please."

A new mouse study seems to have determined how beta-amyloid, a toxic compound linked to Alzheimer's disease, starts to accumulate in the brain.
Studies

Scientists May Have Discovered the Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease

A mouse study found "leakage" of toxic proteins into the brain.

Elon Musk took a jab at Joe Biden because the President hasn't yet congratulated him or SpaceX for the recent Inspiration4 mission.
SpaceX

Elon Musk Mocks Joe Biden for Not Congratulating SpaceX Fast Enough

The SpaceX CEO seemed to parrot Trump's nickname for Biden.

SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission was mostly smooth sailing for the four civilians. But there was an issue with the spacecraft's Waste Management System.
SpaceX

SpaceX Tourists Struggled With Space Toilet

There was an issue with the Waste Management System.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is calling for at least "some amount of cooperation" between NASA and China — despite some pretty restrictive legislation.
NASA

Defying Congress, Elon Musk Calls for Cooperation Between NASA and China

He says there should be at least "some amount of cooperation."

Caltech astronomer and Pluto killer Mike Brown claims he has found evidence of a potential planet in the Kuiper Belt roughly 100 billion miles from Earth.
Off-World

Guy Who Killed Pluto Now Pushing Yet Another Planet

Here's why he believes the object is much more worthy of planet status than Pluto.

An experimental neural implant seems to restore both muscular control over and sensation in people's limbs, even when a spinal cord injury is in the way.
Neuroscience and Brain

Tiny Neural Implant Could Give Spinal Injury Patients Control Over Their Own Limbs Again

"And that's what we're trying to do: help people be able to do more things on their own, without having to ask for help."