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Vaccine misinformation on TikTok is spreading like, well, something viral.
Developments

How Are These Horrible Vaccine TikToks Fooling So Many People?

Low effort misinformation is having a huge impact on the platform.

A pharmacist was arrested for selling 125 blank CDC COVID vaccine cards to anti-vaxxers who wanted to fake their documents.
Viruses

Pharmacist Busted for Selling Real COVID Vaccine Cards to Anti-Vaxxers

If you're going to undermine public health, at least charge a little more?

In a video shared by the Twitter account Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, a Tesla can be seen wading through several feet of flood waters.
Tesla

Do Not Attempt To Imitate This Video of a Tesla Forging Floodwaters

But if you do, make sure to get it on video.

The latest Boston Dynamics video shows the humanoid robot Atlas jumping and flipping. Here's a cut of all the times it fell or tripped.
Boston Dynamics

Here’s a Therapeutic Video of Those Boston Dynamics Robots Busting Ass

Maybe the robots will report us for thoughtcrime, but delighting in their falls is worth it for now.

A new analysis of the environmental impact of the 1987 ban on CFCs found that it bought us crucial time to stave off the worst of climate change.
Climate Change

Study: A 1987 Chemical Ban Saved the Planet

Or, at the very least, it bought us crucial time.

Scientists have successfully grown brain organoids — tiny, three-dimensional tissue cultures that mimic the real thing — each with their own set of 'eyes.'
Developments

Scientists Just Grew These Grotesque Mini Brains With “Eyes” in a Lab

It's as creepy as it sounds.

The Army announced plans to develop and launch a series of high-altitude devices that can spy on and jam enemy communications.
Military

The Army Plans To Build Balloons That Can Jam Communications From Above

Lone Starr strikes again.

Scientists have genetically engineered daddy long legs to create a version with short legs, an effort to study how arachnids' genomes evolve over time.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create Horrifically Mutated Spider-Like Creatures

Meet the daddy short legs.

The US Navy is developing an uncrewed aircraft that can remain airborne for 90 days at a time thanks to massive solar panels on each of its wings.
Advanced Transport

The US Navy Is Working on a Solar-Powered Plane Can Fly for 90 Days Straight

"For us, if you’re flying 90 days with one aircraft, that’s two takeoffs and landings versus […] hundreds."

A study warns Atlantic currents may soon stop, plunging parts of the world into freezing temperatures, essentially the plot of "The Day After Tomorrow."
Climate Change

Uh, Uh… The Plot to “The Day After Tomorrow” May Actually Be Happening

While exaggerated, the movie wasn't that far from the truth.

Walmart's online shop is full of bizarre listings that demonstrate a total lack of quality control or oversight, leaving customers wading through the muck.
Future Society

Here’s Why Walmart.com Is Selling Weed Flags and Fetish Gear

It seems no one is behind the wheel.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to ruthlessly mock Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander, the company's counterpart to the lunar variant of SpaceX's Starship.
Off-World

Elon Musk Ruthlessly Butchers Jeff Bezos’ Sad Lunar Lander

Elon is out for blood.

SpaceX is sending a Japan-made robotic arm to the International Space Station that could give astronauts a (mechanical) hand.
Robotics

SpaceX is Sending a Robotic Arm Assistant to the Space Station

It can do more than just push buttons and flip switches.

Using a gigantic laser, scientists heated up a peppercorn-sized sample of two hydrogen isotopes to well past the temperature of the Sun's core.
Energy

Scientists Are On the Edge of a Fusion Power Breakthrough

"This is the most significant advance in inertial fusion since its beginning in 1972."

NASA Scientists tried to build a better map of the Milky Way galaxy just to discover a sharp break in one of its spiral arms.
Science & Energy

Milky Way Has Broken Arm That Never Healed, Astronomers Say

Who hurt you like this?

Prominent Venture Capitalist Admits That the “Climate Is F’d”
Climate Change

Prominent Venture Capitalist Admits That the “Climate Is F’d”

This green tech fund just raised $800 million "to keep unf***ing the planet."

A team of researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) have found a link between the rates of metal production and toxic lead exposure in humans.
Developments

Scientists Warn That More Electronics May Result in More Lead Poisoning

Toxic metal contamination could be on the rise.

A Chinese military satellite appears to have gotten smashed by a disintegrating Russian rocket, Space.com reports.
Off-World

Space Junk Reportedly Smashed a Chinese Military Satellite

Is this the inevitable conclusion of our growing space junk problem?

The lead engineer of the team behind Blue Origin's lunar lander is leaving the company to join SpaceX, according to an update on LinkedIn.
Blue Origin

Blue Origin Lead Lunar Lander Engineer Jumps Ship, Joins SpaceX

"They will never get a real government contract after this."

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a formal investigation into Tesla's Autopilot assisted driving software.
Tesla

US Gov Investigating Tesla Autopilot for Crashing Into Emergency Vehicles

It's finally official.