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Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform
Science & Energy

The video is horrifying.

A team of astronauts were able to use CRISPR gene editing in space for the first time ever to study microgravity and DNA repair.
Off-World

This can help humans travel further and further into space.

Video shows a U-Haul full of fireworks catching fire and detonating everything at once during a block party in Toledo, Ohio.
Science & Energy

Maybe consider not doing this.

50-year-old Wendell Goney from Mount Dora, Florida, shot down a police drone, the property of the local Lake County Sherriff's Office, with a rifle.
Drones

The drone crashed and caught fire after being hit twice.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft was just outfitted with a message for any future civilizations that happen to discover it in the distant future.
NASA

NASA has no plans to retrieve the Lucy spacecraft, so someone else will have to.

The Marines recently tested a small drone that can carry a live grenade across a battlefield, targeting and detonating precise targets.
Drones

The drone can ferry a live grenade up to 12 miles away.

The leasee of a Tesla Model 3 reached out to YouTuber Rich Benoit after being quoted $16,000 for replacing a damaged battery pack.
Tesla

The right to repair is more important than ever.

Roscosmos chief Dmitriy Rogozin congratulated Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson after his successful flight to 50 miles on Sunday.
Future Society

He's tired of Russia's "billionaire oligarchs."

A massive lawsuit alleges that the extensive use of the pesticide chlrpyrifos caused neurological damage in developing embryos and young children.
Agriculture

At least 100,000 California homes could be contaminated.

Footage taken from the International Space Station's live feeds and widely shared on Reddit showed some unusual groupings of mysterious lights.
Off-World

"Can someone please explain what I just saw on the ISS YouTube live feed?"

In algorithmic moderation gone awry, Tik Tok users found themselves unable to post phrases like "Black lives matter" or "supporting black success."
Artificial Intelligence

TikTok's algorithmic moderation has a long history of harming marginalized groups.

Elon Musk's court proceedings ground to a screeching halt when things took an unexpected turn in court today. Somebody threw up in court.
Elon Musk

"Rumor is 'food poisoning,' although that's what the lawyers call hearsay."

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”
Off-World

Billionaires aren't going to save us.

NASA engineers are already dreaming up bigger and better ideas for Mars helicopters based on the surprising success of Ingenuity.
Mars

Ingenuity will always be the first, but everything that follows will be better.

A team of researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine gas in the Venusian atmosphere is a sign of explosive volcanic activity, not life.
Off-World

"We don’t know what Venus is capable of."

Tesla and the electric scooter company Revel planned to launch a fleet of taxis in New York City, but regulators shot the plan down.
Tesla

Elon Musk is baffled.

Israel is giving some citizens with weak immune systems a third Pfizer vaccine, making them the first COVID booster shots anywhere in the world.
Viruses

The head of the WHO says Israel is being selfish.

A WHO advisory committee recommended against letting researchers gene-hack superhumans or other augmentative edits, urging an emphasis on medicine instead.
Gene Editing

The gene editing research community is trying to find the most ethical way to move forward.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk testified today in a lawsuit over his car company's 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, a publicly traded solar energy company.
Elon Musk

"We plan to spend a lot of time with you. It's going to be a grind."

Scientists say we could deflect a killer asteroid by bombarding it with telecom satellites that are already in orbit instead of bombs.
Off-World

What if our asteroid shields were already in orbit?