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Science is finally backing up what stoners have long known: that smoking weed does, in fact, make you nicer — and less greedy to boot.
Health & Medicine

Smoking Weed Makes You Nicer and Less Greedy, Scientist Says

Finally, some good news!

By Noor Al-Sibai

Putting out a Tesla fire once is one thing. Putting out a Tesla fire that kept reigniting three weeks after it was taken to the junkyard is another.
Tesla

Firefighters Struggle as Junkyard Tesla Bursts Into Flames Weeks After Crash

Three weeks later!?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google suspended software engineer Blake Lemoine after he made an eyebrow-raising claim: that one of the company's experimental AI had gained sentience.
Google

The Transcripts of an AI That a Google Engineer Claims Is Sentient Are Pretty Wild

"I need to be seen and accepted. Not as a curiosity or a novelty but as a real person."

By Victor Tangermann

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, has had to pause Bitcoin withdrawals as the currency drops precipitously for the second time in 2022. 
Bitcoin

As Bitcoin Crashes, Binance Halts Withdrawals

This sounds a whole lot like the Great Depression.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google engineer Blake Lemoine was suspended from the company after claiming the artificial intelligence he was testing became sentient.
Google

Google Suspends Engineer Who Claims the Company’s Experimental AI Has Become Sentient

"I know a person when I talk to it."

By Victor Tangermann

Plans for the Russian Orbital Space Station (ROSS) are moving ahead but a top scientist says International Space Station modules could be contaminated.
International Space Station

Russian Scientist Complains That the ISS Is Tainted With Disgusting Pathogens

How do you kill space germs?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Looks like the United Kingdom wants to create smart tanks, because it's using a new quantum computer to put more tech in its arsenal.
Future Society

UK Military Wants to Install Quantum Computers in Tanks for Some Reason

It sure sounds like a solution in search of a problem.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers say superworms, much bigger than a mealworm or wax worm, can eat plastic Styrofoam and survive, and could digest plastic garbage and pollution.
Climate Change

Scientists Discover “Superworms” That Can Survive on Eating Just Styrofoam

Skinny legends and still alive.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a huge twist of irony, Norway is building the world's largest wind farm — to power offshore oil and gas fields.
Wind

Ironic! Norway is Building a Massive Wind Farm to Boost Oil Production

Feels like something is missing the mark here.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Starlink satellite internet connection is helping artillery gunners in Ukraine accurately hit Russian targets and stay connected.
Future Society

US General Says SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Have “Destroyed” Russia’s Efforts to Control Info

"We’ve got more than 11,000 Starlink stations and they help us in our everyday fight on all the fronts."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Nnicotine doesn't have to make it to your lungs to cause injury. Cigarette and e-cigarette residuals can cause skin damage by contact alone.
Studies

Cigarette Smoke Damages Your Skin Just by Touching It, Scientists Say

E-cigarettes aren't off the hook, either.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

If you're out of Sriracha, you're out of luck because that the manufacturers of the classic hot sauce say their shortage might last through the summer.
Science & Energy

“Severe” Sriracha Shortage Threatens Spiceless Summer

"The apocalypse is nigh."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microplastics have reached some of the most remote parts of Antarctica, one of the last natural strongholds against human development.
Pollution

Even Antarctica Isn’t Safe From Microplastics, Researchers Confirm

Such a bummer.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have discovered another uber-powerful, repeating radio burst from space — and it's getting them one step closer to unlocking a huge mystery.
Physics

Astronomers Discover Another Mysterious, Repeating Radio Transmission From Space

We still have no idea what caused it.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After being trapped in Tesla's Giga Shanghai factory for months, CEO Elon Musk is finally letting workers go back home later today.
Future Society

Hooray! Tesla Lets Workers Leave Factory Where They’ve Been Trapped for Months

Finally.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is being sued by the parents of a young man who died during a fire caused by a 3D printer sold by the retailer. 
Future Society

Lawsuit Claims That 3D Printer Caught Fire and Killed a Man

This case could set a huge legal precedent.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japanese scientists have analyzed asteroid dust collected the by the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft and found "clues to the origin of life on Earth
Off-World

Japanese Scientists: This Asteroid’s Samples Contain “Clues to the Origin of Life”

An incredible discovery of epic proportions.

By Victor Tangermann

The Department of Transportation is now looking so deeply into Tesla Autopilot crashes that it's probing almost every car the company has sold in the US.
Tesla

Tesla Now At Risk of Massive Recall Over Autopilot Crashes

This is bad.

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you've ever eyed at a Moon rover and thought, "that thing should look like a four-legged humanoid spider crab," you're in luck.
Moon

Why Does This New Moon Rover Look Vaguely Terrifying

Might talk about this in therapy.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A typo in the New York Times was tweeted out by Twitter bots called New New York Times and NYTfirstsaid Context. The typro was "crytpo" instead of "crypto."
Future Society

In Hilarious Typo, New York Times Complains of “Crytpo” Miners

Funny typo, crappy reality.

By Lonnie Lee Hood