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Dubai has opened the deepest pool in the world, with a depth of 196 feet. It features an "abandoned" underwater city with state-of-the-art lighting.
Future Society

This is the deepest pool in the world — and it's absolutely nuts.

Hunter Kowald, inventor of a real-life hoverboard called the SkySurfer, rejects the obvious comparison to the Green Goblin.
Advanced Transport

Everyone can relax!

The producers of the popular Netflix series "Queer Eye" are working on a new major TV network show — and its a bit of a doozy.
Bitcoin

"Have you lost your key? Have you tried everything to unlock your crypto wallet with no luck?"

In an announcement, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis promised that Dodge "will not sell electric cars," but will make "American eMuscle" a thing instead.
Advanced Transport

Dodge doesn't seem to know how it feels about its upcoming electric muscle car.

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Military

Military leaders warn of an "increased potential" for nuclear war in several parts of the world.

The startup Halo wants to use driverless, remote-controlled cars to make renting a car less of a headache and pave the road for autonomous vehicles.
Advanced Transport

That counts, right?

As the death toll from last week's heatwave continues to climb, officials in Oregon have officially designated it a "mass casualty event."
Climate Change

This is horrific.

The Teletubbies are supposedly vaccinated against the coronavirus, but something is a little bit off about their paperwork.
Viruses

Did they forge their documents?

The scientists and entrepreneurs who helped pioneer and popularize carbon capture technology now say it probably can't save us from climate change.
Climate Change

"You are seeing lots of people making big promises right now, and they don't quite know how to keep them."

Juul paid the American Journal of Health Behavior $51,000 to have the entire May/June issue filled with 11 studies funded by the company.
Medical

"The Marlboro man rode into Juul and now wants us to trust them."

In a Wednesday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that a Starship "itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."
Starship

The "ship itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."

Researchers dumped 60 brown trout in a water tank that contained low levels of methamphetamine to see if they would get addicted.
Science & Energy

Methamphetamines in the water supply can seriously mess with the brains of fish.

The Ever Given, a 1,310-feet-long vessel loaded with around 18,300 containers, finally resumed its journey to leave the Canal on Wednesday.
Robots and Machines

"May God let it arrive safely."

A growing chunk of the planet has been reaching temperatures and humidities high enough to kill people who are otherwise perfectly healthy.
Developments

Temperatures are reaching the point where the human body simply cannot cope.

A massive study identified a long list of medical conditions that appear to be linked to cases of adult ADHD, and experts say it may help reshape treatment.
Studies

Now scientists want to figure out why.

Clay samples from Mars suggest that the Red Planet once experienced a long-lasting era of temperate, habitable conditions.
Science & Energy

The samples are an indication that Mars may have had hospitable conditions for millions of years.

Startup Wants to Build Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Run Off Nuclear Waste
Nuclear Fusion

Are nuclear microreactors the future of off-grid power?

An undersea pipeline ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico today — and then somehow ignited, causing the surface of the ocean to catch fire.
Environment

Horrific.

"Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo," the billionaire wrote in a Thursday tweet, a song presumably about the synonymous alternative cryptocurrency.
Elon Musk

"Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo."

In a world saturated with Amazon's Alexa, bullied kids have actually had to change their names in hopes of a fresh start.
Future Society

"She started to not want to introduce herself because of the jokes and the backlash."