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The tragic collapse of a Miami condo building that killed at least a dozen people seems to have been caused, at least in part, by worsening climate change.
Climate Change

The rising sea level could have played a major role.

It has been four days since we've last heard from NASA about Hubble's condition after a glitch forced it to halt scientific operations on June 13.
Off-World

NASA scientists are running out of options.

Bitcoin billionaire and crypto exchange founder Mircea Popescu has reportedly been found dead off the coast of Costa Rica, MarketWatch reports.
Bitcoin

Despite his extreme views, he had a tremendous amount of influence on the Bitcoin movement.

Stock market company Public.com decided to give Tesla CEO Elon Musk a gift for his 50th birthday on Monday: a terrifying, life-sized bronze statue.
Elon Musk

Kill it with fire.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says that the government doesn't know what's behind the recent UAP sightings, but he does believe aliens are out there.
Science & Energy

If anyone would know…

In a new "vlog" released on Chinese social media, three astronauts can be seen living life on board the country's new "Heavenly Palace" space station.
Off-World

It's the longest crewed mission in China's history.

A man was charged with rape after uploading his genetic code to a genaelogy site, giving police the DNA match they needed for a case from 2007.
DNA

A case from 14 years ago was solved after the rapist uploaded his own DNA to a genealogy testing site.

Scientists Warn That Social Media Could Be a Threat to Civilization
Science & Energy

"And they often tend to fail catastrophically, unexpectedly, without warning."

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says the company hopes to launch its first orbital Starship flight some time in July, but several challenges remain.
Starship

"I am hoping we make it, but we all know this is difficult."

The heat wave is shattering temperature records in Canada and the northwest United States, where temperatures are typically 40 degrees lower in late June.
Climate Change

This is not the trophy we wanted to earn.

A new mod for "The Witcher 3" uses AI to churn out new lines in an actor's voice, raising serious questions about how automation will impact artists.
Artificial Intelligence

"Replacing actors with AI is not only a legal minefield but an utterly soulless choice."

Canadian astronaut and former space station commander Chris Hadfield urges NASA and other space agencies to partner rather than compete with China.
NASA

Chris Hadfield says rival space agencies should find a way to overcome the "inertia of politics."

Scientists have uncovered dozens more subterranean lakes near Mars' south pole, but some of their locations defy explanation.
Science & Energy

"Either liquid water is common beneath Mars’ south pole, or these signals are indicative of something else."

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Future Society

The documents were found in a soggy pile behind the stop.

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that Facebook can be held liable if sex traffickers use the platform to victimize children on Friday.
Future Society

The court said that Facebook isn't "a lawless no-man's-land on the Internet."

Scientists have discovered a subspecies of bees that can create perfect clones of itself — rendering it virtually immortal.
Future Society

"It's incredible. It's also incredibly dysfunctional."

The Chinese rover Zhurong sent footage of its descent along with a video of its drive off of the Tianwen-1 landing platform on Sunday.
Mars

Here’s what the rover sounds like on the martian surface.

After a series of tests this week, researchers discovered that the Hubble Space Telescope's backup payload computer was also glitching.
Off-World

NASA's still trying to fix the issue — but it's not looking good.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to express his frustration in not being able to fly spacecraft "from one space station to another."
NASA

"This seems a little over-the-top."

The FDA added the warning to two COVID vaccines, saying that there was a slight risk for myocarditis and pericarditis amongst vaccine recipients.
Developments

But the condition is very rare and patients are recovering quickly.