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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting real tired of the constant litigation being thrown at him by Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.
Off-World

Elon Musk Suggests Zapping Jeff Bezos “With Our Space Lasers”

He's had enough.

A 24-year-old woman from Illinois was busted for faking the vaccination card she used to enter the state of Hawaii on August 23 — after misspelling Moderna.
Developments

Idiot Anti-Vaxxer Misspells “Moderna” on Falsified Vaccine Card

Leave it to the anti-vaxxers to be this careless.

The crew of the Inspiration4, the first-ever all-civilian human spaceflight mission, have agreed to collect and test drops of blood during their journey.
SpaceX

Blood Will Be Collected From SpaceX Space Tourists Next Month

The crew of the first all-civilian spaceflight mission have a lot of homework to do.

"Fboy Island" contestant and self-proclaimed crypto investor Garrett Morosky successfully conned one of the show's stars then tried to keep the money.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Investor Tricks Woman Into Falling in Love, Betrays Her for $100,000

"This is what I deserve."

"The Accident," a bizarre and likely ancient brown dwarf, hints at an entirely new class of celestial objects hiding in plain sight within the Milky Way.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Extremely Strange Deep Space Object

They're calling it "The Accident."

NASA is officially starting to flight test an all-electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft built by California-based Joby Aviation.
Advanced Transport

NASA Begins Flight Testing an Electric Flying Taxi

Is this what the future of the air taxi will look — and sound — like?

Billionaire Jared Isaacman is bringing hops to space and hopes to auction them off to a brewery to raise money for charity.
SpaceX

Billionaire Buys SpaceX Ticket To Make “Space Beer” in Absurd PR Stunt

Jared Isaacman is bringing hops to space then auctioning them off for charity.

New research demonstrates a way to trick an older person's immune system into becoming as robust and active as it was in their youth.
Studies

Doctors Claim to Have Discovered How to Reverse Cell Aging

Their work could help the elderly stave off COVID-19 and other infections.

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Studies

A Single Alcoholic Drink Immediately Increases Risk of Heart Dysfunction

Participants who already had atrial fibrillation were at considerably higher risk after a single drink.

Astronauts stationed on board the International Space Station threw their own zero-gravity pizza party, as seen in a clip by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
Off-World

Picky Astronauts Refuse to Put Pineapple on Space Pizza

"Everything but pineapple, that would be a serious offense in Italy."

Burning Man has moved entirely online for 2021 over COVID concerns, allowing festival goers to roam the the space from the comfort of their own home.
Virtual Reality

Burning Man Is Completely in Virtual Reality This Year

It's free to attend, but donations are welcome.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk argued GM may be having trouble keeping up with Tesla in EV market share because of recent fires involving the Chevy Bolt.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Ridicules GM Over Electric Cars That Keep Catching Fire

"This might be part of the problem."

The Airlander 10, a gigantic airship that looks an awful lot like a butt, could start ferrying passengers to and from the North Pole soon.
Advanced Transport

World’s Largest Aircraft Mocked for Looking Like Giant Butt

The giant, gassy aircraft could soon start making journeys to the North Pole.

Scientists determined that a high percentage of stars consume what could have been habitable exoplanets, and they figured out how to tell if it happened.
Science & Energy

Ravenous Stars Keep Devouring Habitable Planets

At least we know not to settle there.

To celebrate 100 days on Mars, China's national space agency released a number of photos showing the path its Mars rover took.
Mars

China Releases Beautiful New Photos from the Surface of Mars

The country's rover and lander are in good health.

NASA's SLS rocket and Orion are still undergoing tests that were supposed to finish earlier this Summer. Now the agency is blaming the pandemic.
Moon

NASA Source: No Way Artemis Moon Mission Is Launching This Year

"Moving step by step, we are progressing toward launch while keeping our team as safe as possible."

An intruder has managed to drive their vehicle into The Boring Company's Loop system in Las Vegas, according to documents obtained by TechCrunch.
Elon Musk

Intruder Drives Vehicle Into Elon Musk’s Weird Tunnel

"The driver of the unauthorized vehicle was cooperative and eventually escorted out of the system."

The Chinese government is forcing gaming companies to limit online gaming availability to just three hours a week to children in the country.
Future Society

China Says Minors Can Only Play Three Hours of Online Games Per Week

The gaming industry — and likely kids — aren't thrilled about the crackdown.

A 2012 study co-authored by famed behavioral scientist Dan Ariely about honesty was more than likely based on falsified data, according to an investigation.
Data Privacy

Scientists Studying Honesty Used Fabricated Data

"This is not what real data look like, and we can’t think of a plausible benign explanation for it."

For many climate scientists, the great ferocity of hurricane Ida came to no surprise as the world is starting to really feel the results of climate change.
Climate Change

Today’s Killer Hurricane Is Linked to Climate Change, Scientists Say

It's a bad omen.