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Scientists watching octopuses interact with each other found that they "throw" shells and dirt at each other, including a female rejecting an amorous male.
Biology

Scientists: Octopuses Love to Fling Objects at Each Other

That's one way to get your point across.

In an incredible new Wired video, tech journalist Brent Rose had an incredible time testing out a powered exoskeleton built by Roam Robotics.
Prosthetics and Devices

Watch a Guy With Bad Knees Get Superpowers With a Powered Exoskeleton

The ultimate upgrade for anybody with bad knees.

12-year-old Benyamin Ahmed has made nearly $400,000 after programming and selling a series of NFTs of pixelated doodles called "Weird Whales."
Science & Energy

12-Year-Old Earns $400,000 Selling NFTs to Idiots

"When people buy Weird Whales, they’re investing in me and my future."

The first images of Blue Origin's rocket test tank surfaced recently, bearing a close resemblance to SpaceX's Super Heavy. Elon Musk was amused.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Ridicules Jeff Bezos for “Copy Your Homework” Approach to Rocket

Blue Origin's test tank sure looks familiar.

TikTok is full of videos attempting a dangerouns "milk crate challenge," and doctors are pleading with them to knock it off.
Developments

Doctors Warn That “Milk Crate Challenge” Is Causing Grievous Injuries

"It's perhaps even worse than falling from a ladder."

Model rocket maker Estes has released a 1/66 scale model of Blue Origin's dick-shaped New Shepard rocket — and it is not in fact an operable sex toy.
Blue Origin

No, the Scale Model of Blue Origin’s Rocket Is Not an Operable Dildo

It's on sale for $69.

Rocket companies are out of liquid oxygen, a cryogenic oxidizer used to propel rockets into orbit, because hospitals need it to treat COVID patients.
SpaceX

SpaceX Doesn’t Have Enough Rocket Fuel Because COVID Patients Need It to Breathe

"We certainly are going to make sure hospitals have the liquid oxygen they need."

Japan's space agency JAXA has announced that is has successfully demonstrated the operation of a "rotary detonation engine" in space, a world's first.
Off-World

Japan Tests Exploding Rocket Engine for the First Time in Space

This could be a game changer for deep space exploration.

Robot maker Boston Dynamics has released its latest video of its two-legged pioneer called Atlas performing some impressive parkour.
Boston Dynamics

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Humanoid Robot Do Actual Parkour

We bet you haven't seen a humanoid robot vault over an obstacle before.

As the Taliban continues their ruthless takeover of Afghanistan, they’ve taken to banning the COVID-19 vaccine in certain regions of the country.
Future Society

Taliban Conquers Much of Afghanistan, Bans COVID Vaccine

It’s just one of many draconian demands the military insurgents have ordered.

Biotech company Moderna is set to start human trials for the first-ever mRNA-based HIV vaccine as soon as this week, according to a recent submission.
Health & Medicine

Moderna’s mRNA HIV Vaccine Is About to Start Human Trials

RNA-based vaccines successfully helped fight off the coronavirus. Will they be able to do the same for HIV?

Val Kilmer Can’t Speak — But His AI Voice Replacement Is Truly Uncanny
Artificial Intelligence

Val Kilmer Can’t Speak — But His AI Voice Replacement Is Truly Uncanny

"After getting treated, my voice as I knew it was taken away from me."

The Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba is rolling out delivery robots to replace error-prone, smoke-break-taking human couriers.
Robotics

Alibaba Says Delivery Robots Are Great Because They Don’t Smoke on the Job

Seems a little rude!

Manhattan offices are adding gardens, terraces, and rootop beehives in order to entice workers who have gotten accustomed to working from home.
Future Society

Offices Are Trying to Tempt Workers Back With Live Bees for Some Reason

"There's a lot more focus on amenities and how to make an office better than working from your dining room table."

According to a recent survey by Deloitte, digital assets will likely replace fiat currencies in five to ten years, a "a seismic shift."
Blockchain

Banks Warned That Crypto Could Replace Dollar Within Five Years

"Participation in the age of digital assets is not an option, it is inevitable."

Scientists at Osaka University in Japan have managed to print lab-grown steak that greatly resembles products made from Wagyu cattle.
3D Printing

Japanese Scientists 3D Print Lab-Grown Wagyu Steak

It's a tasty lattice of fat, muscle, and blood vessels.

An alleged email leak appears to show the United Launch Alliance plotting to spread damaging conspiracy theories about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
SpaceX

Alleged Email Leak Shows ULA Plotting Against Elon Musk and SpaceX

Did ULA really try to dig up dirt?

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon subsidiary, is working on life support technologies for a "privately owned and operated low Earth orbit outpost."
Off-World

Someone Is Secretly Working on “Privately Owned” Space Station

A company was just tasked to build the station's life support systems.

A new survey revealed shockingly high rates of substance use disorders, primarily for alcohol and marijuana, among young adults with ADHD.
Health & Medicine

Study: One in Two Young Adults With ADHD Also Had a Substance Use Disorder

That's an alarming correlation, but it could help improve mental healthcare.

In order to keep Fukushima's radioactive water from impacting the fishing industry, the nuclear power plant's operators plan to dig an undersea tunnel.
Energy

Japan Is Digging an Undersea Tunnel To Dump Fukushima’s Radioactive Water

The idea is to keep the contaminated water away from fishing hotspots.