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The burgeoning space tourism industry comes with a considerable environmental cost that shouldn't be forgotten.
Environment

Rocket Launches Are Shockingly Bad for the Environment

"The time to act is now — while the billionaires are still buying their tickets."

The Indian state Uttar Pradesh just implemented new population control policies that include cash incentives for voluntary sterilization.
Future Society

To Fight Overpopulation, India May Pay People to Get Sterilized

"Every time there is population control, it has led to violence against women's bodies."

Rumors spread online that cardboard beds provided to Olympic athletes in Tokyo were designed as a way to discourage sex. Officials are calling it fake news.
Future Society

Olympic Organizers: Actually Those Cardboard Beds Can Withstand Vigorous Sex

"Cardboard beds are actually stronger than the one made of wood or steel."

Scientists were able to lump every kind of cancer out there into two categories based on whether they express a single protein.
Cancer

Doctors Say They Found a Protein Linking All Cancers

Tumors seem to be able to turn the protein on or off to evade treatment.

Elon Musk Brutally Mocks Jeff Bezos for Spaceship That Can’t Reach Orbit
Off-World

Elon Musk Brutally Mocks Jeff Bezos for Spaceship That Can’t Reach Orbit

Elon Musk isn't buying what Blue Origin is selling.

Scientists have discovered a new DNA structure they call the "Borg" that assimilates genes from other microorganisms in its surroundings.
DNA

Scientists Discover Extremely Long “Borg” DNA

It could help in our fight against climate change.

President Joe Biden said that social media sites like Facebook are “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinformation to run rampant.
Future Society

Biden: Misinformation on Facebook Is “Killing People”

The White House criticized the platform for spreading misinformation about COVID-19.

Law enforcement officials in Malaysia seized 1,069 bitcoin mining rigs before crushing them all with a big steamroller last week.
Bitcoin

Watch Police Crush 1,069 Bitcoin Mining Rigs With a Huge Steamroller

Officials destroyed $1.25 million worth of mining rigs.

MAGA “Freedom Phone” Is Actually a Cheap Chinese Phone With a Huge Markup
Future Society

MAGA “Freedom Phone” Is Actually a Cheap Chinese Phone With a Huge Markup

It’s potentially a big security risk for users too.

Ford has launched a new petrol-scented fragrance called "Mach-Eau," designed to appease nostalgic owners of the upcoming Mach-E GT.
Advanced Transport

Ford Announces Petrol Fragrance to Appease Nostalgic EV Owners

Who says you can't huff petrol while driving an EV?

It wouldn't surprise Tesla CEO Elon Musk if his company's latest offering, the Cybertruck, will flop.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Might Flop But He Doesn’t Care

"Other trucks look like copies of the same thing, but Cybertruck looks like it was made by aliens from the future."

Laurel Eich, a 42-year-old woman from Nevada, was arrested on Wednesday for burglary at a Sun Valley dental clinic where she used to work.
Developments

Woman Breaks Into Dentist’s Office, Extracts 13 Teeth From Anesthetized Patient

Okay, this is a weird one.

Sandwich chain Subway is in full damage control mode after a New York Times investigation found last month that there is no trace of tuna DNA in its tuna.
Science & Energy

Subway CEO Says Sandwiches Definitely Contain Tuna, Regardless of What That DNA Test Said

"We're very proud of our tuna, so I think that's really the end of the story."

After a month-long saga, NASA says that the iconic Hubble Space Telescope is back online after it switched to a backup computer system.
NASA

Good News: NASA Says It Managed to Fix the Hubble Space Telescope

"Hubble is back!"

A new documentary about the life of the legendary TV personality Anthony Bourdain, who passed away in 2018, includes AI recreations of his voice.
Artificial Intelligence

New Anthony Bourdain Documentary Used AI to Recreate His Voice

"We can have a documentary-ethics panel about it later."

A new neural implant was able to decode a paralyzed man's thoughts and turn them into words written on a screen, granting him the ability to communicate.
Neuroscience and Brain

Brain-Reading Tech Turned a Paralyzed Man’s Thoughts Into Words

"This is farther than we’ve ever imagined we could go."

Facebook announced that is is abandoning plans to develop a brain-computer interface headset capable of turning brain signals into spoken words.
Meta

Facebook Abandons Plans for Mind-Reading Headset

Turns out developing a headset that allows people to type just by imagining the words is really hard.

Scientists built a nanobot swarm that can read and transmit your brain activity, allowing them to wirelessly diagnose disease or analyze neural signals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Create Injectable Swarm of Brain Reading Nanosensors

They say it could diagnose neurological disorders or allow for powerful brain-computer interfaces.

SpaceX constructed a Starship launch tower before completing an environemtnal assessment, so the Federal Aviation Administration might say to take it down.
Starship

The FAA May Force SpaceX to Tear Down Its Starship Launch Tower

"The company is building the tower at its own risk."

The world's first satellite primarily made out of wood is set to launch later this year, and it's bringing a selfie stick to mark the occasion.
Off-World

Scientists Are Officially Launching a Wooden Satellite

It's made out of plywood.