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Elon Musk's court proceedings ground to a screeching halt when things took an unexpected turn in court today. Somebody threw up in court.
Elon Musk

Man Vomits During Elon Musk Court Appearance, Which Is Honestly Understandable

"Rumor is 'food poisoning,' although that's what the lawyers call hearsay."

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”
Off-World

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”

Billionaires aren't going to save us.

NASA engineers are already dreaming up bigger and better ideas for Mars helicopters based on the surprising success of Ingenuity.
Mars

NASA Is Already Working on a Bigger, Better Mars Helicopter

Ingenuity will always be the first, but everything that follows will be better.

A team of researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine gas in the Venusian atmosphere is a sign of explosive volcanic activity, not life.
Off-World

Researchers: Signs of Life on Venus Actually Explosive Volcanoes

"We don’t know what Venus is capable of."

Tesla and the electric scooter company Revel planned to launch a fleet of taxis in New York City, but regulators shot the plan down.
Tesla

NYC Just Shut Down a Tesla Taxi Fleet

Elon Musk is baffled.

Israel is giving some citizens with weak immune systems a third Pfizer vaccine, making them the first COVID booster shots anywhere in the world.
Viruses

Israel Begins Administering World’s First COVID Booster Shots

The head of the WHO says Israel is being selfish.

A WHO advisory committee recommended against letting researchers gene-hack superhumans or other augmentative edits, urging an emphasis on medicine instead.
Gene Editing

WHO Says Gene-Hacking Superhumans Should Be Illegal

The gene editing research community is trying to find the most ethical way to move forward.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk testified today in a lawsuit over his car company's 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, a publicly traded solar energy company.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Goes to Court, Calls Opposing Attorney a “Bad Human Being”

"We plan to spend a lot of time with you. It's going to be a grind."

Scientists say we could deflect a killer asteroid by bombarding it with telecom satellites that are already in orbit instead of bombs.
Off-World

Scientists: We Could Smash Existing Satellites Into a Killer Asteroid to Knock It Off Course

What if our asteroid shields were already in orbit?

In international team of researchers are ringing the alarm bells, warning that our global plastic pollution problem may be nearing a point of no return.
Pollution

Scientists Say World Is Approaching Non-Reversible “Tipping Point” in Plastic Pollution

"As consumers, we believe that when we properly separate our plastic trash, all of it will magically be recycled."

A subsidiary of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency is proposing to send a nuclear power station to Mars to power a future Russian base.
Mars

Russia Proposes Nuclear Power Plant on Mars

Nations are racing ahead to be the first to establish a base on Mars.

Tesla is rolling out the "Full Self-Driving" v9 beta update. Elon Musk is warning drivers not to put too much faith in it and to "be paranoid."
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Warns Drivers Not To Trust New “Full Self-Driving” Update

"Please be paranoid."

BREAKING: Richard Branson Successfully Flies to Space on Virgin Rocket
Off-World

BREAKING: Richard Branson Successfully Flies to Space on Virgin Rocket

The billionaire reached an altitude of 50 miles above Earth.

Scientists Create Flexible Ice That Can Bend Like a Wire
Future Society

Scientists Create Flexible Ice That Can Bend Like a Wire

The team believes the ice can help detect air pollution.

The US Military Says China Is Developing Anti-Satellite Weapons
Off-World

The US Military Says China Is Developing Anti-Satellite Weapons

"They’re on the march."

Elon Musks' Boring Company has been hard at work tunneling away under Hawthorne, California. But they never informed the community that they would do so.
Elon Musk

Experts Say Elon Musk’s Florida Tunnel Might Be a Soggy Mess

The proposed tunnel's at risk of extreme flooding from rising sea levels.

Law enforcement agencies across the globe are working together to take down dark web marketplaces facilitating illegal activity.
Future Society

Man Arrested for Selling Insider Trading Info on Dark Web

He faces up to 25 years in jail for securities fraud.

Over the last 15 years, the Earth has doubled how much energy from the Sun it traps as excess heat on the surface and in the ocean.
Climate Change

Another Heatwave Is Coming for the West Coast

Cities like Las Vegas are expected to break all-time heat records.

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

Recent Heatwaves Have Killed More Than 1 Billion Sea Creatures

“It just feels like one of those postapocalyptic movies.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took aim at her fellow lawmakers as well as the fossil fuel industry in a tweet blaming them for the recent NYC floods.
Future Society

AOC Blames Subway Flooding on Politicians Taking “Orders From Fossil Fuel Execs”

"I’m so glad the filibuster is here to fix this oh wait."