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Think your town is bad? At least you don't have such a bad crow problem that officials are planning to use lasers to get rid of them.
Science & Energy

Silicon Valley City to Use Cheapo Lasers to Fight Invasion of Furious Crows

Invasion of the garbage-snatchers.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is warning that there may not be enough people to populate Mars if global birth rates keep dropping.
Mars

Elon Musk Warns There Soon Won’t Be Enough People Left to Populate Mars

If birth rates keep dropping, "there definitely won’t be enough" people to establish a city on Mars.

US airlines are warning that cutting-edge C-Band 5G technologies could force the industry to its knees, The Guardian reports.
Advanced Transport

Airlines Warn That New 5G Tech Could Mess Up Planes’ Ability to Fly Safely

"To be blunt, the nation’s commerce will grind to a halt."

An options trader-turned-economic philosopher is slamming Bitcoin as a contagion — and as a former backer of the cryptocurrency, he should know.
Bitcoin

Ex-Crypto Backer: Bitcoin Is a “Contagious Disease” and It’s About to Get Nasty

"Few assets in financial history have been more fragile than Bitcoin."

A group of more than 60 scientists and policy experts have signed an open letter calling on governments to ban solar geoengineering.
Climate Change

Scientists Say It Should Be Illegal to Fight Climate Change by Blocking Out the Sun

They’re worried it could disproportionately impact the global poor.

Users behind pet-focused Instagram accounts have begun cloning their pets so they can continue making content after the original one has died.
Future Society

Instagram Influencers Are Cloning Their Pets to Keep Churning Out Content After They Die

"People say I have zombie dogs, or they call me a crazy rich girl."

A new study found that chemical pollution driven by plastics has gotten so bad that it might upend global ecosystems that support humanity.
Pollution

Chemical Pollution Has Crossed a “Planetary Boundary” That Threatens Humanity, Study Says

Researchers found that chemical pollution has crossed the "planetary boundary."

The first gorilla suit Mark Kelly sent his twin in space exploded in 2015 when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was lost in a massive fireball.
Off-World

Astronaut Says First Gorilla Suit He Tried to Smuggle Into Space Blew Up in Fiery Explosion

"Of course people liked it. How can you not like space gorilla?"

According to new research, the core of the Earth is cooling much faster and sooner than we originally anticipated.
Science & Energy

The Earth’s Core Is Cooling Way Faster Than We Thought, Scientists Say

Our planet is turning into a rocky planet like Mercury or Mars much "faster than expected."

Analysts for investment bank UBS warned that crypto markets might be entering another “crypto winter” as prices steadily fall for the asset.
Bitcoin

Financial Analysts Say Bitcoin’s Price Is Going to Keep Falling and Falling

They warn we might be entering a "crypto winter."

A grisly trend has emerged: users who create AI partners, act abusive toward them, and post the toxic interactions online.
Artificial Intelligence

Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing Them

"I threatened to uninstall the app [and] she begged me not to."

Satellite Images Show Island Where Volcano Erupted Almost Entirely Destroyed
Climate Change

Satellite Images Show Island Where Volcano Erupted Almost Entirely Destroyed

Satellite imagery shows absolute devastation.

During a recent interview with ABC broadcaster Josh Szeps on Rogan's show, Szeps corrected Rogan about the likelihood of getting myocarditis due to COVID.
Developments

Watch Joe Rogan’s Vaccine Misinfo Get Destroyed by His Own Guest

Have you learned anything, Joe?

A COVID-19 testing sites chain called The Center for COVID Control has reportedly told every customer they are negative. Now they're shutting down.
Developments

COVID Test Startup Accused of Telling Every Single Person They Were Negative

The evidence is seriously damning.

Elon Musk wants to fire a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who'd previously interviewed him during a 2018 Tesla investigation.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Demands Lawyer Be Fired for Being Mean to Tesla That One Time

Oh, he's mad.

After fifty years of continuous burning, Turkmenistan officials are finally trying to close up a 230-feet wide fiery sinkhole in the Karakum Desert.
Climate Change

Authorities Attempting to Close Fiery “Gates of Hell”

Good luck with that!

A study published in Nature found that astronaut's bodies are destroying their own blood through hemolysis, causing space anemia after returning to Earth.
Space

Space Is Wreaking Havoc on Astronauts’ Blood

Does this mean we can't make it to Mars?

Tsunami waves that hit Tonga's Pacific island nation shores following an underwater volcano eruption— and if you want, you can watch in real time.
Science & Energy

Hey Kids, Wanna See Satellite Footage of a Volcano Violently Erupting?

"We live on a fragile wet ball of lava in space you guys."

Podcaster Joe Rogan is once again in the news for being an anti-science dimwit — and even a quick perusal of his past shows that this isn't the first time.
Future Society

If You Think Joe Rogan Is Credible, This Bizarre Clip of Him Yelling at a Scientist Will Probably Change Your Mind

He's always been like this.

FedEx asked the US Federal Aviation Administration if it could install anti-missile lasers on cargo jets, according to a request filed earlier this month.
Advanced Transport

FedEx Asks Permission to Install Anti-Missile Lasers on Its Cargo Jet

Maybe all planes should have this?