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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.

By Noor Al-Sibai

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?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Twenty elephants have died during the last eight years from eating plastic trash in the Pallakkadu village, with two more found dead this weekend.
Climate Change

Congratulations, Earth: Hungry Elephants Are Devouring Trash and Dying

Somebody's got to do something.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

What happens when you cross "Black Mirror" level sci-fi, the uncanny valley, and good ole catfishing?
Robots and Machines

Model Says Company Started Selling Sex Doll of Her Without Her Knowledge

This case is as legally complicated as it is unsettling.

By Noor Al-Sibai

We're about to have a close call with a huge asteroid — but don't worry, it's not gonna turn out like "Don't Look Up." 
Off-World

A Giant Asteroid Is Careening So Close That You’ll Be Able to See It From Earth

It'll be a sight for sore eyes (if you have a telescope handy).

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some folks are worried Meta and Mark Zuckerberg might have ulterior motives in the Metaverse. Here's a roundup of excellent Metaverse memes.
Metaverse

The Most Brutal Memes About How the Metaverse Will Trap Us in a Human Meat Farm

Comedic, but not exactly comforting.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A "decentralized autonomous organization" called CityDAO was hoping to turn 40 acres in Wyoming into a crypto city — but they got hacked.
Hacking

Hackers Plunder “Cryptocurrency City” That Had Promised “Dank Memes”

"DO NOT CONNECT YOUR WALLET."

By Victor Tangermann

After celebrating a hallmark heart transplant in which a human patient received a pig heart, news outlets have been reporting on the man's troubled past.
Health & Medicine

Newspapers Criticized for Reporting That Patient With Gene-Hacked Pig Heart Stabbed Someone Decades Ago

Doctors really shouldn't make that call.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One tour company owner in Lapland, the northernmost region in Finland, went viral after posting her reindeer-powered sled to avoid high gas prices.
Climate Change

Gas Prices So High in Finland One Woman Gets Around With Reindeer

"How many carrots per mile does that model get?"

By Lonnie Lee Hood

To the surprise of literally no one, Tesla is delaying the release of its Cybertruck until at least 2023.
Tesla

Tesla Is Apparently Delaying the Disastrous Cybertruck Another Year

A watched pot never boils.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Just over a month after an MIT professor warned of "slaughterbots" being used by civilians, Vice is now reporting that cartels are using them to drop bombs.
Drones

Video Appears to Show Drug Cartel Using Drone to Bomb Enemies

The footage is seriously disturbing.

By Victor Tangermann

Man Performs Cringey Vaccination Rap at City Council Meeting
Developments

Man Performs Cringey Vaccination Rap at City Council Meeting

"Dr. Fauci, give me that ouchie."

By Victor Tangermann

A recent investigation found damning evidence that famed physicist Erwin Schrödinger was a pedophile — and even groomed and impregnated a 17-year-old girl.
Quantum Physics

Turns Out Schrödinger, the Father of Quantum Physics, Was a Pedophile

He was a monster.

By Tony Ho Tran

The metaverse has already proven to be cash cows for investors looking to make millions off of literally nothing.
Blockchain

In Further Evidence of Deranged Financial Bubble, Investors Are Paying Millions for Virtual Real Estate

"You’re buying something that isn’t tied to reality."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have found that astonishingly both men and women looked more attractive to study participants when most of their face was obscured by a mask.
Future Society

Study: Face Masks Make People Look More Attractive

Fascinating.

By Victor Tangermann

The US Department of Defense has helped develop technology that allows a single person to control 130 drones for military operations.
Drones

New Military Tech Lets One Person Fly Swarm of 130 Drones

The operator would use VR and voice commands to control the swarm.

By Tony Ho Tran

The American Cancer Society revealed on Wednesday that overall cancer death rates dropped 32 percent from its peak in 1991 to 2019.
Cancer

Good News: Cancer Deaths Have Dramatically Fallen in the Past 30 Years

But there's a catch.

By Tony Ho Tran

Not everybody was impressed by KFC's latest plant-based chicken offerings.
Science & Energy

KFC’s Fake Chicken Isn’t Quite as Disgusting as Everybody’s Saying

It tasted fine — but it's still KFC.

By Victor Tangermann

Autonomous driving startup Nuro has come up with a delivery vehicle that has a giant external-facing airbag in case it ever hits a cyclist or pedestrian.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Has Giant Airbag for When It Accidentally Plows Into Pedestrians

That's one way to make it safer.

By Victor Tangermann

A British transplant surgeon has finally been stripped of his medical license after infamously branding his initials into patients' organs in late 2013. 
Developments

Surgeon Stripped of License for Carving His Initials Into Patients’ Organs

Why did this take so long?

By Noor Al-Sibai