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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is making another pit stop on its exciting journey to probe the surrounding Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Reached a New Area and It’s Beautiful

The sandy dunes of Mars never looked this good.

A prominent lobbyist for ExxonMobil admitted that the company actively fights climate science and climate change legislation in secret.
Climate Change

In Secret Recording, ExxonMobil Lobbyist Brags About Only Pretending to Care About Climate Change

We know, it's a real shocker.

China is seriously starting to crack down on crypto mining within its borders, forcing miners to sell off their hardware in record numbers.
Bitcoin

After Ban, Chinese Bitcoin Miners Are Flooding the Market With GPUs

Buyers beware.

In a planet-scale swing, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk berated ULA CEO Tony Bruno on Twitter this morning — not even a full 24 hours after joking around with him.
Off-World

Elon Musk Bitterly Feuds With CEO He Was Joking With Literally Yesterday

"ULA would be dead as a doornail without the two launch provider [Department of Defense] requirement."

The military announced plans to performance test a new anti-aging pill that it developed to keep soldiers healthy and operating at peak performance.
Developments

The US Military Will Test an Anti-Aging Pill Next Year

"These efforts are not about creating physical traits that don't already exist naturally."

NASA chief Bill Nelson instructed agency scientists to start studying UFOs, but they can't do that unless the military releases its raw data.
Science & Energy

Astrobiologist Demands Pentagon Release Raw UFO Data

How else are scientists supposed to help?

According to a recent investigation, China is constructing about 119 identical missile silos in a desert near the city of Yumen in northwest China.
Robots and Machines

China Is Building 119 Mysterious Missile Silos in the Desert

The country may be massively expanding its nuclear arsenal.

As the heatwave continues, hundreds of heat-related deaths have been reported in Canada and some US states, presenting a dire warning for climate change.
Climate Change

The Climate Change-Linked Heatwave Has Now Killed Hundreds of People

This is a nightmare.

In an early Thursday morning post on Twitter, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company is about to make some moves.
SpaceX

SpaceX Almost Ready to Move Super Heavy Booster to the Launch Pad

"Super Heavy moves tomorrow."

Uber drivers report that the company was charging rather than paying them for some trips, causing some to quit the platform altogether.
Advanced Transport

Uber Glitch Makes Drivers Pay for Their own Rides

This seems backwards.

Investing platform Robinhood has agreed to pay a fine of nearly $70 million to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for misleading millions.
Investing

Robinhood Paying $70 Million Fine For Being Absolutely Terrible

Robinhood's recent track record has been absolutely abysmal.

A Transformer-like car that can switch back and forth into a personal airplane just completed a brief test flight in Slovakia.
Advanced Transport

Car With Pop-Out Wings Aces Test Flight

Is it a car or is it a plane? We're not sure.

Following Virgin Orbit's successful launch of seven satellites earlier this morning, CEO Richard Branson threw a jab at the competition.
Off-World

Richard Branson Roasts Jeff Bezos Going to Space: “Jeff Who?”

"When the engineers tell me I can go to space, I will go to space."

New York City really messed up its first attempt at ranked-choice voting when the Board of Elections erroneously counted 135,000 extra votes.
Future Society

New York City Absolutely Botched Its Futuristic Voting System

The Board of Elections counted 135,000 test ballots in the ranked-choice Democratic primary.

The evacuated area around post-meltdown Fukushima in Japan is being overrun by "relatively" radioactive boar-pig hybrids.
Science & Energy

Fukushima Now Home to Radioactive Boar-Pig Hybrids

When pig farmers fled the area over ten years ago, their abandoned livestock started breeding with local wild boar.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed to have aa chat with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at a Bitcoin event on July 21, according to a recent Twitter exchange.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is in Bitcoin Talks With the CEO of Twitter

"Let's have THE talk."

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests in a new op-ed that 'Oumuamua, UAP sightings, and alien scientists could all be connected.
Off-World

Harvard Professor Says Alien Spacecraft May Have Dropped Sensors

And the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua might be tuning in.

Scientists have discovered an entire lake in East Antarctica has completely disappeared into the ocean — and it could be the result of climate change.
Science & Energy

A Lake in Antarctica Has Suddenly Disappeared

Scientists have one solid theory as to what happened to it.

After news emerged that John McAfee died of a suspected suicide in his jail cell in Barcelona, Spain, his official Instagram account made a post.
Future Society

John McAfee’s Instagram Posted Something After He Died

One final mystery.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's new house is a $50,000 prefabricated house that's only about 400 square feet, located at SpaceX's Boca Chica site.
Off-World

Elon Musk’s New House Is a $50,000 Shack

One of the richest men in the world is choosing to rent out a 400 square foot box.