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NASA finally managed to shake some of the dust off of the InSight lander's solar panels, buying it at least a few more months of life.
Mars

InSight is saved, at least for now.

The Department of Defense has put out a call for designs of a handheld anti-drone weapon that could shoot down enemy drones from the ground.
Drones

Take that drones!

Physicist Melvin Vopson argues that digital information contains a fundamental amount of mass and should be considered a new form of matter.
Physics

And he says we're on track for it to outweigh everything else on Earth.

Tesla's ludicrously fast Model S Plaid just set a new production car record, covering a quarter mile in just 9.247 at the Famoso Raceway in California.
Tesla

Jay Leno confirmed it.

A massive container ship carrying 330 tons of oil and 25 tons of flammable nitric acid is sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka. It's a disaster.
Environment

"So far we have not seen any oil spill. We consider we are lucky."

Singer-songwriter Grimes posted a TikTok video on Wednesday night in which she returned to her next biggest pastime: overpromising what artificial intelligence can provide to society.
Artificial Intelligence

She says AI could provide global luxury and "genuine equality."

After investigating a ransomware attack that shut down about a quarter of the US beef supply, the FBI is pointing fingers at a major Russian hacking group.
Science & Energy

First oil, now beef. What's next?

A new video shows off a daring pilot take off using what amounts to be a backpack helicopter — a futuristic blend of a jetpack and drone.
Advanced Transport

The future of personal flight or a safety hazard?

Using the Large Hadron Collider, scientists figured out the primordial goo called quark-gluon plasma created by the Big Bang behaved like liquid water.
Science & Energy

The primordial goo created by the Big Bang may have flowed like water.

NASA has announced it has selected two new missions to Venus, our planet's closest planetary neighbor.
NASA

"We’re revving up our planetary science program with intense exploration of a world that NASA hasn’t visited in over 30 years."

During a recent interview, former President Barack Obama suggested that humanity may die off unless we take dire action against climate change.
Climate Change

But if they do, those generations will probably judge us pretty harshly.

Tesla recently filed a series of trademarks to use its logo and branding within the restaurant industry, hinting at restaruants near Supercharger locations.
Tesla

What better way to wait for your car to charge than with a burg?

The Tesla CEO sent shares of Samsung Publishing soaring by more than ten percent at one point by tweeting about the popular children's song "Baby Shark."
Elon Musk

"Baby Shark crushes all!"

The container ship that leaked tons of plastic and chemicals near the coast of Sri Lanka is now sinking, carrying hundreds of tons of oil down with it.
Environment

The destroyed container ship is now sinking.

A crackdown by Tesla's legal team in China has led to a wave of new public apologies by Chinese Tesla owners, who admitted they staged "brake failures."
Tesla

A wave of Chinese Tesla owners are starting to come forward, admitting they staged "brake failures."

A YouTuber sent a drone to investigate an erupting volcano in Iceland. Unfortunately, the drone didn't survive the perilous trip.
Drones

Fagradalsfjall was ready for its closeup.

Hackers managed to force the shutdown of all the US-based beef plants of the world's largest meat producer JBS SA, according to Bloomberg.
Hacking

The FBI is investigating.

A pair of Russian cosmonauts spent seven hours early Wednesday morning preparing a docking module of the International Space Station for dismemberment.
Off-World

The country is making space for its new ISS module.

Scientists at the University of Washington plan to launch clinical trials on a breath mint that actually regrows lost tooth enamel.
Health & Medicine

Sucking on a new lozenge might help your teeth grow stronger.

According to documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Tesla failed to preapprove CEO Elon Musk's tweets, as it was required to do by a court order.
Elon Musk

"Tesla has abdicated the duties required of it by the court’s order."