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NASA advisor Licianne Walkowicz announced that she's resigning over NASA's refusal to seriously consider renaming the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA

NASA Adviser Resigns Over Giant Homophobic Telescope

"It is evident from this choice that any promises of transparency and thoroughness were, in fact, lies."

By Dan Robitzski

Blue Origin has launched William Shatner, best known as the actor who played Captain Kirk in the "Stark Trek" franchise, to an altitude of 66.5 miles.
Blue Origin

William Shatner Takes Blue Origin Joyride, as Scandals Plague Company

"That was unlike anything they described."

By Victor Tangermann

Prince Charles, the heir of the British throne, told the BBC that his Aston Martin runs on "surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese proces."
Science & Energy

Prince of England Brags That His Aston Martin Runs on Excess Wine and Cheese

"I haven’t eaten meat and fish on two days a week and I don’t eat dairy products on one day a week."

By Victor Tangermann

The inevitable has happened. Somebody strapped an honest-to-God sniper to the back of a quadrupedal robot dog.
Robot Dogs

Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog

It's what experts have been warning about for years.

By Victor Tangermann

A new robotic exoskeleton allows people with amputated legs to walk naturally by giving them a small boost as they take steps forward.
Health & Medicine

Watch a Robot Exoskeleton Help People Without Legs Walk Upright

"The first time I used it, it was like my muscles were totally fused with this exoskeleton."

By Dan Robitzski

What seemed to be an earthquake shook New Hampshire on Sunday, but experts say there's no evidence of a quake and they have no idea what really happened.
Physics

Residents Heard an Earth-Shattering Explosion and Experts Have No Idea What It Was

So far, there's no evidence of an earthquake.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers in Iceland are growing growing over 100,000 barley plants for a very unusual goal: growing lab-grown meat, the BBC reports.
Science & Energy

Scientists Genetically Modify Plants to Grow Meat Protein

"The population is rising and we have to feed all of the people."

By Victor Tangermann

A new Washington Post report paints an extremely troubling picture of Blue Origin's work culture, from rampant sexism to condescending micromanaging styles.
Blue Origin

A Guy Quit Blue Origin and Sent Jeff Bezos a Memo That Tore the Company to Shreds

"Our current culture is toxic to our success and many can see it spreading throughout the company."

By Victor Tangermann

JPMorgan Chase CEO and outspoken crypto-critic Jamie Dimon said that he has no hopes in cryptocurrencies, calling Bitcoin "worthless" on Monday.
Bitcoin

As Its Price Spikes, JPMorgan CEO Says Bitcoin Is “Worthless”

Wall Street's cryptocurrency critic strikes again.

By Victor Tangermann

Last year, a remotely-controlled deep sea vessel got surprised by a massive sea creature while exploring a shipwreck in the Red Sea at almost 2,800 feet.
Science & Energy

Deep Sea Creature Surprises Researchers Exploring Shipwreck

It was larger than a human, but it wasn't a giant squid.

By Victor Tangermann

New research conducted on five Russian cosmonauts confirms that traveling to space damages the human brain. Now scientists want to know why.
Neuroscience and Brain

Russian Study Confirms That Space Travel Damages Your Brain Cells

"This must be explored further and prevented if space travel is to become more common in the future."

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists detected a bizarre, randomly-shifting radio wave coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and they have no idea what's causing it.
Science & Energy

Scientists Baffled by Radio Waves Coming From Our Own Galaxy

Maybe it's a new celestial object, but astronomers still have no idea.

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with the Financial Times, the Pentagon's former chief software officer said that he resigned in protest of slow innovation in the US.
Artificial Intelligence

Pentagon Tech Chief Quits in Frustration, Says US Has No “Fighting Chance” Against China

"Whether it takes a war or not is kind of anecdotal."

By Jon Christian

Two of the Inspiration4 crew members took some time out of their journey to perform a Harry Potter-inspired magic trick (with the help of zero gravity).
SpaceX

Watch SpaceX Tourists Do a Harry Potter-Inspired Magic Trick in Orbit

The trick was inspired by Harry Potter.

By Tony Ho Tran

Thank the Great Pumpkin! Fauci Says Trick-or-Treating Is Fine This Year
Developments

Thank the Great Pumpkin! Fauci Says Trick-or-Treating Is Fine This Year

"Go out there and enjoy Halloween."

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a gigantic comet — and they say it’s headed towards Earth.
Off-World

The Biggest Comet Ever Discovered Is About to Cruise by Earth

The comet is estimated to be 60 to 100 miles wide.

By Tony Ho Tran

On the heels of his wealth ballooning past Jeff Bezos’, Elon Musk decided to poke a little fun at his favorite online punching bag on Twitter with an emoji.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Mocks Jeff Bezos for Having Less Money Than Him

Musk awarded Bezos with a "silver medal."

By Tony Ho Tran

Anthony Zadravic, a real estate agent in New South Wales, landed in court after he forgot to add an apostrophe to a post criticizing his former workplace.
Future Society

Man Sued for Bad Grammar in His Facebook Post

A judge stated that it could end up costing him more than $180,000

By Tony Ho Tran

The Biden administration is allegedly looking into an executive order directing federal agencies to study crypto and give recommendations.
Cryptocurrency

Biden Secretly Considering First-Ever White House “Crypto Czar”

It would be a big push for regulations around crypto.

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk Says That Tesla Is Making Its Own Beer
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says That Tesla Is Making Its Own Beer

The “GigaBier” will be served in Cybertruck-themed bottles.

By Tony Ho Tran