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NASA Astronaut Realizes She Photographed an Airplane Way Below Her
NASA

NASA Astronaut Realizes She Photographed an Airplane Way Below Her

"It made me laugh out loud."

Lebanon’s entire electric grid collapsed on Saturday when the country’s two main power stations ran out of fuel. 
Energy

The Country of Lebanon’s Entire Electric Grid Just Collapsed

"The situation is dire."

Tesla CEO and meme thief Elon Musk’s net worth just rocketed even further past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ — solidifying him as richest man in the world.
Elon Musk

Suddenly Elon Musk Is Way Richer Than Jeff Bezos

Here's how he boosted his wealth by $10.6 billion.

Alexandra Elbakyan is the founder of Sci-Hub, where you can download any scientific article you want. Journals are furious, but she doesn’t care.
Future Society

The Founder of Sci-Hub Is Absolutely Unrepentant

Alexandra Elbakyan started Sci-Hub, where you can download any scientific article you want. Journals are furious, but she doesn’t care in the slightest.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) spotted a strange blue glow over Europe early last month that turned out to be a "rare occurrence."
Future Society

Space Station Astronauts Spot Strange Glow Over Europe

Here’s what caused the "very rare occurrence."

Neural Network Is Frighteningly Good at Drawing Cthulhu
Virtual Reality

Neural Network Is Frighteningly Good at Drawing Cthulhu

Do you dare to gaze upon the AI-generated eldritch horror?

Streaming giant Twitch was hacked this week, resulting in a bunch of background images throughout the site being replaced by pictures of Jeff Bezos.
Jeff Bezos

Twitch Hacked Again, Gets Defaced with Jeff Bezos Pictures

This has been a bad week for the streaming platform.

VR Strip Clubs Have an Advantage: Dancers Can Accept Money for Sex
Virtual Reality

VR Strip Clubs Have an Advantage: Dancers Can Accept Money for Sex

"It's basically run almost exactly like a real-life strip club."

Facebook announced it would be cracking down on people using the platform to sell land in the Amazon rainforest
Future Society

Facebook Vows to Stop Selling the Amazon Rainforest

Apparently, you could have been buying Amazon land this whole time.

Lockheed Martin delivered a laser weapon called the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) to the Air Force, meant to be mounted to a gunship.
Military

Lockheed Delivers Laser Weapon for Mounting to Military Gunship

The "technology is ready for fielding today."

The World Health Organization gave the world's first malaria vaccine the green light, but it will be a challenge to deploy for the countries that need it.
RX and Medicine

Bureaucracy Could Keep Kids From Getting the Lifesaving New Malaria Vaccine

Logistical, financial, and communications problems will make this a challenge.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk admitted that he is "so dying to do a supersonic, electric VTOL jet" in a recent tweet responding to entrepreneur Peter Diamandis.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He’s “Dying” to Develop a Supersonic Electric Jet

The project might make his "brain explode," though.

Justin Bieber seemed to think the deepfake "deeptomcruise" was real, complimenting a guitar video as if it were the real actor playing.
Science & Energy

Justin Bieber Thinks Deepfake of Tom Cruise Is Real, Challenges It to Fight

Bieber tried to start beef with DeepTomCruise.

Two men spent 29 days lost at sea, only to be rescued 250 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea. To them it was a "nice break" fro COVID.
Future Society

Man Lost at Sea for 30 Days Says It Was a “Nice Break” From Pandemic

"I didn’t hear about COVID or anything else."

Disappointed by Roscosmos' lack of results and failure to keep pace with SpaceX, Vladimir Putin is drastically cutting the space agency's budget.
Off-World

A Disappointed Putin Is Slashing Funding for Russia’s Space Program

Roscosmos is about to see some pretty severe budget cuts.

When SpaceX tourist Sian Proctor was asked if she'd embark on a similar journey again, she said that she would "go for longer" due to space sickness.
SpaceX

SpaceX Tourist Says She Was Sick First Two Days of Mission

She felt much better on the third.

China seems to be powering a massive array of intercontinental ballistic missile silos with a huge new wind farm, so at least it's environmentally friendly.
Wind

Rejoice! China Is Powering Ballistic Missile Silos With Environmentally-Friendly Wind Turbines

What's the carbon footprint of mutually assured destruction?

The exoplanet where it rains molten iron every day has a calcium-rich atmosphere, meaning its even hotter than scientists thought.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Hell Planet Where It Rains Molten Iron Is Actually Worse Than We Thought

As if the iron rains weren't bad enough.

According to the US Navy, a nuclear submarine sustained damage and several injuries after hitting an "unknown object" in the South China Sea.
Nuclear Fusion

US Nuclear Sub Damaged in Collision With “Unknown Object”

A Chinese official voiced "grave concerns" over the incident.

According to a recent tweet, Lil Nas X would love to go all the way — and perform sexual acts with himself. But will science ever make his dream come true?
Gene Editing

Lil Nas X Says He Wants to Clone Himself and Have Sex With the Copy

Will he ever be able to?