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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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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?

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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?

By Victor Tangermann

New images from NASA's Perseverance rover confirm that Jezero Crater used to be a massive lake supplied by an ancient river or glacier.
NASA

NASA Rover Confirms Gigantic Martian Crater Used To Be a Lake

"Without driving anywhere, the rover was able to solve one of the big unknowns."

By Dan Robitzski

A new documentary sheds light on the abuse top infectious diseases specialist Anthony Fauci has had to endure since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Future Society

Fauci Says People Are Threatening His Wife and Daughters With Violence

At one point, he received a letter that opened with "a puff of powder."

By Victor Tangermann

Research suggests that the funniest kids are also the smartest, based on how well middle schoolers could come up with captions for cartoons.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find That “Class Clowns” Are Actually the Smartest People in Class

Humor seems to be a valuable tool for schoolchildren.

By Dan Robitzski

A Bitcoin mining operation in Canada tried to tap a nearby unused natural gas well for power — and got busted after neighbors started complaining of noise.
Science & Energy

Bitcoin Miners Open Secret Power Plant, Get Busted

The company claims it wasn't doing anything illegal.

By Victor Tangermann

Prominent astrophysicist Martin Rees criticizes global leadership for ignoring climate change, comparing them to frogs boiling in a pot.
Climate Change

Astrophysicist Warns That Humanity Will Boil Like a Frog in a Pot

"It would be shameful if we left our descendants a depleted planet."

By Dan Robitzski

The World Health Organization says that the world's first malaria vaccine is finally ready for widespread use, and that it could save countless children.
RX and Medicine

The World’s First Malaria Vaccine Is Finally Ready for Rollout

"The long-awaited malaria vaccine for children is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control."

By Dan Robitzski

The Netflix show "Squid Game" displayed someone's real phone number and now they get several thousand prank calls every day.
Future Society

Netflix Shows Real Phone Number on Screen, Leading to “Prank-Call Apocalypse”

What happened to the classic "555"?

By Dan Robitzski

Fast-food chain Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is resorting to sending its corporate staff to work in its restaurants amid the ongoing labor squeeze.
Food

Fast Food Chain Can’t Find People to Hire, So It’s Sending Office Workers to Fry Food and Work Registers

"It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is a challenge."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is doubling the size of its reusable astronaut-carrying and cargo-supplying spacecraft fleets, according to SpaceX officials.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Doubling Its Number of Astronaut-Carrying Spacecraft

The company is doubling down on its Dragon successes.

By Victor Tangermann

Jeffrey Smith, the man whose wife sued a hospital to force it to treat his COVID-19 with ivermectin and kicked off a messy legal fight, recently died.
Viruses

Wife Sues Hospital to Treat Husband With Ivermectin, Then Husband Dies

The intubated patient was at the center of a messy legal drama.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Caltech have opened the doors to hell and allowed a creepy robot that can walk on two spindly feet and fly, to enter.
Robotics

This Scary-Looking Robot Can Walk and Fly

It can even skateboard and slackline.

By Victor Tangermann

In May, images surfaced of the USSR's space shuttle Burya covered in graffiti — and thanks to a new video, we can see a time lapse of the artist's work.
Off-World

Video Shows Scoundrel Drawing Graffiti on USSR Space Shuttle

It belongs in a museum, dammit.

By Victor Tangermann

The operators of the oil pipeline that spilled 144,000 gallons of crude oil off the coast of California waited for three hours before shutting it down.
Environment

Operators Let Oil Pipeline Gush Into Ocean for Hours Without Shutting It Off

What was the holdup?

By Dan Robitzski

NASA took two of the Being Starliner crewmembers and reassigned them to a SpaceX mission so they could actually get some flight experience.
Boeing

NASA Quietly Signals That Boeing’s Spacecraft Is Going Nowhere

The Starliner crew is hitching a ride with SpaceX instead.

By Dan Robitzski