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Scientists at the UK-based JET lab have smashed a fusion energy record for the first time in 25 years, producing 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds.
Energy

Fusion Scientists Say They Just Made a Major Breakthrough

"We've demonstrated that we can create a mini star inside of our machine and hold it..."

A solar storm killed 40 of 49 Starlink satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX last week after atmospheric drag doomed them to deorbit.
SpaceX

Geomagnetic Storm Kills 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites

Sorry, Elon.

Meet Breanne Rohloff, an engineer for NASA contractor Jacobs who moves rockets around at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in a giant crawler.
NASA

Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Drives NASA Rockets to the Launch Pad in a 6.5 Million Pound Crawler

"We're like the Space Center's Uber for rockets."

President Joe Biden's top science advisor Eric Lander resigned Monday night after admitting that he abused employees.
Cancer

Scientist Hired by Biden to Cure Cancer Ousted for Abusing Employees

"Dr. Lander’s conduct is disturbing."

It's 2022, so naturally, the feds have brought down a Bitcoin-laundering power couple — one half of whom is a crypto wallet CEO who is also an extremely bad rapper.
Bitcoin

Feds Arrest Crypto CEO for Bitcoin Laundering, But Her Real Crime Was Against Rap Music

"The infamous Crocodile of Wall Street strikes again!"

Investors are buying exclusive rights to simple strings of emojis called "Yats" by early adopters — for some reason we can't figure out.
NFTs

Because the World Has Lost Its Mind, You Can Now Buy NFTs of Strings of Emojis

Paris Hilton and Lil Wayne have already bought them.

An international team of researchers have developed the synthetic human tooth enamel that they say outperforms the real thing.
Developments

Scientists Create Synthetic Tooth Enamel That’s Stronger Than Real Teeth

Nine out of 10 dentists will probably recommend it.

A team of astronomers have used the Murchison Widefield Array, a massive network of over 4,000 antennas in the Australian desert, to look for aliens.
Exobiology

Scientists Fail to Spot Aliens After Scanning Skies for Seven Whole Hours

Don't give up that easily!

Tesla CEO and Terrible Boss Elon Musk thinks there’s just too much bad news out there these days — and it’s the hateful media’s fault.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk, Who Constantly Posts About Stuff He Hates, Complains About the Media’s “Relentless Hatestream”

Pot, meet kettle.

A vandal has seemingly chopped off the cables to all eight stalls of a brand new Tesla Supercharger station in Oakhurt, California.
Tesla

Villain Slices All Cables Off Brand New Tesla Charging Station

Horrifying!

Child safety experts are sounding the alarm on the metaverse saying that it will attract sexual predators preying on kids using apps such as Horizon Worlds.
Metaverse

Experts Warn of Child Predators in Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

"They’ll go there first to take advantage of the fact that it is a safe ground for them to abuse or groom kids."

The village of Fairbourne in Gwynedd, in North Wales, is going to be below sea level by 2054, but that isn't soaring housing and vacation rental prices.
Climate Change

House Prices Surge in Neighborhood Predicted to Be Swallowed by the Sea

Why would you buy a doomed house?

Shoot magic energy lasers out of your fingers with augmented reality experiment that game enthusiast and HoloForge Interactive CTO Olivier Goguel created.
Artificial Intelligence

Awesome AR Demo Lets You Shoot Magic With Your Fingers

Who DOESN'T want magic laser hands!?

Union Pacific purchased 20 battery-powered locomotives for use in rail yards while other battery-powered train cars are getting to work.
Advanced Transport

Major Railroad Buys 20 Battery Powered Locomotives for Its Trains

That's a big battery!

A new study details how researchers have used electrical implants connected to a smartphone app to help Michel Roccati walk again after a spinal injury.
Prosthetics and Devices

Spine Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Control Legs Using App

Whoa.

AI-generated images have always been creepy, but one artist's neural network-guided interpretation of BuzzFeed headlines takes it to a whole new dimension.
Artificial Intelligence

Mad Scientist Forces AI to Make Horrific Pictures Out of BuzzFeed Headlines

An AI Was Force-Fed BuzzFeed's Meme-Worthy Headlines and Here's What Happened

After accruing even more dust during a recent storm, NASA scientists believe that the InSight Mars lander may finally be on its last legs. 
Mars

NASA’s Mars Lander Believed to Be Dying After Furious Dust Storm

Oh no!

Swedish musician and AI enthusiast Supercomposite used the Looking Glass AI to create hundreds of creepy tarot cards and has been sharing them on Twitter.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Generates Haunting New Tarot Cards

Where are their faces!?

Reserachers used a spinal cord implant in mice to help them walk again after being paralyzed long-term. They hope for human clinical trials.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Heal Paralyzed Mice With Spinal Cord Implants

"If this works in humans, and we believe that it will, it can offer all paralyzed people hope that they may walk again."

Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak has announced that he has personally invested in Synchron, a rival brain-computer interface startup.
Elon Musk

Neuralink Cofounder Invests in Rival That’s Beaten Elon Musk to Human Trials

It’s yet another rival company he’s supporting.