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Three members of an independent advisory panel to the FDA resigned in protest after the agency approved a controversial Alzheimer's treatment.
RX and Medicine

Furious FDA Advisors Resign to Protest Approval of Alzheimer’s Drug That They Say Doesn’t Work

"This might be the worst approval decision that the FDA has made that I can remember."

The Bitcoin Mining Council, a group of miners trying to make crypto more sustainable, left a prominent figure in the industry behind: Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

Sustainable Bitcoin Mining Group Disavows Elon Musk

Elon's antics, the group decided, are simply too much.

Scientists were puzzled to discover an "exceptionally rare" star, located toward the center of our own galaxy, that appears to be blinking on and off.
Science & Energy

Scientists Puzzled by Star That Appears to Be Blinking on and Off

Okay, that's a new one.

China released a series of new photos of the surface of Mars from its Zhurong rover this morning -- and took a victory lap in state media.
Mars

China Releases New Photos From the Surface of Mars

Impressive.

A farmer in Wales built his own Bitcoin mine, which he powers by burning the methane emitted from his cows' decomposing turds.
Energy

A Farmer Is Using Cow Turds to a Power Bitcoin Mining Operation

Well, it's cleaner than coal.

Elon Musk finaly showed off the new Tesla Model S Plaid playing the game "Cyberpunk 2077" during a brief demo event on Thursday.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Plays Cyberpunk 2077 on Tesla’s In-Car Console

For all the game's flaws, that's actually an impressive feat.

Royal Caribbean's first cruise after a year of pandemic-related shutdowns already has a coronavirus outbreak after two passengers tested positive.
Developments

The First Cruise Ship Since the Pandemic Already Has a COVID Outbreak

Not again!

The White House's plane was grounded by cicadas. One particularly adventurous cicada managed to get a hold of POTUS Joe Biden.
Future Society

Watch President Biden Get Attacked by a Brood X Cicada

"It got me."

Uber accidentally offered health insurance to some of its drivers then took two weeks to clarify that they're actually ineligible.
Advanced Transport

Uber Offers Drivers Health Insurance, Then Says Oops Nevermind

What a fun reminder of the benefits Uber refuses to provide.

Congressman Louie Gohmert suggested in a bad-faith argument against climate change legislation, that the government should try to adjust the Moon's orbit.
Climate Change

Congressman Asks If Changing the Moon’s Orbit Could Fight Climate Change

It can't!

Chinese authorities arrested over 1,100 people accused of laundering money through Bitcoin in order to hide their telecom fraud.
Bitcoin

China Arrests Over 1,100 People for Laundering Crypto

The Chinese government has been cracking down on fraud for months.

Archeologists in Israel made an incredibly rare discovery in the ancient industrial zone of Yavneh, a central Israeli city: a 1,000 year old chicken egg.
Science & Energy

Archeologists Discover 1000-Year-Old Egg, Accidentally Break It

"Even at the global level, this is an extremely rare find."

New research found over 500 new fast radio bursts, giving scientists much more to work with as they figure out what's causing them.
Science & Energy

Scientists Found Hundreds of New Mysterious Signals From Deep Space

A telescope identified hundreds of new fast radio bursts.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced it is also planning to take a trip to Venus to get a closer look.
Off-World

Europe Is Also Sending a Spacecraft to Explore Venus, a Blazing Hellhole

Scientists are itching to get a better look.

After making Bitcoin legal tender, president Nayib Bukele wants to use volcano-based geothermal energy to mine the cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin

New Facility Will Use Volcano to Power Bitcoin Mining Operation

El Salvador's president wants to use geothermal energy to mine crypto.

The AI development group DeepMind says that all the core components of artificial general intelligence are already here, we just need to let them work.
Google

Google’s DeepMind Says It Has All the Tech It Needs for General AI

Reinforcement learning may be able to teach itself how to reach true intelligence.

Physicist Mark Buchanan argued we should be grateful for not having made contact with alien civilizations yet in a piece for The Washington Post.
Robots and Machines

Physicist Warns That Contacting Aliens Could End All Life on Earth

"Attempting to communicate with extraterrestrials, if they do exist, could be extremely dangerous for us."

China is set to launch the first astronauts to its new orbiting space station. A Long March 2F rocket rolled out onto the launch pad on Wednesday.
Off-World

China Is About to Launch Astronauts to Its New Space Station

A Long March 2F rocket rolled out onto the launch pad on Wednesday.

The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne said that he'd love to work with Elon Musk to host the first-ever concert in space.
Off-World

Rock Band Pleads for Elon Musk to Send Them to Space for Concert

"We've always said that we want to be the first band to play on the International Space Station."

The secondhand market for electric vehicles has a sticky issue: it's impossible to figure out the health of any given electric car's battery.
Electric Vehicles

There’s a Huge Problem With Buying Used Electric Vehicles

Can regulators fix this battery degradation problem?