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In order to meet the industry's incredible energy demands, crypto miners are buying and setting up shop inside existing power plants.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Miners Are Buying Up Entire Power Plants

Old power plants, factories, and warehouses are being loaded up with crypto mining rigs.

A Chinese team of researchers have claimed a new record in quantum computing, arguing its 66 qubit quantum computer is the most powerful in the world.
Quantum Computing

Chinese Scientists Say They Now Have the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer

This quantum computer solved a problem in just 70 minutes. The most powerful supercomputer would've needed "at least eight years."

NASA's groundbreaking Mars Helicopter has sent back some stunning color pictures it took on July 5 while flying over the Red Planet's rocky landscape.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Sends Back Stunning Color Photos

Its record-breaking ninth flight was one "big leap."

Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform
Science & Energy

Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform

The video is horrifying.

A team of astronauts were able to use CRISPR gene editing in space for the first time ever to study microgravity and DNA repair.
Off-World

Astronauts Use CRISPR Gene Editing in Space for First Time Ever

This can help humans travel further and further into space.

Video shows a U-Haul full of fireworks catching fire and detonating everything at once during a block party in Toledo, Ohio.
Science & Energy

Watch a U-Haul Full of Fireworks Explode Spectacularly

Maybe consider not doing this.

50-year-old Wendell Goney from Mount Dora, Florida, shot down a police drone, the property of the local Lake County Sherriff's Office, with a rifle.
Drones

Florida Man Shoots Down Police Drone Because It Was “Harassing” Him

The drone crashed and caught fire after being hit twice.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft was just outfitted with a message for any future civilizations that happen to discover it in the distant future.
NASA

New NASA Spacecraft Will Carry Time Capsule for the Descendants of Humans

NASA has no plans to retrieve the Lucy spacecraft, so someone else will have to.

The Marines recently tested a small drone that can carry a live grenade across a battlefield, targeting and detonating precise targets.
Drones

Marines Are Testing Tiny Drones That Carry Explosive Grenades

The drone can ferry a live grenade up to 12 miles away.

The leasee of a Tesla Model 3 reached out to YouTuber Rich Benoit after being quoted $16,000 for replacing a damaged battery pack.
Tesla

Independent Garage Fixes Tesla for $700 When Tesla Would Have Charged $16,000

The right to repair is more important than ever.

Roscosmos chief Dmitriy Rogozin congratulated Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson after his successful flight to 50 miles on Sunday.
Future Society

Head of Russian Space Program Criticizes “Billionaire Oligarchs”

He's tired of Russia's "billionaire oligarchs."

A massive lawsuit alleges that the extensive use of the pesticide chlrpyrifos caused neurological damage in developing embryos and young children.
Agriculture

Lawsuit Claims That Common Pesticide Causes Brain Damage in Children

At least 100,000 California homes could be contaminated.

Footage taken from the International Space Station's live feeds and widely shared on Reddit showed some unusual groupings of mysterious lights.
Off-World

Video Appears to Show UFO Drifting Behind Space Station, But It’s Actually Something Hilariously Boring

"Can someone please explain what I just saw on the ISS YouTube live feed?"

In algorithmic moderation gone awry, Tik Tok users found themselves unable to post phrases like "Black lives matter" or "supporting black success."
Artificial Intelligence

TikTok Censored the Words “Black Lives Matter” But Not “White Supremacy”

TikTok's algorithmic moderation has a long history of harming marginalized groups.

Elon Musk's court proceedings ground to a screeching halt when things took an unexpected turn in court today. Somebody threw up in court.
Elon Musk

Man Vomits During Elon Musk Court Appearance, Which Is Honestly Understandable

"Rumor is 'food poisoning,' although that's what the lawyers call hearsay."

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”
Off-World

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”

Billionaires aren't going to save us.

NASA engineers are already dreaming up bigger and better ideas for Mars helicopters based on the surprising success of Ingenuity.
Mars

NASA Is Already Working on a Bigger, Better Mars Helicopter

Ingenuity will always be the first, but everything that follows will be better.

A team of researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine gas in the Venusian atmosphere is a sign of explosive volcanic activity, not life.
Off-World

Researchers: Signs of Life on Venus Actually Explosive Volcanoes

"We don’t know what Venus is capable of."

Tesla and the electric scooter company Revel planned to launch a fleet of taxis in New York City, but regulators shot the plan down.
Tesla

NYC Just Shut Down a Tesla Taxi Fleet

Elon Musk is baffled.

Israel is giving some citizens with weak immune systems a third Pfizer vaccine, making them the first COVID booster shots anywhere in the world.
Viruses

Israel Begins Administering World’s First COVID Booster Shots

The head of the WHO says Israel is being selfish.