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A massive study found an alarming correlation between heavy cannabis use and suicidal thoughts or actions among teens and young adults.
Health & Medicine

Cannabis Use Linked to Suicide Attempts in Young Adults

This is alarming.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA will attempt to switch to the Hubble Space Telescope's backup hardware some time next week after a glitch shut down operations.
NASA

There’s Officially Hope for NASA’s Broken Hubble Space Telescope

NASA will attempt to switch to backup hardware some time next week.

By Victor Tangermann

Dubai has opened the deepest pool in the world, with a depth of 196 feet. It features an "abandoned" underwater city with state-of-the-art lighting.
Future Society

Dubai Builds “Underwater City”

This is the deepest pool in the world — and it's absolutely nuts.

By Victor Tangermann

Hunter Kowald, inventor of a real-life hoverboard called the SkySurfer, rejects the obvious comparison to the Green Goblin.
Advanced Transport

Guy Who Built “Green Goblin” Hoverboard Says He’s Not a Supervillain

Everyone can relax!

By Dan Robitzski

The producers of the popular Netflix series "Queer Eye" are working on a new major TV network show — and its a bit of a doozy.
Bitcoin

Reality Show Seeks Idiots Who Have Forgotten Their Bitcoin Passwords

"Have you lost your key? Have you tried everything to unlock your crypto wallet with no luck?"

By Victor Tangermann

In an announcement, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis promised that Dodge "will not sell electric cars," but will make "American eMuscle" a thing instead.
Advanced Transport

Dodge Says It’s Only Making an Electric Car Because the Performance Is So Good

Dodge doesn't seem to know how it feels about its upcoming electric muscle car.

By Victor Tangermann

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Military

US Military Document Admits That Risk of Nuclear War Is Growing

Military leaders warn of an "increased potential" for nuclear war in several parts of the world.

By Dan Robitzski

The startup Halo wants to use driverless, remote-controlled cars to make renting a car less of a headache and pave the road for autonomous vehicles.
Advanced Transport

Driverless Car Startup Actually Uses Remote Controls

That counts, right?

By Dan Robitzski

As the death toll from last week's heatwave continues to climb, officials in Oregon have officially designated it a "mass casualty event."
Climate Change

Officials Declare Deadly Heatwave as “Mass Casualty Event”

This is horrific.

By Dan Robitzski

The Teletubbies are supposedly vaccinated against the coronavirus, but something is a little bit off about their paperwork.
Viruses

There’s Something Fishy About the Teletubbies’ Vaccination Cards

Did they forge their documents?

By Dan Robitzski

The scientists and entrepreneurs who helped pioneer and popularize carbon capture technology now say it probably can't save us from climate change.
Climate Change

Carbon Capture Pioneers Say Carbon Capture Tech Won’t Save Us

"You are seeing lots of people making big promises right now, and they don't quite know how to keep them."

By Dan Robitzski

Juul paid the American Journal of Health Behavior $51,000 to have the entire May/June issue filled with 11 studies funded by the company.
Medical

Juul Paid a Medical Journal to Run a Bunch of Pro-Vaping Studies

"The Marlboro man rode into Juul and now wants us to trust them."

By Victor Tangermann

In a Wednesday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that a Starship "itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."
Starship

Elon Musk Suggests Turning a Starship Into a Giant Space Telescope

The "ship itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers dumped 60 brown trout in a water tank that contained low levels of methamphetamine to see if they would get addicted.
Science & Energy

New Research: There’s Enough Meth in Some Rivers to Get Fish Addicted

Methamphetamines in the water supply can seriously mess with the brains of fish.

By Victor Tangermann

The Ever Given, a 1,310-feet-long vessel loaded with around 18,300 containers, finally resumed its journey to leave the Canal on Wednesday.
Robots and Machines

Remember That Stuck Container Ship? It’s Finally Leaving the Suez Canal

"May God let it arrive safely."

By Victor Tangermann

A growing chunk of the planet has been reaching temperatures and humidities high enough to kill people who are otherwise perfectly healthy.
Developments

Places Are Increasingly Getting So Hot That People Just Die

Temperatures are reaching the point where the human body simply cannot cope.

By Dan Robitzski

A massive study identified a long list of medical conditions that appear to be linked to cases of adult ADHD, and experts say it may help reshape treatment.
Studies

Adult ADHD Is Linked to a Ton of Serious Diseases

Now scientists want to figure out why.

By Dan Robitzski

Clay samples from Mars suggest that the Red Planet once experienced a long-lasting era of temperate, habitable conditions.
Science & Energy

Clay Dug Up by NASA Mars Rover Makes It Seem Like Red Planet Could’ve Supported Life

The samples are an indication that Mars may have had hospitable conditions for millions of years.

By Dan Robitzski

Startup Wants to Build Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Run Off Nuclear Waste
Nuclear Fusion

Startup Wants to Build Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Run Off Nuclear Waste

Are nuclear microreactors the future of off-grid power?

By Victor Tangermann

An undersea pipeline ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico today — and then somehow ignited, causing the surface of the ocean to catch fire.
Environment

Underwater Pipeline Leaks, Gulf of Mexico Ocean Catches on Fire

Horrific.

By Jon Christian