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Tesla recently filed a series of trademarks to use its logo and branding within the restaurant industry, hinting at restaruants near Supercharger locations.
Tesla

Tesla Files Patent for Burger Chain at Supercharger Locations

What better way to wait for your car to charge than with a burg?

The Tesla CEO sent shares of Samsung Publishing soaring by more than ten percent at one point by tweeting about the popular children's song "Baby Shark."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Tweets About “Baby Shark,” Causing Financial Chaos

"Baby Shark crushes all!"

The container ship that leaked tons of plastic and chemicals near the coast of Sri Lanka is now sinking, carrying hundreds of tons of oil down with it.
Environment

Burned Container Ship Is Sinking With 330 Tons of Oil On Board

The destroyed container ship is now sinking.

A crackdown by Tesla's legal team in China has led to a wave of new public apologies by Chinese Tesla owners, who admitted they staged "brake failures."
Tesla

Tesla Owner Admits That Brake Failure Claims Were Made Up

A wave of Chinese Tesla owners are starting to come forward, admitting they staged "brake failures."

A YouTuber sent a drone to investigate an erupting volcano in Iceland. Unfortunately, the drone didn't survive the perilous trip.
Drones

Watch a Drone Get Obliterated by an Erupting Volcano

Fagradalsfjall was ready for its closeup.

Hackers managed to force the shutdown of all the US-based beef plants of the world's largest meat producer JBS SA, according to Bloomberg.
Hacking

Hackers Shut Down Almost a Quarter of the US Beef Supply

The FBI is investigating.

A pair of Russian cosmonauts spent seven hours early Wednesday morning preparing a docking module of the International Space Station for dismemberment.
Off-World

Russia Is Getting Ready to Chop an Entire Section Off the Space Station

The country is making space for its new ISS module.

Scientists at the University of Washington plan to launch clinical trials on a breath mint that actually regrows lost tooth enamel.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Say They’ve Created Candy That Heals Tooth Enamel

Sucking on a new lozenge might help your teeth grow stronger.

According to documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Tesla failed to preapprove CEO Elon Musk's tweets, as it was required to do by a court order.
Elon Musk

SEC Report: Tesla Failed to Control Elon Musk’s Tweets

"Tesla has abdicated the duties required of it by the court’s order."

A man tried to treat his bipolar disorder with psychedelic mushrooms. But after he injected instead of eating them, the shrooms grew inside his bloodstream.
Chemistry

A Man Injected Himself With Mushrooms and the Fungi Took Over His Blood

The fungi treated his blood like any other damp, dark place.

China broke a record with its "artificial Sun" fusion reactor on Friday when it sustained a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 second
Science & Energy

China’s “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Just Set a World Record

The reactor got more than 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun.

Chinese officials are frustrated by the growing number of US researchers and officials calling for another investigation into how the pandemic began.
Developments

China Is Furious That Americans Are Considering the Lab Leak Hypothesis

Calls for investigations into how the pandemic began are irritating Chinese officials.

After a fire and explosion wrecked a nearby container ship, the Sri Lankan coastline is coated in plastic and toxic pollution.
Pollution

Burning Container Ship Covers Beaches With Horrible Toxic “Snow”

Billions of plastic pellets are blanketing the Sri Lankan coastline.

China's government announced on Monday that couples are allowed to have a third child, signaling concerns over declining population growth.
Future Society

China Now Allows Couples to Have Three Children

Is it too late to reverse China's plunging population growth?

Thousands of New York City drivers just launched a worker-owned rideshare service meant to take the exploitation out of the gig economy.
Advanced Transport

Thousands of New York Drivers Create Worker-Owned Version of Uber

"Every single transaction reveals exploitation."

Though it didn't mention Starship by name, the Air Force says it set aside almost $50 million in tech development related to the spacecraft.
Starship

The Air Force Seems to Be Investing Heavily in SpaceX’s Starship

The US military is very interested in SpaceX's capacity for round-the-world delivery.

Officials in China have reported the first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain today, citing the hospitalization of a man in the city of Zhenjiang.
Developments

Bird Flu Virus Spreads to Human in China

Fortunately, "the risk of a large-scale spread is extremely low."

Space junk reportedly blasted a hole in the side of Canadarm2, a robotic arm attached to the International Space Station.
Off-World

Space Debris Blasts Hole in Space Station’s Robotic Arm

Despite the new scar, Canadarm2 still seems to work just fine.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken a series of photographs of gorgeous multicolored clouds, shimmering in the evening Sun on Mars.
Mars

Mars Rover Snaps Photo of Shimmering Multicolored Clouds

"I always marvel at the colors that show up: reds and greens and blues and purples."

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company could be launching Starship spacecraft from an ocean spaceport as soon as next year.
SpaceX

Elon Musk: SpaceX Will Be Launching From Floating Platforms by 2022

"Ocean spaceport Deimos is under construction for launch next year."