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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it's investigating a rare but deadly bacterial infection in the United States.
Bacteria

CDC Warns of Outbreak of Deadly Bacteria

The disease is rare — but deadly.

Pemex, the oil company responsible for catching the ocean on fire, has a long and tragic history of deadly explosions and fires.
Future Society

Oil Company That Caught Ocean on Fire Has Staggeringly Long History of Death, Accidents

The company is responsible for hundreds of deaths and accidents.

YouTuber Wins $10,000 Bet Against Physicist, Drives Wind-Powered Car
Advanced Transport

YouTuber Wins $10,000 Bet Against Physicist, Drives Wind-Powered Car

The agreement was witnessed by Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The California Highway Patrol ticketed a motorist for driving their car with a Starlink antenna mounted to the vehicle's hood.
Future Society

Police Ticket Driver Who Bolted Starlink Antenna to Car Hood

That’s one way to get a Wi-Fi connection.

The BBC released then promptly edited a climate change for kids that listed a bunch of "positive impacts" that it would have on the UK and the world.
Climate Change

BBC Mocked For Teaching Kids Climate Change Will Have Nice Upsides

On one hand, you have unfathomable death and suffering. But you could also grow grapes in England!

A probe sent by the United Arab Emirates to study the Martian atmosphere has caught beautiful and fleeting auroras on camera.
Mars

Amazing New Images Show Auroras on Mars

Look at that glow.

Porsche has finally issued a recall and update to fix a battery problem that made its electric car, the Taycan, suddenly die in the street.
Advanced Transport

Porsche’s Electric Car Keeps Suddenly Dying in the Street

The company has already issued a recall and a software update.

US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was set to break records at the Tokyo Olympics this month, but a positive marijuana test could force her to miss the event.
Future Society

Olympic Hopeful Suspended for Marijuana, Which Is the Dumbest Thing We’ve Ever Heard

"I am human."

90 percent of Lytton, British Columbia, a small village of approximately 250, burned to the ground after recording Canada's highest ever temperature ever.
Science & Energy

Town Sets All-Time Heat Record, Then Burns to the Ground

It's like hell on Earth.

The first Tesla Model S Plaid vehicles has gone up in flames — shortly after trapping its owner inside thanks to the car's electronic doors not opening.
Tesla

Lawsuit Claims That Burning Tesla’s High Tech Door Handles Trapped Driver Inside

Luckily, nobody was hurt — but something about this fire doesn't add up.

electric car solar powered car lightyear one
Advanced Transport

A Fully Solar-Powered Car May Be Hitting the Road by 2019

The "impossible" transport revolution might be mere months away.

Richard Branson just announced that he's going to travel to space on a Virgin Galactic rocket, beating Jeff Bezos to space by nine days.
Off-World

Mischievous Richard Branson Slams Accelerator, Will Go to Space 9 Days Before Jeff Bezos

Those rascally billionaires are pranking each other again.

A huge chunk of the United States is primed for a horrific wildfire. Backyard fireworks displays are definitely not worth the risk.
Science & Energy

We Are Literally Begging You Idiots To Skip The Fireworks This Year

People are dying; screw your sparklers.

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is making another pit stop on its exciting journey to probe the surrounding Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Reached a New Area and It’s Beautiful

The sandy dunes of Mars never looked this good.

A prominent lobbyist for ExxonMobil admitted that the company actively fights climate science and climate change legislation in secret.
Climate Change

In Secret Recording, ExxonMobil Lobbyist Brags About Only Pretending to Care About Climate Change

We know, it's a real shocker.

China is seriously starting to crack down on crypto mining within its borders, forcing miners to sell off their hardware in record numbers.
Bitcoin

After Ban, Chinese Bitcoin Miners Are Flooding the Market With GPUs

Buyers beware.

In a planet-scale swing, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk berated ULA CEO Tony Bruno on Twitter this morning — not even a full 24 hours after joking around with him.
Off-World

Elon Musk Bitterly Feuds With CEO He Was Joking With Literally Yesterday

"ULA would be dead as a doornail without the two launch provider [Department of Defense] requirement."

The military announced plans to performance test a new anti-aging pill that it developed to keep soldiers healthy and operating at peak performance.
Developments

The US Military Will Test an Anti-Aging Pill Next Year

"These efforts are not about creating physical traits that don't already exist naturally."

NASA chief Bill Nelson instructed agency scientists to start studying UFOs, but they can't do that unless the military releases its raw data.
Science & Energy

Astrobiologist Demands Pentagon Release Raw UFO Data

How else are scientists supposed to help?

According to a recent investigation, China is constructing about 119 identical missile silos in a desert near the city of Yumen in northwest China.
Robots and Machines

China Is Building 119 Mysterious Missile Silos in the Desert

The country may be massively expanding its nuclear arsenal.