Read the latest articles from Futurism (Page 657)

The "land" purchased is located in Decentraland's Fashion Street district and paid 618,000 MANA, an Ethereum-based token used as currency in Decentraland.
Metaverse

Plot of Metaverse “Land” Sells for $2.4 Million

Home sweet... metaverse?

Parsons says he surveyed just under one million buildings in downtown San Francisco using space and satellite images captured by European Space Agency’s Sentinel 1 satellite and can confirm the most settlement is happening near the downtown area because of the building weight and density.
Science & Energy

San Francisco Is Sinking Into the Earth, Scientists Say

So long, San Francisco?

The Twitter account of the Tesla Silicon Valley Club argued in a recent tweet that moving cars underground could solve our crushing traffic congestion woes.
Tesla

Tesla Fan Page Relentlessly Mocked for Incredibly Stupid Post

"No tunnel for cars would ever fix this."

Luckily, we at Futurism are forced to pay attention to Elon Musk for a living — and we've got you covered this Thanksgiving.
Elon Musk

How to Talk to Your Family About Elon Musk

It's not nearly as cringe as you'd expect.

Crypto-savvy hamster Mr. Goxx, whose portfolio beat out some of the biggest traders in history, has tragically passed away. 
Bitcoin

The Crypto-Trading Hamster Has Died of Unknown Causes

"He shed light into dark moments of pandemic, inflation and many kinds of trouble."

A grandmother from Ontario, Canada was shocked to find that a toy she bought at Walmart started swearing and singing about doing cocaine in Polish.
Robots and Machines

Walmart Removes Listing for Kids’ Toy That Sings About Cocaine

"This is not what I ordered for my granddaughter."

Fans of Elon Musk have review bombed JPMorgan's Yelp page after a statement from the Tesla CEO threatening to give the bank a one-star review.
Future Society

JPMorgan’s Yelp Page Bombed with 1-Star Reviews After Elon Tweet

"One star only for their frivolous lawsuits against their business partners, particularly against Tesla."

While your relatives might not believe climate change isn't a big deal, we want to give you a handy guide to help possibly convince them otherwise.
Climate Change

How to Talk to Your Family About Climate Change

The turkey won't be the only thing heating up at your Thanksgiving dinner.

Elon Musk took a stance against cryptocurrency exchanges today, agreeing with Twitter users that if you don't have the keys, it's "not your crypto."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Encourages People to Ditch Crypto Exchanges Like Binance

"Not your keys, not your crypto."

The US Department of Defense is ramping up its efforts to see if the truth is really out there with a new task force dedicated to studying UFOs. 
Military

The US Military Just Created a Major New Group to Study UFOs

The group’s mission is to study UFOs in military airspace.

NASA — with the help of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket — has launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on Tuesday night.
NASA

SpaceX Launches NASA Battering Ram to Crash Into Giant Asteroid

Damn.

The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded contracts to several military contractors to design a system to take out enemy hypersonic missiles.
Military

US Military: Let’s Shoot Down Hypersonic Missiles With Smaller Hypersonic Missiles

It’s like Missileception.

Watch a Historian Eviscerate the Climate Justice Movement
Climate Change

Watch a Historian Eviscerate the Climate Justice Movement

"How does this sound to a child who hasn't eaten in days?"

Billionaires are extremely keen on getting into space — and taking other billionaires' money in exchange for a seat. Here's how to talk to your family.
Off-World

How to Talk to Your Family About Space Tourism

Ten minute joyride or polluting waste of money?

University of Utah's Jake Abbott predicts the Earth could soon look a lot like Saturn. "Earth is on course to have its own rings" made out of space junk.
Off-World

Professor Says Earth Is Forming Saturn-Like Rings Made of Space Junk

"Earth is on course to have its own rings. They’ll just be made of junk."

Bruce Willis has turned down NASA's invite to watch the launch of the DART mission that bears a striking resemblance to "Armageddon."
NASA

Bruce Willis Apparently Refused to Watch NASA Launch Asteroid-Smashing Rocket

He does want to miss a thing.

The United Kingdom has added an amendment to their animal welfare law that says that invertebrate creatures such as octopuses and squids are sentient.
Future Society

United Kingdom Declares Octopuses, Squids Are Sentient Beings

The country says the creatures can feel "pain, pleasure, hunger, thirst, warmth, joy, comfort and excitement."

NASA is launching a spacecraft with a highly advanced ion drive, destined to slam into an asteroid as part of its Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission.
NASA

NASA Is Launching an Asteroid-Smashing Spacecraft Today and It’s Powered by an Ion Drive

The technology is straight out of a science fiction movie.

A recent long-term isolation experiment on a simulated Mars base found that participants often get a little distant and rebellious as time goes on. 
Mars

Simulated Mars Base Got Kinda Rebellious, Worrying Scientists

Okay, that's not good.

Three of the aerospace company’s top executives have left their roles in the past two weeks — including one in charge of developing the Raptor engines.
SpaceX

Top Employees Depart SpaceX as Pressure Mounts for Next Gen Rocket Development

This comes after CEO Elon Musk said a "complete design overhaul is necessary" for the Raptor engine.