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Officials from a local Swiss skiing resort are now trying to slow the melting by throwing giant fleece blankets over the glacier
Science & Energy

Switzerland Covers Glacier With Giant Blankets to Keep It From Melting

It's a desperate situation.

Astrobiologist Paul Davies warns that any alien world capable of supporting extraterrestrial life would probably be teeming with viruses as well.
Viruses

Scientist Warns About Alien Viruses From Other Planets

That's just what we need.

Using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder, astronomers have discovered a mysterious radio signal coming from close to the center of the galaxy.
Science & Energy

Scientists Puzzled by Mysterious Radio Wave Source Inside Our Galaxy

We have no idea what it is.

Two autonomous police robots are roaming the streets of Singapore looking for signs of trouble during a brief trial period.
Robotics

Singapore Deploys Multiple Robot Cops to Police Public Areas

A small robot named Xavier is nudging people to wear a mask.

Dmitry Rogozin, the director-general of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, is keen on spending some quality time space billionaires like Elon Musk.
Off-World

Russian Space Chief Invites Elon Musk to His House

"I already set the teakettle on heat."

The SpaceX rocket destined to launch the first all-private crew into orbit has officially been rolled out onto the launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX

SpaceX Rocket for First All-Tourist Spaceflight Rolls to Launchpad

SpaceX is about to make private spaceflight history.

Altos Labs, a biological reprogramming tech company, is allegedly attracting big name investors such as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Future Society

Super Wealthy Fund Mysterious Lab to Unlock Immortality

Jeff Bezos is reportedly one of its top investors.

Sales of NFTs on OpenSea, an NFT buying and selling platform, hit a record high of $3.4 billion in August and is on track to do well in September.
NFTs

After Cratering, NFT Prices Are Spiking Again

The whiplash continues.

A massive oil spill was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on Thursday likely caused by Hurricane Ida.
Future Society

Oil Company Forgets to Mention Large Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

The companies got busted by satellite imagery.

Kaku implored scientists to "keep an open mind" at the possibilities that UFOs are evidence of advanced lifeforms visiting Earth.
Future Society

Michio Kaku Wants Fellow Scientists to “Keep an Open Mind” About UFOs

“Imagine if the aliens are millions of years more advanced than us."

Social media giant Facebook issued an apology on Friday after their AI labeled a group of Black men in a video as “primates."
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Apologizes for Racist AI That Labeled Black Men as “Primates”

It's another example of racist AI in action.

The UN scientist who helped pen the dire report on climate change said that the impact of man made climate change is already being felt in ways unimagined.
Climate Change

UN Scientist Warns That Climate Destruction Is Entering “Uncharted Territory”

"The climate we’ve been living in, is not going to be the climate we are living in right now."

The Dead Internet Theory states that the Internet as we know it actually died sometime between 2016 and 2017 — and is now filled with mostly bots.
Artificial Intelligence

Creepy Conspiracy Theory Claims the Internet “Died” Years Ago

Not only that, but everything online is generated by bots.

Lyft’s CEO Logan Green announced on Friday via Twitter that the company would “cover 100% of legal fees” if their drivers are sued under Texas’ SB 8 law.
Future Society

Lyft and Uber Vow to Fight Texas Abortion Ban

"This is an attack on women’s access to healthcare and on their right to choose."

Scientists might have discovered a rare and (frankly) unsettling cosmic event: a black hole eating a star from the inside out and causing a supernova. 
Science & Energy

Parasite Black Hole Eats Gigantic Star from Inside Out

It might be evidence of a rare type of supernova.

Elon Musk Reportedly Planning $25,000 Tesla with No Steering Wheel
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Planning $25,000 Tesla with No Steering Wheel

The car would be fully autonomous (in theory).

A new molecule-sized "camera" helps scientists watch individual chemical reactions in real-time, and they say it could lead to better solar panels.
Chemistry

Scientists Build Molecule-Sized “Camera” To Watch Chemical Reactions in Real-Time

The nanoscale device revealed never-before seen compounds.

A team of physicists demonstrated that a nuclear fusion device called a stellerator could manage heats up to twice the temperature of the Sun's core.
Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Thrilled at Important Step Toward Practical Nuclear Fusion

The Wendelstein 7-X device in Germany can manage temperatures twice as hot as the Sun's core.

A pseudonymous hacker named MG is selling a USB cable that contains a tiny computer to capture and transmit every single key you type.
Computers

New USB Cable Contains Tiny Computer That Spies on Everything You Type

A pseudonymous security researcher says they're already mass producing the cables.

The topic of women's reproductive rights seems to be of very little concern to Musk, who "would prefer to stay out of politics."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Carefully Says Nothing About Texas Abortion Ban

Musk would rather "stay out of politics."