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A new study found that chemical pollution driven by plastics has gotten so bad that it might upend global ecosystems that support humanity.
Pollution

Chemical Pollution Has Crossed a “Planetary Boundary” That Threatens Humanity, Study Says

Researchers found that chemical pollution has crossed the "planetary boundary."

By Tony Ho Tran

The first gorilla suit Mark Kelly sent his twin in space exploded in 2015 when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was lost in a massive fireball.
Off-World

Astronaut Says First Gorilla Suit He Tried to Smuggle Into Space Blew Up in Fiery Explosion

"Of course people liked it. How can you not like space gorilla?"

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, the core of the Earth is cooling much faster and sooner than we originally anticipated.
Science & Energy

The Earth’s Core Is Cooling Way Faster Than We Thought, Scientists Say

Our planet is turning into a rocky planet like Mercury or Mars much "faster than expected."

By Victor Tangermann

Analysts for investment bank UBS warned that crypto markets might be entering another “crypto winter” as prices steadily fall for the asset.
Bitcoin

Financial Analysts Say Bitcoin’s Price Is Going to Keep Falling and Falling

They warn we might be entering a "crypto winter."

By Tony Ho Tran

A grisly trend has emerged: users who create AI partners, act abusive toward them, and post the toxic interactions online.
Artificial Intelligence

Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing Them

"I threatened to uninstall the app [and] she begged me not to."

By Ashley Bardhan

Satellite Images Show Island Where Volcano Erupted Almost Entirely Destroyed
Climate Change

Satellite Images Show Island Where Volcano Erupted Almost Entirely Destroyed

Satellite imagery shows absolute devastation.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

During a recent interview with ABC broadcaster Josh Szeps on Rogan's show, Szeps corrected Rogan about the likelihood of getting myocarditis due to COVID.
Developments

Watch Joe Rogan’s Vaccine Misinfo Get Destroyed by His Own Guest

Have you learned anything, Joe?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A COVID-19 testing sites chain called The Center for COVID Control has reportedly told every customer they are negative. Now they're shutting down.
Developments

COVID Test Startup Accused of Telling Every Single Person They Were Negative

The evidence is seriously damning.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk wants to fire a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who'd previously interviewed him during a 2018 Tesla investigation.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Demands Lawyer Be Fired for Being Mean to Tesla That One Time

Oh, he's mad.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

After fifty years of continuous burning, Turkmenistan officials are finally trying to close up a 230-feet wide fiery sinkhole in the Karakum Desert.
Climate Change

Authorities Attempting to Close Fiery “Gates of Hell”

Good luck with that!

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A study published in Nature found that astronaut's bodies are destroying their own blood through hemolysis, causing space anemia after returning to Earth.
Space

Space Is Wreaking Havoc on Astronauts’ Blood

Does this mean we can't make it to Mars?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Tsunami waves that hit Tonga's Pacific island nation shores following an underwater volcano eruption— and if you want, you can watch in real time.
Science & Energy

Hey Kids, Wanna See Satellite Footage of a Volcano Violently Erupting?

"We live on a fragile wet ball of lava in space you guys."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Podcaster Joe Rogan is once again in the news for being an anti-science dimwit — and even a quick perusal of his past shows that this isn't the first time.
Future Society

If You Think Joe Rogan Is Credible, This Bizarre Clip of Him Yelling at a Scientist Will Probably Change Your Mind

He's always been like this.

By Noor Al-Sibai

FedEx asked the US Federal Aviation Administration if it could install anti-missile lasers on cargo jets, according to a request filed earlier this month.
Advanced Transport

FedEx Asks Permission to Install Anti-Missile Lasers on Its Cargo Jet

Maybe all planes should have this?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Twenty elephants have died during the last eight years from eating plastic trash in the Pallakkadu village, with two more found dead this weekend.
Climate Change

Congratulations, Earth: Hungry Elephants Are Devouring Trash and Dying

Somebody's got to do something.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

What happens when you cross "Black Mirror" level sci-fi, the uncanny valley, and good ole catfishing?
Robots and Machines

Model Says Company Started Selling Sex Doll of Her Without Her Knowledge

This case is as legally complicated as it is unsettling.

By Noor Al-Sibai

We're about to have a close call with a huge asteroid — but don't worry, it's not gonna turn out like "Don't Look Up." 
Off-World

A Giant Asteroid Is Careening So Close That You’ll Be Able to See It From Earth

It'll be a sight for sore eyes (if you have a telescope handy).

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some folks are worried Meta and Mark Zuckerberg might have ulterior motives in the Metaverse. Here's a roundup of excellent Metaverse memes.
Metaverse

The Most Brutal Memes About How the Metaverse Will Trap Us in a Human Meat Farm

Comedic, but not exactly comforting.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A "decentralized autonomous organization" called CityDAO was hoping to turn 40 acres in Wyoming into a crypto city — but they got hacked.
Hacking

Hackers Plunder “Cryptocurrency City” That Had Promised “Dank Memes”

"DO NOT CONNECT YOUR WALLET."

By Victor Tangermann

After celebrating a hallmark heart transplant in which a human patient received a pig heart, news outlets have been reporting on the man's troubled past.
Health & Medicine

Newspapers Criticized for Reporting That Patient With Gene-Hacked Pig Heart Stabbed Someone Decades Ago

Doctors really shouldn't make that call.

By Lonnie Lee Hood