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Researchers have discovered that humans experience a “creative sweet spot” in the moments right before we fall asleep that can help solve tough problems.
Neuroscience and Brain

Human Brains Can Solve Hard Problems Moments Before Falling Asleep, Study Finds

Here's how you can try to create your own "eureka" moments.

By Tony Ho Tran

As Reuters and other outlets reported, a woman who worked on the assembly line at Tesla's Fremont, California factory said she suffered "sexual harassment on a near-daily basis" from her manager.
Tesla

New Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Alleges Disgusting Behavior at Tesla Factory

Is Tesla's Fremont factory a "frat house"?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former Feinstein Institutes neuroengineer Viktor Tóth taught three rats to play "Doom II" using a virtual reality set up. Here's how he did it.
Future Society

Scientist Who Trained Rats to Play “Doom II” Says He May Start Twitch Channel

Here's why — and how — he did it.

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2021 for his "dreams of Mars as he brestrides Earth."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2021

"Lately, Elon Musk also likes to live-tweet his poops."

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk likes to envision a highly automated world in which everybody can go about their way and do as they please.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says That Politically, He’s a “Utopian Anarchist”

"I don’t mean to suggest chaos, but rather that you’re not under anyone’s thumb."

By Victor Tangermann

Cheap, lightweight killer robots are just around the corner — and major military powers, including the US, are doing very little to stop them.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Professor Warns That Cartels Could Use “Slaughterbots” to Evade Justice

This military tech may soon be available to the public.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is having a blast on board the International Space Station. In a recent video, he can be seen "playing around in zero gravity."
Off-World

Billionaire Playboy Shares Video of Himself Frolicking in Outer Space

This is what actual space tourism looks like.

By Victor Tangermann

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht sold an NFT collection for $6 million from prison. A DAO dedicated to releasing him from jail fundraised the purchase.
NFTs

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sells $6 Million NFT From Prison

"This is just the beginning."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Is AI inherently good, or inherently bad? Students at Oxford Business debate the Megatron AI about its ethic. "AI will never be ethical," it said.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Asked an Advanced AI Whether AI Could Ever Be Ethical, and It Said No

AI is what you make it.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new report including multiple scientists and researchers says that tornados like the one that killed dozens in Kentucky may be caused by climate change.
Climate Change

Tornadoes Like Kentucky’s May Be Getting Stronger Due to Climate Change, Scientists Say

The Perfect Storm — part two, three, four...

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Stanford professor Dr. Garry Nolan says he's studying brains of people who had UFO encounters and metal materials that don't "play by the rules" of Earth.
Robots and Machines

Stanford Professor Says He’s Been Testing Materials Recovered From UFO Crashes

He's not kidding, is he?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One space flight emits more carbon dioxide than most of the world's population will create in a lifetime. Billionaire space tourism could ruin the climate.
Off-World

One Space Trip Emits a Lifetime’s Worth of Carbon Footprint

That's pretty messed up.

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Eye drops that could potentially replace reading glasses for millions of people was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October.
Health & Medicine

FDA Approves Eye Drops That Replace Reading Glasses

"It's definitely a life changer."

By Victor Tangermann

Before "The Matrix Resurrections" his theaters, fans can play a surprise open-world game called “The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience.”
Future Society

Keanu Reeves Says He’d Be Cool With Fans Having Sex With Him in VR

What is Keanu Reeves planning to do with VR?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa arrived at the International Space Station, where he'll give away money to the public and share videos on YouTube.
Off-World

Billionaire Playboy on Space Vacation Says He’s Giving Away Money to Mere Earthlings, From Orbit

Give us those space dollars!

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Eleven sailors stuck aboard an abandoned, damaged ship sent a frantic email for help. The crew were running out of food and began fishing to survive.
Science & Energy

Leaking Ship, Full of Hazardous Cargo, Sends Email With “SOS” in Subject Line

"We have never suffered like this in our lives.”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Hackers targeted one of the largest cream cheese manufacturers in the United States and the results have been a schmear nightmare. 
Hacking

Hackers Are The Reason There’s Not Enough Cream Cheese Right Now

All your cream cheese are belong to us.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla has had to make a rather awkward compromise when it comes to its upcoming and much-hyped Cybertruck — one giant windshield wiper.
Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck Will Have a Single Absolutely Enormous Windshield Wiper

One wiper to rule them all.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists have created a sleeping bag that sucks on the legs and feet of astronauts to keep them healthy long term.
Off-World

Scientists Invent Tube That Sucks on Astronauts Like Giant Popsicles

Don't worry, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

By Victor Tangermann

There's an extremely extremely disturbing site where users goad each other to commit suicide — and Google won't take it out of its search results.
Future Society

Google Refuses to Pull Website Responsible for Scores of Suicides

This is just horrifying.

By Noor Al-Sibai