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The Twitter account for Steak-umm, a processed meat product, decided to pick on science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Future Society

The processed meat brand made some pretty compelling arguments.

As Neuralink continues to develop its neural implant technology, experts have concerns about what that would mean for personal privacy.
Neuroscience and Brain

"I worry about the widespread use of brain chips in the future."

The National Weather Service station in Cape Cod has been abandoned and is scheduled for demolition because it's about to fall into the sea.
Climate Change

"In a way we are unprepared for how much worse things will be with climate change."

NASA's Mars lander InSight is caked in so much dust that it can't harness enough solar energy to stay operational through the Martian winter.
Mars

Another dust storm could kill the struggling lander for good.

Biden's FCC is finally starting to crack down on robocallers, enacting a law that gives them the power to give out fines.
Future Society

Is this the beginning of the end for robocalls?

Japanese officials say it's time to decide what to do about the Fukushima power plant's radioactive water. That likely means dumping it in the ocean.
Energy

Japanese officials say they've put off the "unavoidable" release long enough.

Russia's Poseidon 2M39 torpedo can sneak along the bottom of the ocean before unleashing a several-megaton explosion that causes radioactive tsunamis.
Military

The Poseidon 2M39 torpedo would sneak along the ocean floor before detonating a nuke.

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois have found new evidence suggesting that a subatomic particle called a muon is not following the known laws of physics.
Physics

Scientists may have found evidence for a fifth force of nature.

During a Reddit AMA, science communicator and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku said he expects we'll discover the theory of everything by the year 2100.
Science & Energy

But he thinks contacting them would be “a terrible idea.”

Neuralink cofounder Max Hodak says creating a real-world Jurassic Park is probably within reach, and that it could be cool to create novel forms of life.
Future Society

Max Hodak wants us to create brand-new, "super exotic" dinosaurs.

Japanese space agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi took a gorgeous time lapse of space from a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule currently docked to the ISS.
Crew Dragon

"I didn’t think the views could get any better."

MIT scientists converted the structure and construction of spider webs into odd music which they hope could lead to a form of human-spider communications.
Biology

Yeah, you read that right: spider music.

A new video going viral on Twitter shows a robot police dog being deployed by the New York City police department.
Robot Dogs

"What the fuck is this is the exact right reaction."

Android's Digital Wellbeing app is about to start warning users to stop using their phones and to pay attention while they walk around.
Science & Energy

"Use with caution. Heads Up doesn't replace paying attention."

Government scientists ran a wide variety of simulations in order to find the best way to blast a killer asteroid off-course with a nuclear missile.
Science & Energy

It helps to have a plan of attack before this becomes an issue.

NASA has signed a "Space Act Agreement" with what could be the first reality show set in space called "Space Hero," as Space.com reports.
NASA

Who's going to be an astronaut?

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have concluded that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter needs to have its flight control software reinstalled.
Mars

Ingenuity needs to reinstall its flight control software.

They were meant to revolutionize the art collection market — but the prices of non-fungible tokens or NFTs are crashing right now.
NFTs

Is this the end of the NFT?

The FDA and CDC have called for a pause on the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine rollout to further investigate blood clot risk.
Viruses

Six women out of 7 million vaccine recipients developed blood clots soon after getting the shot.

Pizza giant Domino's is partnering with robotics company Nuro to bring autonomous robot pizza deliveries to Houston, Texas.
Self-Driving Vehicles

The robot is the first fully autonomous on-road delivery vehicle to have received regulatory approval in the US.