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The Marines recently tested a small drone that can carry a live grenade across a battlefield, targeting and detonating precise targets.
Drones

Marines Are Testing Tiny Drones That Carry Explosive Grenades

The drone can ferry a live grenade up to 12 miles away.

The leasee of a Tesla Model 3 reached out to YouTuber Rich Benoit after being quoted $16,000 for replacing a damaged battery pack.
Tesla

Independent Garage Fixes Tesla for $700 When Tesla Would Have Charged $16,000

The right to repair is more important than ever.

Roscosmos chief Dmitriy Rogozin congratulated Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson after his successful flight to 50 miles on Sunday.
Future Society

Head of Russian Space Program Criticizes “Billionaire Oligarchs”

He's tired of Russia's "billionaire oligarchs."

A massive lawsuit alleges that the extensive use of the pesticide chlrpyrifos caused neurological damage in developing embryos and young children.
Agriculture

Lawsuit Claims That Common Pesticide Causes Brain Damage in Children

At least 100,000 California homes could be contaminated.

Footage taken from the International Space Station's live feeds and widely shared on Reddit showed some unusual groupings of mysterious lights.
Off-World

Video Appears to Show UFO Drifting Behind Space Station, But It’s Actually Something Hilariously Boring

"Can someone please explain what I just saw on the ISS YouTube live feed?"

In algorithmic moderation gone awry, Tik Tok users found themselves unable to post phrases like "Black lives matter" or "supporting black success."
Artificial Intelligence

TikTok Censored the Words “Black Lives Matter” But Not “White Supremacy”

TikTok's algorithmic moderation has a long history of harming marginalized groups.

Elon Musk's court proceedings ground to a screeching halt when things took an unexpected turn in court today. Somebody threw up in court.
Elon Musk

Man Vomits During Elon Musk Court Appearance, Which Is Honestly Understandable

"Rumor is 'food poisoning,' although that's what the lawyers call hearsay."

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”
Off-World

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”

Billionaires aren't going to save us.

NASA engineers are already dreaming up bigger and better ideas for Mars helicopters based on the surprising success of Ingenuity.
Mars

NASA Is Already Working on a Bigger, Better Mars Helicopter

Ingenuity will always be the first, but everything that follows will be better.

A team of researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine gas in the Venusian atmosphere is a sign of explosive volcanic activity, not life.
Off-World

Researchers: Signs of Life on Venus Actually Explosive Volcanoes

"We don’t know what Venus is capable of."

Tesla and the electric scooter company Revel planned to launch a fleet of taxis in New York City, but regulators shot the plan down.
Tesla

NYC Just Shut Down a Tesla Taxi Fleet

Elon Musk is baffled.

Israel is giving some citizens with weak immune systems a third Pfizer vaccine, making them the first COVID booster shots anywhere in the world.
Viruses

Israel Begins Administering World’s First COVID Booster Shots

The head of the WHO says Israel is being selfish.

A WHO advisory committee recommended against letting researchers gene-hack superhumans or other augmentative edits, urging an emphasis on medicine instead.
Gene Editing

WHO Says Gene-Hacking Superhumans Should Be Illegal

The gene editing research community is trying to find the most ethical way to move forward.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk testified today in a lawsuit over his car company's 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, a publicly traded solar energy company.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Goes to Court, Calls Opposing Attorney a “Bad Human Being”

"We plan to spend a lot of time with you. It's going to be a grind."

Scientists say we could deflect a killer asteroid by bombarding it with telecom satellites that are already in orbit instead of bombs.
Off-World

Scientists: We Could Smash Existing Satellites Into a Killer Asteroid to Knock It Off Course

What if our asteroid shields were already in orbit?

In international team of researchers are ringing the alarm bells, warning that our global plastic pollution problem may be nearing a point of no return.
Pollution

Scientists Say World Is Approaching Non-Reversible “Tipping Point” in Plastic Pollution

"As consumers, we believe that when we properly separate our plastic trash, all of it will magically be recycled."

A subsidiary of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency is proposing to send a nuclear power station to Mars to power a future Russian base.
Mars

Russia Proposes Nuclear Power Plant on Mars

Nations are racing ahead to be the first to establish a base on Mars.

Tesla is rolling out the "Full Self-Driving" v9 beta update. Elon Musk is warning drivers not to put too much faith in it and to "be paranoid."
Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Warns Drivers Not To Trust New “Full Self-Driving” Update

"Please be paranoid."

BREAKING: Richard Branson Successfully Flies to Space on Virgin Rocket
Off-World

BREAKING: Richard Branson Successfully Flies to Space on Virgin Rocket

The billionaire reached an altitude of 50 miles above Earth.

Scientists Create Flexible Ice That Can Bend Like a Wire
Future Society

Scientists Create Flexible Ice That Can Bend Like a Wire

The team believes the ice can help detect air pollution.