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Experts are shredding a scientific paper that claims to have found photographic evidence of mushrooms on Mars.
Science & Energy

Experts Shred Paper Claiming to Identify Mushrooms on Mars

"Life can barely survive, let alone thrive."

A new study suggests that Mars could still have active volcanoes, and recent eruptions could have happened 50,000 instead of billions of years ago.
Science & Energy

Study: Mars Could Still Have Active Volcanoes

What if Mars' volcanoes erupted thousands of years ago instead of billions?

Boeing has announced it is targeting July 30 for its second and much overdue uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing

Boeing Is Still Trying to Get Its Doomed Space Shuttle Off the Ground

SpaceX is running laps around the competition.

As a Chinese rocket plummets to Earth after launching a space station module, the US military is taking a bold "wait and see what happens" plan of attack.
Science & Energy

Secretary of Defense: We Will Not Shoot Down Plummeting Chinese Deathrocket

The official stance is "wait and see."

Ohio state senator Andrew Brenner tried and failed miserably to hide the fact that he was driving a car during a Zoom meeting.
Advanced Transport

Watch This Politician’s Horrible Attempt to Hide That He’s Driving on a Zoom Call

Are you telling me he wasn't wearing a seatbelt while checking his blind spots in his home office?

An economist examined the possible effects the discovery of aliens among our midst could have on global markets.
Off-World

Economics Professor: UFOs Could Be a Big Deal For the Economy

HODL on UFOs.

Hackers found a way to take over most of a Tesla's functionality just by broadcasting a WiFi signal from a drone hovering overhead.
Drones

Hackers Broke Into Tesla Using a Drone

A zero-click exploits let hackers unlock and partially control a nearby Tesla.

After a not-so-sneaky attempt to get back on Twitter, former US President and serial poster Donald Trump finds himself banned once more.
Future Society

Trump Just Got Kicked Off Twitter AGAIN

If at first you don't succeed…

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service isn't going to give you a pass for downloading copyright-infringing content online.
SpaceX

SpaceX Could Cut Your Starlink Internet Service If You Pirate Movies

This is a PSA.

The US birthrate dropped for its sixth straight year, with a precipitous drop in December births linked to the start of the pandemic.
Developments

The United States’ Birthrate Is Declining Rapidly

The pandemic seems to have accelerated an already alarming trend.

To SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the only way to "make life multiplanetary" is to "create rapidly and fully reusable orbital rockets."
Starship

Elon Musk Celebrates Starship Landing: “Needed to Make Life Multiplanetary”

One rocket at a time.

A new bill in front of the New York state senate would impose a three-year ban on all crypto mining to take stock of its environmental impacts.
Environment

New York May Ban All Bitcoin Mining

A three-year moratorium would help New York hit its climate goals.

SpaceX has finally launched its latest full-scale prototype of its Mars-bound Starship rocket — and this time it stuck the landing. 
Starship

SpaceX Just Landed Starship Without It Exploding

It's a major achievement for the space company.

The Biden administration announced today that it supports the waiving of intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines, as CNBC reports.
Developments

White House Supports Waiving IP for COVID Vaccines, Sending Pharma Stocks Tumbling

"The best way to end the deadly global vaccine shortage is to enable more manufacturers to make vaccines."

The biotech company Oxitec has now released its genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, where it hopes they'll reduce local bug populations.
Environment

Biotech Company Officially Unleashes Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes in Florida

After a decade of local resistance, Oxitec got its way.

Exposure to air pollution seems to cause short-term cognitive defecits in older white men, according to an alarming new study.
Neuroscience and Brain

Something Is Frizzling Up the Brains of Old White Guys

We knew it!

Jeff Bezos-led space company Blue Origin is opening up a seat on its first crewed flight to space — and it's putting the ticket up for auction.
Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Puts First Seat to Space Up for Auction

"Anyone can place an opening bid."

As Dogecoin's price spiked, a huge influx of people trying to get in on the action overwhelmed and took down the trading app Robinhood
Science & Energy

Robinhood Went Down Yet Again, This Time Due to Dogecoin Spike

This time it was a crash instead of a deliberate move.

Scientists at NASA have turned the radio signals picked up by the Parker Solar Probe in Venus' ionosphere into sound.
Science & Energy

Scientists Turn Radio Signal From Venus Into Audio You Can Listen to

Listen to the strange radio signals emanating from Venus.

The creators of the game "AI Dungeon" in which a text-writing algorithm creates a fantasy narrative realized some users were creating abusive content.
Artificial Intelligence

People Caught Using AI to Role-Play Sexual Abuse of Children

What began as a "dungeon master" algorithm took a dark, disturbing turn.