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Marking Herring, a 60-year-old grandfather from Tennessee, suffered a fatal heart attack after being swatted by a bunch of kids.
Future Society

Grandfather Dies of Heart Attack After Minors SWAT His Home

Believe it or not, they were after his Twitter handle.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, the spending habits of Swedish men lead to far more greenhouse gas emissions than do those of women.
Climate Change

Men Are Causing Way More Climate Change Than Women, Scientists Say

Pound for pound, it seems men are hurting the planet a lot more than women.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists uncovered a sort of fossil record of dozens of ancient, never-before-seen viruses in a sample of Tibetan ice.
Environment

Scientists Discover Dozens of Ancient Viruses, Frozen in Ice

Ancient viruses have been hiding out in Tibet's ice all this time.

By Dan Robitzski

Not just Tesla is hoarding Bitcoin — SpaceX is amassing undisclosed amounts of the cryptocurrency as well, Elon Musk revealed during a conference.
Bitcoin

Elon Says SpaceX is Also Hoarding Bitcoin, Not Just Tesla

"SpaceX, Tesla, and I own Bitcoin."

By Victor Tangermann

A recently surfaced video shows a Tesla Model 3 wading through deep flood waters, spraying water everywhere in the process.
Tesla

Video Shows Tesla Driving Through Deep Flood Waters

It's like a motor boat on four wheels.

By Victor Tangermann

At a blockchain conference today, Elon Musk revealed that "most likely, Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin," but on one condition.
Elon Musk

Oops, Elon Musk Says Tesla Might Start Taking Bitcoin Again

Spoiler alert: there's a big if.

By Victor Tangermann

Despite three COVID-19 vaccines having been made widely available, most people in Alabama are choosing to not get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Developments

Dying COVID Patients Beg for Vaccine

"I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late."

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos's spaceflight company Blue Origin completed its first crewed mission. Meanwhile, experts debate why the rocket looks so "anthropomorphic."
Off-World

Scientists Ponder Why Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Looks like a Giant Dong

Nice, uh, rocket you got there, Jeff.

By Dan Robitzski

Lyft and the autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI plan to launch a small fleet of self-driving cars in Miami later this year.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Lyft Says It’ll Deploy Self-Driving Cars by the End of the Year

Passengers in Miami might have their Lyft roll up all on its own.

By Dan Robitzski

Virgil Griffith, a prominent Ethereum cryptocurrency developer who was previously charged for violating US sanctions against North Korea, has been detained.
Future Society

Crypto Dev Thrown in Jail for Checking His Coinbase Account

Was Virgil Griffith really helping North Korea to "evade sanctions" and "launder money" by teaching them about crypto?

By Victor Tangermann

A top Catholic official resigned on Thursday after hackers revealed that he frequented gay bars and used Grindr, raising questions about digital privacy.
Science & Energy

Top Catholic Bishop Resigns After Hackers Expose That He Was on Grindr

Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill resigned after someone exposed his phone's location data.

By Dan Robitzski

China has built a maglev bullet train that reach a blistering 373 miles per hour, the world's fastest train in the world.
Advanced Transport

China Builds World’s Fastest Train, But No Tracks for It to Travel on

Travel times between Beijing and Shanghai could be even shorter than by air.

By Victor Tangermann

Branson's flight was a testament to the years of hard work put in by Virgin Galactic's engineers — but to call it traveling to "space" would be a mistake.
Off-World

Richard Branson Didn’t Go to Space Yesterday, He Just Cruised Through the Upper Atmosphere

The entire crew got their "astronaut wings," but didn't actually enter space.

By Victor Tangermann

A wobble in the Moon's orbit, coupled with rising sea levels, is about to make coastal flooding a whole lot worse for coastal cities.
Moon

NASA Says a Change in the Moon’s Orbit Will Make Flooding on Earth Worse

Climate change and a lunar "wobble" are about to pack a dangerous one-two punch.

By Dan Robitzski

Over $21 million worth of Bitcoin were just moved out of a ten-year-old wallet that has been dormant since 2012. Was Satoshi Nakamoto behind it?
Bitcoin

A Cache of Ancient Bitcoin, Possibly Mined by Satoshi, Just Awakened

Satoshi, is that you?

By Victor Tangermann

A gun shop in Utah started to sell a kit that covers real handguns in Lego bricks, making the weapons look like a colorful child's toy.
Future Society

Company in Hot Water for Making Real Guns Look Like Lego Toys

Lego, needless to say, was not pleased.

By Dan Robitzski

New research validates MIT scientists' 1972 prediction that civilization is on track to utterly collapse within the next two decades.
Future Society

MIT Prediction of Civilization Collapse Appears to Be on Track

Well, that doesn't seem great.

By Dan Robitzski

Jeff Bezos's great Eureka moment: why don't we take all the bad, emitting stuff and stick it in space out of harm's way?
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Says Now He’s Gonna Pollute Space, Too

"We need to take all heavy industry, all polluting industry, and move it into space."

By Victor Tangermann

New research found high levels of PFAS, a class of plastics used in a wide variety of products, accumulating in new moms' breast milk.
Studies

Scientists Find Alarming Chemicals in Mothers’ Breast Milk

"I realized that I could do the best job I could, and I would still run into things out of my control."

By Dan Robitzski

A veterinarian in China caught and died from an extremely rare and deadly "Monkey B" virus that almost never infects humans.
Developments

Extremely Rare Monkey Virus Kills Veterinarian in China

Thankfully, this seems to be an isolated case.

By Dan Robitzski