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A man from New York plead guilty to posessing seven sandbar sharks in his basement with intent to sell, this week. He was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
Science & Energy

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Keeping Sharks in Basement

Authorities say he tried to sell them on the Internet.

Adorable Video Shows Elon Musk’s Baby Playing a Synthesizer
Elon Musk

Adorable Video Shows Elon Musk’s Baby Playing a Synthesizer

Listen to his fire set.

A Russian man plead guilty in the US to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to shut down the car company's battery plant in Nevada using ransomware.
Tesla

Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sabotage Tesla Battery Plant

He reportedly tried to bribe an employee with $1 million to install ransomware.

President Joe Biden has announced that his administration has distributed 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in just 58 days.
Viruses

Biden Admin Gives Out 100 Million Vaccine Doses in Just 58 Days

"These milestones are significant accomplishments, but we have much more to do, much more to do."

Other planets and asteroids might have volcanoes made of metal instead of rock. Scientists tried to model what an eruption actually looks like.
Science & Energy

Here’s What a Metal Volcano Would Look Like

We've never seen a metal volcano erupt, so scientists built one in their lab.

BioNTech cofounder Ozlem Tureci says that the company is returning to its original goal of developing a vaccine against cancer.
Cancer

COVID Vaccine Developer: Cancer Shots Are Next

BioNTech cofounder Ozlem Türeci suggests that cancer vaccines are coming soon.

China has barred all Tesla vehicles from its military complexes and housing compounds in light of privacy concerns, Bloomberg reports.
Military

China’s Military Just Banned Teslas, Citing Security Concerns

NASA's Space Launch System may well be the agency's last class of rocket that NASA will ever build, according to a new The New York Times essay.
NASA

The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build

The private sector is closer to taking over the rocket business than ever before.

A new approach to brain-computer interface takes away implants and replaces them with millions of nanoparticles that can read neural activity.
Neuroscience and Brain

DARPA Is Funding Nanoparticles That Permeate Brain to Read Neural Signals

The military already wants them for new brain-computer interface tech.

Brooklyn-based film director Alex Ramírez-Mallis's NFT called "One Calendar Year of Recorded Farts" is pretty much exactly what it sounds like.
NFTs

A Man Just Sold Something Truly Horrible as an NFT

It's a gross idea, but there are real lessons about the NFT craze here.

A professor at Canada's York University refused to reschedule an exam that a student in Myanmar was unable to take because of a military coup.
Future Society

Professor Refuses to Reschedule Exam Because of Military Coup

Thankfully, the university stepped in.

SpaceX has hit a new milestone. A picture uploaded by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows off his space company's "first Super Heavy booster."
Starship

Elon Musk Shows Off Photo of SpaceX’s First Starship Super Heavy Booster

The sheer size is awe-inspiring.

Increasing levels of s ynthetic chemicals and plastics found in the environment and inside our bodies could wreak havoc on our reproductive system.
Developments

Pollution Is Shrinking Human Penises, Warns Famous Environmentalist

"Now, it seems, humanity is reaching a breaking point."

Toilet paper maker Charmin decided to get in on the NFT trend and put up a series of uninspired JPGs and GIFs for sale.
NFTs

Charmin Debuts Toilet Paper NFTs

We're really starting to stretch the definition of "art."

An AI system originally designed to distinguish between different types of pastry in Japan in 2013 was adapted to identify cancers.
Cancer

An AI Built to Tell Apart Pastries Was Great at Spotting Cancers

This simple system went on to do great things.

Thanks to a mountain of seismic data from NASA's InSight spacecraft, scientists finally took a precise measurement of the size of Mars' core.
Science & Energy

Scientists Finally Measure the Size of Mars’ Core

This is only the second planet's core we've analyzed.

Preliminary research suggests that coronavirus vaccines might also serve as a treatment for persistent long-hauler symptoms.
Viruses

Coronavirus Vaccines Seem to Treat Long-Hauler Symptoms

Yet another reason to get vaccinated as soon as you can.

Facebook released a new video, showing off a prototype of a wrist-worn device meant to serve as a controller for its upcoming augmented reality glasses.
Meta

Facebook’s Neural Wristband Actually Sounds Pretty Cool

Is this really the future of augmented reality?

In recent years, China has exported hundreds of its heavily-armed "Pterodactyl" combat drones to countries around the world.
Drones

China Is Selling Deadly “Pterodactyl” Drones Around the World

"China is willing to export armed drones to almost anyone."

According to anonymous sources, president Joe Biden is eying Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) for the role of NASA administrator, The Verge reports.
Science & Energy

Biden Reportedly Picks Former Astronaut as a New Head of NASA

He's been to space. Now he could end up running NASA down here.