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Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to whine about a questionable plan by Democrats to tax billionaires, which would cut his wealth by $50 billion.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Whines About Taxation Plan for Billionaires

"Eventually, they run out of other people's money and then they come for you."

Taiwan has announced it’s created a battery-powered exoskeleton suit that can allow its soldiers to run faster and carry heavy objects with ease.
Prosthetics and Devices

Taiwan Builds Exoskeleton to Give Soldiers Super Strength

It’s a part of a project called the "Taiwan Ironman" program.

The UN dropped two reports this week that send a clear message: nations simply aren’t doing enough to stop climate disaster. 
Climate Change

United Nations Warns of “Endless Suffering” Due to Climate Disaster

"We’re just so far off track, it’s really discouraging."

Facebook has hired Mathew Rosengart, the lawyer who helped free Britney Spears, in a potential lawsuit against producers of a TV show about the company.
Future Society

Embattled Facebook Hires Britney Spears’ Lawyer

He helped free Britney. Now he’s fighting for Zuckerberg.

Online pundits immediately flagged a rather obvious design flaw with Blue Origin's new commercial space station: there's too much empty space.
Off-World

Bezos Mocked for Announcing “Mixed-Use Business Park” Space Station

Does the Orbital Reef have a glaring design flaw?

Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space corporation Roscosmos, said that he's planning to assign cosmonauts to fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX

Russia Admits Defeat, Says It’ll Launch Cosmonauts on SpaceX Spacecraft

NASA and Russia are ready to mix and match.

SpaceX has announced a redesign of its space toilet's mechanics a month after the Inspiration4 crew encountered a problem with the commode.
Future Society

SpaceX Redesigned Capsule Toilet After It Broke, Sprayed Piss

"Crew Dragon appears to be resilient to piss."

Using data collected by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Telescope, scientists may have found evidence for the existence of an exoplanet 28 million light-years away.
Science & Energy

Scientists Claim to Discover First Planet in Galaxy Beyond Milky Way

The universe just got bigger — way bigger.

A journalist says a hacker was able to access his iPhone after sending him a text message — even though he never clicked on any links.
Hacking

iPhones Can Apparently Now Be Hacked Just By Texting Them

"It’s like being robbed by a ghost."

SpaceX has shared an exciting new 90-second montage dubbed "Gateway to Mars" of its gigantic Starship spacecraft prototypes being tested.
Mars

SpaceX Shares Spicy Video of Its Mars Rocket Being Tested

Starship can't go orbital soon enough.

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Future Society

Long Live Futurism.com: This Website Is Free Again, Thanks to You

In the immortal words of Rick James, we're bustin' out.

A Canadian aerospace company has chosen a very eyebrow-raising name for a hypersonic space plane it plans to launch in 2022: Sexbomb.
Advanced Transport

New Hypersonic Space Plane Is Called the “Sexbomb” for Some Reason

"It is sexy, so it is a sexbomb."

Rental car company Hertz has ordered 100,000 Tesla Model 3s as part of a massive push to electrify its fleet — the largest purchase of electric vehicles.
Tesla

Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas for Rental Cars

The deal caused Tesla's market valuation to hit the $1 trillion mark.

Fauci Accused of Funding Cruel Experiments on Puppies
Studies

Fauci Accused of Funding Cruel Experiments on Puppies

The dogs were also allegedly locked in cages in the desert for "nine consecutive nights."

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin has announced ambitious plans for a new commercial space station called Orbital Reef.
Blue Origin

Blue Origin Unveils Plans for Commercial Space Station Called “Orbital Reef”

It's a massively ambitious plan.

Twelve people with physical disabilities had the opportunity to experience zero gravity during a flight by AstroAccess last Sunday.
Off-World

Wheelchair Users Float in Zero G, Blown Away by Experience

"I was in control of myself and my whole body."

Elon Musk's net worth grew past a quarter trillion dollars, or over $252 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is Now Worth Over a Quarter Trillion Dollars

Musk's lead over Bezos just widened significantly.

Astronomers Discover Youngest Planet Ever Observed
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Youngest Planet Ever Observed

The researchers say it's "more massive than Jupiter."

A newly leaked showroom video shows a Tesla Cybertruck with rear wheel steering and rear view mirrors tear it up on some dirt roads.
Advanced Transport

Leaked Video Shows Cybertruck Tearing It Up Offroad

Is that rear wheel steering?

NASA boss Bill Nelson made some eyebrow-raising remarks about possible connections between military sightings of UFOs and the search for alien life.
Exobiology

Head of NASA Suggests That UFOs Could Be Alien Technology

"Who am I to say planet Earth is the only location of a life form that is civilized and organized like ours?"