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The USSR's graffiti-covered space shuttle is so valuable, a Kazakh businessman wants the skull of a Kazakh folk hero in exchange for it.
Off-World

Man Attempting to Trade Derelict USSR Space Shuttle for Human Skull

"It is not water that flows in our veins, but blood, and it has the scent of wormwood."

The German government just unveiled a facility that synthesizes jet fuel out of nothing but water and atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Energy

New Facility Creates Jet Fuel Out of Water

"The era of burning coal, oil, and natural gas is drawing to a close."

Drones literally started raining from the sky during a light show in Zhengzhou, a city of 10 million people in the Chinese province of Henan.
Drones

Light Show Goes Wrong When Drones Start Plummeting Out of the Sky

The organizer claims there was foul play.

A brain implant that zaps a woman's brain 300 times per day treated her severe depression after medications failed for years.
Brain

Depressed Woman Gets Brain Implant, Says It Caused “Most Intensely Joyous Sensation”

She says the neural electrode returned her to "a life worth living."

Russian actress Yulia Peresild just arrived at the International Space Station alongside director Klim Shipenko after launching early Tuesday morning.
International Space Station

Russian Actress Arrives at International Space Station

Their journey wasn't without its hiccups.

Billionaire Larry Connor, the pilot for the upcoming all-civilian mission to the International Space Station, wants the world to know he's a regular dude.
SpaceX

Billionaire Flying SpaceX to Space Station Says He’s Just an Average Guy

"Ohio man" Larry Connor is really downplaying his extreme wealth.

A man recently showed up to the hospital to have over two pounds of metal nails, screws, and other miscellanea removed from his stomach.
Health & Medicine

Doctors Alarmed by Man Who Quit Drinking and Started Swallowing Metal Nails and Screws

"We've never seen anything like it."

About 126,000 gallons of crude oil spilled out of a pipeline near Orange County, California, causing damage to the environment that could last for months.
Environment

Huge Oil Spill Strikes Off Coast of California

126,000 gallons of crude oil leaked just off of Huntington Beach.

In 2018, Blue Origin hired consultants in an attemtp to imitate and then ultimately catch up to SpaceX, according to leaked notes.
Blue Origin

Leaked Documents Show That Blue Origin Was Obsessed With SpaceX

"Blue is kind of lazy compared to SpaceX," a Blue Origin exec said in 2018.

Facebook's internal communications tools were knocked out, leaving employees scrambling. Worse yet, some employees couldn't even physically get to work.
Future Society

Facebook Employees Have Reportedly Been Locked Out of Company Offices

They're not even getting work emails right now.

Facebook is down. Which means misinformation about the cause of the outage has hit Twitter hard, including dubious reports of a Facebook leak.
Data Privacy

Fact Check: Is Facebook Down Because 1.5 Billion Users’ Data Was Stolen?

Here's what happens to misinformation when the single largest source of misinformation goes down.

Tesla added to its lawsuit against rival automaker Rivian, accusing the company of poaching staff and stealing proprietary trade secrets.
Tesla

Tesla Says Electric Car Rival Rivian Keeps Stealing Secrets

Tesla is suing Rivian, but Rivian says Tesla won't even say what it stole.

Facebook has been down for several hours, indicating that this isn't your average outage for the company. WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger are also down.
Future Society

Something Very Strange Is Going on at Facebook

"Facebook have basically deplatformed themselves from their own platform."

For one beautiful moment, the internet was blanketed in a serene silence.In case you haven't heard, Facebook is down. Like really, really down.
Future Society

Facebook Is Down. Like, REALLY Down

The internet is having a snow day.

Residents in Jacksonville, Florida, heard a loud boom on Thursday night — and it wasn't fireworks gone rogue or a massive fireball coming to finish us off.
SpaceX

Residents Heard a Loud Boom. Turns Out It Was SpaceX Coming Back to Earth

What the hell was that?

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Finance

A Home Equity Investment Lets You Tap Your Home’s Value With No Monthly Payments

Hometap: no loans, no monthly payments, no kidding.

Last month, a man dressed in "full ninja garb" decided to attack a member of the US Army special operations unit in the middle of the California desert.
Future Society

Man Dressed as Ninja Attacks Army Special Ops Soldiers With Katana Sword

Here's what happens when you bring a katana to a gun fight.

In Los Angeles shots published by Page Six, in fact, Grimes can be seen leafing through Marx's influential volume "The Communist Manifesto."
Elon Musk

Grimes Spotted Reading Karl Marx After Breaking Up With Elon Musk

That's a good autumn look!

Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak has a pretty grim view on the fate of humanity: the robot uprising is inevitable and they will leave humans in the dust.
Future Society

Neuralink Co-Founder Predicts That Humanity Will Get “Wrecked”

Should we be concerned about the singularity?

Former Blue Origin employee Alexandra Abrams has accused the company's senior leadership of rampant sexism, descrimination, and disregarding safety issues.
Off-World

Former Jeff Bezos Space Employee: “I Really Wished He Was the Person We All Thought He Was”

"You cannot create a culture of safety and a culture of fear at the same time."