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A man's vape exploded in his mouth, burning his mouth and shattering several of his teeth, according to a new case report.
RX and Medicine

"The pain was horrifying and almost like a nightmare..."

By Dan Robitzski

According to new drone shots, SpaceX is making great progress on building the first prototype of its Super Heavy rocket booster.
SpaceX

It's going to be absolutely massive.

By Victor Tangermann

Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, has now gone on the record with an explanation for the financial chaos caused by the subreddit Wall Street Bets.
Future Society

Reddit caused this chaos. Now its co-founder is trying to explain.

By Jon Christian

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accused Amazon of trying to "hamstring Starlink" for a system that is "at best several years away from operation."
SpaceX

The two richest people in the world are fighting again.

By Victor Tangermann

After irate users tanked Robinhood's rating on Google's app store, Google stepped in to delete the onslaught of one-star feedback.
Future Society

Robinhood users are furious.

By Dan Robitzski

Robinhood's rating on Google's app store is once again in the gutter, and this time Google says the stock trading company is on its own.
Future Society

This time, Google says it won't intervene.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX raised eyebrows today by rolling out the SN10 version of Starship — instead of the SN9 version, which it had been planning to test.
Starship

Does SpaceX plan to launch the SN10 Starship prototype instead of SN9?

By Jon Christian

A large group of diners attacked a Chili's hostess because the restaurant wouldn't seat them all at the same table during the pandemic.
Developments

They beat a teenager with a "wet floor" sign — just for asking them to take the minimum COVID precautions.

By Dan Robitzski

MIT scientists engineered spinach plants with carbon nanotubes that can send alerts when they spot pollution, explosives, or signs of climate change.
Biology

"This is a novel demonstration of how we have overcome the plant/human communication barrier."

By Dan Robitzski

Joe DiMeo, a 22-year-old from New Jersey, recently underwent an extremely rare face and hands transplant, the Associated Press reports.
Health & Medicine

"I knew it would be baby steps all the way."

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists still don't know whether people who've taken the coronavirus vaccine can keep spreading the disease, so Pfizer began a new study.
Viruses

"We still don't know, but it's an important question…"

By Dan Robitzski

A study shows that the sea level is even more sensitive to increasing temperatures than experts predicted, making fighting climate change even more urgent.
Climate Change

The seas are rising faster than even the most pessimistic scientists estimated.

By Dan Robitzski

Using a new AI algorithm, scientists identified over 1,200 gravitational lenses, potentially helping them find and understand dark matter.
Science & Energy

Huge clumps of dark matter dot the cosmos, where they cause visible distortions of reality.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA and SpaceX are developing duelling spacecraft for crewed missions to other worlds, and so far NASA sees no reason to change gears.
Starship

"What I can say now is that the Space Launch System is farther along than the Starship."

By Dan Robitzski

The Federal Aviation Administration will now "oversee the investigation of [Tuesday's] landing mishap" involving SpaceX's SN9 Starship prototype.
Starship

There's no way Elon is happy about this.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told manufacturing expert Sandy Munro in an interview that his "criticisms were accurate" about the company's quality control.
Elon Musk

"It took a while to iron out the production process."

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos has become a household name at Amazon. But now, he said in a letter to employees, he's stepping down from the retail giant.
Jeff Bezos

Here's why he's stepping down.

By Jon Christian

SpaceX tested the latest iteration of its giant Starship rocket today, but unfortunately it exploded, just like the last version.
Starship

Watch video of the explosion here.

By Jon Christian

Boston Dynamics released another highlight reel of its dog-like robot, Spot, using its new robot arm to grab objects and draw with chalk.
Boston Dynamics

If they gave Spot a gun, we'd be in big trouble.

By Dan Robitzski

The only carbon capture plant in the United States shut down because it was entirely financially dependent on the success of the fossil fuel industry.
Climate Change

Will carbon capture ever work at a scale that could fight climate change?

By Dan Robitzski