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A lab worker in France was diagnosed with a deadly brain disease caused by the exact kind of proteins that her lab studied.
Developments

Suspicions Grow That Worker Caught Deadly Brain Disease at Lab

French labs issued a moratorium on the dangerous research until they figure out what happened.

By Dan Robitzski

On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a Wall Street Journal report, which showed that US population growth rates are grinding to a halt.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Population Collapse Is “Potentially the Greatest Risk to the Future of Civilization”

"Between civilization ending with a bang or a whimper, this trend suggests the latter."

By Victor Tangermann

An unnamed millionaire gave away his $28 million ticket to go to space on board Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft. An 18-year-old will take his place.
Off-World

Gazillionaire Gives Away $28 Million Ticket to Space Because of “Scheduling Conflict”

The 18-year-old son of a private equity investment firm CEO, is taking their seat.

By Victor Tangermann

Dubai conjured up a much-needed rainstorm thanks to new drones that can fly around and create clouds on command through electrical shocks.
Drones

UAE Says Rainstorms Were Caused by Its Cloud Seeding Drones

When you live in the desert and it hits 120 degrees, you start to explore unusual options.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists argue that the universe may be folded in on itself, looping together like a giant cosmic donut rathan than expanding in all directions.
Science & Energy

Physicists Say the Universe Wraps Around Itself Like a Giant Donut

"We could say: Now we know the size of the universe."

By Dan Robitzski

Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger seems to have turned on his own creation, saying that the site can't be relied on to be truthful.
Future Society

Guy Who Started Wikipedia Says Wikipedia Is Untrustworthy

"Can you trust it to always give you the truth? Well, it depends on what you think the truth is."

By Dan Robitzski

A Scottish conservation group claims Google Maps has been suggesting “potentially fatal” routes up mountains — and even directly over cliffs.
Future Society

Google Maps Is Telling People to Walk Off a Cliff, Critics Say

Mountaineering experts say the route is "potentially fatal."

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of prominent scientists warns that we've already passed several ecological tipping points and are approaching even more.
Climate Change

Scientists Warn That the Earth Is Literally Dying

"Policies to combat the climate crisis or any other symptoms should address their root cause: human overexploitation of the planet."

By Dan Robitzski

Legendary production company Lucasfilm has hired a YouTuber who impressed them with stunning, photorealistic deepfakes of "Stars Wars" franchise characters.
Future Society

Lucasfilm Hires Random Guy Who Made Amazing Luke Skywalker Deepfake

These deepfakes are even better than Lucasfilm's.

By Victor Tangermann

Cassie, a robot that looks just like a disembodied pair of legs, just successfully ran an impressive 5K on outdoor terrain.
Robotics

Robot Runs 5K Foot Race, Trips and Falls Repeatedly

This is the first robot to learn how to run on an outdoor course.

By Dan Robitzski

A larger than usual meteor hurtled over Norway on Monday night, lighting up the sky over most of southern Scandinavia.
Off-World

Video Shows Massive Meteor Lighting Up Entire Night Sky

Luckily, there were no reports of injuries.

By Victor Tangermann

At the request of his son, a French engineer designed a robotic exoskeleton that could help his son get around without using his wheelchair.
Health & Medicine

Engineer Builds Voice-Controlled Exoskeleton So His Son Could Walk

"Dad, you're a robotics engineer, why don't you make a robot that would allow us to walk?"

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook recalled "About 4 million" Oculus Quest 2 VR headsets after thousands of reports of face hives and rashes emerged.
Developments

Facebook’s Oculus Gave Thousands of Customers Face Rashes and Hives

Nothing says "true immersion" like a horrifically itchy face.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a jab at Apple when asked about Tesla's plans to open up its Supercharging network to third parties during this week's Q2 earnings call.
Elon Musk

Elon Musks Criticizes “Some Companies,” Then Fake-Coughs and Mutters “Apple”

Is Musk calling the kettle black?

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has put together a workgroup called "The Galileo Project" to investigate evidence of alien civilizations.
Exobiology

New Harvard Project Will Investigate Alien Technology

Figuring out what UFOs are is "the job of scientists."

By Victor Tangermann

Blue Origin has an ingenious plan to cut costs for its spaceflight program that's basically to copy whatever SpaceX does.
Off-World

Advisers Reportedly Begged Jeff Bezos Not to Copy Elon Musk So Much

SpaceX did reusable rockets first — but Blue Origin took notes.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk Warns That Each Cybertruck Could Cost “Literally a Million Dollars”
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Warns That Each Cybertruck Could Cost “Literally a Million Dollars”

Tesla is still struggling with production.

By Victor Tangermann

Another brutal heat wave is beginning, this time encapsulating much of the continential United States in a massive heat dome.
Climate Change

The US Is Getting Smashed by Another Brutal Heat Wave

This time, the gigantic heat dome will cover most of the country.

By Dan Robitzski

In an open letter, Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos offered NASA billions of dollars to give his space tourism company a second Human Landing System contract.
NASA

Bezos Says He’ll Give NASA Billions of Dollars If It’ll Just Give Him a Contract

The richest man in the world is making NASA an offer.

By Victor Tangermann

Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists found the first ever evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
Moon

NASA’s Hubble Finds Evidence of Water Vapor on One of Jupiter’s Moons

More evidence that Ganymede could be capable of hosting life.

By Victor Tangermann