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A new documentary sheds light on the abuse top infectious diseases specialist Anthony Fauci has had to endure since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Future Society

Fauci Says People Are Threatening His Wife and Daughters With Violence

At one point, he received a letter that opened with "a puff of powder."

By Victor Tangermann

Research suggests that the funniest kids are also the smartest, based on how well middle schoolers could come up with captions for cartoons.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find That “Class Clowns” Are Actually the Smartest People in Class

Humor seems to be a valuable tool for schoolchildren.

By Dan Robitzski

A Bitcoin mining operation in Canada tried to tap a nearby unused natural gas well for power — and got busted after neighbors started complaining of noise.
Science & Energy

Bitcoin Miners Open Secret Power Plant, Get Busted

The company claims it wasn't doing anything illegal.

By Victor Tangermann

Prominent astrophysicist Martin Rees criticizes global leadership for ignoring climate change, comparing them to frogs boiling in a pot.
Climate Change

Astrophysicist Warns That Humanity Will Boil Like a Frog in a Pot

"It would be shameful if we left our descendants a depleted planet."

By Dan Robitzski

The World Health Organization says that the world's first malaria vaccine is finally ready for widespread use, and that it could save countless children.
RX and Medicine

The World’s First Malaria Vaccine Is Finally Ready for Rollout

"The long-awaited malaria vaccine for children is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control."

By Dan Robitzski

The Netflix show "Squid Game" displayed someone's real phone number and now they get several thousand prank calls every day.
Future Society

Netflix Shows Real Phone Number on Screen, Leading to “Prank-Call Apocalypse”

What happened to the classic "555"?

By Dan Robitzski

Fast-food chain Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is resorting to sending its corporate staff to work in its restaurants amid the ongoing labor squeeze.
Food

Fast Food Chain Can’t Find People to Hire, So It’s Sending Office Workers to Fry Food and Work Registers

"It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is a challenge."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is doubling the size of its reusable astronaut-carrying and cargo-supplying spacecraft fleets, according to SpaceX officials.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Doubling Its Number of Astronaut-Carrying Spacecraft

The company is doubling down on its Dragon successes.

By Victor Tangermann

Jeffrey Smith, the man whose wife sued a hospital to force it to treat his COVID-19 with ivermectin and kicked off a messy legal fight, recently died.
Viruses

Wife Sues Hospital to Treat Husband With Ivermectin, Then Husband Dies

The intubated patient was at the center of a messy legal drama.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Caltech have opened the doors to hell and allowed a creepy robot that can walk on two spindly feet and fly, to enter.
Robotics

This Scary-Looking Robot Can Walk and Fly

It can even skateboard and slackline.

By Victor Tangermann

In May, images surfaced of the USSR's space shuttle Burya covered in graffiti — and thanks to a new video, we can see a time lapse of the artist's work.
Off-World

Video Shows Scoundrel Drawing Graffiti on USSR Space Shuttle

It belongs in a museum, dammit.

By Victor Tangermann

The operators of the oil pipeline that spilled 144,000 gallons of crude oil off the coast of California waited for three hours before shutting it down.
Environment

Operators Let Oil Pipeline Gush Into Ocean for Hours Without Shutting It Off

What was the holdup?

By Dan Robitzski

NASA took two of the Being Starliner crewmembers and reassigned them to a SpaceX mission so they could actually get some flight experience.
Boeing

NASA Quietly Signals That Boeing’s Spacecraft Is Going Nowhere

The Starliner crew is hitching a ride with SpaceX instead.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla recently announced increases to the price of its Model 3 and Model  Y, with prices starting at $54,990 and $41,990 before incentives.
Tesla

The Cybertruck Is Now the Cheapest Tesla

"I love this simulation."

By Victor Tangermann

Russia passed a new law declaring that any independent reporters or media organizations that cover the space program will be designated "foreign agents."
Future Society

Russia Bans Journalists From Covering Its Space Program

"The wording in the order is so streamlined that, if desired, literally anyone can be accused of violating it."

By Dan Robitzski

Singapore has rolled out robot cops meant to catch residents in the act of not following social distancing guidelines — and Singaporeans are fed up.
Robotics

People in Singapore Furious About Robot Cops That Lecture People on Social Distancing

The robots remind them of "Robocop," and calls to mind a "dystopian world."

By Victor Tangermann

Russian actress Yulia Peresild arrived at the International Space Station yesterday to film "The Challenge," the first feature length movie filmed in space.
Off-World

Russian Actress Boards Space Station, Says She Feels Like She’s Dreaming

"Everything was new to us today, every 30 seconds brought something entirely new."

By Victor Tangermann

Healthcare provider UCHealth won't give kidney transplants to patients not vaccinated against COVID-19 because they're less likely to survive the disease.
Viruses

Hospital Says It Won’t Do Organ Transplants on Unvaccinated People

It doesn't want the organs to go to waste.

By Dan Robitzski

The developer of "Evolved Apes" just called it quits, absconding with 798 ether, about $2.7 million, a week after the launch of the project.
Cryptocurrency

NFT Developer Absconds With $2.7 Million Dollars

It's a classic crypto rug-pull.

By Victor Tangermann

Liu Cixin, author of the famous science-fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem," says he's not convinced humanity will unite against a global threat.
Off-World

“Three-Body Problem” Author No Longer Sure Humankind Would Unite Against Hostile Aliens

"Now I realize that might have been too perfect of a wish."

By Dan Robitzski