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Aaron Ansuini, a student at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada found out that his art history professor wasn't alive anymore.
Future Society

A University Is Using a Dead Professor to Teach an Online Class

"I just found out the the prof for this online course I’m taking died in 2019."

Health officials in China are testing for COVID-19 with anal swabs, citing limited evidence that the virus lingers in the digestive tract.
Developments

China Is Now Using Anal Swabs to Test for COVID-19

"I'm not quite sure what they’re trying to achieve here with all the anal swabs."

Overall numbers are still low, but more American adults now say that they would take the coronavirus vaccine than did last month.
Viruses

The Number of Americans Who Want a COVID Vaccine Is Slowly Growing

More and more people are saying they want the vaccine.

In an interview with People magazine, Maye Musk, Elon Musk's mother, said that she knew the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was destined to do great things.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Mom Says She Knew He Was a Genius at Age Three

"He thought, well, should he do space research or solar energy or electric cars? I said just choose one, and of course he didn't listen to me."

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he's committed to vaccinating 300 million Americans by the end of summer, an extremely ambitious timeline.
Developments

Biden Commits to Vaccinating 300 Million Americans by End of Summer

It's an extremely ambitious timeline.

Janet Yellen, Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Treasury, suggests that it's time to crack down on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin

Top Biden Appointee Suggests Cracking Down on Bitcoin

She says they're used for "illicit financing" and that the government should "curtail their use."

Tesla is hiring a "customer support specialist" that is meant to "escalate complaints [...] and address social media escalations directed at the CEO."
Elon Musk

Tesla Is Hiring an Employee to Defend Elon Musk on Social Media

Last year, Tesla ditched its PR department. That may have been a mistake.

For the first time ever, a company in China has manufactured a car battery that can be charged completely in just five minutes, The Guardian reports.
Advanced Transport

New Electric Car Battery Charges in Just Five Minutes

Fill 'er up!

Australian company Lavo has decided to take on Tesla's Powerwall by developing a home battery storage solution that uses hydrogen.
Science & Energy

This is the World’s First Home Hydrogen Battery

It can store three times as much energy as Tesla's Powerwall 2.

Las Vegas real estate mogul Robert Bigelow is offering up $1 million in prizes for the best evidence for the survival of consciousness after death.
Future Society

Space CEO Offers $1 Million for Evidence of Life After Death

He's looking for evidence of "the survival of consciousness after permanent bodily death."

Yet another study suggests there's a strong condition between COVID-19 and a variety of psychiatric and neurological conditions.
Health & Medicine

More Evidence Links COVID to Mental Illness, Neurological Disease

A shocking percentage of coronavirus patients end up diagnosed with a psychiatric illness.

Elon Musk is joining Reddit's plot to mess with GameStop stock short sellers just as the situation is getting out of control.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Directs His 43 Million Followers to Wall Street Bets

What the hell is happening with GameStop's stock price?

According to astronomers, the mysterious radio signal picked up back in December is extremely unlikely to have come from another advanced civilization.
Science & Energy

Sorry Folks: Signal From Nearest Star Not Alien Civilization, Scientists Say

It's a one in a one hundred million chance.

Scientists developed a neural implant they can both control and recharge remotely, cutting down on the need for battery-changing surgeries.
Prosthetics and Devices

Remote Controlled Neural Implant Controls Rats’ Brains

Next they want to use the same tech in humans.

A promo video shows gamers running around their city, taking cover behind real cars and buildings, while playing an augmented reality first-person shooter.
Future Society

This Augmented Reality First Person Shooter Looks Pretty Awesome

It turns your everyday surroundings into a "world-scale" first person shooter.

A NASA satellite found a bizarre six-star solar system where each of the stars are paired up in gravitationally-bound binary systems.
Solar Power

Astronomers Discover Solar System With Six Stars

"Just the fact that it exists blows my mind," a NASA scientist said.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who once said religious amulets in his wallet would block the coronavirus, tested positive for COVID-19.
Developments

The President of Mexico Said Religious Amulets Would Protect Him Against COVID. Then He Caught It.

When asked about COVID, he pulled out an amulet and said "Get thee behind me, Satan."

Out of 128,600 Israelis who had received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, only 20 people had been infected by the virus.
Viruses

People Who’ve Gotten Both Shots Simply Aren’t Getting COVID

The vaccine is extraordinarily effective, according to the first wave of real-world data.

Axiom Space, the company planning to launch the first entirely-private mission into orbit, just announced its four-person crew.
Off-World

First Entirely-Private Mission to Space Station Names Its Crew

Meet the first private customers SpaceX will launch into space.

A Canadian millionaire couple chose to skip the line and fly out to a remote Indigenous community to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Developments

Millionaire Couple Steals COVID Vaccine Meant for Indigenous Community

"I can’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass."