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Tesla

Founder of Tesla Wannabe Charged With Fraud for Lying About Hydrogen-Electric Truck

Nikola founder Travis Milton is in hot water.

Nuclear Fusion

Renewables Overtook Coal and Nuclear Power Generation in the US Last Year

Clearer skies ahead.

Off-World

Scientists Surprised by Objects of “Complex Organic Matter” in Asteroid Belt

An unexpected discovery could help us understand where life on Earth originated.

Neuroscience and Brain

Tiny Neuralink Rival Wins Race for Approval To Test Brain Implant in Humans

"The approval of this [investigational device exemption] reflects years of safety testing performed in conjunction with FDA."

Studies

Experimental Male Birth Control Is Magnets That Heat Up Your Testicles

The ol' spicy magnet trick worked great — and was totally reversible — in mice.

Electric Vehicles

Indiana Prepares To Test New Roads That Charge Electric Vehicles

Logistical challenges remain, but the roads could be a major boon to clean transportation.

Nuclear Fusion

China Is Building Even More Nuclear Missile Launchers

"They make the United States target a lot of silos that may be empty."

Renewable Energy

The Earth’s Interior Is Sucking Up Huge Amounts of Carbon, Scientists Say

The Earth's interior is trapping way more carbon than previously thought.

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.

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."

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.

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.

Science & Energy

Physicists Say the Universe Wraps Around Itself Like a Giant Donut

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

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."

Future Society

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

Mountaineering experts say the route is "potentially fatal."

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."

Future Society

Lucasfilm Hires Random Guy Who Made Amazing Luke Skywalker Deepfake

These deepfakes are even better than Lucasfilm's.

Robotics

Robot Runs 5K Foot Race, Trips and Falls Repeatedly

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

Off-World

Video Shows Massive Meteor Lighting Up Entire Night Sky

Luckily, there were no reports of injuries.

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?"