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The mysterious outbreak that's causing epilepsy-like symptoms in southeast India continues to grow, and experts have no idea what's causing it.
Developments

Mysterious, Epilepsy-Like Outbreak Still Spreading in India

More than 500 have been hospitalized.

Earlier this week, Google's DeepMind AI researchers broke the record for predicting how proteins will assemble. Scientists in the field remain unimpressed.
Google

Scientists Unimpressed by Google’s Protein Folding Algorithm

Critics say DeepMind is hyping up the achievement.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he is "highly confident" that his space company will land humans on the Martian surface as soon as 2026.
Mars

Elon Musk “Highly Confident” SpaceX Will Land Humans on Mars Within 6 Years

"If we get lucky, maybe four years."

In an effort to combat non-consensual content on its platform, Pornhub is making sweeping changes to to how it's operating, Vice reports.
Future Society

Pornhub Announces Sweeping Changes to Fight Sex Videos of Children on Its Site

Will this be enough to keep child abuse off Pornhub?

An ultrahot gas giant that's even darker than asphalt is going to crash into its star significantly sooner than scientists thought.
Science & Energy

A Super-Black Planet Is About to Literally Crash Into Its Star

A horrible fate.

The Chinese space agency instructed part of the Chang'e-5 spacecraft to crash back into the Moon after its job was done so it wouldn't become space junk.
Science & Energy

China Crashed Spacecraft Into the Moon so It Wouldn’t Become Space Junk

That's one way to do it.

Health authorities in the UK are advising that those with a history of strong allergic reactions shouldn't get Pifzer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.
Developments

Some Are Getting Severe Allergic Reactions to the COVID Vaccine in the UK

They're advising people with a history of serious allergic reactions to skip the shot.

SpaceX’s Starship Scrubs First High-Altitude Test at Last Second
Starship

SpaceX’s Starship Scrubs First High-Altitude Test at Last Second

That could've been epic.

NASA just published a detailed report on the upcoming Artemis Moon missions, including information on the planned lunar base camp.
Moon

NASA Releases Detailed Plan for 2024 Moon Base Camp

By the end of the decade, NASA plans to have established a base on the Moon's south pole.

Elon Musk Says He Has Moved to Texas
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Has Moved to Texas

So long, California.

On Monday, police raided the home of data scientist and whistleblower Rebekah Jones, who had refused to manipulate data for the state Health Department.
Future Society

Police Raid Home of COVID-19 Whistleblower

Cops pushed into her home and pointed guns at her children.

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is effective after just two weeks following a single dose, according to FDA data.
Developments

COVID Vaccine Is Effective After Just Two Weeks

"This is what an A+ report card looks like for a vaccine."

A company called Ghost Robotics is building dog-like robots explicitly for military use. Soon, they'll guard an Air Force base in Florida.
Robot Dogs

Oh No: This Company Is Building Robodogs Specifically for Combat

It sounds like that one episode of "Black Mirror."

The Smellicopter, a small autonomous drone that tracks down scents, relies on the biological machinery of a live moth antenna.
Drones

Tiny Cyborg Drone Navigates Using Surgically Removed Moth Antenna

"Nature really blows our human-made... sensors out of the water."

Back in July, the White House turned down an offer to buy hundreds of millions of extra doses of Pfizer's vaccine for COVID-19.
Viruses

Trump Turned Down Opportunity to Buy 500M Doses of COVID Vaccine

If the US doesn't have enough doses to go around, it could all be the fault of this one decision.

51-year-old Georgia resident Victor Hardley Crawley attempted to rob a bank by telling the bank tellers that he would infect them with COVID-19.
Developments

Man Robs Bank by Threatening to Infect Staff With COVID

Okay, this is a new one.

Iran Insists That Its Nuclear Scientist Was Killed by a “Satellite-Controlled Machine Gun”
Nuclear Fusion

Iran Insists That Its Nuclear Scientist Was Killed by a “Satellite-Controlled Machine Gun”

The weapon was reportedly able to target the scientist in a car — while sparing his wife sitting next to him.

Eagle-eyed early reviewers of "Cyberpunk 2077" spotted an NPC in the background that looks astonishingly like SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
Elon Musk

There Appears to Be an Elon Musk Cameo in “Cyberpunk 2077”

That's totally Elon.

The Japanese government plans to invest in local prefectures that develop new matchmaking AI to help singles in the area find love.
Artificial Intelligence

Japan’s Government Is Using AI to Set Up Lonely Singles on Dates

"We hope this support will help reverse the decline in the nation's birthrate."

Are all these monoliths an international Banksy-level art installation or an extraterrestrial race pulling an uninspired prank on humanity? Likely neither.
Future Society

There Are Officially Too Many Damn Monoliths

The number of monoliths is too damn high.