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A week after spreading dangerous medical misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, Joe Rogan kind of dialed it back and clarified his statement.
Viruses

Joe Rogan Explains Anti-Vax Comments: “I’m Not a Doctor, I’m a F*cking Moron”

Well, kinda, yeah.

By Dan Robitzski

A biotech company called Oxitec plans to release 500 million gene-hacked mosquitoes in the Florida Keys -- and residents are furious.
Environment

Residents Furious at Release of 500 Million Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes

A biotech company is releasing 500 million gene-hacked mosquitoes in Florida — and residents are enraged.

By Dan Robitzski

China launched the first module of its upcoming space station, and video footage shows it drifting away from the rocket as it reaches orbit.
Off-World

China Releases Video of Space Station Module Entering Orbit

The plan to launch and build Tiangong-3 is officially underway.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Mars Helicopter has failed to get off the ground for its fourth flight, according to a Thursday tweet by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Fails to Make It Off the Ground for Fourth Flight

"The team remains committed to building our flight experience one step at a time."

By Victor Tangermann

Michio Kaku believes physicists are on their way to unraveling a theory of everything, and that doing so will make us "grand masters."
Physics

Michio Kaku: Figuring Out Secrets of Physics Will Make us “Grand Masters”

Our equations get "simpler and simpler, but more fundamental and more powerful, every year."

By Dan Robitzski

The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized three upcoming launches of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft, according to a recent statement.
Starship

FAA Authorizes Launch of Next Three Starship Prototypes

Have SpaceX and the FAA finally buried the hatchet?

By Victor Tangermann

Space Force chief scientist Joel Mozer says that the military should develop augmented supersoldiers in order to stay competitive with other countries.
Prosthetics and Devices

Space Force Chief Scientist: “Human Augmentation” Is Now Necessary

"In our business of national defense, it's imperative that we embrace this new age, lest we fall behind our strategic competitors."

By Dan Robitzski

Aerospace company Stratolaunch has managed to get its Roc aircraft, the world's largest plane, off the ground for the second time this morning.
Future Society

Watch the World’s Largest Aircraft Take Off in the Desert

This thing is a beast.

By Victor Tangermann

A Texas family is suing SpaceX for negligence after a crash with a truck blocking the highway left one dead and four injured.
Future Society

Family Sues SpaceX for Death, Spinal Injuries

An early morning car crash with a SpaceX truck left one dead and four injured.

By Dan Robitzski

Recent claims that AI can pick up facial expressions to determine how you're feeling are almost certainly wrong, a Microsoft AI expert argues.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Scientist: Emotion-Reading AI Is Doomed To Fail

Why do AI engineers keep reinventing garbage science?

By Dan Robitzski

CNN is reporting that several federal agencies are investigating at least two possible "directed energy attack" incidents on US soil.
Energy

Feds Investigating “Directed Energy” Attack Near White House

"Havana syndrome" strikes again — but this time on US soil.

By Victor Tangermann

China successfully launched the first and largest module of its upcoming space station into orbit, where it now awaits the other parts.
Off-World

China Successfully Launches First Module of New Space Station

Tiangong-3's core module made it off-world.

By Dan Robitzski

After facing significant backlash for deploying a dystopian robot dog, the New York Police Department has decided to return the device sooner than expected.
Robot Dogs

After Public Rage, NYPD Secretly Fires Robot Dog

The contract with Boston Dynamics was quietly cut short.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers in Japan have managed to successfully establish cell lines in a coral, meaning that they were able to culture cells of a coral.
Science & Energy

Scientists Grow Coral in Lab, in Glimmer of Hope for Dying Reefs

There might be a way to stop coral bleaching.

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that orbital debris, to say nothing of still-operational satellite constellations, is impeding astronomers' work.
Science & Energy

Space Junk Is Literally Making the Sky Brighter, Astronomer Say

"Since there are objects orbiting the Earth in all manner of orbital inclinations, really nowhere is safe from this."

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk has been publicly defending Tesla after a recent crash killed two passengers, and a Senator wishes he'd stop until the investigation ends.
Tesla

Senator Slams Musk for Talking About Deadly Tesla Crash

Senator Blumenthal wishes Musk would wait until after the investigation to tweet.

By Dan Robitzski

The head of user interface design at Tesla has left the company — and on the way out the door, leaked some spicy images and videos of the Cybertruck's UI.
Tesla

New Leak Shows the User Interface of Tesla’s Cybertruck

That's one slick UI.

By Victor Tangermann

According to The Warzone, swarms of drones sent by foreign adversaries could be behind the many recent UFO sightings made by the military.
Military

This Theory Could Explain Many Military UFO Sightings

It's a compelling argument.

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla owner shared footage of a bizarre glitch. His Model 3's Autopilot kept slamming the brakes when it spotted a fake stop sign on a billboard.
Tesla

Tesla Keeps “Slamming on the Brakes” When It Sees Stop Sign on Billboard

Another sign that autonomous vehicles can't compare to human cognition.

By Dan Robitzski

Wall Street is warning that the value of Bitcoin could soon fall off a cliff, as CNBC reports.
Bitcoin

Analyst Predicts 50 Percent Drop in Bitcoin Value

Is Bitcoin headed towards a "major correction?"

By Victor Tangermann