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The BBC released then promptly edited a climate change for kids that listed a bunch of "positive impacts" that it would have on the UK and the world.
Climate Change

BBC Mocked For Teaching Kids Climate Change Will Have Nice Upsides

On one hand, you have unfathomable death and suffering. But you could also grow grapes in England!

By Dan Robitzski

A probe sent by the United Arab Emirates to study the Martian atmosphere has caught beautiful and fleeting auroras on camera.
Mars

Amazing New Images Show Auroras on Mars

Look at that glow.

By Victor Tangermann

Porsche has finally issued a recall and update to fix a battery problem that made its electric car, the Taycan, suddenly die in the street.
Advanced Transport

Porsche’s Electric Car Keeps Suddenly Dying in the Street

The company has already issued a recall and a software update.

By Dan Robitzski

US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was set to break records at the Tokyo Olympics this month, but a positive marijuana test could force her to miss the event.
Future Society

Olympic Hopeful Suspended for Marijuana, Which Is the Dumbest Thing We’ve Ever Heard

"I am human."

By Victor Tangermann

90 percent of Lytton, British Columbia, a small village of approximately 250, burned to the ground after recording Canada's highest ever temperature ever.
Science & Energy

Town Sets All-Time Heat Record, Then Burns to the Ground

It's like hell on Earth.

By Victor Tangermann

The first Tesla Model S Plaid vehicles has gone up in flames — shortly after trapping its owner inside thanks to the car's electronic doors not opening.
Tesla

Lawsuit Claims That Burning Tesla’s High Tech Door Handles Trapped Driver Inside

Luckily, nobody was hurt — but something about this fire doesn't add up.

By Victor Tangermann

electric car solar powered car lightyear one
Advanced Transport

A Fully Solar-Powered Car May Be Hitting the Road by 2019

The "impossible" transport revolution might be mere months away.

By Chelsea Gohd

Richard Branson just announced that he's going to travel to space on a Virgin Galactic rocket, beating Jeff Bezos to space by nine days.
Off-World

Mischievous Richard Branson Slams Accelerator, Will Go to Space 9 Days Before Jeff Bezos

Those rascally billionaires are pranking each other again.

By Dan Robitzski

A huge chunk of the United States is primed for a horrific wildfire. Backyard fireworks displays are definitely not worth the risk.
Science & Energy

We Are Literally Begging You Idiots To Skip The Fireworks This Year

People are dying; screw your sparklers.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is making another pit stop on its exciting journey to probe the surrounding Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Reached a New Area and It’s Beautiful

The sandy dunes of Mars never looked this good.

By Victor Tangermann

A prominent lobbyist for ExxonMobil admitted that the company actively fights climate science and climate change legislation in secret.
Climate Change

In Secret Recording, ExxonMobil Lobbyist Brags About Only Pretending to Care About Climate Change

We know, it's a real shocker.

By Dan Robitzski

China is seriously starting to crack down on crypto mining within its borders, forcing miners to sell off their hardware in record numbers.
Bitcoin

After Ban, Chinese Bitcoin Miners Are Flooding the Market With GPUs

Buyers beware.

By Victor Tangermann

In a planet-scale swing, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk berated ULA CEO Tony Bruno on Twitter this morning — not even a full 24 hours after joking around with him.
Off-World

Elon Musk Bitterly Feuds With CEO He Was Joking With Literally Yesterday

"ULA would be dead as a doornail without the two launch provider [Department of Defense] requirement."

By Victor Tangermann

The military announced plans to performance test a new anti-aging pill that it developed to keep soldiers healthy and operating at peak performance.
Developments

The US Military Will Test an Anti-Aging Pill Next Year

"These efforts are not about creating physical traits that don't already exist naturally."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA chief Bill Nelson instructed agency scientists to start studying UFOs, but they can't do that unless the military releases its raw data.
Science & Energy

Astrobiologist Demands Pentagon Release Raw UFO Data

How else are scientists supposed to help?

By Dan Robitzski

According to a recent investigation, China is constructing about 119 identical missile silos in a desert near the city of Yumen in northwest China.
Robots and Machines

China Is Building 119 Mysterious Missile Silos in the Desert

The country may be massively expanding its nuclear arsenal.

By Victor Tangermann

As the heatwave continues, hundreds of heat-related deaths have been reported in Canada and some US states, presenting a dire warning for climate change.
Climate Change

The Climate Change-Linked Heatwave Has Now Killed Hundreds of People

This is a nightmare.

By Dan Robitzski

In an early Thursday morning post on Twitter, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company is about to make some moves.
SpaceX

SpaceX Almost Ready to Move Super Heavy Booster to the Launch Pad

"Super Heavy moves tomorrow."

By Victor Tangermann

Uber drivers report that the company was charging rather than paying them for some trips, causing some to quit the platform altogether.
Advanced Transport

Uber Glitch Makes Drivers Pay for Their own Rides

This seems backwards.

By Dan Robitzski

Investing platform Robinhood has agreed to pay a fine of nearly $70 million to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for misleading millions.
Investing

Robinhood Paying $70 Million Fine For Being Absolutely Terrible

Robinhood's recent track record has been absolutely abysmal.

By Victor Tangermann