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Chinese state media ran an article on Tuesday calling video games opium for children, and the country's tech giants are already adding new restrictions.
Future Society

Chinese State Media Compares Video Games to Addictive Drugs for Kids

"It is reminiscent of older articles where video games were compared to digital heroin."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Curiosity rover has found something awesome on the surface of Mars: a small, naturally-formed stone arch in Gale Crater.
NASA

NASA Rover Finds Ancient Stone Arch on Martian Surface

"I'll leave it up to the scientists to explain what the hell is going on here."

By Jon Christian

As astronauts venture farther and farther into space, they may need a little pick-me-up in the form of psilocybin when they start to feel lonely.
Chemistry

Scientist Says Astronauts Should Take Psychedelic Mushrooms in Space

What better way to appreciate the wonders of space?

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has now confirmed that Russia's Nauka module sent the International Space station spinning farther off course than it admitted at first.
NASA

The Space Station Incident Was Far Worse Than NASA Admitted

The ISS spun nearly enough to qualify for Olympic skateboarding.

By Dan Robitzski

There's a growing "dead zone" in the Pacific Ocean where oxygen levels have plummeted so low that everything in the area either fled or died.
Climate Change

Scientists Horrified by Growing “Dead Zone” in Ocean

"More and more, the evidence really points strongly to climate change as being a factor."

By Dan Robitzski

Remember last week, when a new book claimed that Elon Musk once demanded to be made the CEO of Apple? Now he says it never happened.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Denies Demanding That CEO of Apple Give Up His Job

"Cook and I have never spoken or written to each other ever."

By Jon Christian

Both Moderna and Pfizer raised the price per dose of their COVID-19 vaccines in newly-negotiated contracts with the European Union.
Viruses

Pfizer and Moderna Hike the Price of COVID Vaccines

Vaccines are about to get a whole lot more expensive for European governments.

By Dan Robitzski

A quantum physicist suggests that distant stars could serve as nodes of a galactic communication network that works by altering the light they emit.
Physics

Scientist Claims That Aliens May Be Communicating via Starlight

What if the twinkling stars were blinking out a text message sent from alien to alien?

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists found that they could power a drone mid-flight using microwaves, and they say the same tech could someday launch spacecraft.
Off-World

Japanese Scientists Propose Microwave-Powered Spacecraft

It's a very cool idea that's not nearly ready for primetime.

By Dan Robitzski

The amount of ice that melted away from Greenland in a single day would be enough to submerge all of Florida in two inches of water.
Climate Change

One Day of Greenland’s Ice Melt Could Submerge Florida

"In the past decade, we've already seen that surface melting in Greenland has become both more severe and more erratic."

By Dan Robitzski

The scandal-plagued stock broker app Robinhood had the worst-ever IPO in American history for a company of its size of Thursday.
Science & Energy

Scandal-Plagued Robinhood Suffers Worst IPO in History

No company that raised this much money has ever done worse.

By Dan Robitzski

A new study examined which places on Earth would be best prepared to deal with the collapse of global civilization. Did yours make the cut?
Science & Energy

Study: These Countries Are Most Likely to Survive Collapse of Civilization

Did your country make the cut?

By Jon Christian

According to explosive allegations in a new book, Elon Musk once demanded to be made CEO of software megacorporation Apple.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Demanded to Be Made CEO of Apple

Absolute chutzpah.

By Jon Christian

Nikola's now-infamous demo of a hydrogen truck prototype was even more of a sham than we thought, according to a new SEC court filing.
Advanced Transport

Nikola’s Fake Hydrogen Truck Was Actually Plugged In During Demo, According to Lawsuit

The hydrogen fuel cell was never actually installed.

By Dan Robitzski

After a Russian module fired its thrusters and sent the International Space Station rotating off course, a cosmonaut says not to worry.
International Space Station

Russia Says Don’t Worry, It’s No Big Deal That We Threw the ISS Into a Tailspin

Hey, let's not dwell on the past and point fingers.

By Dan Robitzski

A Tesla Megapack battery system erupted into flames shortly after being installed at a massive energy storage faciltiy in Australia.
Tesla

Fire Breaks Out at Tesla Battery Power Station

Oh the humanity!

By Dan Robitzski

US Congressman Mark Takano introduced legislation that would chop most Americans' work weeks down to four days instead of five.
Future Society

Congressman Proposes Four-Day Work Week

"Reducing Americans' average work week is a key step towards achieving a better society."

By Dan Robitzski

A photo shared by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows SpaceX employees laying out the pipes for a 29 Raptor rocket engine configuration of its Super Heavy booster.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Shows Off Pic of Monstrous Super Heavy Booster Engine System

That's a lot of Raptor engines.

By Victor Tangermann

Space Station Astronauts Threw Their Own Zero-G Olympic Games
Off-World

Space Station Astronauts Threw Their Own Zero-G Olympic Games

"Events ranged from synchronized floating or lack-of-floor routine to (very) long jumps and no-hand ball."

By Victor Tangermann

A baby was born in Israel with a partially developed human embryo — possibly the makings of an absorbed twin — inside of her stomach.
Developments

A Baby Was Born With Her “Parasitic” Twin Inside Her Stomach

"Fetus in fetu" births are certainly rare, but they're not unheard of.

By Dan Robitzski