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An extremely rare daytime meteor fell over England on Saturday afternoon, causing a sonic boom loud enough to rattle windows and shake houses.
Science & Energy

Rare Daytime Meteor Fell Over England, Caused House-Shaking Boom

Researchers say the meteor “would have been going faster than the speed of sound.”

By Tony Ho Tran

Mars Incorporated has developed an autonomous robot that will follow shoppers around a grocery store to tempt them with candy before they checkout.
Robotics

The Maker of M&Ms Built a Robot to Chase You Around the Store With Candy

It gathers data about your shopping habits — all while offering you snacks.

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX's Starship does a white-knuckles "belly flop" maneuver during its test hops. Here's what it would feel like to ride inside Starship during it.
Starship

This Is What It Would Be Like to Ride Starship During Its Epic “Belly Flop” Maneuver

"Um, I wouldn't eat a hot dog on the flight."

By Dan Robitzski

An amateur astronomer discovered a new nova appearing in the Cassiopeia constellation last Thursday — and it's bright enough to see in your own backyard.
Science & Energy

A New Object Just Appeared In This Constellation

You can see it from your backyard.

By Tony Ho Tran

A creator on YouTube created a CGI version of himself using a powerful new app — and used it to prank his friends on a video call.
Virtual Reality

This Guy Made a CGI Version of Himself to Fool His Friends on Videochat

Here’s how you can do it too.

By Tony Ho Tran

A man from New York plead guilty to posessing seven sandbar sharks in his basement with intent to sell, this week. He was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
Science & Energy

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Keeping Sharks in Basement

Authorities say he tried to sell them on the Internet.

By Tony Ho Tran

Adorable Video Shows Elon Musk’s Baby Playing a Synthesizer
Elon Musk

Adorable Video Shows Elon Musk’s Baby Playing a Synthesizer

Listen to his fire set.

By Tony Ho Tran

A Russian man plead guilty in the US to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to shut down the car company's battery plant in Nevada using ransomware.
Tesla

Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sabotage Tesla Battery Plant

He reportedly tried to bribe an employee with $1 million to install ransomware.

By Victor Tangermann

President Joe Biden has announced that his administration has distributed 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in just 58 days.
Viruses

Biden Admin Gives Out 100 Million Vaccine Doses in Just 58 Days

"These milestones are significant accomplishments, but we have much more to do, much more to do."

By Victor Tangermann

Other planets and asteroids might have volcanoes made of metal instead of rock. Scientists tried to model what an eruption actually looks like.
Science & Energy

Here’s What a Metal Volcano Would Look Like

We've never seen a metal volcano erupt, so scientists built one in their lab.

By Dan Robitzski

BioNTech cofounder Ozlem Tureci says that the company is returning to its original goal of developing a vaccine against cancer.
Cancer

COVID Vaccine Developer: Cancer Shots Are Next

BioNTech cofounder Ozlem Türeci suggests that cancer vaccines are coming soon.

By Dan Robitzski

China has barred all Tesla vehicles from its military complexes and housing compounds in light of privacy concerns, Bloomberg reports.
Military

China’s Military Just Banned Teslas, Citing Security Concerns

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Space Launch System may well be the agency's last class of rocket that NASA will ever build, according to a new The New York Times essay.
NASA

The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build

The private sector is closer to taking over the rocket business than ever before.

By Victor Tangermann

A new approach to brain-computer interface takes away implants and replaces them with millions of nanoparticles that can read neural activity.
Neuroscience and Brain

DARPA Is Funding Nanoparticles That Permeate Brain to Read Neural Signals

The military already wants them for new brain-computer interface tech.

By Dan Robitzski

Brooklyn-based film director Alex Ramírez-Mallis's NFT called "One Calendar Year of Recorded Farts" is pretty much exactly what it sounds like.
NFTs

A Man Just Sold Something Truly Horrible as an NFT

It's a gross idea, but there are real lessons about the NFT craze here.

By Victor Tangermann

A professor at Canada's York University refused to reschedule an exam that a student in Myanmar was unable to take because of a military coup.
Future Society

Professor Refuses to Reschedule Exam Because of Military Coup

Thankfully, the university stepped in.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has hit a new milestone. A picture uploaded by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows off his space company's "first Super Heavy booster."
Starship

Elon Musk Shows Off Photo of SpaceX’s First Starship Super Heavy Booster

The sheer size is awe-inspiring.

By Victor Tangermann

Increasing levels of s ynthetic chemicals and plastics found in the environment and inside our bodies could wreak havoc on our reproductive system.
Developments

Pollution Is Shrinking Human Penises, Warns Famous Environmentalist

"Now, it seems, humanity is reaching a breaking point."

By Victor Tangermann

Toilet paper maker Charmin decided to get in on the NFT trend and put up a series of uninspired JPGs and GIFs for sale.
NFTs

Charmin Debuts Toilet Paper NFTs

We're really starting to stretch the definition of "art."

By Victor Tangermann

An AI system originally designed to distinguish between different types of pastry in Japan in 2013 was adapted to identify cancers.
Cancer

An AI Built to Tell Apart Pastries Was Great at Spotting Cancers

This simple system went on to do great things.

By Victor Tangermann