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A Bayonne, France bus driver was beaten by a group of angry passengers because they refused to abide by mask guidelines. The driver is now brain dead.
Future Society

Passengers Beat Bus Driver Who Asked They Wear Masks, Leaving Him Brain Dead

The mayor of Bayonne called it a "barbaric act."

By Dan Robitzski

South Korea Encourages Mask Wearing With Massive Drone-Powered Light Show
Future Society

South Korea Encourages Mask Wearing With Massive Drone-Powered Light Show

"Cheer up, Republic of Korea."

By Victor Tangermann

When Tesla transitioned to online sales in 2019 and responded to the coronavirus pandemic, dealership workers were left confused and fearful for their jobs.
Future Society

Workers Terrified as Tesla Shuts Down Dealerships

"We feel like there's an ax over our head every day at Tesla. They lay off with no notice. They're just notorious for that."

By Dan Robitzski

Pandemic preparedness expert Eric Toner says that the U.S. response to the coronavirus has been abysmal and that the country needs to lock it down.
Developments

US Pandemic Advisor Says the Country Needs to Shut Down Again

"The US response has been extraordinarily disappointing and wrongheaded. Whenever there's been an opportunity to do the right thing, we seem to have done the wrong thing"

By Dan Robitzski

A team of NASA scientists found that there might be more subsurface metals beneath the Moon's surface than previously thought.
Science & Energy

NASA Discovers Huge Potential Caches of Metal On the Moon

"Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground."

By Victor Tangermann

A new durable hydrogel is both strong and flexible enough to replace missing knee cartilage, potentially doing away with invasive knee replacements.
Developments

Scientists Say New Artificial Cartilage Could Be Used in Knees

"We set out to make the first hydrogel that has the mechanical properties of cartilage."

By Dan Robitzski

Local health officials have confirmed an extremely rare case of the bubonic plague, also known as the black plagu, in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia.
Developments

Experts Confirm Outbreaks of Black Death, Brain-Eating Amoeba

A stark reminder that the year 2020 is far from over.

By Victor Tangermann

Electric carmaker Tesla has officially started selling "limited edition" red satin short shorts. "Run like the wind or entertain like Liberace."
Tesla

Here’s Why Tesla Is Selling Naughty Short-Shorts

Elon Musk says he might wear the sexy shorts to the next Tesla shareholder meeting.

By Victor Tangermann

Yesterday, you might have noticed a wave of news stories about college kids intentionally trying to catch coronavirus. It may not have been true.
Developments

Did the Media Get Suckered by a Fake Story About College Kids Catching COVID on Purpose?

That story about college kids trying to win cash pools by catching the coronavirus may have been too good to be true.

By Jon Christian

At "COVID parties," college students in Alabama are reportedly trying to catch the deadly coronavirus — and win a cash prize for doing so.
Developments

College Kids Are Apparently Playing a Game Where They Try to Catch COVID [UPDATED]

What happened to good old fashioned beer pong?

By Jon Christian

New research suggests that climate change could kill off 60 percent of all fish species this century. It's a sharp increase over past estimates.
Climate Change

Climate Change Threatens 60 Percent of the World’s Fish Species

"Fish are so important for human nutrition, so this study makes a strong case for protecting our ecosystems and natural environments."

By Dan Robitzski

A new medical robot built by Korean engineers automates the process of jabbing patients' noses with a swab to test for COVID-19.
Medical

Bizarre Medical Robot Grabs Your Face, Jabs You With a Nose Swab

Would you let this horrifying apparatus jam a swab up your nose?

By Dan Robitzski

A federal appeals court just ruled that the Facebook's practice of collecting data through its "like" widgets could be considered wiretapping.
Future Society

Court Says Facebook has Been Wiretapping for Years

Facebook is wiretapping internet users, according to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

By Dan Robitzski

Boeing staff in Mississippi just powered up the core stage of the super-heavy-duty Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that it's building for NASA.
Boeing

Boeing Just Powered Up NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Ever

"This is a first-of-its-kind type of rocket, the world's largest, most powerful rocket ever built."

By Jon Christian

Research suggests that fans of horror movies and those with a natural morbid curiosity may have been better psychologically prepared for the pandemic.
Health & Medicine

Study: Horror Movie Fans Were Better Prepared For the Pandemic

"Maybe with horror it’s about emotion regulation."

By Dan Robitzski

The market valuation of electric automaker Tesla now exceeds that of ExxonMobil, one of the planet's largest fossil fuel megacorporations.
Tesla

Tesla Is Now Worth More Than ExxonMobil

Congrats, Elon.

By Jon Christian

Chondrules, mysterious spherical bubbles found in meteorites, could have an incredibly-hellish origin story from the beginning of the solar system.
Science & Energy

Planets With Oceans of Lava May Have Given Us Meteorites

It breathes life into the 19th-century theory that meteorites are "droplets of fiery rain."

By Dan Robitzski

The in-development science-fiction movie "b" will be the first feature-length ilm to feature a robot as the lead performer.
Robotics

Hollywood Just Cast a Robot Actress in a $70 Million Movie

"Erica" will be the first robot lead actress.

By Dan Robitzski

A new simulation shows what a Tesla Roadster accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 1.1 seconds could look like — thanks to the addition of SpaceX thrusters.
Tesla

Simulation Shows Tesla Roadster Accelerating With SpaceX Thrusters

Elon Musk has teased the possibility of adding SpaceX thrusters to Tesla cars before. Now you can watch what it would be like.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Crew Dragon's solar arrays that provide power to the spacecraft are "degrading a little bit better than predicted."
Crew Dragon

NASA Says The SpaceX Crew Dragon Module Parked at the ISS Is Generating Way More Power Than Expected

"The vehicle's doing extremely well as we put it through its paces."

By Victor Tangermann