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TikTok star Johnathon Cook uploaded a video of himself sleeping in a made bed in the back of a moving Tesla Model 3, a flagrantly illegal act.
Sleep

TikTok Star Sets Up Bed in Tesla to Sleep While Autopilot Drives

This is incredibly dangerous. Watch the infuriating video here.

Biden has said very little about space. Here's what NASA could look like under his administration.
Climate Change

Biden Moves to Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement

This is huge.

Scientists managed to make a robot out of an edible gel that could improve veterinary care and make for new children's toys.
Robotics

Yum, Delicious: Inventors Built an Edible Robot

Petition to let us eat the robot.

According to documents obtained by The Drive, pilots believe they may have spotted an inflatable person-shaped drone instead of the real thing in September.
Drones

Airport Jetpack Sighting May Have Actually Been Person-Shaped Drone

"The pilot said what he saw was exactly like the drone in the YouTube video below."

A professional "Call of Duty" player had to retire from his eSports career after an injury to his thumb and wrist came back.
Future Society

Professional Gamer Retires After Career-Ending Injury to Thumb

Don't laugh. This is serious.

Outgoing NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine shared an emotional goodbye video in which he celebrated the space agency's success and long-term missions.
NASA

In Video, NASA Head Bridenstine Gives Emotional Goodbye

"This has been the job of a lifetime."

Vaccinating everyone on Earth still might not be enough to eradicate the coronavirus, which could spread asymptomatically behind the scenes.
Viruses

Expert: We Could Vaccinate Everyone on Earth and Not Eliminate the Coronavirus

You should still get vaccinated, though.

Public records dug up by NASASpaceflight reporters show that SpaceX bought two deepwater oil rigs last summer to convert them into floating launchpads.
SpaceX

SpaceX Bought Two Huge Oil Rigs to Use as Floating Launchpads

"SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports for Mars, Moon and hypersonic travel around Earth."

After a food shipment for Russian space station crewmembers was delayed by two months, the American cohort split their rations.
Off-World

On ISS, Americans Give Food to Russians After Delayed Shipment

A delayed food shipment would have left the Russian cosmonauts hungry.

A team of Chinese scientists have developed a gene therapy that was shown to reverse some aspects of aging and extend lifespans in mice.
Gene Editing

New Gene Therapy Reverses Aging in Mice

Could it work in humans?

General Motors has shown off two truly wild-looking autonomous vehicle and flying car concepts under the Cadillac brand at this year's CES.
Self-Driving Vehicles

This Is Cadillac’s Wild Flying Car Concept

Is this the future of flying in style?

According to a new study published last week, an iPhone 12 can interfere with a pacemaker just by placing one close to the patient's heart.
Prosthetics and Devices

An iPhone 12 Can Temporarily Shut Down Implantable Defibrillators

They're warning that people with implantable defibrillators should avoid keeping a phone in their breast pocket.

Scientists in New Zealand are bombarding rooftops with volcanic rock to help the area prepare for any potential future eruptions.
Science & Energy

Scientists Fire Volcanic Rocks at Rooftops to Prove Volcanoes Are Dangerous

Trust us, it's for science.

NASA's Juno spacecraft reportedly detected an FM radio signal coming from the Jovian moon Ganymede, local Utah news station KTVX reports.
Science & Energy

NASA Reportedly Detects Signal Coming From One of Jupiter’s Moons

"It’s not E.T."

Programmer Stefan Thomas has thousands of Bitcoin tucked away, but he forgot his password and only has two guesses left before he loses it forever,
Bitcoin

Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236 Million in Bitcoin

If he guesses wrong, he'll lose out on nearly a quarter billion dollars.

Max Craddock was facing a ten year prison sentence in Italy after bringing his Boring Company Not a Flamethrower on a trip.
Elon Musk

Man Faced 10 Year Sentence for Wielding Elon Musk Flamethrower

"It’s not a weapon of war."

Disturbing footage shows a man in excruciating pain crawling out of a hospital after medical staff dismissed his pain as imaginary.
Health & Medicine

Video Shows Agonized Man Crawling Out of Hospital

Doctors ignored the man's excruciating leg pain because he also happened to have a mental illness.

Bitcoin miners and PC gamers are keeping their homes warm using the heat generated by their computers, as The Wall Street Journal reports.
Science & Energy

Bitcoin Miners Are Heating Chicken Coops With Their Rigs

Finally, a use for crypto mining.

Astronomers have spotted a new type of "spider star," highly energetic pulsars that tear up their companion stars, that defies classification.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover “Spider Stars” That Tear Apart Other Stars

These cosmic monsters tear their companions to shreds.

Public health experts weigh in on how, specifically, President-elect Biden can get the coronavirus vaccine rollout on track.
Viruses

Here’s How Biden Could Save the Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout

Biden could save the vaccine rollout — or accidentally make it far worse.