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When the Department of Veterans Affairs refused to pay for a disabled veteran's prosthetic legs, the company that provided the limbs came to repo them.
Prosthetics and Devices

Healthcare Company Repossesses Veteran’s Prosthetic Legs

This is shameful.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German researchers have finally solved the mystery of a mysterious seismic humming first discovered in November 2018: an underwater volcano.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Source of Bizarre Worldwide Humming Noise

Let's just say that it involves the largest magma chamber ever discovered.

By Victor Tangermann

Surveillance vendor Special Services Group has created a truly bizarre collection of tech for cops — including a spy camera hidden in a tombstone.
Future Society

This Company Sells Cops a Spy Camera Hidden Inside a Tombstone

And it really doesn’t want you to know about the tech.

By Kristin Houser

The Radcliffe Wave is an unbroken stream stars and stellar nurseries 9,000 light-years long — and it may be the biggest structure in the Milky Way.
Science & Energy

Wave of “Stellar Nurseries” May Be Our Galaxy’s Biggest Structure

The unbroken stream of gas, dust, and young stars is 9,000 light-years long.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers found that increasing the minimum wage by a single dollar is linked to a drop in suicide rates between 3.4 and 5.9 percent in the U.S.
Studies

Increasing Minimum Wage by $1 Linked to Drop in Suicide Rates

The rich, unsurprisingly, are living longer.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found a way to increase the lifespan of C. elegans worms fivefold, which would be equivalent to a human reaching the age of 500.
Science & Energy

Scientists Extend Lifespan of Worms by 500 Percent

This would be like a human living to be 400 years old.

By Kristin Houser

The eight "mighty mice" NASA sent to space have returned to Earth from the ISS, potentially bringing with them insights on humans avoiding muscle loss.
NASA

NASA’s Super-Muscular Mice Return to Earth From Space

Thankfully, none got loose on the space station.

By Kristin Houser

In a letter to Senators, Ring confirmed at least four instances of employees abusing their power to watch customers' video footage.
Future Society

Amazon Employees Were Watching Ring Footage For Fun

It's not just hackers spying through your Ring camera.

By Dan Robitzski

Two stars that make up the binary system called V Sagittae some 1,100 light years away are going to collide in an enormous explosion around 2083.
Science & Energy

These Two Stars Will Collide in a Spectacular Explosion

It'll be the brightest stellar object in the night sky.

By Victor Tangermann

Police charged a man with careless driving for flossing his teeth while his Autopilot-enabled Tesla Model S was driving 84 miles per hour.
Tesla

Man Cited for Flossing Teeth While Autopilot Drove Tesla 84 MPH

Police charged the 58-year-old man with careless driving.

By Kristin Houser

Panasonic showed off a VR glasses prototype that looks more like something out of a 90s steampunk movie at this year's CES in Las Vegas.
Virtual Reality

Panasonic’s VR Glasses Are Unlike Any You’ve Seen Before

The future of VR is looking very steampunk.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA released a new panorama image of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Aside from looking cool, it could help reveal how the galactic core operates.
Science & Energy

Check Out This Incredibly Beautiful New Image of Our Home Galaxy

NASA took a panorama of the Milky Way's center.

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese robotics company Vstone has created Hiro-chan, a faceless robot baby that transitions from crying to laughing when held.
Robotics

Japanese Company Thinks Seniors Will Love Its Faceless Robot Baby

That’s one way to avoid the uncanny valley.

By Kristin Houser

Netherlands-based startup Hydraloop has developed a wardrobe-sized device that can sterilize and reuse household water, saving you money.
Treatments

This Giant Box is a Waste Water Treatment Plant For Your Home

Finally, a CES innovation worth celebrating.

By Victor Tangermann

Two more United States websites have been hacked to display pro-Iranian propaganda, though it's still unclear whether Iran itself is behind the attacks.
Hacking

Two More US Sites Hacked With Pro-Iran Propaganda

"Hacked by Iranian Hacker."

By Kristin Houser

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is testing the theory that a basic income could increase happiness — by giving away $9 million to his Twitter followers.
Universal Basic Income

Japanese Billionaire Giving Out $9 Million in Basic Income Trial

He wants to see if the money can make people happier.

By Kristin Houser

A glitch in the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) airplane's software caused all six of the main screens inside the cockpit to go blank during landing.
Advanced Transport

Boeing 737 Glitch Shuts Down Cockpit Screens on Certain Runways

"All six [displays] stayed blank until a different runway was selected."

By Victor Tangermann

While the massive Australian fires were often treated as a local story, they could have massive, far-reaching effects on the global environment and climate.
Climate Change

The Huge Australian Fires Could Change the Entire Earth’s Climate

The fires have turned swaths of Australia into a fiery hellscape

By Dan Robitzski

Cybersecurity firm Check Point has uncovered major security flaws in TikTok, which was already under intense scrutiny by the U.S. government.
Future Society

Researchers Find Major Security Flaws in Popular App TikTok

TikTok claims it fixed the issues within one month of learning about them.

By Kristin Houser

On Monday, SpaceX deployed 60 Starlink satellites, enough to earn the company the title of world's largest commercial satellite operator.
SpaceX

SpaceX Deploys 60 More of Its Controversial Starlink Satellites

It's now the world's largest commercial satellite operator.

By Kristin Houser