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Elon Musk recently claimed that Neuralink tech would be able to "cure" autism, along with schizophrenia. But autism isn't a brain disease that needs a cure.
Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk Claims Neuralink Can “Solve” Autism, Schizophrenia

He incorrectly suggested that autism is a brain disease.

By Dan Robitzski

In a move seemingly done to express his Tesla hate, a man in a Honda Odyssey nearly ran a couple off the road in Avon, Ohio.
Tesla

Video Shows Man Trying to Run “Piece of Shit” Tesla off the Road

"Why are you putting our lives in danger?"

By Kristin Houser

In a call with reporters on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the social media company has nixed 5.4 billion fake accounts in 2019 alone.
Future Society

Facebook Says It Has Shut Down 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts in 2019

That's over two thirds of the global population.

By Victor Tangermann

Chilean protestors banded together to disable a hovering police drone using hundreds of consumer laser pointers in a dazzling concerted effort.
Future Society

Watch Protestors Kill a Drone Using Hundreds of Laser Pointers

Chilean protestors are borrowing a page from the Hong Kong playbook.

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors are treating two people in China for an outbreak of the pneumonic plague, the most serious form of the infamous Black Death disease.
Developments

There’s an Outbreak of the “Black Death” Plague in China

"The plague is not the most terrifying part. What’s even scarier is the information not being made public."

By Kristin Houser

China has successfully launched its Tianwen-1 — Heavenly Questions — mission to Mars, including an orbiter, lander, and a rover.
Mars

China Successfully Tests Mars Lander in Giant Drop Test

Both China and the U.S. are planning to launch uncrewed missions to the Red Planet next year.

By Victor Tangermann

Nobel-winning cosmologist James Peebles argues that we need a better way to describe how the beginning of the universe happened than the "Big Bang."
Science & Energy

Nobel-Winning Scientist: I Have No Idea if the Big Bang Happened

"We don't have a strong test of what happened earlier in time."

By Dan Robitzski

British exotic car maker McLaren just unveiled its $1.7 million Elva supercar that has no roof, side windows, or windshield.
Advanced Transport

McLaren Debuts Sports Car With Windshield Made of Air

A special "active air management system" directs the air up and around the cabin to create a "bubble of calm."

By Victor Tangermann

A trial that's the first of its kind in the United States will test the ability of brain implants to help people overcome their drug addiction.
Brain Implants

Doctors Are Using Human Brain Implants to Fight Drug Addiction

"This treatment is for those who have failed every other treatment."

By Kristin Houser

A free new app called "Rocket Science: Ride 2 Station," created by NASA, lets you control your very own SpaceX Crew Dragon or Boeing Starliner.
NASA

This NASA App Lets You Control a SpaceX Spacecraft

You even get to choose real astronauts for your crew.

By Victor Tangermann

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration's 2018 decision to let Defense Distributed share blueprints for 3D-printed guns was illegal.
Future Society

Federal Judge: It’s Illegal to Post 3D-Printed Gun Designs Online

He ruled that the Trump Administration can't simply reverse an earlier decision.

By Kristin Houser

A team of physicists attempted a bizarre new way to spot dark matter: using antimatter probes. It hasn't worked yet, but the scientists have some ideas.
Physics

New Research: Antimatter Could Be Portal to “Dark Universe”

Scientists have a new plan to spot dark matter.

By Dan Robitzski

In a study published this week, a lecturer argues that the internet is "necessary to enable the realisation of human rights and the promotion of democracy."
Future Society

Professor Claims Internet Access Should Be a Human Right

Almost half of the global population has zero access to the internet.

By Victor Tangermann

California’s Air Protein says it’s figured out how to make meat from thin air — by building on an idea NASA had in the 1960s.
Science & Energy

This Startup Says It Can Create “Meat” Out of Thin Air

Step aside, plant-based meat.

By Kristin Houser

The levels of oxygen on Mars increase and decrease over the year in a way that just doesn't make sense to scientists, a new paper reveals.
Science & Energy

“Mind Boggling” Behavior of Oxygen on Mars Has NASA Stumped

Every year, oxygen levels on Mars spike. Scientists are baffled.

By Kristin Houser

Academics in South Korea are naming kids — theirs, their friends, or others — as coauthors on their papers to help with college admissions.
Science & Energy

Professors are Naming Their Kids as Co-authors in Academic Papers

"I don't like colleges emphasizing publications in admission process because high school students cannot be involved in research seriously."

By Dan Robitzski

Several witnesses to the U.S. Navy's 2004 UFO encounter have detailed the immediate aftermath of the event, and that the video was seized by the military.
Off-World

Veterans Claim Military Immediately Seized Video of UFO Encounter

They say mysterious men landed in a helicopter and confiscated the footage.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists spotted a runaway star traveling across the galaxy so rapidly that it will never return and traced its path back to our supermassive black hole.
Science & Energy

A Supermassive Black Hole Yeeted This Star at 3.7 Million MPH

Bye forever!

By Dan Robitzski

Asteroid Ultima Thule was renamed by NASA to "Arrokoth" thanks to the Nazi connotations of its old name, as Agence France-Press reports.
Future Society

NASA Reverses Course After Giving Asteroid Nazi Name

Oops — this name is a favorite of Nazi occultists.

By Victor Tangermann

According to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal, Google will start offering bank checking accounts to its Google Pay customers.
Future Society

Google Is Going to Start Offering Bank Accounts

Will consumers trust Google with their money and financial data?

By Victor Tangermann