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The lung tissue of people suffering from a mysterious vaping-related illness exhibited damage similar to that of lungs exposed to poisons.
Chemistry

Lungs of “Vape Lung” Patients Look Like They Inhaled Poison

Every lung sample the researchers examined showed the same thing: damage similar to the effects of mustard gas.

By Kristin Houser

Strange balls of fire rained down on a Chilean island last week and astronomers have no idea what they are. Geologists have already ruled out meteorites.
Science & Energy

Flaming Objects Falling From Sky Were Not Meteorites, Experts Say

Astronomers have no idea what they are. And no, they're not meteorites.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado State University have found "strong links" between air pollution exposure and "aggressive behavior."
Pollution

Study: Higher Air Pollution Linked to Increases in Violent Crime

"The results are fascinating, and also scary."

By Victor Tangermann

Internet experts are tracking the bizarrely-coordinated #WeVapeWeVote campaign on Twitter that's trying to convince politicians to abandon the vape ban.
Robots and Machines

Hardcore Vapers Are Trying to Lobby US Politicians

Trump wants to ban flavored vape juice. Vapers are furious.

By Dan Robitzski

Contractors hired to collect face scans for Google specifically targeted homeless black people and lied to them about the nature of the collection.
Google

Google Contractors Tricked Homeless Black People Into Face Scans

The homeless people "didn’t know what was going on at all."

By Kristin Houser

A new video uses deepfake tech to turn recorded footage of New York City into a bizarre, stylistic Picasso-like landscape.
Artificial Intelligence

Watch a Deepfake Turn Footage of New York Into a Cubist Painting

See New York — as if it was designed by Picasso.

By Dan Robitzski

In what's perhaps one of the most frivolous lawsuits in recent memory, a Russian man is suing Apple for having his iPhone drive him to homosexuality.
Future Society

A Russian Man Is Suing Apple for “Turning Him Gay”

We can't believe we have to say this, but no, your iPhone won't turn you gay.

By Victor Tangermann

The Founders Fund has announced the creation of Hereticon, a new conference where attendees will explore everything from UFOs to immortality.
Future Society

New Conference Invites “Troublemakers” to Discuss UFOs, Doomsday

Also on the agenda: geoengineering, drag queens, and the "benefits of starvation."

By Kristin Houser

A team of researchers found traces of organic compounds in plumes that burst from Saturn's moon Enceladus. A sign of life if all the conditions are right.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Building Blocks of Life on Saturn’s Icy Moon

More evidence that Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the best places to look for life.

By Victor Tangermann

Portugal's navy recently demonstrated prototype weapons created out of remote-controlled toy cars modified to house grenade launchers.
Robots and Machines

Portugal’s Navy Has a Unit That Turns Toys Into Grenade Launchers

If you see one of these toy cars coming at you, run.

By Kristin Houser

On Tuesday, the United States' first cannabis cafe opened in West Hollywood, California — and seven similar establishments are already in the works.
Future Society

America’s First Cannabis Cafe Is Open for Business

Go ahead and cancel that trip to Amsterdam.

By Kristin Houser

After the members of a car group ICEd Tesla Superchargers in September, its organizers went out of their way to ensure the incident wouldn't happen again.
Tesla

Car Group That ICEd Tesla Superchargers Makes Amends

It seems drivers of EVs and non-EVs can get along just fine.

By Kristin Houser

New calculations of the universe's outward expansion only make sense if it turns out that some black holes are actually giant blobs of dark energy.
Energy

Some Black Holes May Actually Be Blobs of Dark Energy

Everything you thought you knew about black holes might be wrong.

By Dan Robitzski

China just revealed the spacecraft it wants to use to ferry astronauts to the Moon. In other words, a new Space Race is heating up.
Moon

China Reveals Spacecraft Built to Ferry Astronauts to the Moon

The new Space Race is heating up.

By Victor Tangermann

The newly discovered exoplanet NGTS-10b has set a new record for shortest orbit, zipping around its star in just 18.4 hours.
Science & Energy

Doomed Exoplanet Sets Record for Shortest Orbit Around a Star

It zips around its star in just 18.4 hours.

By Kristin Houser

NASA's Mars InSight lander just detected some "peculiar sounds" thanks to its onboard seismometer that's capable of picking up on the tiniest of vibrations.
Science & Energy

NASA Mars Lander Detects Creepy “Dinks and Donks” Sounds

Listen to the latest audio samples from NASA's Mars lander.

By Victor Tangermann

Using a camera-equipped drone, police were able to track down a fugitive living in a tiny cave after escaping from a prison camp 17 years ago.
Drones

Police Drone Catches Fugitive Living in Remote Cave

After 17 years on the lam, the human trafficker is now back in prison.

By Kristin Houser

According to a decade-long study by a team of scientists, human activity emissions total up to 100 times more than all volcanoes combined.
Renewable Energy

Humans Produce 100x More CO2 Than All Volcanoes Combined

"We are on the same level of carbon catastrophe which is a bit sobering."

By Victor Tangermann

Newly-shared pictures of the cotton plant China briefly grew on the Moon shows that it fared a little bit better than previously thought before freezing.
Science & Energy

China Shares Photos of Its Doomed Moon Plant

The space agency nearly sent a tortoise to the Moon as well.

By Dan Robitzski

Members of the Thailand-based group UFO Kaokala believe they can talk to aliens through a portal on the Khao Kala mountain.
Off-World

Cult in Thailand Claims It Has a Portal to Talk to Aliens

And police recently raided it.

By Kristin Houser