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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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine released a statement last week about how he's disappointed with SpaceX's efforts to return Americans to space.
NASA

Here’s Why Elon Musk is Feuding With the Head of NASA

Elon's latest beef, explained.

Researchers have found a way to coax the bacteria E. coli to produce psilocybin as a byproduct, potentially opening the door to mass production.
Health & Medicine

Researchers Gene-Hacked E. Coli to Produce Psilocybin

We need a way to mass produce this promising psychedelic compound. This could be it.

A nuclear engineer in Russia was just fined $7,000 for using his top-secret lab's supercomputer to illegally mine Bitcoin at work.
Science & Energy

Russia Punishes Guy Who Mined Bitcoin at Top-Secret Nuclear Lab

Denis Baykov used a top-secret nuclear lab's supercomputer to mine crypto.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk uploaded a video on Tuesday showing the cavernous and unfinished inside of the space company's gargantuan Starship prototype.
Starship

Elon Musk Releases Video Showing Interior of Starship Prototype

Yep, there's plenty of room for passengers.

Hackers displayed porn on an electronic billboard in Michigan the day before others did the same thing using TV screens in New Zealand.
Internet Of Things

Hackers Keep Playing Porn on Electronic Billboards, Public TVs

Drivers were surprised to see a threesome vid playing on an electronic billboard.

SpaceX has published a new page on its website dedicated its Starship rocket, as well the Super Heavy, Starship's booster.
Starship

SpaceX Releases Beautiful Diagrams of Starship, Super Heavy

Here's a closer look at SpaceX's record-breaking rocket and booster.

A team of Japanese scientists have created artificial blood that can be used in any patient, regardless of their blood type.
Developments

New Artificial Blood Could Be Transfused Into Any Patient

If it moves into human trials, it could revolutionize trauma medicine.