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Tesla has launched a car insurance program in the U.S. that it claims will be able to save drivers up to 30 percent on their rates.
Tesla

Tesla Just Launched a Car Insurance Program

But for now, it's only available in California.

German startup Sono Motors has revealed a new solar-powered electric car with moss integrated into the vehicle's dashboard that help the car filter air.
Advanced Transport

This Electric Car Uses Moss in the Dashboard to Filter Air

It's like a mini forest built right into the interior.

After finding that simulated zero gravity killed off cancer cells, a team of doctors wants to send samples up to the International Space Station.
Cancer

Doctors to Test Fringe Theory That Zero Gravity Kills Cancer Cells

Could the cure for cancer be a space vacation?

In an interview with "CBS This Morning," JUUL Labs CEO Kevin Burns called the rash of respiratory illnesses related to vaping "worrisome."
Chemistry

JUUL CEO Tries Blaming “Worrisome” Vaping-Related Illness on THC

And gets called out for it.

Former Google manager Jennifer Blakely shared her story of how the company's Chief Legal Officer abandoned and abused her after they had a child.
Future Society

Google Exec Accused of Fathering, Abandoning Baby With Employee

The victim's account is making waves in the community.

A team of researchers from at MIT have invented a tiny robotic worm that could be steered through the tiny arteries in the human brain using a magnet.
Prosthetics and Devices

Creepy Robotic Worm Could Wriggle Through Your Brain Arteries

The worm could open new doors for minimally invasive brain surgery.

NASA finally pieced together the James Webb Space Telescope, connecting the telescope piece with the spacecraft piece. Now it just needs to get it in orbit.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Finally Assembled The James Webb Space Telescope

It's still on Earth, but at least it's all in one piece.

In an inexplicable tweet, DARPA called all city dwellers to please find them "commercially managed underground urban tunnels and facilities."
DARPA

DARPA Needs a Creepy Underground Lair ASAP

Nobody knows why. But here's our theory.

Scientists think they've detected a bizarre black hole that, at 100 times the mass of our sun, is twice the theoretical size limit.
Science & Energy

Spotted: A Black Hole That Shouldn’t Be Physically Possible

This raises questions.

China's central bank is set to launch a state-backed cryptocurrency and hand it out to several major institutions in the country, according to Forbes.
Cryptocurrency

Report: China’s Central Bank is Ready to Launch Cryptocurrency

Will China's national cryptocurrency have a better chance than Facebook's Libra?

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with an extremely elliptical orbit that sets it apart from any other known planet.
Science & Energy

Newly Discovered Exoplanet Is “Unlike Any Other”

It slingshots around its star in a truly strange orbit.

A first-of-its-kind study will test the ability of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in "magic mushrooms," to treat chronic anorexia nervosa.
Health & Medicine

Trial Testing Psilocybin’s Impact on Anorexia Launches in US

A first-of-its-kind study will put the "magic mushroom" compound to the test.

The U.K. has new surveillance CCTV cameras that can read people's lips, and privacy-focused government watchdogs are not happy about it.
Future Society

UK Watchdog Is Worried Government Will Deploy Lip-Reading CCTVs

"It would change the nature of our society."

A new system makes it easier than ever for people to generate believable deepfakes. The AI tool doesn't require training and can swap faces in real-time.
Artificial Intelligence

New System Makes It Troublingly Easy to Create Deepfakes

FSGAN can swap faces in real-time, no training required.

A new deepfake finally answers the age old question: What would it look like if Joe Rogan played Dr. Evil in the "Austin Powers" films?
Artificial Intelligence

Someone Used a Deepfake to Turn Dr. Evil Into Joe Rogan

He's joined by a Brendan Schaub Mini-Me.

Vaping cannabis oil sold under the brand name Dank Vapes left a man with severe heart and lung damage, according to his brother.
Chemistry

Vaping Black-Market Cannabis Oil Is Putting People Into Comas

Some of these vape cartridges contain a chemical Nazis used in gas chambers. Seriously.

YouTube is suing a Nebraska man for allegedly lauching a swatting attack against a popular Minecraft streamer after attempting to extort money from them.
Future Society

YouTube Sues Man for Allegedly Swatting a Minecraft Streamer

But that wasn't until after he tried to extort money from them.

YouTube accidentally took down videos of robots fighting, claiming they included portrayals of animal violence and cock fighting.
Robotics

YouTube Accidentally Removed Robot Battle Videos for “Animal Cruelty”

"Robot builders across the world cried out in agony."

A team of astrophycisists came up with a way to construct a traversable wormhole that could fling objects or astronauts to another end of the universe.
Science & Energy

Physicists Publish Instructions For DIY Wormhole

Some assembly required. Also, some components are totally theoretical.

Scientists have created a theoretical model of Saturn that posits that the gas giant's liquid interior is viscous, flowing like honey.
Science & Energy

Saturn’s Interior May Actually Flow “Like Honey”

It would solve a mystery involving the planet's powerful jet streams.