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A New Bioreactor Captures as Much Carbon as an Acre of Trees
Climate Change

A New Bioreactor Captures as Much Carbon as an Acre of Trees

Finding new ways to sequester carbon may be necessary to curb climate change.

By Dan Robitzski

According to Ars Technica, cutting-edge research into ultra-powerful lasers could pulse a laser "through fabric of the Universe."
Science & Energy

New Lasers May Be Powerful Enough to Drill a Hole in Reality

An ultra-powerful laser could tear into "the very fabric of space and time."

By Jon Christian

A company called Trusii told customers it would pay them monthly if they took out a loan to participate in a study testing its hydrogen water machine.
Developments

Biohackers Got Scammed by a Company Selling “Hydrogen Water”

Customers had to take out $10,000 loans — and got machines that broke or developed mold.

By Dan Robitzski

YouTube influencers feel constant pressure to churn out content, prompting some — including Christine Sydelko — to give up the gig.
Future Society

YouTube Influencers Are Mentally Collapsing From Stress

Popular YouTuber Christine Sydelko has decided to "quit the internet stuff" — and she's not alone.

By Kristin Houser

In a one year genetics study, scientists gave nine healthy men a cocktail of three drugs to see whether they would slow down the men's biological age clock.
Studies

In One-Year Study, Drug Cocktail Appears to Reverse “Genetic Age”

“I’d expected to see slowing down of the clock, but not a reversal.”

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese auto giant Toyota has partnered with a local energy company to test a Prius hybrid that's almost entirely covered in solar panels.
Advanced Transport

Toyota Wants to Slather Solar Panels All Over Its Prius Hybrid

Say goodbye to charging stations and wait times.

By Victor Tangermann

A newly released Spider-Man deepfake sees Tom Holland take over for Tobey Maguire as emo Peter Parker in 2007's "Spider-Man 3"
Artificial Intelligence

New Deepfake Transforms Tom Holland Into Emo Spider-Man

See what it looks like when one Spider-Man plays another.

By Kristin Houser

An AP investigation shows that a troubling number of CBD products are spiked with synthetic marijuana, which can cause comas, psychotic behavior, and death.
Chemistry

Some CBD Tainted With Substance That Causes Death, Comas, Insanity

Thanks to patchwork regulation, a number of CBD products contain stuff that could cause a psychotic episode — or even kill you.

By Dan Robitzski

A new simulation by researchers at Princeton University paints a terrifying picture of what a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia might look like.
Future Society

This Video Shows Horrifying Devastation of US-Russia Nuclear War

The simulation shows 90 million immediate casualties — and that's just the beginning.

By Victor Tangermann

Former Googler Laura Nolan warns that the military should never use fully-autonomous weapons, lest they accidentally spark a war.
Google

Former Google Engineer: Killer Bots Could Commit “Mass Atrocities”

Killer AI could do "calamitous things that they were not originally programmed for."

By Dan Robitzski

When scientists released gene-hacked mosquitoes into the wild population in Jacobino, Brazil, they thought it would quell the bugs. They had no such luck.
Science & Energy

Gene-Hacking Mosquitoes to Be Infertile Backfired Spectacularly

Life finds a way.

By Dan Robitzski

German flying car startup Volocopter just showed off its flying taxi as it was taking flight at Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum
Advanced Transport

Watch This Flying Taxi Soar Over a German City

This 18-rotor two-seater drone could one day fly you to work.

By Victor Tangermann

MIT scientist Richard Stallman backpedaled his statements on the Jeffrey Epstein debacle, clarifying that adults shouldn't have sex with kids.
Future Society

MIT Scientist Says He Doesn’t Think Pedophilia Is Okay Any More

Richard Stallman is backpedaling his disgusting comments defending Jeffrey Epstein — and sex with kids as young as 14.

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks to the Gemini Observatory, we get a closer look at the object called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), a comet believed to be from beyond our solar system.
Solar Power

Here’s a Pic of That Mysterious Object From Beyond Solar System

Behold: a visitor from beyond.

By Victor Tangermann

After photographing dead bodies for 17 months, scientists at a body farm made a greusome discovery: decomposing corpses wriggle around as they dry up.
Developments

Horrifying Study: Corpses Thrash Around For a Year After Death

Scientists photographed a corpse for 17 months so you don't have to.

By Dan Robitzski

France's Minister of the Economy and Finance said that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will be barred from the country if it's released as planned.
Cryptocurrency

French Gov Official Warns Facebook: Libra Is Not Welcome Here

"…we cannot authorize the development of Libra on European soil."

By Dan Robitzski

A news reporter caught a Tesla Model X plowing its way down a flooded street in South Dakota, exiting the water seemingly no worse for wear.
Tesla

Watch a Tesla Model X Blast Through Deep Flood Waters

"Don't do what you see right there. Very dangerous."

By Kristin Houser

Scientists can finally take a closer look at the big, radioactive bubbles our galaxy's black hole burped out millions of years ago.
Science & Energy

Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole Lets out Two Giant, Radioactive Burps

Excuse you.

By Dan Robitzski

British fishmonger Rex Goldsmith found that Instagram was censoring his photos for featuring "offensive content" twice in two weeks.
Future Society

Instagram Keeps Accidentally Flagging Fish Photos as Offensive

"I think it's a bit ridiculous really."

By Kristin Houser

Computer scientist Richard Stallman sent an email seemingly defending an MIT professor accused of assaulting one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
Future Society

MIT Community Horrified by Famed Researcher’s Epstein Outburst

Richard Stallman just inserted himself into the Epstein scandal in the worst possible way.

By Kristin Houser