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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

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Kristin Houser

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Victor Tangermann

Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook employees that Elizabeth Warren and her plan to break up tech corporations is an exisential threat.
Future Society

Leaked Audio: Mark Zuckerberg Is Terrified of Elizabeth Warren

He called her plan to break up big tech an existential threat.

By Dan Robitzski

The Russian military is poised to begin testing Belgorod, a submarine that can launch six thermonuclear warhead-carrying deep sea drones.
Drones

New Russian Submarine Can Launch Nuke-Carrying Drones

The "Belgorod" will carry six thermonuclear warhead-carrying Poseidon drones.

By Dan Robitzski

On Friday, a federal judge ruled that Tesla and Elon Musk violated labor laws in their efforts to discourage employees from forming a union.
Elon Musk

Judge Forces Elon Musk to Hire Back Fired Tesla Union Organizer

A humiliating ruling means Tesla will have to re-hire the employee — with backpay.

By Dan Robitzski

Have you ever wanted to buy a body pillow of your very own AI-generated waifu? No? Well, now you can anyway, thanks to a very cursed website.
Artificial Intelligence

Cursed Site Uses AI to Generate “Waifus”

And then it sells body pillows of them for $90. We are so sorry.

By Dan Robitzski

A new AI algorithm can read through news stories and generate comments that resemble those written by actual human readers.
Artificial Intelligence

Evil Research Generates Fake Comments on News Stories

Just what the internet needs: more and better spambots.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla owners are already putting Telsa's new "Smart Summon" feature to the test. And in some really stupid ways.
Tesla

Idiots Are Trying to Run Themselves Over With Their Own Teslas

This definitely isn't what Tesla had in mind.

By Victor Tangermann

At a conference at the Vatican last week, Pope Francis warned that in the wrong hands, AI could have some devastating consequences on humanity.
Artificial Intelligence

The Pope Says AI Could Lead Humanity to “Barbarism”

Next up: some divine intervention.

By Victor Tangermann

While it's an extremely long shot, a SETI researcher says there's a chance that ancient aliens visited our solar system to spy on Earth.
Science & Energy

SETI Scientist: Aliens May Have Left a Spy Probe Orbiting the Sun

"This is essentially extraterrestrial archaeology I'm talking about."

By Dan Robitzski