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A giant hole has been discovered in an area of the Arctic known as the "Last Ice" — heating up concerns about the impacts of climate change in the region.

Researchers Discover Massive Hole in the Arctic’s “Last Ice”

By Tony Ho Tran

After news came out that Facebook is considering changing its name, a former Facebook employee has a theory about what it might be.

Is This Facebook’s New Name?

By Jon Christian

The day after the cryptocurrency finally hit the New York Stock Exchange, Bitcoin has reached the highest price at any point in its 12-year history.

Bitcoin Hits Highest Price in Its Entire History

By Jon Christian

21 passengers aboard a plane slated to fly from Houston to Boston walked away unscathed after their plane failed to gain altitude during takeoff.

21 People Miraculously Survive Horrific Plane Crash in Texas

By Tony Ho Tran

Kilm Shipenko, the Russian director of “The Challenge," told reporters at a news conference that he’d be willing to film a sequel on the Moon or Mars

International Space Station

Russian Director Who Filmed Movie on ISS Says He’s Doing the Moon or Mars Next

By Tony Ho Tran

The Vienna Tourist Board is turning toOnlyFans to post images of artwork deemed too NSFW for Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

Museums Are Getting on OnlyFans After Other Platforms Keep Banning Them for Nudity

By Tony Ho Tran

A new radio telescope in China might be able to detect a massive swarm of self-replicating alien robots before it attacks Earth.

Science & Energy

Physicist Says China’s New Telescope May Be Able to Spot Alien Probes

By Tony Ho Tran

In 2008, Microsoft's top lawyer and top HR officer had to team up to warn Gates to stop hitting on a female employee via email.

Microsoft’s Top Lawyer Had to Tell Bill Gates to Stop Hitting on Employee

By Jon Christian

The New York Stock Exchange is expected to start allowing traders to bet on Bitcoin, in a milestone for the world of cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin Is Hitting The New York Stock Exchange Tomorrow

By Jon Christian

NASA's Hubble telescope just snapped a photo of a supernova's aftermath, which is shaped like Pac-Man, as it goes about gobbling up stars.

Gaze in Awe at This Fiery Pac-Man Shaped Supernova, Gobbling Stars

By Foster Kamer

Elon Musk popped in on a rival carmaker’s executive conference to give a motivational talk as a "surprise guest."

Elon Musk Gives Surprise Motivational Talk to Rival Carmaker’s Employees

By Tony Ho Tran

China claims that it was testing a totally harmless, reusable spacecraft — and not a hypersonic nuclear-capable missile as was reported this weekend.

China Says It Was Testing a New Spaceship, Not a Hypersonic Missile

By Tony Ho Tran

After 12 days of filming aboard the International Space Station, the first ever feature-length movie shot in space has finally wrapped.

Russian Film Crew Returns to Earth, Continues Shooting Immediately After Landing

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of scientists used AI to uncover a lost Picasso portrait painted over by the artist back in the early 1900s.

Scientists Use AI, 3D Printing to Uncover Hidden Picasso Painting

By Tony Ho Tran

China launched a hypersonic missile test in late August that took the United States government by surprise.

US Officials Shocked by Chinese Missile Test That Went All the Way Around the Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

Fraudsters used a deepfaked voice of a company executive to fool a bank manager to transfer the millions to their possession in early 2020.

Bank Robbers Steal $35 Million by Deepfaking Boss’s Voice

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel

By Tony Ho Tran

Avi Loeb, former chair of Harvard’s astronomy department, theorizes that the universe could have been formed in a lab by other lifeforms.

Harvard Scientist Suggests That Our Universe Was Created in a Laboratory

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla has mysteriously scrubbed the price and specs of the much-hyped Cybertruck from its website entirely.

Tesla Just Scrubbed the Cybertruck Prices, Specs from Its Website

By Tony Ho Tran

A Dutch inventor has helped create a device, dubbed "Jenny," that has collected nearly 20,000lbs of plastic from the Pacific Ocean.

Huge Machine Cleans Up Vast Load of Ocean Plastic

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk Meets with Creator of Iron Man-Style Suit at SpaceX Launch Site

Elon Musk Meets with Creator of Iron Man-Style Suit at SpaceX Launch Site

By Tony Ho Tran

Former US general Stanley McChrystal warns that AI with the power to launch lethal strikes is inevitable, even if the idea is frightening.

Artificial Intelligence

Former General Warns About Rise of Killer Robots

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that nuking an asteroid is actually a good plan for saving the planet, even if it's just months before impact.

Science & Energy

Scientists Admit That Yeah, Nuking an Asteroid Might Actually Work

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced that its Soyuz spacecraft caused the orientation of the International Space Station to change.

Russia Just Accidentally Spun the Space Station AGAIN

By Victor Tangermann

Ian Brackenbury Channell, the official wizard of New Zealand, has been fired after decades of service as the city of Christchurch pursues new "vibes."

New Zealand Just Fired Its Official Wizard

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla is technically up $1 billion in its Bitcoin investment, caused by Bitcoin rallying past the $60,000 mark this week.

Tesla Is Up $1 Billion on Its Bitcoin Investment

By Victor Tangermann

George Takei, who was on "Star Trek" alongside Captain Kirk actor William Shatner, wasn't impressed with his costar's trip to "space" earlier this week.

George Takei Roasts “Star Trek” Costar William Shatner After Rocket Trip

By Victor Tangermann

Onlookers spotted something rather strange being transported on the back of a pickup truck at SpaceX's "Starbase" testing facilities in South Texas.

Photo Shows Iron Man-Style Suit at SpaceX Launch Site

By Victor Tangermann

Missouri Governor Mike Parson is furiously trying to prosecute a journalist who exposed and reported a serious cybersecurity flaw in a government website.

Science & Energy

Governor Calls Journalist a “Hacker” for Looking at HTML

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, the country's 30th richest man, is making his dream of traveling to space come true in December.

Billionaire Says He’ll Play Badminton on Upcoming Space Station Trip

By Victor Tangermann

China has unveiled the crew for its next crewed mission to its Tiangong space station, including the first female astronaut to venture to the outpost.

China Is Sending the First Woman Astronaut to Its Brand New Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Political candidate Scott Pio suggested on Twitter that sea levels may lower if we simply took all the boats out of the water.

Candidate Suggests Lowering Sea Levels by Taking “All the Boats Out of the Water”

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists injected photosynthetic algae into a tadpole that supplied the animal's brain with so much oxygen it could live without breathing.

Scientists Create Creature That Doesn’t Need to Breathe

By Dan Robitzski

A 14-year-old high school student and white hat hacker rickrolled their entire school district by hacking into the school's internet-connected devices.

Teen Hacks School Computer System, Rickrolls Entire School District

By Victor Tangermann

A 12-year-old girl developed a fear of Slenderman after watching a VR experience of the fictional character, exemplifying some of the dangers VR can pose.

12-Year-Old Develops Slenderman Phobia After Seeing Him in VR

By Dan Robitzski

North Korean propaganda website Arirang Meari wrote in a post that Netflix's "Squid Game" proves that South Korea-style capitalism doesn't work.

North Korea: Squid Game Is Proof Capitalism Doesn’t Work

By Victor Tangermann

Waymo's semi-autonomous vehicles have been flocking to and getting stuck in the same dead-end San Francisco street, seemingly nonstop, for weeks.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Dozens of Self-Driving Cars Getting Stuck on Same Dead-End Street

By Dan Robitzski

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its launch site in French Guiana, where it will undergo final touchups before launching in December.

Science & Energy

NASA’s Scandal-Plagued James Webb Telescope Arrives at Launch Site

By Dan Robitzski

Famed theoretical physicist Michio Kaku argued that it's not even close. "SpaceX has a tremendous lead over Blue Origin," he told Fox Business.

Michio Kaku: SpaceX Is Absolutely Destroying Blue Origin

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists still aren't positive what caused the earthquake-like tremors across New Hampshire, but the new best guess is a meteor exploding overhead.

Science & Energy

Meteor May Have Caused Huge Explosion Over New Hampshire, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

Ruth Hamilton was woken up by a meteorite smashing through her roof, landing inches from where she was sleeping moments prior.

Science & Energy

Woman Almost Smashed by Meteorite That Crashed Through Ceiling and Landed on Her Bed

By Victor Tangermann

Shocking new visualizations by the non-profit Climate Central shows just how much populated land would be lost to rising sea levels.

Science & Energy

Shocking Images Show Rising Sea Levels Swallowing Cities

By Victor Tangermann

Prince Charles, the heir of the British throne, told the BBC that his Aston Martin runs on "surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese proces."

Science & Energy

Prince of England Brags That His Aston Martin Runs on Excess Wine and Cheese

By Victor Tangermann

What seemed to be an earthquake shook New Hampshire on Sunday, but experts say there's no evidence of a quake and they have no idea what really happened.

Residents Heard an Earth-Shattering Explosion and Experts Have No Idea What It Was

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers in Iceland are growing growing over 100,000 barley plants for a very unusual goal: growing lab-grown meat, the BBC reports.

Science & Energy

Scientists Genetically Modify Plants to Grow Meat Protein

By Victor Tangermann

JPMorgan Chase CEO and outspoken crypto-critic Jamie Dimon said that he has no hopes in cryptocurrencies, calling Bitcoin "worthless" on Monday.

As Its Price Spikes, JPMorgan CEO Says Bitcoin Is “Worthless”

By Victor Tangermann

Last year, a remotely-controlled deep sea vessel got surprised by a massive sea creature while exploring a shipwreck in the Red Sea at almost 2,800 feet.

Science & Energy

Deep Sea Creature Surprises Researchers Exploring Shipwreck

By Victor Tangermann

NASA advisor Licianne Walkowicz announced that she's resigning over NASA's refusal to seriously consider renaming the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA Adviser Resigns Over Giant Homophobic Telescope

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists detected a bizarre, randomly-shifting radio wave coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and they have no idea what's causing it.

Science & Energy

Scientists Baffled by Radio Waves Coming From Our Own Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with the Financial Times, the Pentagon's former chief software officer said that he resigned in protest of slow innovation in the US.

Artificial Intelligence

Pentagon Tech Chief Quits in Frustration, Says US Has No “Fighting Chance” Against China

By Jon Christian

Two of the Inspiration4 crew members took some time out of their journey to perform a Harry Potter-inspired magic trick (with the help of zero gravity).

Watch SpaceX Tourists Do a Harry Potter-Inspired Magic Trick in Orbit

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a gigantic comet — and they say it’s headed towards Earth.

The Biggest Comet Ever Discovered Is About to Cruise by Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

On the heels of his wealth ballooning past Jeff Bezos’, Elon Musk decided to poke a little fun at his favorite online punching bag on Twitter with an emoji.

Elon Musk Mocks Jeff Bezos for Having Less Money Than Him

By Tony Ho Tran

Anthony Zadravic, a real estate agent in New South Wales, landed in court after he forgot to add an apostrophe to a post criticizing his former workplace.

Man Sued for Bad Grammar in His Facebook Post

By Tony Ho Tran

The Biden administration is allegedly looking into an executive order directing federal agencies to study crypto and give recommendations.

Biden Secretly Considering First-Ever White House “Crypto Czar”

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk Says That Tesla Is Making Its Own Beer

Elon Musk Says That Tesla Is Making Its Own Beer

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA Astronaut Realizes She Photographed an Airplane Way Below Her

NASA Astronaut Realizes She Photographed an Airplane Way Below Her

By Tony Ho Tran

Lebanon’s entire electric grid collapsed on Saturday when the country’s two main power stations ran out of fuel.

The Country of Lebanon’s Entire Electric Grid Just Collapsed

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla CEO and meme thief Elon Musk’s net worth just rocketed even further past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ — solidifying him as richest man in the world.

Suddenly Elon Musk Is Way Richer Than Jeff Bezos

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) spotted a strange blue glow over Europe early last month that turned out to be a "rare occurrence."

Space Station Astronauts Spot Strange Glow Over Europe

By Tony Ho Tran

Streaming giant Twitch was hacked this week, resulting in a bunch of background images throughout the site being replaced by pictures of Jeff Bezos.

Twitch Hacked Again, Gets Defaced with Jeff Bezos Pictures

By Tony Ho Tran

VR Strip Clubs Have an Advantage: Dancers Can Accept Money for Sex

Virtual Reality

VR Strip Clubs Have an Advantage: Dancers Can Accept Money for Sex

By Tony Ho Tran

Facebook announced it would be cracking down on people using the platform to sell land in the Amazon rainforest

Facebook Vows to Stop Selling the Amazon Rainforest

By Tony Ho Tran

Lockheed Martin delivered a laser weapon called the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) to the Air Force, meant to be mounted to a gunship.

Lockheed Delivers Laser Weapon for Mounting to Military Gunship

By Victor Tangermann