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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk admitted that he is "so dying to do a supersonic, electric VTOL jet" in a recent tweet responding to entrepreneur Peter Diamandis.

Elon Musk Says He’s “Dying” to Develop a Supersonic Electric Jet

By Victor Tangermann

Justin Bieber seemed to think the deepfake "deeptomcruise" was real, complimenting a guitar video as if it were the real actor playing.

Science & Energy

Justin Bieber Thinks Deepfake of Tom Cruise Is Real, Challenges It to Fight

By Dan Robitzski

Disappointed by Roscosmos' lack of results and failure to keep pace with SpaceX, Vladimir Putin is drastically cutting the space agency's budget.

A Disappointed Putin Is Slashing Funding for Russia’s Space Program

By Dan Robitzski

When SpaceX tourist Sian Proctor was asked if she'd embark on a similar journey again, she said that she would "go for longer" due to space sickness.

SpaceX Tourist Says She Was Sick First Two Days of Mission

By Victor Tangermann

China seems to be powering a massive array of intercontinental ballistic missile silos with a huge new wind farm, so at least it's environmentally friendly.

Rejoice! China Is Powering Ballistic Missile Silos With Environmentally-Friendly Wind Turbines

By Dan Robitzski

The exoplanet where it rains molten iron every day has a calcium-rich atmosphere, meaning its even hotter than scientists thought.

Science & Energy

Scientists: Hell Planet Where It Rains Molten Iron Is Actually Worse Than We Thought

By Dan Robitzski

According to the US Navy, a nuclear submarine sustained damage and several injuries after hitting an "unknown object" in the South China Sea.

US Nuclear Sub Damaged in Collision With “Unknown Object”

By Victor Tangermann

New images from NASA's Perseverance rover confirm that Jezero Crater used to be a massive lake supplied by an ancient river or glacier.

NASA Rover Confirms Gigantic Martian Crater Used To Be a Lake

By Dan Robitzski

A new documentary sheds light on the abuse top infectious diseases specialist Anthony Fauci has had to endure since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fauci Says People Are Threatening His Wife and Daughters With Violence

By Victor Tangermann

Research suggests that the funniest kids are also the smartest, based on how well middle schoolers could come up with captions for cartoons.

Science & Energy

Scientists Find That “Class Clowns” Are Actually the Smartest People in Class

By Dan Robitzski

Prominent astrophysicist Martin Rees criticizes global leadership for ignoring climate change, comparing them to frogs boiling in a pot.

Astrophysicist Warns That Humanity Will Boil Like a Frog in a Pot

By Dan Robitzski

Fast-food chain Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is resorting to sending its corporate staff to work in its restaurants amid the ongoing labor squeeze.

Fast Food Chain Can’t Find People to Hire, So It’s Sending Office Workers to Fry Food and Work Registers

By Victor Tangermann

The Netflix show "Squid Game" displayed someone's real phone number and now they get several thousand prank calls every day.

Netflix Shows Real Phone Number on Screen, Leading to “Prank-Call Apocalypse”

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX is doubling the size of its reusable astronaut-carrying and cargo-supplying spacecraft fleets, according to SpaceX officials.

SpaceX Is Doubling Its Number of Astronaut-Carrying Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at Caltech have opened the doors to hell and allowed a creepy robot that can walk on two spindly feet and fly, to enter.

This Scary-Looking Robot Can Walk and Fly

By Victor Tangermann

In May, images surfaced of the USSR's space shuttle Burya covered in graffiti — and thanks to a new video, we can see a time lapse of the artist's work.

Video Shows Scoundrel Drawing Graffiti on USSR Space Shuttle

By Victor Tangermann

The operators of the oil pipeline that spilled 144,000 gallons of crude oil off the coast of California waited for three hours before shutting it down.

Operators Let Oil Pipeline Gush Into Ocean for Hours Without Shutting It Off

By Dan Robitzski

NASA took two of the Being Starliner crewmembers and reassigned them to a SpaceX mission so they could actually get some flight experience.

NASA Quietly Signals That Boeing’s Spacecraft Is Going Nowhere

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla recently announced increases to the price of its Model 3 and Model Y, with prices starting at $54,990 and $41,990 before incentives.

The Cybertruck Is Now the Cheapest Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

Russia passed a new law declaring that any independent reporters or media organizations that cover the space program will be designated "foreign agents."

Russia Bans Journalists From Covering Its Space Program

By Dan Robitzski

Singapore has rolled out robot cops meant to catch residents in the act of not following social distancing guidelines — and Singaporeans are fed up.

People in Singapore Furious About Robot Cops That Lecture People on Social Distancing

By Victor Tangermann

Russian actress Yulia Peresild arrived at the International Space Station yesterday to film "The Challenge," the first feature length movie filmed in space.

Russian Actress Boards Space Station, Says She Feels Like She’s Dreaming

By Victor Tangermann

Liu Cixin, author of the famous science-fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem," says he's not convinced humanity will unite against a global threat.

“Three-Body Problem” Author No Longer Sure Humankind Would Unite Against Hostile Aliens

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists managed to create — and get a clear image of — a Wigner crystal, which is a lattice structure made entirely of electrons.

Scientists Create Material Made Entirely Out of Electrons

By Dan Robitzski

California governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and launched criminal investigations into the cause of a horrific oil spill.

California Declares State of Emergency, Opens Criminal Investigation Over Horrific Oil Spill

By Dan Robitzski

The USSR's graffiti-covered space shuttle is so valuable, a Kazakh businessman wants the skull of a Kazakh folk hero in exchange for it.

Man Attempting to Trade Derelict USSR Space Shuttle for Human Skull

By Victor Tangermann

The German government just unveiled a facility that synthesizes jet fuel out of nothing but water and atmospheric carbon dioxide.

New Facility Creates Jet Fuel Out of Water

By Dan Robitzski

Drones literally started raining from the sky during a light show in Zhengzhou, a city of 10 million people in the Chinese province of Henan.

Light Show Goes Wrong When Drones Start Plummeting Out of the Sky

By Victor Tangermann

Russian actress Yulia Peresild just arrived at the International Space Station alongside director Klim Shipenko after launching early Tuesday morning.

International Space Station

Russian Actress Arrives at International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire Larry Connor, the pilot for the upcoming all-civilian mission to the International Space Station, wants the world to know he's a regular dude.

Billionaire Flying SpaceX to Space Station Says He’s Just an Average Guy

By Dan Robitzski

About 126,000 gallons of crude oil spilled out of a pipeline near Orange County, California, causing damage to the environment that could last for months.

Huge Oil Spill Strikes Off Coast of California

By Dan Robitzski

In 2018, Blue Origin hired consultants in an attemtp to imitate and then ultimately catch up to SpaceX, according to leaked notes.

Leaked Documents Show That Blue Origin Was Obsessed With SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook's internal communications tools were knocked out, leaving employees scrambling. Worse yet, some employees couldn't even physically get to work.

Facebook Employees Have Reportedly Been Locked Out of Company Offices

By Victor Tangermann

For one beautiful moment, the internet was blanketed in a serene silence.In case you haven't heard, Facebook is down. Like really, really down.

Facebook Is Down. Like, REALLY Down

By Victor Tangermann

Residents in Jacksonville, Florida, heard a loud boom on Thursday night — and it wasn't fireworks gone rogue or a massive fireball coming to finish us off.

Residents Heard a Loud Boom. Turns Out It Was SpaceX Coming Back to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Last month, a man dressed in "full ninja garb" decided to attack a member of the US Army special operations unit in the middle of the California desert.

Man Dressed as Ninja Attacks Army Special Ops Soldiers With Katana Sword

By Victor Tangermann

In Los Angeles shots published by Page Six, in fact, Grimes can be seen leafing through Marx's influential volume "The Communist Manifesto."

Grimes Spotted Reading Karl Marx After Breaking Up With Elon Musk

By Jon Christian

Former Blue Origin employee Alexandra Abrams has accused the company's senior leadership of rampant sexism, descrimination, and disregarding safety issues.

Former Jeff Bezos Space Employee: “I Really Wished He Was the Person We All Thought He Was”

By Dan Robitzski

As Arctic ice melts away, it could unleash dangerous, antibiotic-resistant pathogens, nuclear waste, and toxic chemicals that had been sealed away.

Melting Arctic Could Release Nuclear Waste and Deadly Pathogens, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

Current and former Blue Origin employees wrote an op-ed in which they say they don't trust that the company's New Shepard rocket is safe.

Blue Origin Employees Say They Don’t Think Its Rocket Is Safe, Wouldn’t Ride In It

By Dan Robitzski

A new study projects that China's population could drop by half in just 30 years unless urgent measures are taken to make raising kids more affordable.

China’s Population Projected to Fall by Half Within 30 Years

By Dan Robitzski

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released dramatic footage from inside a hurricane recorded by a "Saildrone."

Check Out This Awesome Drone Footage From Inside a Hurricane

By Victor Tangermann

El Salvador has officially begun to mine Bitcoin using the power harnessed from a volcano — and has made 0.00599179 bitcoin, or about $269.

El Salvador Officially Starts Mining Bitcoin Using Power From an Actual Volcano

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has decided to keep the name for the James Webb Space Telescope as -is despite criticism over the former Administrator's homophobic past.

Science & Energy

NASA Refuses to Rename Giant Homophobic Telescope

By Dan Robitzski

Grimes has had a rough time after breaking up with Elon Musk, writing a song about "all the privacy invasion, bad press, online hate and harassment."

Grimes Says She’s Being Harassed After Elon Musk Breakup

By Victor Tangermann

A man from Florida just returned a Moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission. It vanished without a trace until he bought it at a garage sale.

Science & Energy

Florida Man Returns Missing NASA Moon Rock he Bought at Garage Sale

By Dan Robitzski

The icy "glue" that holds Antarctica's ice shelf together and fills in any cracks is melting away, leaving the entire shelf in a dire situation.

The Icy “Glue” Holding Antarctica Together Is Starting To Fail

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Meteor Watch made sightings of at least five fireballs soaring through the sky over the US last Friday night at 32,000 mph.

Science & Energy

NASA Puzzled by Five Fireballs Over America in One Night

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA and the Air Force successfully flight tested a hypersonic missile that "breathes" the air around it to propel itself faster.

DARPA Successfully Launched an “Air-Breathing” Hypersonic Missile

By Dan Robitzski

The augmented reality company Nreal just announced a new set of AR glasses that don't have a single outward-facing camera.

Science & Energy

New AR Glasses Are for Streaming Video and Ignoring the Real World

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter had to delay its 14th flight, scheduled for September 18, due to an "anomaly" with its flight-control motors.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is In Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Google is about to launch a "wildfire" layer on Google Maps that shows whether the surrounding area is currently burning.

Google Maps Now Lets You Know if Your Route Is on Fire

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese Panasonic subsidiary Atoun has come up with a futuristic exoskeleton that can transform itself into a powered buggy.

Robots and Machines

New Exoskeleton Transforms Into Motorized Scooter

By Victor Tangermann

Former Google X Chief Business Officer Mo Gawdat says that AI developers are creating God, and that humanity is in trouble because of it.

Former Google Exec Warns That AI Researchers Are “Creating God”

By Dan Robitzski

Mining companies are planning to scrape up the materials necessary to build electric car batteries from the bottom of the ocean.

Corporations Are Sending Huge Mining Machines to the Bottom of the Ocean

By Dan Robitzski

The alternative cryptocurrency Hamster skyrocketed on Tuesday — and Tesla CEO Elon Musk may have had something to do with it.

Hamster-Themed Cryptocurrency Skyrockets for Incredibly Dumb Reason

By Victor Tangermann

The Sun is about to pass between Mars and Earth, so NASA and the CNSA are putting their various rovers into safe mode until it moves.

Every Mars Rover Is About To Go Into Safe Mode

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is poking fun at his favorite adversary Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after making him the second richest person in the world.

Elon Musk Taunts Jeff Bezos For Becoming World’s Second-Richest Person

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that the average wind speeds of Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm are starting to steadily increase over time.

Science & Energy

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Changing, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is yet again the world's richest person according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $201.7 billion.

Elon Musk Is Officially the Richest Person on Earth Again

By Victor Tangermann

People peed so many party drugs into a local river at the 2019 Glastonbury music festival that the water became dangerous for local, protected eels.

Festival Goers Did So Many Drugs That Their Pee Harmed Local Fish

By Dan Robitzski

Russia is sending a film crew to the International Space Station in order to shoot what will be the first fictional, feature-length movie filmed in space.

International Space Station

A Film Crew Is Launching to the International Space Station Next Week

By Dan Robitzski

A hamster called Mr. Goxx has been busy making deals and trading cryptocurrencies, amusing some of the biggest names in crypto, including Elon Musk.

Elon Musk Compliments Crypto-Trading Hamster

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's orbital Starship prototype experienced a bit of a mishap during a test: the pressure caused several of the heat shields to violently pop off.

Tiles Fly Off SpaceX Starship Prototype During Testing

By Victor Tangermann