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NASA is investigating an unprecedented "Rosetta Stone" explosion on the Sun to determine what causes different types of solar eruptions.

Science & Energy

NASA Is Investigating a Bizarre Explosion on the Sun

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists created a census of the algae causing the Alps' pink snow to better predict what it means for the changing environment.

Scientists Sequence DNA Found in Pink Snow That Covered Mountains

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists tested extremely fast-charging batteries that could make eVTOLs finally become economically viable modes of transport.

Advanced Transport

New Battery Tech Could Finally Make Flying Taxis Economically Feasible

By Dan Robitzski

Following recent reports that Apple is working with manufacturers to realize its first passenger vehicle, top managers are leaving the division in droves.

Advanced Transport

It Sounds Like the Apple Car Is in Serious Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Weiner is strongly considering capitalizing on his own sex scandals by selling old tweets or search warrants as NFTs.

Science & Energy

Anthony Weiner May Sell Infamous Nude Tweet as an NFT

By Dan Robitzski

A new brain-computer interface system can determine whether you'll be attracted to specific faces, even before you look at them.

Brain-Reading Machine Detects Who You Have a Crush On

By Dan Robitzski

Author and conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf has been suspended indefinitely from Twitter after spreading anti-vaccine misinformation on the platform.

Twitter Bans Prominent Anti-Vaxxer and Conspiracy Theorist

By Victor Tangermann

The growing number of satellites in orbit could pose a serious environmental threat when they incinerate upon reentry into the atmosphere.

Burning Satellites Could Accidentally Geoengineer the Earth

By Dan Robitzski

Just two weeks after officially stepping down as Amazon's CEO on July 5, Jeff Bezos is ready for a vacation to the edge of space.

Jeff Bezos Says He’s Going to Space in About a Month

By Victor Tangermann

Remember Anonymous? Now They’re Threatening Elon Musk

Remember Anonymous? Now They’re Threatening Elon Musk

By Tony Ho Tran

Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous identity masking Bitcoin's creator or creators, has enough of the crypto to be the world's 19th richest person.

This Country Plans to Be the First to Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX has successfully completed their cargo resupply mission to the ISS — and brought a glow-in-the-dark squid to join the craft's crew.

International Space Station

SpaceX Flies Glow-in-the-Dark Squids to International Space Station

By Tony Ho Tran

Microsoft claims that human error is the reason users couldn't find image or video results when they searched the term "tank man" on Friday.

Major Search Engines Are Censoring Results About the Tiananmen Square Massacre

By Tony Ho Tran

China is pushing back against all the criticism over the uncontrolled reentry and landing of its Long March 5B rocket on Saturday

China’s Military Is Apparently Also Tracking UFOs

By Tony Ho Tran

An economist examined the possible effects the discovery of aliens among our midst could have on global markets.

NASA Says It’s Going to Start Studying UFOs

By Tony Ho Tran

Cobalt mining is ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as miners are kept in poverty and live around mines that poison the environment.

Electric Car Batteries Are Turning This Country Into an Actual Hellscape

By Dan Robitzski

While installing more wind farms will probably be a crucial part of fighting climate change, putting them too close together could be self-defeating.

Scientists Say That Building Too Many Wind Turbines Weakens the Wind’s Power

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a key difference in how human and mosquito DNA organizes into chromosomes then figured out how to morph them back and forth.

Scientists Morph Human DNA Into Mosquito DNA Structure

By Dan Robitzski

In a series of cryptic tweets, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he has broken up with cryptocurrencies.

Elon Musk Says He’s Broken Up With Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

The US Department of Justice is prioritizing its investigations into ransomware attacks that have ground several industries in the country to a halt.

US Authorities Start Treating Ransomware Hacks Like Terrorism

By Victor Tangermann

While it didn't drive erratically, a Tesla Model 3's Autopilot system got confused when driving behind a truck hauling traffic lights down the highway.

Watch Tesla Autopilot Get Bamboozled by a Truck Hauling Traffic Lights

By Dan Robitzski

NASA finally managed to shake some of the dust off of the InSight lander's solar panels, buying it at least a few more months of life.

NASA Saves Dying Mars Lander With Ingenious Hack

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Defense has put out a call for designs of a handheld anti-drone weapon that could shoot down enemy drones from the ground.

The US Military Is Looking for a Drone-Killing Bazooka

By Victor Tangermann

Physicist Melvin Vopson argues that digital information contains a fundamental amount of mass and should be considered a new form of matter.

Physicist Claims That Information Is a New Form of Matter

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla's ludicrously fast Model S Plaid just set a new production car record, covering a quarter mile in just 9.247 at the Famoso Raceway in California.

Tesla’s Model S Plaid Breaks the Quarter-Mile Record at 152 MPH

By Victor Tangermann

After investigating a ransomware attack that shut down about a quarter of the US beef supply, the FBI is pointing fingers at a major Russian hacking group.

Science & Energy

FBI Blames Russia Hackers for Shutting Down Much of US Beef Supply

By Dan Robitzski

A new video shows off a daring pilot take off using what amounts to be a backpack helicopter — a futuristic blend of a jetpack and drone.

Advanced Transport

Watch a Man Soar Into the Sky With a Helicopter Backpack

By Victor Tangermann

During a recent interview, former President Barack Obama suggested that humanity may die off unless we take dire action against climate change.

Barack Obama: Humans Could Be Extinct in a Hundred Years

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla Files Patent for Burger Chain at Supercharger Locations

By Dan Robitzski

The Tesla CEO sent shares of Samsung Publishing soaring by more than ten percent at one point by tweeting about the popular children's song "Baby Shark."

Elon Musk Tweets About “Baby Shark,” Causing Financial Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

The container ship that leaked tons of plastic and chemicals near the coast of Sri Lanka is now sinking, carrying hundreds of tons of oil down with it.

Burned Container Ship Is Sinking With 330 Tons of Oil On Board

By Dan Robitzski

A crackdown by Tesla's legal team in China has led to a wave of new public apologies by Chinese Tesla owners, who admitted they staged "brake failures."

Tesla Owner Admits That Brake Failure Claims Were Made Up

By Victor Tangermann

A YouTuber sent a drone to investigate an erupting volcano in Iceland. Unfortunately, the drone didn't survive the perilous trip.

Watch a Drone Get Obliterated by an Erupting Volcano

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers managed to force the shutdown of all the US-based beef plants of the world's largest meat producer JBS SA, according to Bloomberg.

Hackers Shut Down Almost a Quarter of the US Beef Supply

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of Russian cosmonauts spent seven hours early Wednesday morning preparing a docking module of the International Space Station for dismemberment.

Russia Is Getting Ready to Chop an Entire Section Off the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

After a fire and explosion wrecked a nearby container ship, the Sri Lankan coastline is coated in plastic and toxic pollution.

Burning Container Ship Covers Beaches With Horrible Toxic “Snow”

By Dan Robitzski

China's government announced on Monday that couples are allowed to have a third child, signaling concerns over declining population growth.

China Now Allows Couples to Have Three Children

By Victor Tangermann

Thousands of New York City drivers just launched a worker-owned rideshare service meant to take the exploitation out of the gig economy.

Advanced Transport

Thousands of New York Drivers Create Worker-Owned Version of Uber

By Dan Robitzski

Though it didn't mention Starship by name, the Air Force says it set aside almost $50 million in tech development related to the spacecraft.

The Air Force Seems to Be Investing Heavily in SpaceX’s Starship

By Dan Robitzski

Space junk reportedly blasted a hole in the side of Canadarm2, a robotic arm attached to the International Space Station.

Space Debris Blasts Hole in Space Station’s Robotic Arm

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken a series of photographs of gorgeous multicolored clouds, shimmering in the evening Sun on Mars.

Mars Rover Snaps Photo of Shimmering Multicolored Clouds

By Victor Tangermann

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company could be launching Starship spacecraft from an ocean spaceport as soon as next year.

Elon Musk: SpaceX Will Be Launching From Floating Platforms by 2022

By Victor Tangermann

A UN report reveals that an autonomous kamikaze drone attacked and seemingly killed human soldiers without any human oversight pulling the trigger.

Autonomous Killer Robot Accused of Attacking Soldiers

By Dan Robitzski

New NASA Picture Shows Milky Way’s Violent, Energetic “Downtown”

New NASA Picture Shows Milky Way’s Violent, Energetic “Downtown”

By Tony Ho Tran

The Department of Homeland Security Is Investigating Microwave Weapon Attacks

The Department of Homeland Security Is Investigating Microwave Weapon Attacks

By Tony Ho Tran

The staff at ZooTampa are investigating the deaths of 12 stingrays after they were discovered dead in their Stingray Bay exhibit Thursday morning.

Every Single Stingray at This Zoo Just Died

By Tony Ho Tran

China has launched the Tianzhou-2 spacecraft from the Wenchang Space Launch Center. Its goal is to resupply their new space station for future astronauts.

China Launches First Cargo Resupply Mission to New Space Station

By Tony Ho Tran

According to a new book detailing the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, Sanders preferred extremely cold hotel rooms and private jet travel.

Climate Change Champion Bernie Sanders Demands Ridiculously Cold Air Conditioning

By Victor Tangermann

Another ship broke down in the Suez Canal on Friday, but this time tugboats were able to pull it out of the way so traffic could pass through.

Advanced Transport

Another Ship Just Got Stuck in the Suez Canal

By Dan Robitzski

New details about Tesla's long-awaited Cybertruck have emerged through the publication of several patent applications dating back to 2020.

Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Patents Reveal “Armor Glass,” Retractable Solar Panels

By Victor Tangermann

British police raided a facility they thought was hiding an indoor police farm because of its heat signature but found a Bitcoin mine instead.

Police Raid Suspected Weed Growery, Find Bitcoin Mine Instead

By Dan Robitzski

NASA plans to launch a small satellite capable of making flashes of light visible from Earth on command, raising questions about orbital light pollution.

New NASA Satellite Will Blast Earth With Flashes You Can See From the Ground

By Dan Robitzski

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced it is sending a tiny transforming rover to the Moon some time next year to collect data on lunar dust.

Japan Is Sending a Robot to the Moon and It’s a Transformer

By Victor Tangermann

US soldiers stationed on bases with nuclear weapons accidentally released heaps of confidential info through virtual flashcards on study apps.

US Soldiers Accidentally Reveal Nuclear Weapon Secrets

By Dan Robitzski

Corcoran, California has been sinking into the Earth for years due to overpumping from underground water reservoirs by farms and the agricultural industry.

Science & Energy

An Entire Town Is Getting Swallowed by the Earth

By Dan Robitzski

Satellite data on global temperatures doesn't seem to match real-world observations, raising the possibility that climate change is worse than we thought.

Global Warming May Be Way Worse Than We Thought, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

The startup Hybrid Air Vehicles says that the carbon emissions of short-distance plane trips are unsustainable, so it's developing airships to replace them.

Advanced Transport

Startup Says It’ll Fly Passengers Between Cities in Giant Blimps

By Dan Robitzski

The Canadian Space Agency wants to send its own rover to the surface of the Moon with the help of NASA within the next five years.

Canada Wants to Land Its Own Rover on the Moon by 2026

By Victor Tangermann

Homeowners in Bend, Oregon, made a fascinating discovery lurking below their house: a massive lava tube, big enough to stand in.

Couple Buys House, Discovers Huge, Mars-Like Lava Cave Underneath

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in decades, a Canadian soldier has been charged with mutiny for refusing to help with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

Canada Charges Soldier With Mutiny for Refusing to Distribute COVID Vaccines

By Victor Tangermann

A programmer built a new kind of CAPTCHA test that asks users to play a quick game of "Doom" to prove that they're really human.

Science & Energy

New CAPTCHA Forces Users to Prove They’re Human by Playing “Doom”

By Dan Robitzski

Sanders is trying to block legislation that would essentially guarantee a $10 billion payout for SpaceX rival Blue Origins.

Bernie Sanders Just Did Elon Musk a Huge Favor

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent CBC interview, retired astronaut Chris Hadfield shared his opinion on the recent emergence of "unidentified aerial phenomena" sightings.

Robots and Machines

Astronaut: If You Think UFOs Are Aliens, You’re an Idiot

By Victor Tangermann