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Bloomberg reports that the Biden administration might perform a national security review of Elon Musk, his Twitter deal, and Starlink.

Biden Administration Reportedly Considering National Security Review of Elon Musk

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has announced that it has put together a 16-expert team to investigate reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) or UFOs.

NASA Has Assembled an Expert UFO-Hunting Team

By Noor Al-Sibai

By shooting a laser pulse imitating the Fibonacci Sequence into qubits, physicists created a new phase of matter far better at maintaing a quantum state.

Quantum Physics

Scientists Fed the Fibonacci Sequence Into a Quantum Computer and Something Strange Happened

By Frank Landymore

An ant photographed under a microscope by wildlife photographer Eugenijus Kavaliauskas has gone viral on social media for its evil appearance.

Science & Energy

This Extreme Closeup of an Ant Is Giving Us Actual Nightmares

By Frank Landymore

New drone footage shows that Saudi Arabia has begun excavating for its giant skyscraper megacity — just after sentencing a group of people to execution.

Saudi Arabia Begins Construction of 100 Mile Skyscraper

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA’s New James Webb Shot Is Much Better When You Put Googly Eyes on It

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s New James Webb Shot Is Much Better When You Put Googly Eyes on It

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman protesting an allegedly wrongful eviction unleashed her wrath by siccing hundreds of bees on cops serving the eviction notice.

Woman Attacks Police With Swarm of Furious Bees

By Frank Landymore

A team of researchers claim to have created a biodegradable and renewable alternative to both glass and plastic in the form of "transparent wood."

Science & Energy

Scientists Say New “Transparent Wood” Could Replace Plastic

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced that after successfully smashing its Double Asteroid Reduction Test (DART) into an asteroid, the space rock ejected two comet tails.

Asteroid NASA Smashed a Spacecraft Into Grew Two “Unexpected” Tails

By Noor Al-Sibai

China claims to have become the first to successfully carry out tests on a Hyperloop-style, magnetically levitated train inside a vacuum tube.

China Successfully Tests Hyperloop-Like Train Inside a Vacuum Tube

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI-powered music generators are here — and it looks like they're gunning for a strong position in the content-creation economy.

Artificial Intelligence

AI That Generates Music from Prompts Should Probably Scare Musicians

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A much more affordable vehicle may eventually be joining Tesla's lineup of EVs at roughly half the cost of the Model 3 and Model Y.

Elon Musk: Tesla Working on Next-Gen Car That Costs Half as Much as a Model 3

By Victor Tangermann

He may not be head of Roscosmos anymore, but former Russian space agency director Dmitry Rogozin is still posting like he did when he filled that position.

Former Head of Russian Space Program Shares Bizarre Meme Involving Ukraine, Darth Vader Skull

By Noor Al-Sibai

A study conducted by scientists from Trinity College Dublin could suggest that quantum processes are involved in the functions of our brains.

Scientists Suggest Our Brains Work Like Quantum Computers

By Frank Landymore

The iconic Pillars of Creation, considered by many the quintessential image of space, has been re-imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

A New James Webb Shot of the Pillars of Creation Is Dazzling our Tiny Brains

By Frank Landymore

It looks like new COVID-19 strains are about to surge this winter — and their new names may be inspiring Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk Says He Might Name His Next Kid After a COVID Variant

By Noor Al-Sibai

Pubs, clubs, and hotels in New South Wales, Australia, are testing a facial recognition system used to deter self-reported "problem gamblers."

Facial recognition

Casinos to Use Facial Recognition to Keep “Problem Gamblers” Away

By Frank Landymore

Using its NEOWISE telescope, NASA has combined 12 years worth of images to create the ultimate timelapse of our sky, and it's breathtaking.

This 12-Year Time-Lapse of the Entire Night Sky is Seriously Blowing Our Minds

By Frank Landymore

It's official: 30,000 people were dumb enough to purchase Elon Musk's "Burnt Hair" meme perfume — and now, it's sold out.

Tens of Thousands of Idiots Bought Elon Musk’s “Burnt Hair” Perfume and Now It’s Sold Out

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Guardian reports that the BBC has already secretly prepared scripts to read on air in the event of energy shortages causing blackouts or empty gas reserves — a telling sign that between the war in Ukraine, growing energy uncertainty, and a fast-approaching winter, UK authorities are bracing for the absolute worst.

UK Authorities Anticipate Energy Blackouts This Winter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that all ten automated driving deaths since May involved Teslas.

Overwhelming Majority of Automated Driving Deaths Caused by Tesla Vehicles

By Frank Landymore

Indie sleaze is back, baby, and this time, it's coming to shatter — or maybe reinforce — your illusions about Grimes and MIA.

Grimes “Accidentally Reinvents Scientology” in Bonkers Interview With an Anti-Vaxxer

By Noor Al-Sibai

Canadian stoners, rejoice! If you're in Toronto and over the age of 19, you can now order some weed using Uber Eats.

Uber’s Delivering Weed Now, Apparently

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Hurricane Ian has rendered Florida's once beautiful blue-green waters into a horrible brown sludge that "looks like root beer" and smells like "dead fish."

Hurricane Ian Turned Florida’s Water So Vile That It “Looks Like Root Beer”

By Frank Landymore

The Netherlands have deployed armed ground drones, marking the first time that an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) has been utilized by a NATO country.

NATO Just Deployed Its First Killer Ground Robot

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk is once again spouting off on the social platform he's soon to own — and this time, he's asking his followers if he should make drones.

Elon Musk Threatens to “Make Weapons”

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's fairly common knowledge that black holes can eat stars — but until recently, it was much rarer to hear about them "burping up" those stars' remains.

Black Hole Spotted Burping Up Material Years After Eating a Star

By Noor Al-Sibai

Leaked internal documents obtained by Engadget reveal that Amazon is burning through new employees at an utterly alarming degree.

Leak: Amazon is Churning Through New Employees at an Alarming Rate

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Francisco Cadaba, ten year veteran at SpaceX, was horribly injured in January during a routine check up, and SpaceX has remained eerily quiet.

SpaceX Reportedly Kept Quiet After an Employee Was Horrifically Injured This Year

By Frank Landymore

AI powered "grief tech," which captures lost loved ones and makes interactive versions of them, is here. And unlike feeble humans, it might be here to stay.

Artificial Intelligence

Ghoulish AI Simulates Your Dead Parents

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Roscosmos has confirmed that one of its cosmonauts hit an elderly colleague with his car — mere weeks after returning from the International Space Station.

Russian Cosmonaut Runs Over Elderly Colleague

By Noor Al-Sibai

An elementary school in St. Louis had a rude awakening when scientists discovered grounds had "unacceptable" levels of radioactive contamination.

Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School

By Frank Landymore

Which is worse: the concept that Elon Musk thought his now-ex Grimes was a simulation of his "perfect companion," or that she agreed with him?

Elon Musk Reportedly Thought His Ex-Girlfriend Might Have Been a Simulation

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA Just Shot Tiny Bullets at Its Mars Spacecraft

NASA Just Shot Tiny Bullets at Its Mars Spacecraft

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Internal Meta documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal revealed that most Horizon Worlds users don't return to the metaverse after a month of use.

Leak: Most Facebook Metaverse Users Have Quit in a Month

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Newly-minted political expert Elon Musk has issued a stark warning to Ukraine as Russia's invasion of the former Eastern Bloc country continues.

Elon Musk Warns “Civilization Is Over” If Ukraine Doesn’t Give in to Russia

By Noor Al-Sibai

As Facebook's Metaverse slump continues, analysts are saying that CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have made a terrible miscalculation.

Analysts Say Mark Zuckerberg Has Made a Grave Error About Facebook

By Noor Al-Sibai

The White House has launched a five year research plan to investigate the possibility of reflecting sunlight to reduce warming and fight climate change.

White House Researching Combating Climate Change By Spraying Particles Into the Atmosphere

By Frank Landymore

Tech-savvy students are reportedly getting straight A's by using advanced AI language generators — mainly OpenAI's GPT-3 — to write papers for them.

Artificial Intelligence

Sneaky Students Using AI to Write Their Papers For Them

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists Spotted Something That Appeared to Be Moving 7 Times the Speed of Light

Scientists Spotted Something That Appeared to Be Moving 7 Times the Speed of Light

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers accidentally discovered barium in the atmospheres of two Hot Jupiter exoplanets, and they can't figure out how it got there.

Astronomers Discover Heaviest Element Yet in Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

By Frank Landymore

The US military finally tested Microsoft's expensive HoloLens smart goggles for combat, and it's probably safe to say that the goggles failed.

Microsoft’s AR Headset Was a Complete Disaster During a Military Test

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have discovered the brightest energy burst ever detected in space — and Astronomy Twitter is abuzz over the electrifying finding.

Scientists Spot Brightest Energy Burst Ever Detected in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

Google is embroiled in a lawsuit that alleges its private browsing mode isn't very private, a sentiment apparently shared by the jokes of Google employees.

Google Engineers Joked About How Incognito Mode Isn’t Very Incognito

By Frank Landymore

The F150 Lightning pickup truck from Ford has received glowing praise. But when it comes to towing with the EV pickup, its range becomes a big problem.

Advanced Transport

Ford’s EV F-150 Lightning Pickup Truck Sucks At Trucking, Critic Says

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at the University of Tokyo attached giant googly eyes to the front of an autonomous golf cart to see if they improve pedestrian safety.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Scientists Propose Putting Giant Googly Eyes on Self-Driving Cars

By Victor Tangermann

An AI-powered selfie generating tool is making the rounds on social media, allowing users to create photorealistic versions of their own face.

Artificial Intelligence

New AI Tool Turns Your Ugly Photos Into a Beautiful Selfie

By Victor Tangermann

The catalyst for this newfound Space Dude rivalry between Neil deGrasse Tyson and retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly? "Top Gun: Maverick."

Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Fighting With a Retired Astronaut About “Top Gun: Maverick”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

While Tesla fans across the world await the Tesla Roadster and the Cybertruck, this guy is turning a 2018 Model 3 into both of them.

This Guy Is Turning His Tesla Model 3 Into a Custom Cybertruck

By Frank Landymore

Say It Ain’t So! Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Legs Were Apparently Staged

By Victor Tangermann

A shocking new video shows two climate activists throwing a can of soup at Vincent van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" painting at London's National Gallery.

Climate Activists Throw Soup at Famous Van Gogh Painting

By Victor Tangermann

Germany has once again fired up its coal plants. But Greta Thunberg thinks the country should just use its already in place nuclear power plants instead.

Greta Thunberg Thinks Germany Shutting Down Its Nuclear Plants Is a Bad Idea

By Frank Landymore

Mark Zuckerberg’s New and Improved Metaverse Avatar Still Looks Like Crap

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meta advisor John Carmack is "grumpy" about the current state of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, as he explained at Facebook-turned-Meta's Connect 2022.

Top Facebook Consultant Admits That the Metaverse Is Absolutely Terrible

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ukraine is asking its Western allies for more weapons after accusing Russia of using "kamikaze drones" meant to self-destruct when dropping munitions.

Russia Accused of Pelting Ukraine Capital With “Kamikaze” Drones

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has stumbled into a minor problem: it can't seal the tube of its latest collected sample.

NASA Rover Runs Into Trouble on Mars

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again — and this time, its stunning image looks a lot like a human fingerprint.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Starlight “Fingerprint”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Methane producing microbes on Mars may have thrived deep underground billions of years ago, but also may have wiped themselves out, a new study suggests.

Ancient Life Caused the Destruction of Mars, Scientists Speculate

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk is now a bona fide perfumier — and an allegedly successful one to boot — thanks to the sale of his bespoke "Burnt Hair" scent.

Elon Musk Leans Into “Musk” Name, Starts Selling “Burnt Hair” Perfume

By Noor Al-Sibai

An entirely AI-generated conversation between (living) podcast menace "Joe Rogan" and the deceased Apple founder "Steve Jobs" now exists. Great.

Artificial Intelligence

Deepfaked Podcast Has Joe Rogan Interview Undead Steve Jobs

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Earlier this year, a fake astronaut conned an old woman into sending him a ton of money in order to get back home from the ISS — and catfished her to boot.

Scammer Fools Woman Into Thinking They’re an Astronaut Who Needs a Ticket Home

By Noor Al-Sibai

“Anti-Woke” Online Bank Immediately Disintegrates Into Chaos

“Anti-Woke” Online Bank Immediately Disintegrates Into Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

The world's first-ever private space tourist is hitching a ride to the Moon with his wife — and on a SpaceX Starship, no less.

Billionaire Buys SpaceX Moon Trip For Him and His Wife

By Noor Al-Sibai

Flying car startup Airspeeder has completed what it's referring to as the "world's first electric flying car race" in the South Australian desert.

Advanced Transport

Pilots Go Head to Head in “World’s First Electric Flying Car Race”

By Victor Tangermann