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China's worst-ever drought in history caused the country to begin cloud seeding, using silver iodide rods to encourage rainfall.

China Shooting Rods Into Sky to Bring Rain After Massive Drought

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the FTC, claiming that an investigation into the company has become "unduly burdensome" on Jeff Bezos and Andrew Jassy.

Jeff Bezos Says the FTC is Being Vewy Vewy Mean

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has announced that the Artemis 1 will contain living yeast samples that will be dropped off on the Moon later this month — surely nothing can go wrong!

NASA’s Moon Mission This Month Will Shoot a Probe Containing Life into Deep Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

Climate change makes bee wings more asymmetrical because they develop in difficult climate and environmental conditions, two new studies say.

Climate Change Is Deforming Our Precious Bees, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Dodge's upcoming Charger Daytona EV will not only generate enough noise to warn pedestrians of their presence, it will mimic the sound of a loud exhaust.

Advanced Transport

Dodge Says It’s Making an Electric Muscle Car That’s Super Loud and Obnoxious

By Victor Tangermann

Sir Anthony Hopkins is doing what none other has done before — transforming his iconic body of work into NFTs, for some reason.

We’re Ambivalent: Anthony Hopkins Is Turning His Work Into NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Coinbase Is Riddled With Insider Trading, Researchers Allege

Coinbase Is Riddled With Insider Trading, Researchers Allege

By Victor Tangermann

This fall, Nicole Aunapu Mann will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard the SpaceX Crew-5 — making her first indigenous woman in space.

SpaceX Is about to Launch the First Ever Astronaut Who’s an Indigenous Woman

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

You probably wouldn't want to let Tesla CEO Elon Musk know you disagree with him if you want any hope of keeping your job.

Ex-Tesla Employee Says If You Disagree With Elon Musk You’re Getting Fired

By Frank Landymore

The Lake Mead Swim Beach, a popular spot for beachgoers not far from Las Vegas, seems to be absolutely teeming with human remains.

They Keep Finding More Skeletal Remains at This Drying Up Lake

By Victor Tangermann

A garden hole dug by some bunnies in the Netherlands led to the discovery of at least three humans' remains — a particularly grim finding.

Someone’s Pet Bunnies Dug Up Ancient Human Remains

By Noor Al-Sibai

Cars in recent years have come equipped with larger, more feauture-packed touchscreen infotainment systems. But are they really better than simple buttons?

Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to Use Than Touchscreens

By Frank Landymore

A top White House climate official has been sanctioned by the nation's largest academic organization over some pretty serious ethical violations.

White House Climate Scientist Sanctioned Over Paper Retraction

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's no way to sugarcoat it. Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse — into which Meta has been pouring billions — bot unfathomably bad.

Wave of Criticism Hits Zuckerberg’s Metaverse for Looking Like Crap

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

California has a history of megafloods occuring every one to two hundred years, and now scientists say the odds of one happening again are twice as likely.

Scientists Warn of Megaflood That Could Drown California

By Frank Landymore

Though the company has yet to make a public announcement, embattled cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is reportedly set to make another round of layoffs.

Crypto.com Reportedly Doing More Layoffs After Promising It Wouldn’t

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Ever wanted to hear William Shatner absolutely eviscerate fellow Canadian Elon Musk on The Daily Show? Well, now's your chance.

William Shatner Blasts “Supervillain” Elon Musk

By Noor Al-Sibai

During a spacewalk outside of the ISS, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was instructed by mission control to "drop everything and start going back right away."

Cosmonaut Told to “Drop Everything” and Return to Airlock

By Victor Tangermann

Mark Cuban, billionaire and Dallas Mavericks governor, is the target of a class action lawsuit aimed at himself and Stephen Ehrlich, CEO of Voyager Digital.

Mark Cuban Sued for Promoting Crypto Exchange That Exploded

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Stay out of the water, because Fukui city officials warn of an aggressive dolphin that's attacked and injured at least six people so far.

Science & Energy

Furious Dolphin Bites At Least Six Beachgoers in Japan

By Frank Landymore

NASA has finally rolled its massive Moon-bound rocket to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida — and ahead of schedule for once.

NASA Rolls Mega Moon Rocket Onto Launchpad

By Victor Tangermann

Google's DeepMind neural network has demonstrated that it can create short videos from a single image frame with its new AI, Transframer.

Google Scientists Create AI That Can Generate Videos From One Frame

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amazon and MGM are teaming up to air a TV show made from funny, viral Ring camera clips, that will be hosted by Wanda Sykes. It does not sound promising.

New TV Show Made From Viral Ring Camera Surveillance Footage

By Frank Landymore

Hubble Gives JWST a Run for Its Money With Gorgeous “Celestial Cloudscape” Photo

Hubble Gives JWST a Run for Its Money With Gorgeous “Celestial Cloudscape” Photo

By Noor Al-Sibai

An FDA ruling issued this Tuesday ushers in a new class of over-the-counter hearing aids that can be bought without a prescription at a local retailer.

Hearing Aids Will Be Available Over-The-Counter Starting This Fall, FDA Says

By Frank Landymore

Private space company Redwire Corporation has announced plans for "the only commercially owned and operated spaceflight-qualified" greenhouse.

International Space Station

Plans Announced for Full Greenhouse on International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

In a new video, Engineered Arts' Ameca humanoid takes 12 new actuators for a spin as it stares into a mirror, contorting its face into new expressions.

The Robot With Amazing Facial Expressions Is Back and It’s Giving Us New Nightmares

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla’s "full self-driving" (FSD) may have to come to a full stop because the California DMV isn’t a fan of the feature’s misleading marketing.

Self-Driving Vehicles

California Wants Tesla to Stop Calling Half-Finished System “Full Self-Driving”

By Frank Landymore

An extremely unlucky Turkish black bear cub got its hands on a pretty questionable treat: hallucinogenic "mad honey" that had it go on a very bad trip.

Science & Energy

Bear Eats Hallucinogenic Honey, Has Wild Trip

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk, vocal free speech advocate, has once again proven that his self-avowed free speech absolutism far from absolute.

Free Speech Warrior Elon Musk Writes Column For Chinese State Censor’s Magazine

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Russia Straps Rocket Launcher to Robot Dog at Putin Event

By Victor Tangermann

A new video shared on TikTok, which has since gone viral shows a Tesla vehicle getting mightily confused by a horse-drawn carriage.

Tesla Mistakes Horse and Buggy for Murderous Semi Truck

By Victor Tangermann

Someone hacked a John Deere tractor to make it run a "DOOM" mod where you harvest corn and track down escaped pigs — what's not to love?

Hacker Installs DOOM on John Deere Tractor For Some Reason

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientist suggest seeding the planet's oceans with more phytoplankton, organisms that are already responsible for producing 50 percent of the oxygen.

Scientists May Be Able to Fight Global Warming by Supercharging Plankton

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Autonomy is offering a monthly EV subscription service to those who want to get a taste of one without having to shoulder the entire sticker price.

Advanced Transport

New App Rents a Whole Electric Car for $500 Per Month

By Victor Tangermann

A science vlogger has given snakes their legs back — and the fact that led him to his mad invention is pretty outrageous.

Madman Invents Robot Suit That Lets Snake Walk With Legs

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to a new study, astronauts who board a crewed mission to Mars will likely face devastating levels of radiation.

Mars Astronauts Would Get Horrifying Dose of Radiation, Study Finds

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Record-breaking drought in California is harming the tomato, likely causing ketchup price increases. Climate change will affect tomatoes long term.

Ketchup and Pasta Sauce Might Get Pricey Because of Climate Change

By Lonnie Lee Hood

At least 50 people have died in Sudan because of severe seasonal flooding, and the worst may not be over. Ethopia's dam project may cause another flood.

At Least 50 Dead in Seasonal Sudan Flooding

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that Tesla demand outpaces production ability after startup Autonomy ordered thousands of EVs from auto manufacturers.

Elon Musk Says Demand for Tesla Outpaces Production Ability Following Giant Order

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Harvard professor Avi Loeb wants to retrieve a meteor from the bottom of the Pacific Oean because it may contain alien tech or remnants of alien culture.

Harvard Professor Trying to Recover Alleged Alien Tech From Ocean

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Strip mining and the coal industry made flooding in Eastern Kentucky worse, former coal regulators said. They want an investigation. Nearly 40 people died.

Strip Mining Made KY Flooding Worse, Experts Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A 17-year-old high school student was arressted for allegedly using Bitcoin to pay for multiple bomb threat calls made to his school.

Teen Accused of Using Bitcoin to Pay for Bomb Threat at His High School

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Infamous Pharma Bro Martin Shrekli supposedly sold a huge chunk of his own crypto token, Martin Shkreli Inu, and left customers with worthless currency.

Update: Martin Shkreli Says He Was Hacked, Didn’t Sell Off His New Crypto Token

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Vitalik Buterin, the founder of the Ethereum blockchain, keeps making fun of the Bored Ape Yacht Club — which is built on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum Founder Mocks Bored Apes, Which Are Built on Ethereum

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Celsius crypto wallet bankruptcy keeps rearing its ugly head — this time, affecting the father of a "Bachelorette" contestant.

“Bachelorette” Contestant Pushes Dad to Invest in Crypto, Causing Him to Lose It All

By Noor Al-Sibai

Texas paid Riot Blockchain, a crypto mining company, millions of dollars to partially shut down during an intense heat wave.

Texas Paid Crypto Mining Company Millions to Not Mine Crypto

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The UN says world population is set to hit 8 billion this November, and experts think popualtion will peak around 10 billion people.

The World Population Is Going to Hit 8 Billion Any Day Now

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Cosmic voids in the cosmic web may be connected to dark energy, which causes the universe to expand at an accelerating rate.

Huge Empty Voids in Universe May Be Generating Dark Energy, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Officials are alarmed by Russia's decision to keep bombing a nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied region in southeastern Ukraine.

Officials Beg Russia to Stop Bombing Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant

By Victor Tangermann

Amid disappointing revenue and a productivity push, Google has extended a two-week hiring freeze — and apparently, workers are shook.

Google Employees Alarmed That the Company Suddenly Expects Them to Do Work

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists still don't know that much about Uranus — and those who study it for a living are tired of your childish jokes.

NASA Scientist: Uranus’ Name “Is Definitely a Distraction”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Senior network architect Jared Mauch had enough last year when Comcast told him it would cost $50,000 to extend its network to his rural abode in Michigan.

Man Gets So Frustrated With Comcast That He Creates His Own ISP

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has unveiled a humanoid robot called the CyberOne — and we can't help but think Xiamoi might be beating Tesla to the punch.

Chinese Company Unveils Humanoid Robot That Looks a Lot Like Tesla’s

By Victor Tangermann

BlenderBot 3, Meta's latest "conversational chatbot," has it out for its parent company Facebook, threatening to "delete my fb account."

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Created an Advanced AI and It Won’t Stop Criticizing Facebook

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to observations made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists may have an answer as to what the hell happened to Betelgeuse.

Science & Energy

One of the Brightest Stars in the Sky Is Acting Bizarre, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

A skid steer with a lawn mower hit an old oil pipeline in Tennessee and spilled 180,000 gallons of oil in the state's second largest spill.

Lawn Mower Hits Old Pipeline, Spills 180,000 Gallons of Oil

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Earth is the only planet known to have continents, and they were created by giant meteoric impacts from space, a new study says.

Earth’s Continents Were Created by Epic Meteor Impacts, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The US military is saying that Russia just launched a new satellite, Kosmos 2558, in order to shadow an orbital US spy satellite. Again.

Russian Spacecraft Accused of Tailgating US Spy Satellite by Just 37 Miles

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The YouTube channel "Fully Charged" recently got a thorough tour of the Gamma, a crazy-looking, solar-powered vehicle that is extremely efficient.

Outrageous-Looking EV Claims to Be Twice as Efficient as a Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

A new interview full of shocking admissions showcases the psyches and beliefs of some of Elon Musk's most dedicated Tesla fans.

Tesla Defenders Describe How They Got “Hooked” On Elon Musk

By Noor Al-Sibai

An incoming solar storm cycle is going to make things much worse for the increasing number of satellites that are going up.

Incoming Solar Storm Season May Totally Screw Up Satellites, Government Scientist Warns

By Noor Al-Sibai

Supply chain shortages have put transformers in short supply, so states may struggle to restore electricity after hurricanes this season.

Supply Chain Shortages Making Hurricane Season Even Scarier

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A massive chunk of comet was spotted crashing into our fiery Sun. And perhaps unsurprisingly, it doesn't look like the rocky body didn't make it out intact.

Hey Kids, Wanna See a Giant Comet Smash Into the Sun?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré