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Residents in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, were shocked to see a man wearing a jetsuit blast over the city's river and even dive through a bridge.

Robots and Machines

Residents Astonished When Man in Jetsuit Cruises Through Arch in Bridge

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers may have discovered the youngest planet in our galaxy — a planet so young that it's still shrouded in its dusty, gaseous building blocks.

Astronomers Think They Found the Youngest Planet in the Galaxy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers harnessing the power of the ASKAP radio telescope and a new Setonix supercomputer were able to capture an image of a supernova remnant.

Supercomputer Spits Out Amazing Image of Exploded Star

By Frank Landymore

A Russian anti-satellite test that took place in November is causing problems now amid a new Starlink satellite constellation's launch.

Russian Space Junk “Squalls” Are Really Gumming Up the Works for SpaceX

By Noor Al-Sibai

An NFT collection called "CryptoDickbutts" has jumped 690 percent in value this week because, apparently, nothing matters anymore.

NSFW-Named NFTs on the Rise, Because Nothing Makes Sense Anymore

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of researchers may have developed a VR headset that actually resembles normal eyeglasses — and not, you know, heavy, oversized scuba goggles.

Virtual Reality

Researchers Develop a VR Headset That’s Barely Thicker Than a Pair of Glasses

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be preparing for the worst, as he might be forced by the court to buyout Twitter after he tried to backout of the deal.

Elon Musk Sells Almost $7 Billion In Tesla Shares For Twitter Deal

By Frank Landymore

Apparently, this will be the year that Tesla finally starts shipping out its Semi trucks — but we're not holding our breath.

Elon Musk Claims Tesla Will Roll Out Electric Semi Truck This Year

By Noor Al-Sibai

Jeff Bezos and Amazon just purchased Roomba creator iRobot for $1.7 billion. Why? Amazon probably wants to map your home.

Report: Amazon Bought Roomba to Better Creep on Your Home

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

How do we prove Tesla cars are safe? By throwing real children in front of them, of course! The latest in deranged Tesla fan behavior.

Tesla Fanboys Want to Throw Kids in Front of Cars on Autopilot to Prove a Point

By Frank Landymore

Within the span of a weekend, Facebook's new chatbot learned to be a racist conspiracist— and the company has already had to respond to headlines about it.

Facebook Forced to Defend Its Brand New, Already-Racist Chatbot

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you thought $40,000 for a new truck was expensive, try $47,000. Ford's electric model F-150 isn't going to be as "cheap" as originally promised.

Advanced Transport

Even Ford’s Electric F-150 Just Got a Massive Price Hike

By Frank Landymore

Google experienced a major outage the same day an explosion occured at one of its major data centers, but didn't comment on whether the events were related.

Mysterious Explosion At Google Injures Workers Hours Before Major Outage

By Frank Landymore

On Saturday, park rangers came across yet another set of human remains in Lake Mead. This is the fourth discovery of the like since May.

Rangers Keep Discovering Human Remains in Drying Up Lake

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Iran has purchased $10 million worth of imported goods using cryptocurrency — a move that could evade American trade sanctions.

Iran Just Made a $10 Million Import Order Using Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

A surgical robot called MIRA could be remotely operated or autonomously perform surgery aboard the ISS, and is set to make its space debut in 2024.

Surgical Robot Could Perform Surgeries By Itself on Space Station

By Frank Landymore

A consumer watchdog group has issued a stern warning to more than a dozen celebrities for promoting NFT collections without proper financial disclosures.

Celebrities Smacked Down Over Shilling NFTs Without Legal Disclosures

By Noor Al-Sibai

China is about to get the San Francisco treatment now that a robotaxi company is able to operate its robotaxis without a driver in two of its major cities.

Advanced Transport

Driverless Robotaxis To Officially Hit Chinese Streets

By Noor Al-Sibai

Almost immediately after the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex made Artemis 1 Moon misson launch tickets available to the public, the website crashed.

Website Selling Moon Mission Launch Tickets Crashed Almost Immediately

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Space Force is to deploy Ghost Robotics' Q-UGVs in order to automate "damage assessments and patrol" at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Space Force Sending in Robot Dogs to Patrol a Space Port

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Gigantic “Jet” Lightning Bolt That Reached Edge of Space Puzzles Scientists

Gigantic “Jet” Lightning Bolt That Reached Edge of Space Puzzles Scientists

By Victor Tangermann

Mark D'Amico, one of several New Jersey grifters who conned thousands of good samaritans out of over $400k, has been sentenced to five years in jail.

Dirtbag Behind Homeless Man GoFundMe Scam Sentenced to Prison

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Mixed feelings about Mark Zuckerburg? Meta's advanced AI chatbot, BlenderBot 3, doesn't seem to know how it feels about Meta's founder and CEO, either.

Meta’s AI Chatbot Calls Mark Zuckerberg “Creepy and Manipulative”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers have found a simple trick to unmask somebody, who is using live deepfake software on a video call: ask them to turn their head to the side.

Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Reveal Astonishingly Simple Trick to Unmask a Deepfaker

By Victor Tangermann

US Senate Democrats passed a bill to address climate change and energy needs through new corporate taxes on Sunday. Is it enough?

Senate Democrats Pass Sweeping Climate and Energy Bill

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover celebrated a decade on the Red Planet on Friday with an art poster. New missions and helicopters are in the Red Planet's future.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Celebrates 10th Anniversary

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Crypto exchange Coinbase got slapped with two class-action lawsuits less than two weeks after it was reportedly under SEC investigation.

Coinbase Slapped With Two Separate Class-Action Suits

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Death Valley flood trapped 1,000 people after record rainfall caused flash flooding. The National Park Service said climate change will continue.

Death Valley Flooding Traps Nearly 1,000 People

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Amazing News! The Great Barrier Reef Just Made a Massive Comeback

Amazing News! The Great Barrier Reef Just Made a Massive Comeback

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

China Launches Mysterious “Reusable Test” Spacecraft

China Launches Mysterious “Reusable Test” Spacecraft

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The $40,000 Cybertruck is Officially Dead

Advanced Transport

The $40,000 Cybertruck is Officially Dead

By Noor Al-Sibai

A cryptocurrency company is offering a bounty of up to $19 million to its "white hat hacker friends" after hackers made off with hundreds of millions.

Crypto Company Offers Massive Bounty to “White Hat Hackers” After Giant Heist

By Noor Al-Sibai

Somehow, Elon Musk's 2018 blunt rip on Joe Rogan's show is still making news — but mostly because the toker in question can't stop talking about it.

Elon Musk Had to Prove He’s “Not a Drug Addict” After Smoking Weed With Joe Rogan

By Noor Al-Sibai

The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage rocket responsible for carrying Crew-5 astronauts to the International Space Station hit a bridge during transport.

SpaceX Astronaut Launch Delayed Because Its Rocket Smashed Into a Bridge

By Lonnie Lee Hood

At Tesla's Cyber Roundup, concerned shareholders were consistently jeered offstage by other attendees, and Elon Musk failed to address any ethics concerns.

Concerned Shareholders Heckled While Addressing Tesla Ethics

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Almost every sea turtle being born in Florida is a girl because of increasing sand temperatures due to climate change. Turtle populations are in danger.

Almost Every Turtle Being Born Female Due to Global Warming

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The magnificent, planetary orb was just a piece of Spanish chorizo, and the physicist has since had to make a public apology for causing any confusion.

Physicist Apologizes for Fooling Public Into Thinking a Picture of Chorizo Was a Star

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Geoscientists may have figured out why dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the Milky Way's asteroid belt, shows signs of ocean and seismic activity.

Unexpected “Geological Activity” on Dwarf Planet Ceres Shocks Scientists

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An ice sheet the size of the United States is under threat of melting as warmer waters are driven towards it, new research finds.

World’s Biggest Ice Sheet in Antarctica in Serious Trouble Due to Global Warming

By Frank Landymore

Artemis I is set to launch August 29 for an uncrewed mission to the Moon. NASA hopes Artemis will return humans to the lunar surface.

NASA Confirms Launch Date for Its Massive Moon Rocket

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Hackers are using never-before-seen methods to bypass email security measures to read and download messages and attachments.

North Korean Hackers Are Reportedly Going After Gmail Accounts

By Noor Al-Sibai

Fighter pilot training will include augmented reality headsets for combat training to allow jet pilots to compete with enemies from China and Russia.

Prosthetics and Devices

Air Force Pilots to Fight AI-Based Enemies Using AR Helmets

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who lives in Austin, took to Twitter to quell rumors that he intends to build his own private airport in Central Texas.

Elon Musk Responds to Rumors That He’s Building His Own Texas Airport

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted near a major Icelandic airport on Wednesday afternoon, roughly 20 miles from the nation's capital Reykjavik.

Science & Energy

Jaw-Dropping Video Shows Massive Volcano Erupting Near Airport

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Australians are at it again — and this time, they've released a second generation "CopterPack" that is exactly as scary and awesome as it sounds.

Robots and Machines

Watch a Guy Take Off With an Electric Backpack Helicopter

By Noor Al-Sibai

Pieces of a recently-launched Chinese Long March 5B rocket were reportedly discovered by Filipino fishermen in the island nation's Mindoro Strait.

Giant Pieces of Chinese Space Junk Reportedly Found by Fishermen

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A group of animal lovers is looking to use machine learning to translate animal "language" into something humans can understand.

Artificial Intelligence

Ambitious Researchers Want to Use AI to Talk to All Animals

By Noor Al-Sibai

The FAA has deemed the Samson Sky Switchblade — a street-legal, three-wheeled VTOL described as a "flying sports car" — airworthy enough for trial flights.

Advanced Transport

FAA Greenlights Adorable Flying Car for Test Flights

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Hackers were able to exploit a basic flaw in crypto bridge Nomad to rob the platform of roughly $190 million in user investments.

Hackers Loot Blockchain Bridge for Millions In “Frenzied Free For All”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Pearson education company is looking to recoup some of the money it loses when people resell its expensive books...by turning those textbooks into NFTs.

Great, They’re Turning Expensive College Textbooks into NFTs Now

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists observed a neutron star smashing into another star, and for the first time, captured the resulting gamma ray burst (GRB) in millimeter light.

Astronomers Just Watched a Neutron Star Hulk Smash Another Star

By Frank Landymore

After laying off 9 percent of its staff back in April, Robinhood leaders announced yesterday that they'll be cutting an extra 23 percent of the workforce.

Robinhood Laying Off Almost a Quarter of Its Workforce

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The James Webb Space Telescope has gotten a photo of the most distant star in the known Universe — and even as a tiny dot, it's a sight to behold.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Catches a Glimpse of the Most Distant Star in the Universe

By Noor Al-Sibai

Last month, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted an unknown, noodle-like object on Mars. Now the space agency has identified what actually is.

NASA Finally Figured Out What That Weird Spaghetti It Found on Mars Was

By Frank Landymore

Airbnb issued an apology on Monday after it received backlash for allowing an “1830s slave cabin” to be listed on its platform.

Airbnb Apologizes After Allowing Listing for “1830s Slave Cabin”

By Frank Landymore

Earth About to Be Blasted By a Storm Ejected From the Sun’s “Southern Hole”

Science & Energy

Earth About to Be Blasted By a Storm Ejected From the Sun’s “Southern Hole”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A quiet rule change will now require civilians to be accompanied by a former NASA astronaut when taking private trips to the International Space Station.

NASA Now Requiring Real Astronaut to Babysit Space Tourists on Way to ISS

By Noor Al-Sibai

An Australian company offers a promising new wave energy prototype that has already supplied power to the electrical grid of a small island.

Floating “Blowhole” Platform Can Generate Energy From Just Waves

By Frank Landymore

New photos of a far-flung galaxy cluster have left a group of scientists stumped as they ponder whether they've discovered a new form of physics.

Astronomers Shocked By Mysterious Radio Waves That Seem to Defy Physics

By Noor Al-Sibai

A crypto enthusiast wants to dig through a landfill to recover a tossed hard drive, which he says contains roughly $180 million worth of Bitcoin.

Man Who Lost $180 Million Bitcoin Hard Drive 9 Years Ago Still Trying to Dig Through Trash

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Think and you’ll miss it: researchers at MIT claim to have successfully created analog synapses a million times faster than those in our human brains.

Artificial Intelligence

MIT Claims New Artificial Neuron 1 Million Times Faster Than the Real Thing

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope just dropped an amazing new image of the black hole-centered "Cartwheel Galaxy" in greater detail than ever seen before.

James Webb Space Telescope

Incredible New James Webb Image Shows “Cartwheel Galaxy” In Glorious Detail

By Noor Al-Sibai

An AI image generator called Stability.ai created an incredible series of Renaissance-style paintings of famous rappers — and they go hard.

Artificial Intelligence

These AI-Generated, Renaissance-Style Portraits of Rappers Are Incredible

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A small nuclear reactor has been approved for certification by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Friday, the first in the country.

First Small Nuclear Reactor Greenlit By US Regulators

By Frank Landymore