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Advanced Transport

World’s “Fastest Airliner” Could Cross Atlantic In Just 3.5 Hours

By Victor Tangermann

META, an art installation company, is now suing Meta, the corporation formerly known as Facebook, claiming that its identity has been stolen.

Another Company Called Meta Is Suing Facebook’s Parent Company for Changing Its Name to Meta

By Frank Landymore

Upon arriving at harbors in Norway, this Freya the Walrus has chosen chaos: in her endless pursuit of sunny naps, she's has been sinking tiny Nordic boats.

Science & Energy

Chaotic Walrus Keeps Climbing on Small Boats and Sinking Them

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As seen in two new videos, real-life Green Goblin and drone rider Hunter Kowald took a plunge while playing a round of flying drone basketball.

See a Guy Riding Huge Drone Wipe Out After Trying to Shoot a Hoop

By Victor Tangermann

According to the latest analysis, we could soon be looking at images of the oldest galaxy ever identified, thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb May Have Just Found the Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and Roscosmos space relations have been souring. Looking to turn a new leaf, both have agreed to let their astronauts fly on the other's spacecraft.

In Huge Reversal, Russia Letting SpaceX Fly Cosmonauts to Space Station

By Frank Landymore

Another of Neuralink's cofounders has left the neurotechnology company amid an apparent slow exodus of the Elon Musk venture's executives.

Neuralink Cofounder Leaves as Brain Company Descends Into Chaos

By Noor Al-Sibai

The sun was captured letting off a ball of gas — which, in other words, makes a solar flare seem a lot like a solar fart.

The Sun Just Let Off a Really Nasty Fart

By Noor Al-Sibai

Climate-change-driven heat waves spell disaster for the UK as the country buckles under its hottest night and day ever, back to back.

UK Has Hottest Night in Recorded History, Then Hottest Day in Recorded History

By Frank Landymore

The Boulder City Fire Department is responding to an emergency call at the Hoover Dam, a hydroelectric dam and major tourist attraction.

Science & Energy

Something Just Exploded at the Hoover Dam

By Victor Tangermann

The UK — which has announced a "red warning" for extreme heat — weapped London's 135-year-old Hammersmith Bridge silver foil to keep it from cracking.

London Wraps Historic Bridge in Foil to Save It from Horrific Heatwave

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Sales for EVs are at a record high. But, as one family in St. Petersburg, FL, found out, so are the costs of replacing their batteries.

Advanced Transport

Family Annoyed When Replacement Batteries Cost More Than Electric Car

By Frank Landymore

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is producing more images than ever before — and its latest snapshot of the spiral galaxy Messier M74 is truly spectacular.

James Webb Space Telescope

You’ll Never Guess What This Bizarre New James Webb Image Is Actually Showing

By Victor Tangermann

Over the weekend, one of the famed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles apparently rolled right over large swaths of the US as part of a summer storm system.

Blessed Weather Pattern Looks Exactly Like a Ninja Turtle

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Europe is being gripped by a devastating heat wave, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes — and killing over a thousand more.

Over a Thousand Die in European “Heat Apocalypse”

By Victor Tangermann

Living Carbon has gone back to carbon capture's literal roots, but with a twist: they've created genetically-modified, fast-growing trees.

Startup Says It’s Gene Hacked Trees to Suck Up More Climate-Destroying CO2

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has released images of the mirrors of its James Webb Space Telescope after it was hit by micrometeoroids — fortunately, the damage was minimal.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Releases Image of James Webb Damage From Micrometeoroid Impact

By Victor Tangermann

Welcome to hell. A (checks notes) zombie fungus is infecting female flies and (checks notes) seducing male flies into mating with their undead corpses.

Science & Energy

Horrid Fungus Lures Flies Into Having Sex With Zombified Corpses

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A shocking new video shows a massive tidal wave sweep over the top of a two-story condo in Keauhou, Hawaii, amid a "historic" ocean surf.

Shocking Video Shows Massive Tidal Wave Crash Over a 2-Story Condo

By Victor Tangermann

Things are getting steamy in England — quite literally, in the case of one Royal Air Force base where it got so hot, the runway actually melted.

UK Shuts Down Air Force Base When It Got So Hot the Runway Melted

By Noor Al-Sibai

A ship passed through a "milky sea" deep-water bioluminescence event in 2019. A new study about bioluminescence details the glowing ocean and biology.

Sailors Say the Ocean Around Their Ship Started to Glow

By Lonnie Lee Hood

There's one line on NASA's James Webb space telescope's spec sheet that has caught us off guard: it has a tiny 68 gigabyte solid-state drive (SSD).

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb’s Hard Drive Is Hilariously Tiny

By Victor Tangermann

Amid heatwaves, drought, and floods, UN Secretary General António Guterres told state ministers that "no nation is immune" from the climate change crisis.

Head of UN Says Humanity Is Facing “Collective Suicide”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The James Webb Space Telescope has charmed starwatchers the world round, but there was a time NASA was worried it wouldn't make it.

James Webb Space Telescope

Glitch Made NASA Scientists Think the James Webb Might Be Dead

By Noor Al-Sibai

Experts are worried that Texas' state's power plants won't be able to keep up with energy demands as temperatures soar and plants run full steam.

Experts Concerned Texas Power Plants Will Start to Die Amid Heat Wave

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Billionaire Bill Gates is sad about the world's current state of affairs — so he says he's donating virtually all of his personal wealth in order to fix it.

Bill Gates Says Sorry the World Isn’t Going So Great

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A secret, ghostly self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been hiding underneath layers of cardboard and glue for more than a century.

Secret Van Gogh Portrait With Left Ear Discovered with X-ray

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Even if the crypto market isn't exactly growing in terms of profit, the enthusiasts who mine it are certainly increasing their energy consumption.

United States Crypto Miners Are Now Using as Much Power as Houston

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Linkin Park Singer Creates Technology to Turn You Into a Human NFT in Online Meetings

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Coal-powered plants are being repurposed in the US to store and produce solar and battery power for more renewable power sources.

Companies Are Turning Coal Plants Into Solar Farms

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A NASA update has revealed that after a series of delays, the Psyche asteroid mission is under review and may ultimately be scrapped.

NASA May Cancel Mission to Zillion Dollar Asteroid

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A solar panel can leak heavy metals and cause pollution, but consumer solar demand may mean they get tossed aside less often.

California Complains Its Junkyards Are Filling With Toxic Solar Panels

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Crypto winter has apparently reached the high seas. OpenSea, the world's most popular NFT marketplace, has announced widespread layoffs, joining several other industry leaders who have had to make major workforce cuts amid the cryptosphere's catastrophic slump.

Top NFT Marketplace OpenSea Fires 20 Percent of Its Employees

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter and its moon Europa, taken by its groundbreaking new James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Picture of Jupiter So Crisp You Can See Its Moon Europa

By Victor Tangermann

Workers in Japan are apparently so overwhelmed that two companies are partnering up to create new upright "nap boxes."

Japanese Workplaces Installing Vertical “Nap Boxes” for Employees

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover discovered something strange as it traversed Mars on Tuesday — a string-like material that looked like noodles.

NASA Intrigued by Noodle-Like Object Found on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

While a Texas weatherman was warning that the ongoing heat wave might cause widespread blackouts, the news studio's power suddenly went out.

Studio Power Goes Out While Weatherman Warns About Rolling Blackouts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Some things last forever. Some things, like President Biden's no-handshake policy for his ongoing Israel visit, last, like, five minutes.

Biden Stops Shaking Hands to Fight COVID Spread, Forgets Minutes Later

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Embattled crypto lender Celsius finally filed for bankruptcy yesterday, and there's still no telling when, or if, customers will ever get their money back.

Crypto Lender That Kept Bragging About How Great It Was Files for Bankruptcy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Crypto miners finally made at least one eco-conscious decision this week when they shut down temporarily to avoid overloading Texas' electric grid.

Texas Gets So Hot That Crypto Miners Call It Quits

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In an essay for Insider, a former Tesla IT worker recalled what it was like to be laid off — and it wasn't pretty, with people crying everywhere.

Tesla Employee Alarmed When They Arrive at Work and Everybody’s Crying

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin bros are so not OK that some of them have begun believing that the cryptocurrency was sent down by the Christian God himself.

Religious Zealots Think Bitcoin Was Created by God

By Noor Al-Sibai

$The first photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is already awe-inspiring enough — but as it turns out, that's only a fraction of the whole picture.$

James Webb Space Telescope

The First Webb Photo Will Blow Your Wig Off If You Zoom Out

By Noor Al-Sibai

Self-Driving Vehicles

Head of Tesla’s Self-Driving Abruptly Leaves Company as Efforts Sputter

By Victor Tangermann

NYC residents were treated to a public service announcement (PSA) about how to survive nuclear fallout earlier this week.

NYC Issues PSA on How to Survive Nuclear Attack

By Noor Al-Sibai

American dystopia reaches new highs, and startups reach new lows. Case in point: these in-class bulletproof sheds, where students can hide from shooters.

Company Suggests Hiding Students in Fortified Boxes So School Shooters Can’t Get Them

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

BMW wants you to spend $18 a month to keep your heated seat subscription, yet another ludicrous consumer-hostile choice in the high-end auto space.

Advanced Transport

BMW Now Selling Drivers Access to Their Cars’ Heating Systems for $18 Per Month

By Victor Tangermann

Deepfakes are a growing threat, and detecting them is only getting harder. A new study says our subconscious is surprisingly effective at detecting them.

Scientists Jack Into Subjects’ Brains, Find That They Can Identify Deepfakes Subconsciously

By Frank Landymore

While SpaceX is still assessing the damage to its Super Heavy booster prototype , SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is confident Starship could go orbital "next month."

Elon Musk: Starship Orbital Launch Could Happen “Next Month” Despite Unexpected Explosion

By Victor Tangermann

Donald Trump is angry with billionaire Elon Musk, and yesterday he decided to take to Truth Social to unleash vitriol against the frenemy founder.

Donald Trump Just Bludgeoned Elon Musk With a Vicious Attack

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The James Webb Space Telescope secretly released an infrared photo of Jupiter during its historic drop of images yesterday.

James Webb Space Telescope

The Webb Telescope Just Quietly Released a Picture of Jupiter

By Noor Al-Sibai

Once known for a place to share music for free, LimeWire has been turned into an NFT marketplace. And people aren't exactly surprised.

LimeWire, Once a Renowned Source of Porn and Malware, Now an NFT Marketplace

By Victor Tangermann

Introducing: The "Bear Market Screaming Therapy Group," a Telegram group where downtrodden everyday crypto investors go to scream crypto winter woes away.

Crypto Investors Are Creating Voice Chats Where They Just Scream and Sob

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As a simple tool goes to show, the James Webb Space Telescope's first images are a huge upgrade over its predecessor, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Awesome Tool Shows How Much Better the JWST’s Images Are Compared to the Hubble

By Victor Tangermann

Digital grifters are holding a number of restaurants hostage with terrible Google ratings, asking for digital gift cards in exchange for deleting the posts.

Scammers Leaving 1-Star Reviews, Charging to Get Them Taken Down

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Zhu Su and Kyle Davies, founders of bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), are literally missing — and they might be on the lam.

Crypto Hedge Fund Founders Abandon HQ and Disappear After Implosion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Protestors gathered at a major bank in China on Sunday, looking to reclaim government-frozen personal funds — only to face brutality by security forces.

China Attacks Protestors Trying to Get Money Out of Frozen Bank Accounts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX’s Booster 7 rocket prototype ignited in a massive fireball on Monday, stunning onlookers. A new photograph provides a closer look at the damage.

Advanced Transport

Close Up Photo Shows SpaceX Starship Booster After Mysterious Blast

By Frank Landymore

Lake Taupo is the largest in New Zealand. Studying 42 years worth of data, scientists now believe the supervolcano beneath its surface is once again active.

Science & Energy

Active Supervolcano Is Causing Ground Above It To Shift, Study Finds

By Frank Landymore

Protestors gathered at a major bank in China on Sunday, looking to reclaim government-frozen personal funds — only to face brutality by security forces.

Science & Energy

Earth’s Population Is About to Hit 8 Billion

By Victor Tangermann

In the never ending challenge to get the video game DOOM to run on wildly differing platforms, this programmer managed to run it in DOOM itself.

Rejoice, Gamers! You Can Now Run DOOM Inside DOOM

By Frank Landymore

NASA Completely Botched the James Webb Livestream

NASA Completely Botched the James Webb Livestream

By Victor Tangermann

Not everything went according to plan during SpaceX's Booster 7 tests on Monday.

Elon Musk Says Explosion Was on Purpose, Then Deletes Tweet and Admits It Wasn’t

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire Elon Musk, self-memed legal genius, wants you to know that he totally has that Twitter deal under control — and also, that Twitter is stupid!

Elon Musk Posts Meme About How Actually, He Is Very Smart

By Maggie Harrison Dupré