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New York City really messed up its first attempt at ranked-choice voting when the Board of Elections erroneously counted 135,000 extra votes.
Future Society

New York City Absolutely Botched Its Futuristic Voting System

The Board of Elections counted 135,000 test ballots in the ranked-choice Democratic primary.

The evacuated area around post-meltdown Fukushima in Japan is being overrun by "relatively" radioactive boar-pig hybrids.
Science & Energy

Fukushima Now Home to Radioactive Boar-Pig Hybrids

When pig farmers fled the area over ten years ago, their abandoned livestock started breeding with local wild boar.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed to have aa chat with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at a Bitcoin event on July 21, according to a recent Twitter exchange.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Is in Bitcoin Talks With the CEO of Twitter

"Let's have THE talk."

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests in a new op-ed that 'Oumuamua, UAP sightings, and alien scientists could all be connected.
Off-World

Harvard Professor Says Alien Spacecraft May Have Dropped Sensors

And the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua might be tuning in.

Scientists have discovered an entire lake in East Antarctica has completely disappeared into the ocean — and it could be the result of climate change.
Science & Energy

A Lake in Antarctica Has Suddenly Disappeared

Scientists have one solid theory as to what happened to it.

After news emerged that John McAfee died of a suspected suicide in his jail cell in Barcelona, Spain, his official Instagram account made a post.
Future Society

John McAfee’s Instagram Posted Something After He Died

One final mystery.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's new house is a $50,000 prefabricated house that's only about 400 square feet, located at SpaceX's Boca Chica site.
Off-World

Elon Musk’s New House Is a $50,000 Shack

One of the richest men in the world is choosing to rent out a 400 square foot box.

A comet that flew past Earth in late 2018 was releasing a shockingly high amount of alcohol in its wake, according to a new study.
Science & Energy

Comet Sails Past Earth, Leaving Trail of Alcohol in Its Wake

Party on, comet!

In a light-hearted exchange on Twitter, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered to give rocket competitor, the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a leg up.
Off-World

Elon Musk Offers to Bring a “Few Spare Engines” to Rocket Competitor

"I mean, just in case."

As the record-shattering heatwave continues, officials report dozens of sudden, heat-related deaths in Canada and the northwestern United States/
Climate Change

Horrific Heatwave Kills Dozens

"I've never seen anything like this. I hope it never becomes like this ever again."

Satellite delivery company Virgin Orbit just flew a Boeing 747 to a lofty height before launching a space rocket strapped to the bottom of one of its wings.
Off-World

Virgin Orbit Just Launched a Rocket Strapped to the Wing of a 747

It's the first time the company launched a private payload into low-Earth orbit from its airliner.

Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface startup, has been without a president for almost an entire quarter -- and it's unclear what's going on.
Elon Musk

Did Elon Musk Quietly Fire the President of Neuralink?

There's drama inside Elon Musk's brain interface startup.

A new startup called Worldcoin plans to offer a crypto of the same name to everyone on Earth in exchange for scanning their eyeballs.
Cryptocurrency

This Startup Is Paying People to Scan Their Eyeballs

Use Sam Altman's bizarre orb to scan your iris and you can walk away with some crypto.

After complaining that regulators are keeping his space company's ambitions back for years, Elon Musk had yet another setback to contend with.
SpaceX

SpaceX Scrubs Launch After Aircraft Enters “Keep Out Zone”

Elon Musk is extremely angry at the FAA.

SpaceX head Elon Musk revealed today that he likes to go on social media to check in on the progress his company is making on Starship.
Starship

Elon Musk Says He Goes on Twitter to Check on Starship’s Progress

"Often when I want to know what the latest thing is, I just go on the internet."

A team of scientsits used a nearby galaxy cluster as a magnifying lens that allowed them to study a much more distant galaxy in ten times the detail.
Science & Energy

Scientists Turn Galaxy Cluster Into Giant Magnifying Lens To Study Even Farther Galaxies

Down in front!

The tragic collapse of a Miami condo building that killed at least a dozen people seems to have been caused, at least in part, by worsening climate change.
Climate Change

Deadly Condo Collapse Linked to Climate Change

The rising sea level could have played a major role.

It has been four days since we've last heard from NASA about Hubble's condition after a glitch forced it to halt scientific operations on June 13.
Off-World

The Hubble Space Telescope Is in Really Serious Trouble

NASA scientists are running out of options.

Bitcoin billionaire and crypto exchange founder Mircea Popescu has reportedly been found dead off the coast of Costa Rica, MarketWatch reports.
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Billionaire Reportedly Found Dead

Despite his extreme views, he had a tremendous amount of influence on the Bitcoin movement.

Stock market company Public.com decided to give Tesla CEO Elon Musk a gift for his 50th birthday on Monday: a terrifying, life-sized bronze statue.
Elon Musk

Bronze Statue of Elon Musk Looks Nothing Like Elon Musk

Kill it with fire.