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NASA is investigating an unprecedented "Rosetta Stone" explosion on the Sun to determine what causes different types of solar eruptions.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Investigating a Bizarre Explosion on the Sun

The agency is comparing it to the Rosetta Stone.

According to IRS data obtained by ProPublica, some of the wealthiest people in the world paid extremely little in federal income taxes over the years.
Elon Musk

IRS Leak Shows Elon Musk Paid $0 in Federal Income Tax in 2018

This doesn't seem fair.

Scientists created a census of the algae causing the Alps' pink snow to better predict what it means for the changing environment.
DNA

Scientists Sequence DNA Found in Pink Snow That Covered Mountains

"This ecosystem is super fragile."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid of Anonymous — or, at least, of folks on the internet who claim to be associated with the hacktivist organization.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Mocks “Anonymous” For Threatening Him

Concerned hacktivists or Tesla short sellers?

A team of scientists tested extremely fast-charging batteries that could make eVTOLs finally become economically viable modes of transport.
Advanced Transport

New Battery Tech Could Finally Make Flying Taxis Economically Feasible

Faster recharging might be the trick that makes the electric vehicles worth using.

Following recent reports that Apple is working with manufacturers to realize its first passenger vehicle, top managers are leaving the division in droves.
Advanced Transport

It Sounds Like the Apple Car Is in Serious Trouble

Top managers are leaving the team left and right.

Anthony Weiner is strongly considering capitalizing on his own sex scandals by selling old tweets or search warrants as NFTs.
Science & Energy

Anthony Weiner May Sell Infamous Nude Tweet as an NFT

The disgraced politician might hop onto the crypto trend.

In a new clinical trial, psilocybin seemed to perform just as well as a treatment for major depressive disorder as a conventional SSRI.
Chemistry

New Study: Psychedelic Mushrooms Are as Effective as Antidepressants

"Pitting psilocybin in a head-to-head versus a conventional antidepressant felt like a brave and interesting test to do."

A drone just refuelled a US fighter jet in midair for the first time, the US Navy announced today.
Drones

The US Navy Just Used a Drone to Refuel a Fighter Jet in Midair

It's a world's first, according to the Navy.

Only one-third of respondents to a survey said they'd take a pill that made them live forever, but more would consider it if they were younger.
Studies

Only One Third of US Adults Would Take an Immortality Pill

Living forever might not be all it's cracked up to be.

Former president Donald Trump told Fox Business today that Bitcoin "seems like a scam" and that it only serves to undermine the US dollar.
Bitcoin

Donald Trump Says Bitcoin Is a “Scam”

"I think they should regulate them very, very high."

A new brain-computer interface system can determine whether you'll be attracted to specific faces, even before you look at them.
Brain

Brain-Reading Machine Detects Who You Have a Crush On

It even knows you'll be attracted to someone before you see them.

Author and conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf has been suspended indefinitely from Twitter after spreading anti-vaccine misinformation on the platform. 
Future Society

Twitter Bans Prominent Anti-Vaxxer and Conspiracy Theorist

Another one bites the dust.

The growing number of satellites in orbit could pose a serious environmental threat when they incinerate upon reentry into the atmosphere.
Space

Burning Satellites Could Accidentally Geoengineer the Earth

All that incinerated aluminum would be bad news.

On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new weight-loss drug for the first time since 2014.
Health & Medicine

FDA Approves “Game-Changer” Weight Loss Drug

It's already being used as a diabetes drug.

Just two weeks after officially stepping down as Amazon's CEO on July 5, Jeff Bezos is ready for a vacation to the edge of space.
Off-World

Jeff Bezos Says He’s Going to Space in About a Month

He's bringing his brother along for the ride.

Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous identity masking Bitcoin's creator or creators, has enough of the crypto to be the world's 19th richest person.
Bitcoin

This Country Plans to Be the First to Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender

"This is the shot heard 'round the world for bitcoin.”

A team of MIT scientists working on a universal flu vaccine, or a single inoculation that blocks all flu viruses, modeled a successful vaccination method.
Developments

Scientists: The Pandemic Might Have Caused Two Flu Strains to Go Extinct

But that doesn’t mean they’re gone for good.

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

He claims that “goods & services are the real economy.”

Controversial new research suggests that COVID-19 has a notable negative impact on male fertility, making it harder to have kids.
Studies

Scientists Say That Declining Sperm Count Research Is Nonsense

Here’s what they think is actually happening.