Okay, These Jokes About Elon Musk and Grimes Breaking Up Are Pretty Funny

When news of Elon Musk and Claire “Grimes” Boucher’s split broke, the Internet responded with an outpouring of sadness at the deterioration of a once beautiful, promising relationship, causing many to ruminate on the nature of love and its ultimate brevity in the grand scheme of human existence. Just kidding. People responded with jokes and memes,...

10h

Scientists Say They’re Almost Ready With a Pill to Treat COVID

Researchers are developing a pill they say might allow people to treat their COVID-19 while limiting its transmission to others — and it might be ready by the end of the year.  Three antiviral treatments for the disease are currently undergoing clinical trials, according to NBC. The treatment itself would likely be a regimen of daily pills taken orally...

12h

Thousands of Scientific Studies Disrupted by TikTok Teen

Overwhelmed with TikTok Users Viral TikTok trends have been known to send users to the hospital, spread harmful misinformation, and memeify the unmemeable. Now it’s even disrupted thousands of scientific studies after one teenage TikTok user recommended her followers use a survey website to make extra money. Sarah Frank, a recent high school grad...

13h

Britney Spears’ Dad Allegedly Bugged Her Phone and Recorded Her Bedroom

Constant Surveillance  The more information that comes to light about Britney Spears’ abuse, the more damning it is for her father and everyone responsible for her conservatorship. The latest news about the highly intrusive surveillance network that monitored her is no exception.  The pop star’s father James Spears allegedly hired a security firm...

13h

Man Punches Nurse for Giving His Wife the COVID Vaccine “Without His Consent”

Canadian police are searching for a man they say punched a female nurse in the face after she gave his wife the COVID-19 vaccine without his permission. The incident occurred on Monday morning after the man arrived at a pharmacy in Sherbrooke, Quebec, said police spokesperson Martin Carrier to CNN. There he confronted a nurse for vaccinating his wife...

14h

Save Over 30% On This Wearable That Helps Boost Your Focus

Neuroscience has made some truly amazing advancements, allowing the paralyzed to communicate and opening up a new internal frontier of medicine. Yet we rarely implement these lessons in our daily lives. FOCI uses the latest neuroscience to change that, guiding you to when you’re most productive, and when you need to relax. You can grab this focus-boosting...

16h

German Researchers Converted a Tesla Model Y Into a Hydrogen Car

Hesla Motors On Wednesday, German Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek revealed an automotive Frankenstein creation: A Tesla Model Y that had been converted into a hydrogen vehicle that she called a “hyper hybrid.” The goal was to demonstrate the future of clean transportation. But as Teslarati notes, the decision to modify a Tesla — perhaps the...

1d

New Tech Cooks and 3D Prints Chicken Simultaneously

Prototype Replicator A team of Columbia University scientists built a sort of robot “chef” that 3D prints chicken breast cutlets — and cooks them with powerful lasers at the same time. The lasers allowed for incredible cooking and heating precision, according to research published in the journal npj Science of Food earlier this month. The researchers...

1d

In Newly Released Text, Elizabeth Holmes Called Herself “Best Business Person of the Year”

New private text messages have surfaced between Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her then-boyfriend Sunny Balwani. The nearly 600 pages of private text and Skype messages, sent between June 2011 and July 2016, were obtained by CNBC earlier this week. The texts demonstrate how Holmes professed full confidence in her blood-testing company — despite...

1d

Gen Z Kids Apparently Don’t Understand How File Systems Work

Giant Bucket Over the past few years, many professors have noticed an alarming trend among their students. Overall, members of Gen Z, even those studying technical scientific fields, seem to have a total misunderstanding of computer storage, The Verge reports, and many fail to conceptualize the concept of directories and folders filled with digital...

1d