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Science From the lab to your body: https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/29/lab-grown-heart-muscles-transplant-human-first/ Bandages to help you get better: https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/29/color-changing-bandages-antibiotic-resistance/ Technology Blackberry dies a slow death...again: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/02/blackberry-android-phones-will-cease-sales-in-august-2020/ How to create a road block: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/artist-creates-virtual-traffic-jam-with-cart-full-of-phones/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Cybertruck phone: https://interestingengineering.com/cybertruck-inspired-iphone-will-set-you-back-thousands-of-dollars?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Jan30 Billionaire chooses his girlfriend for space: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/29/21114712/yusaku-maezawa-space-girlfriend-not-happening

Science Next vacation, the ISS: https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/27/nasa-picks-commercial-module-for-iss/ DirecTV satellite is going to blow up: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races-to-decommission-broken-boeing-satellite-before-it-explodes/ Technology Would you vote on your smartphone: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/22/21077358/seattle-king-county-smartphone-voting-mobile-supervisors-board-election I got my virus's from the US government: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/us-government-funded-android-phones-come-preinstalled-with-unremovable-malware/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Soy sauce and balls: https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-teens-are-dipping-their-balls-in-soy-sauce-and-l-1841177712 Japanese billionaire seeks girlfriend for ride to space: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/12/21062584/spacex-yusaku-maezawa-japan-billionaire-starship-girlfriend-contest-moon

Science Set your calendar: https://gizmodo.com/if-you-make-it-to-2083-you-could-witness-two-stars-col-1840896340 Boobs for men: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/plant-based-burgers-will-make-men-grow-boobs-livestock-news-reports/ Technology Bluetooth update just might blow your mind - https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/tech/bluetooth-le-update/?utm_source=daily-carnage&utm_medium=email Look out Tesla, there's a new EV on the road - https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/6/21054270/sony-vision-s-electric-concept-car-ev-announcement-ces-2020 Other Cool/Weird Shit $100,000 "Sticky" bandits get caught - https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/mississippi-men-fake-lottery-ticket-glue-trnd/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Five+Things&utm_campaign=4beae32136-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_08_03_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da287d761-4beae32136-108766081 Did your Tesla just talk to me? https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/13/21063350/tesla-talk-to-pedestrians-elon-musk-sentry-mode-farts

Science Is Betelgeuse going to explode: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/27/is-betelgeuse-one-skys-brightest-stars-brink-supernova/?utm_campaign=first_reads&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1 Buildings made of bones: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/06/bones-inspire-stronger-building-materials/ Technology Sonos is bricking old speakers to "recycle" them: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/30/21042871/sonos-recycle-mode-trade-up-program-controversy Would you like an xbox with that: https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/6/21052200/origin-big-o-gaming-pc-ps4-pro-xbox-one-s-price-size Other Cool/Weird Shit A stroller for adults: https://gizmodo.com/segway-makes-a-self-balancing-stroller-for-adults-1840683024 The Cybertruck is already available: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/12/a-cybertruck-goes-on-sale-for-10800-in-russia/

Science Finally, water: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/12/nasa-ice-surface-mars/ Coffee to car parts: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/04/ford-mcdonalds-coffee-bean-husks-car-parts/ Technology Levitating Pixels: https://www.core77.com/posts/91456/Researchers-Create-a-Levitating-3D-Pixel-That-Can-Move-Fast-Enough-to-Draw-Images-With-Light?utm_source=core77&utm_medium=from_tile_image Going old school for music: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/04/sega-genesis-cartridge-music-analogue-hyperdub-mega-sg/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Man fails to steal domain name, goes to prison: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/failed-plot-to-steal-domain-name-at-gunpoint-brings-14-year-prison-term/ The new pringles gaming headset: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/26/pringles-hunger-hammer-headset-feeds-you-chips/

Science The cold makes more than your nuts shrink: https://gizmodo.com/antarctic-explorers-brains-shrunk-during-a-14-month-pol-1840316244 Turns out everything gives you cancer: https://gizmodo.com/yet-more-research-links-even-light-drinking-to-a-higher-1840324572 Technology A hotel in space, but not for humans: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/robot-hotel-launching-to-the-international-space-station Europe runs out of IP addresses: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/europe-is-fresh-out-of-ipv4-addresses/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Hoverboard dentist: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/dentist-who-rode-hoverboard-while-pulling-tooth-faces-patients-in-court/ Elon Musk takes the cybertruck out for a night on the town: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-hits-traffic-pylon-with-new-cybertruck-after-1840307783

Science Walt Disney isn't frozen: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/20/human-patient-put-in-suspended-animation-for-the-first-time/ Star link satellites block view of the sky: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-s-starlink-satellites-are-already-causing-a-h-1839926662 Technology Twitter will delete your old account: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/26/twitter-will-start-removing-inactive-accounts-in-december/ Wait for the textures to load, Tesla cybertruck: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/11/tesla-wants-to-reinvent-the-pickup-with-the-39900-cybertruck/ Other Cool/Weird Shit VR for Cows? https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/26/cows-with-vr-headsets/ I guess they didn't need that: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/inflatable-emergency-slide-delta

Science Google has achieved supremacy: https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/23/google-says-its-achieved-quantum-supremacy/ da Vinci bridge actually works: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/testing-leonardo-da-vincis-bridge-his-design-was-stable-study-finds/ Technology Flip phones are back: https://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-razr-first-foldable-phone-i-actually-want-buy Google starts rolling out RCS texting: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/14/google-rolls-out-rcs-to-android-in-us/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Lube it up: https://gizmodo.com/the-state-of-the-art-in-toilet-technology-is-lube-1839929587 Next vacation destination: https://gizmodo.com/chernobyls-infamous-reactor-4-control-room-is-now-open-1838828529

Science The end of an era: the EU approves Ebola vaccine: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/11/eu-approves-ebola-vaccine-ervebo/ Supersonic car is back on track: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20951850/bloodhound-lsr-supersonic-car-500-mph-land-speed-record Technology Microsoft agrees to honor the California Privacy Policy nationwide: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/11/20960113/microsoft-ccpa-privacy-law-california-congress-regulation T-mobiles flaunts new cheap mobile plans...if Sprint merger goes thru: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20953314/t-mobile-connect-plan-budget-price-data-gb-amount-unlimited-talk-text Other Cool/Weird Shit Not your dad's flight simulator: https://gizmodo.com/honestly-a-video-game-that-strands-you-on-a-boring-six-1839717598 Good Guy Obsidian: https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/31/20941823/outer-worlds-free-obsidian-fallout-2-epic-games-store-exclusive

Science Voyage to the edge of space: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/a-bonanza-of-data-from-the-second-voyager-to-reach-the-solar-systems-edge/ Collision creates new planet: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/collision-liquified-the-4th-largest-astroid-turning-it-into-a-dwarf-planet/ Technology Take your next driving test on your phone: https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-made-a-smartphone-app-that-can-administer-dri-1839467075 Australia wants to watch your face while you watch porn: https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/30/australia-porn-verify-user-age-face-scanning/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Grass digger: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/marijuana-smuggled-in-mans-nose-and-forgotten-for-18-years-turned-to-stone/ Help make poop better: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/29/20937108/poop-database-ai-training-photo-upload-first-mit

Science Have more sex, it's the law: https://gizmodo.com/mayor-gives-out-viagra-to-citizens-start-having-sex-or-1835010186 Guy gets drunk without ever drinking: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/man-charged-with-dwi-after-alcohol-fermenting-yeast-in-his-gut-got-him-wasted/ Technology Comcast gives you "free" TV...for a fee: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/comcasts-free-streaming-box-requires-you-to-rent-13-per-month-router/ Can you control your latest rental car? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/five-months-after-returning-rental-car-man-still-has-remote-control/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Samsung selfie satellite crashes on a farm: https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-space-selfie-satellite-plummets-from-sky-onto-1839413596 Rule #1, don't claim to be the inventor of bitcoin: https://gizmodo.com/man-claims-he-invented-bitcoin-is-ordered-to-pay-billi-1837659816

Science Can you outrun the world's fastest ant? https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/the-worlds-fastest-ant-clocks-record-speed-of-108-times-its-own-body-length/ Everybody get's more moons: https://gizmodo.com/whoa-astronomers-just-found-20-new-moons-around-saturn-1838854089 Technology Google Pixel 4 can unlock itself while you sleep: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/google-says-a-fix-for-pixel-4-face-unlock-is-months-away/ Air force retires something most never knew about: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/air-force-finally-retires-8-inch-floppies-from-missile-launch-control-system/ Other Cool/Weird Shit #1 restaurant on trip advisor is fake - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/434gqw/i-made-my-shed-the-top-rated-restaurant-on-tripadvisor Make your own lego gokart: https://gizmodo.com/youll-need-over-7-000-pieces-and-32-motors-to-build-thi-1839130648

Science The ultimate Halloween costume: https://gizmodo.com/medicine-swap-screwup-gave-babies-werewolf-syndrome-1837703666 In-space refueling: https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/28/starship-refueling-spacex/ Technology Audi concepts a car with drones for headlights: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/10/20858925/audi-ai-trail-concept-ev-off-roader-drone-headlights-frankfurt-motor-show-2019 Who's driving that car? https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/30/20891343/tesla-smart-summon-feature-videos-parking-accidents Other Cool/Weird Shit Woman breaks her heart, literally: https://gizmodo.com/a-woman-may-have-gotten-broken-heart-syndrome-after-eat-1838448270 I bite his balls: https://gizmodo.com/police-say-woman-bit-camels-balls-the-camel-did-nothin-1838416640

Science How tall is it? https://earther.gizmodo.com/swedens-tallest-peak-has-lost-its-title-thanks-to-clim-1838006845 Darkness 2.0 https://gizmodo.com/mit-engineers-have-created-the-blackest-black-to-ever-b-1838092883 Technology Arrested for doing their job https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/iowa-officials-claim-confusion-over-scope-led-to-arrest-of-pen-testers/ A better roofing drone: https://gizmodo.com/researchers-found-a-good-reason-to-attach-a-nail-gun-to-1838372155 Other Cool/Weird Shit Did you storm Area 51? https://gizmodo.com/we-stormed-it-i-was-part-of-history-last-night-insid-1838301904 A case of what not to do: https://twocents.lifehacker.com/if-the-bank-accidentally-deposits-money-in-your-account-1838048864

Science Picky eating leaves one blind: https://gizmodo.com/a-boys-extreme-picky-eating-left-him-with-permanent-bli-1837839609 Who forgot the conversion this time as India loses moon lander: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/9/20856746/india-isro-vikram-lunar-lander-moon-contact-chandrayaan-2-mission Technology Musk's challenges the Porsche Taycan with a Tesla: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/09/tesla-to-take-on-taycans-track-time-at-the-nurburgring/ The phone that will never be released: https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/05/samsung-cancels-all-galaxy-fold-pre-orders/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Wow Air rises again: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/9/20857460/wow-air-comeback-october-iceland-us-airport-dulles-bankruptcy The perfect wedding minister: https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/duke-nukem-or-at-least-his-voice-is-now-available-for-weddings/ We are finally getting the recognition we deserve - https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/9/20801873/youtube-podcast-creators-h3-joe-rogan-ethan-klein-hila-david-dobrik-views

Science Will space mirrors save the planet?: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/26/20833928/andrew-yang-climate-change-nuclear-carbon-capture-geoengineering-2020-elections Using physics to read: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/physicists-discover-hidden-text-in-what-was-thought-to-be-blank-egyptian-papyri/ Technology The Apple card, easy to get, easy to destroy: https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/21/apple-card-titanium-discolors-in-leather/ Tesla solar roof panels are hot: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/after-seven-roof-fires-walmart-sues-tesla-over-solar-panel-flaws/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Not very old time capsule has not very much stuff in it: https://gizmodo.com/50-year-old-time-capsule-improved-by-being-completely-a-1837473244 3D printed shuttles, are they safe: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/8/18255176/local-motors-olli-3d-printed-self-driving-shuttle-crash-test-footage

  Science Stickers to monitor your body functions: https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/16/stanford-sticker-sensor-for-body/ Flying V to save us from airfare costs: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/06/radical-new-airliner-could-save-fuel-but-ride-like-a-roller-coaster/ Technology Solar road fails: https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-first-solar-road-turned-out-colossal-failure-2019-8 In Russia license plate readers scam you: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/08/wiseguy-changes-license-plate-to-null-gets-12k-in-parking-tickets/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Woman eats twin, twin still alive: https://gizmodo.com/a-woman-lived-with-a-twin-inside-her-for-17-years-witho-1837313259 The ultimate Pokemon Go Player: https://kotaku.com/man-caught-playing-pokemon-go-on-eight-phones-in-his-ca-1837287415

  Science Landing on a boat is so last year: https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/06/rocket-lab-reusable-rocket-plans/ We can now detect lasers shot by Aliens: https://www.livescience.com/66086-are-aliens-flashing-laser-beams.html Technology You might not be the only one looking in on your ring video doorbell: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/police-can-get-your-ring-doorbell-footage-without-a-warrant-report-says/ nVidia bringing ray tracing to their non-ray tracing graphics cards: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/18/nvidia-ray-tracing-tech-coming-to-GTX-cards/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Computer made from textiles: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/17/the-big-picture-the-embroidered-computer/ What lengths would you go to not lock yourself out of your car: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/12/20800798/tesla-model-3-rfid-chip-keycard-amiedd-video-watch-body-hacking-body-modification

  Science But does it go to the gym: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/watch-this-paper-doll-do-sit-ups-thanks-to-new-kind-of-artificial-muscle/ It'll be warm sailing on these waves: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/success-lightsail-2-means-future-190031652.html Technology No more 4th wireless carrier, or is it? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/its-official-us-government-approves-t-mobilesprint-merger/ No more having to ship back unwanted Amazon packages: https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/23/amazon-returns-at-kohls/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Hoverboard guy makes it across the English channel: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/flying-frenchman-succeeds-bid-cross-english-channel-jet-powered-hoverboard-n1039041 Man can no longer stand up after moped accident: https://gizmodo.com/man-suffers-9-day-erection-after-bruising-taint-in-mope-1835153121

  Science Better than made in china - Made in Space: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/nasas-technology-program-funds-ambitious-in-space-manufacturing-mission/ Brain's controlling computers: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/musks-newest-startup-is-venturing-into-a-series-of-hard-problems/ Technology Auto-focus glasses: https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/02/stanford-eye-tracking-auto-focus-glasses/?guccounter=1 Would you pay to add Apple carplay to your car: https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/24/bmw-adds-a-80-yearly-subscription-for-apples-carplay/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Hoverboard guy crashes into the English Channel: https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/25/flyboard-air-channel-crash/ What an explosive gender reveal: https://gizmodo.com/drone-captures-car-bursting-into-flames-during-gender-r-1836205110