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Screenshot from music video for Missy Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"

Deep Space

NASA beamed Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ to her favorite planet NASA beamed Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ to her favorite planet

blue shield with G on it along with other security icons like a lock, cursor and gear

DIY

Google is making dark web reports free for everyone. Here’s how they work. Google is making dark web reports free for everyone. Here’s how they work.

Screenshot of model rocket vertically landing

Aviation

Teen’s model rocket sticks a SpaceX-inspired vertical landing Teen’s model rocket sticks a SpaceX-inspired vertical landing

Breakdown of Antikythera mechanism

Archaeology

The world’s oldest mechanical computer used a lunar calendar to study the stars The world’s oldest mechanical computer used a lunar calendar to study the stars

gofundme homepage

Health

How GoFundMe perpetuates the myth that only some people deserve help How GoFundMe perpetuates the myth that only some people deserve help

By Nora Kenworthy / MIT Press Reader

Reflective Cybertruck

Electric Vehicles

People are buffing Cybertrucks into dangerous mirrors on wheels People are buffing Cybertrucks into dangerous mirrors on wheels

DIY Morse code translator gadget

Internet

Cool DIY gadget automatically translates Morse code Cool DIY gadget automatically translates Morse code

Futuristic wooden children's car with creator standing next to it.

AI

Dad builds a fantastical and functional wooden sci-fi car for kids Dad builds a fantastical and functional wooden sci-fi car for kids

Sad child in stairwell using phone

Health

Like cigarettes and alcohol, Surgeon General says social media needs warning labels Like cigarettes and alcohol, Surgeon General says social media needs warning labels

Microsoft Windows 3D tubes screensaver screenshot

Internet

Those iconic ’90s Windows screensavers had a purpose Those iconic ’90s Windows screensavers had a purpose

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm while maneuvering a roll-out solar array toward the International Space Station's truss structure 257 miles above the Pacific Ocean. In the rear, is the SpaceX Dragon crew vehicle that docked to the Harmony module's forward port on March 3 carrying four SpaceX Crew-6 crew members.

International Space Station

‘Check his pulse one more time’: NASA accidentally airs ISS emergency test ‘Check his pulse one more time’: NASA accidentally airs ISS emergency test

Travis Lerol holds an AR-15 assault rifle along with a rifle's lower receiver made of ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic that was constructed by his 3D printer at his home on Tuesday, February 12, 2012, in Glen Burnie, MD.

Internet

YouTube restricts kids’ ability to see some gun content YouTube restricts kids’ ability to see some gun content

By Mack DeGeurin

UP.FIT upgraded Cybertruck cop car concept

Electric Vehicles

Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming

AI

Angry Instagram posts won’t stop Meta AI from using your content Angry Instagram posts won’t stop Meta AI from using your content

By Mack DeGeurin

Concept art of superstructure with gravity battery inside

Climate Change

Colossal skyscrapers could harness height for gravity batteries Colossal skyscrapers could harness height for gravity batteries

Common cuttlefish

Animals

Cuttlefish tentacles and origami inspired a new robotic claw Cuttlefish tentacles and origami inspired a new robotic claw

Underwater image of Titanic wreckage

Conservation

Billionaire plans to ride $20 million submersible to the Titanic Billionaire plans to ride $20 million submersible to the Titanic

Robot solving Rubik's cube

AI

In blink of an eye, robot sets new Rubik’s cube Guinness World Record In blink of an eye, robot sets new Rubik’s cube Guinness World Record

Orlando, FL/USA-7/19/20: A bin of Elmers Glue in the school supply aisle at a Walmart in Orlando, Florida.

AI

Google’s AI Overview tells you to eat glue. (Don’t.) Google’s AI Overview tells you to eat glue. (Don’t.)

B-21 Raider stealth bomber in flight

Air Force

See the B-21 nuclear stealth bomber’s first official flight photos See the B-21 nuclear stealth bomber’s first official flight photos