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Boston DynamicsBots With the Fur Robotics company Boston Dynamics has released a video of its Spot Mini robot dog dressed up in a bedazzled suit of fur, a "custom costume" meant to "explore the intersections of robotics, art, and entertainment." Put differently, the company's famed robot dog has been turned from a dystopian four-legged machine into a terrifying marionette called "Sparkles" — and we can't quite put our finger on why exactly it exists, beyond gi…See the Story
Boston Dynamics Shows Off Robodog With Fur
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TikTok · San FranciscoA grisly new trend is emerging on TikTok, with self-proclaimed "veneer technicians" performing illegal dental surgery on unsuspecting clients. The practice was met with horror and outrage by the dentistry community, with experts warning of significant danger. Worse yet, scammers are giving out fake certificates who've completed just two days of "training" — a woefully inadequate amount compared to the eight years of education dental surgeons go …See the Story
Dentists Horrified by People Carving Off Tooth Enamel at Home
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Face MasksLiar, Liar Razer, a company best known for its PC gaming hardware, is being forced to refund over $1.1 million to the thousands of customers that bought its face mask, the US Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday, in a move that is part of the agency's effort "to combat COVID-related health product scams." In its complaint detailing a proposed settlement, the FTC claimed that Razer advertised its Zephyr mask, which was sold for $100, as o…See the Story
Government Forcing Razer to Pay $1.1 Million to People Who Bought Its Bizarre RGB Mask
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PsychedelicsAs far as mind-altering substances are concerned, psilocybin is considered one of the safer ones — but according to practitioners who administer them therapeutically, the emotional effects of magic mushrooms can result in some pretty intense hazards. In an interview with PsyPost, one of the coauthors of a new paper about the drawbacks of psychedelic therapies, Jón Ingi Hlynsson, suggested that one of the field's biggest unforeseen issues occurs …See the Story
Therapists Warn That Taking Magic Mushrooms for Treatment Can Lead to Unwanted Romantic Feelings
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Elon MuskYou're Fired Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't done laying off workers at his embattled EV company. In an email obtained by Electrek, Musk said he wanted Tesla to be "absolutely hard core" about layoffs, with executives whose subordinates "don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test" also now on the chopping block. As a result, the company is reportedly laying off hundreds more staff, including senior executives. The carmaker's al…See the Story
Elon Musk Slams Tesla With Fresh Round of Layoffs
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SpacecraftFriendly Fire A scientist who's been working on NASA's Voyager mission for more than half a century has helped shepherd the iconic spacecraft all the way to interstellar space — and now, he says that the probes are straight-up catching strays. In an interview with Mashable, Alan Cummings, a cosmic ray physicist at NASA and Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who's been on the probes' missions from the very start, explained that Voyagers 1 and 2 …See the Story
Scientist Warns That NASA’s Voyager Probes Are “Dodging Bullets Out There”
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Punta Gorda · Punta GordaSee You Later A particularly headstrong alligator had a hell of a time climbing a fence, as seen in a video making its rounds on Reddit. "As scary as they can be, alligators just don’t look as threatening when climbing a fence," reads the video's title posted to the AnimalsBeingDerps subreddit. The footage is just as delightful as you might expect, with the poor alligator's hind legs struggling to find purchase and helplessly rowing in midair. T…See the Story
You Haven't Lived Until You've Seen This Alligator Clumsily Try to Climb Over a Fence
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