While leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, billionaire Elon Musk oversaw massive spending cuts that have rattled the scientific community to its core. He stood unblinkingly by the side of president Donald Trump, a climate change denier who has been carrying out a ruthlessly anti-science agenda after championing environmentalism for years. And while the… Continue reading Elon Musk Humiliated by Top Scientific Organization
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Scientists Saddened as World’s Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction
A rock from Mars that traveled tens if not hundreds of millions of miles before improbably landing on our planet’s surface has found its final resting place: the private collection of some secretive plutocrat, whose identity has not been revealed to us members of the nosy public. At roughly 54 pounds, NWA 16788, as it’s… Continue reading Scientists Saddened as World’s Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction
Clean Technica: 3 Very Good Critiques of Tesla’s Affordable Model Expectations004114
Last Updated on: 20th July 2025, 12:09 am The first half of 2025 is now over — it has been for almost three weeks — and we’re yet to see the more affordable models Tesla said would start production in the first half of 2025. What is going on with those, who knows? I wrote… Continue reading Clean Technica: 3 Very Good Critiques of Tesla’s Affordable Model Expectations004114
Clean Technica: Finland & Sweden — A View from Inside of the EV Revolution004113
Tom Sjolund has just returned from a trip to visit his family in Finland and Sweden, and he agreed to share his experience with CleanTechnica readers. You may remember Tom from this article. In Australia, he drives a Volvo EX30. Since we don’t hear much about Finland, and the main thing we hear about Sweden… Continue reading Clean Technica: Finland & Sweden — A View from Inside of the EV Revolution004113
Clean Technica: These 4 Chinese Automakers Have Higher Gross Profit Margin Than Tesla004112
Last Updated on: 19th July 2025, 03:43 am Yes, story after story is coming out about the progress, innovations, and milestones being set by Chinese electric vehicle producers. That’s what happens when a country the size of China has reached more than 50% plugin vehicle market share. Actually, that achievement could stand for two things.… Continue reading Clean Technica: These 4 Chinese Automakers Have Higher Gross Profit Margin Than Tesla004112
Waymo Responds to Elon Musk’s “Schlong Map” by Showing That Theirs Is Bigger
It’s on. Measuring Contest Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s infatuation with low-brow humor and dad jokes — including horrendously inappropriate gags about the Holocaust — is a pretty well-known thing. Earlier this week, for instance, the billionaire’s EV firm posted a picture of the expanded service area of its robotaxi service, which firmly resembled the shape… Continue reading Waymo Responds to Elon Musk’s “Schlong Map” by Showing That Theirs Is Bigger
Psychiatric Researchers Warn of Grim Psychological Risks for AI Users
Without even looking at medical data, it’s pretty clear that “artificial intelligence” — a vast umbrella term for various technologies over the years, but currently dominated by the data-hungry neural networks powering chatbots and image generators — can have life-altering effects on the human brain. We’re not even three years out from the release of… Continue reading Psychiatric Researchers Warn of Grim Psychological Risks for AI Users
The Catholic Church Reportedly Called in an Exorcist to Deal With “Yeti Cult” Running Bizarre Blood Rituals at Archdiocese of Denver
What started as a routine weekend getaway for seminarians from the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in 2024 took a hard turn into the surreal. The archdiocese of Denver confirmed that an exorcist was called in after a bizarre series of events involving a ceremonial dagger, a mysterious blood oath, and a man in a… Continue reading The Catholic Church Reportedly Called in an Exorcist to Deal With “Yeti Cult” Running Bizarre Blood Rituals at Archdiocese of Denver
Jake the Rizzbot Moves to California, Comes Out as Gay
He’s out! The Bot Closet In the few weeks since being unveiled, Jake the Rizzbot — a slang-spewing bipedal humanoid known for sporting a cowboy hat and other fashionable accessories — has moved to West Hollywood and come out as queer. As NBC4 Los Angeles reports, Jake — a four-foot-tall humanoid robot that uses large… Continue reading Jake the Rizzbot Moves to California, Comes Out as Gay
AI Data Centers Accused of Creating Major Problems for Local Water Systems
After Meta started building an enormous data center less than 400 yards away from their house, a couple living in Newton County, Georgia, says their water started to dry up. That began in 2018; years later, two of their bathroom taps still don’t work. What water remains has turned into a gritty sludge, littered with… Continue reading AI Data Centers Accused of Creating Major Problems for Local Water Systems