Buried Bitcoin James Howells, an IT worker in the UK, is offering his local municipality $70 million to dig up a hard drive he threw
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NASA Bungles Critical Engine Test For New Moon Rocket
Hot Fire NASA had to prematurely shut down a critical “hot fire” test of the engines deigned to carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon
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Russia Complains That Assassins Are Getting Paid in Cryptocurrencies
Crypto Hitties According to Russian state-owned news agency TASS, hired assassins are taking cryptocurrencies as payment for their crimes. “We are investigating cases of professional
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79 Percent of Americans Say US Is Falling Apart
The Fall One week after the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a majority of Americans seemed to agree that the country is “falling apart.”
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Man Invents Backpack-Mounted “Jetpack” for Speedy Ice Skating
Weed Whacker Skating Canadian tinkerer Brydon Gibson, a 24-year-old Ottawa native, has built himself a “jetpack” that can allow him to ice skate at up
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New Trick Turns Air Into Synthetic Gasoline Without Using Any Fossil Fuels
Natural Gas A team of scientists seems to have developed a cleaner way of generating fuel for gas-burning cars — using nothing but renewable energy.
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