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An unusual number of great white sharks are turning up dead, and scientists are struggling to understand why.
Brain

Great White Sharks Are Suddenly Washing Up Dead With Swollen Brains

"I feel very strongly that there's something significant going on."

Researchers have found that the amount of microplastics in our brains is rising at an alarming rate.
Developments

The Weight of All the Plastic in Your Brain May Make You Queasy

An alarming quantity of your brain is now plastic.

A single mysterious benefactor is shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars to help humans learn how to become an aquatic species.
Science & Energy

Mysterious Ultra-Wealthy Figure Building Deepwater Settlement for Human Habitation

"The goal is to live in the ocean, forever."

If Donald Trump makes good on his campaign promise to impose tariffs on Canadian energy imports, it will devastate the nuclear energy market.
Nuclear Fusion

Trump’s Tariffs Poised to Wreck Nuclear Power

This really is the dumbest trade war ever.

OpenAI has unveiled a new AI agent that can perform "intensive" research for you all on its own, with a predictable but major caveat.
OpenAI

OpenAI Shows Off AI “Researcher” That Compiles Detailed Reports, Struggles to Differentiate “Information From Rumors”

Sounds helpful.

President Donald Trump's dubious meme coin just keeps sliding. But he may have already gotten what he was looking for.
Bitcoin

The Value of Trump’s Meme Coin Keeps Plummeting

Is that good?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is having some regrets about the company's closed-source approach, admitting he's been on the "wrong side of history."
OpenAI

Sam Altman Regrets Ditching Open Source, Says He’s Been on the “Wrong Side of History”

"Not everyone at OpenAI shares this view."

President Donald Trump's chaotic tariffs hit US-based AI chipmaker Nvidia's stock, wreaking havoc with the AI industry he claims to support.
Artificial Intelligence

Trump’s Tariffs Are Wreaking Havoc on the AI Industry He Claims to Support

That didn't take long.

Claire "Grimes" Boucher seems close to condemning her billionaire ex — though of course, she never comes right out and does it.
Future Society

Grimes Slams “Power-Hungry Warlords” Who “Tricked” Her

Who could she be talking about?

Elon Musk has gained access to the government's payment system and has declared his intent to shut down any flow of cash he doesn't like.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says DOGE Will Now Shut Down Government Payments He Doesn’t Like

"We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper."

A new bill looks to "prohibit United States persons from advancing AI capabilities within" China, effectively making DeepSeek illegal.
Artificial Intelligence

New Law Would Make It Illegal to Use DeepSeek, Punishable With 20 Years’ Prison Time

It's "easily the most aggressive legislative action on AI."

Character.AI marketed a chatbot based on a real school massacre directly to an email account associated with a teenage user.
Artificial Intelligence

Character.AI Says It’s Made Huge Changes to Protect Underage Users, But It’s Emailing Them to Recommend Conversations With AI Versions of School Shooters

It's marketing this stuff directly to kids.

The founder of a San Francisco-based AI startup called On Platform was arrested after being accused of defrauding investors of $60 million.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Arrested for Raising $60 Million for AI Startup, Instead Spending It on Luxurious Lifestyle

"To our shock and horror, we discovered that, in reality, the account balance in that bank was only 37 cents."

Are Super Bowl ads the nail in the coffin for tech bubbles? We'll soon find out after this year's games, which will feature tons of AI ads.
Cryptocurrency

Super Bowl Ads Predicted the Dot Com and Crypto Bubbles. This Year’s Will Be Filled With Ads for AI Companies

The Superb Owl may as well be the Grim Reaper.

More and more people are taking weight loss injectables like Wegovy — but not everyone prescribed these drugs should have access to them. 
RX and Medicine

Pharmacists Warn That People With Eating Disorders Are Misusing Wegovy Prescriptions

This is a very real and overlooked concern.

A mouse with two dads — or a bi-paternal mouse, in the scientific parlance — has made it to adulthood. Several mice, in fact.
Gene Editing

A Mouse With Two Dads Has Reached Adulthood

Finally, some good news.

An AI tool analyzes a man's face, with dizzying digital effects.
Future Society

Police Use of Facial Recognition Backfires Spectacularly When It Renders Them Unable to Convict Alleged Murderer

"50+ Billion images in our law enforcement database — the largest in the world by far."

State legislators are lining up to be the first to gamble away public funds in digital assets like crypto and NFTs.
Cryptocurrency

States Are Racing to Throw Taxpayers’ Money Into “Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserves”

All my gold bullion gone

A bizarre AI-obsessed group may have inspired a pair of deadly assaults that took place thousands of miles apart.
Artificial Intelligence

Members of AI Fringe Group Arrested for Two Killings

This is getting weird, even for AI.

Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using "artificial photosynthesis."
Off-World

Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Using “Artificial Photosynthesis”

Could this be the key for generating breathable air on the Moon?