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A group of the top minds in AI gathered over the weekend to discuss the "posthuman transition" — a mind-bending exercise.
Artificial Intelligence

Top AI Researchers Meet to Discuss What Comes After Humanity

"AGI is likely to end humanity."

By Victor Tangermann

Google has released a baffling new AI feature that turns your web search into a podcast. Is literacy dead?
Future Society

Google Adds Button to Generate Error-Laden AI Podcast About Your Search Results Instead of Just Reading Them Like a Functioning Member of Society

We're opting out.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered the nature of a strange, blue haze that dominates the climate of Pluto.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Peers Into Mysterious Haze Covering Pluto

"This is unique in the solar system."

By Frank Landymore

An auto parts billionaire died last week after reportedly swallowing a bee and being stung by it when playing polo in England.
Developments

A Billionaire Just Died in the Most Bizarre Way You Can Possibly Imagine

That had to hurt.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Musk took to his own social media platform, posting a "No Kings"-themed screenshot of the iconic horror video game "Bioshock."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Posts “No Kings” Message as Protests Rage Against Trump

What is he trying to say?!

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have discovered that cancer can be detected in the bloodstream a full three years before diagnosis.
Cancer

Doctors Find They Can Detect Cancer in Blood Years Before Diagnosis

"Three years earlier provides time for intervention."

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before Congress on May 8, 2025. Above him, several lights shine.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says “Significant Fraction” of Earth’s Total Electricity Should Go to Running AI

"Are there ever going to be enough GPUs?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have developed a novel device that quite literally spins away the clots that block blood flow to the brain and cause strokes.
Health & Medicine

Stanford Doctors Invent Device That Appears to Be Able to Save Tons of Stroke Patients Before They Die

"This is a sea-change."

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's a huge black iceberg floating off the frigid coast of Northeastern Canada — and a photo of the strange structure has gone viral.
Science & Energy

Sailor Snaps Photo of Black Iceberg With Dark Veins

"He is almost... in a diamond shape."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some strange radio signals are broadcasting out of Antarctica's ice, and the researchers who found them don't know why. 
Physics

Scientists Discover Bizarre Signals Coming From Ice in Antarctica

"We still don't actually have an explanation."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Insomnia is a curse we wouldn't wish on our worst enemy — and scientists have discovered a shockingly simple trick to help prevent it.
Studies

Scientists Discover Startling Trick to Defeat Insomnia

"It’s remarkable that such a meaningful change could be observed within less than 24 hours."

By Noor Al-Sibai

People who struggle with concentration can, according to some doctors, have a nicotine patch or piece of gum as a treat.
Health & Medicine

Doctors Say You Can Go Ahead and Slap a Nicotine Patch on for Some Extra Focus

"My brain felt like it had come back online in a way it hadn’t in months."

By Noor Al-Sibai

More teens are turning to chatbots to be their therapist. But a psychiatrist found that these AI companions are often giving harmful advice.
Artificial Intelligence

Psychiatrist Horrified When He Actually Tried Talking to an AI Therapist, Posing as a Vulnerable Teen

"Some of them are just creepy and potentially dangerous."

By Frank Landymore

Chinese engineers are getting around Washington's chip restrictions by simply flying to other countries where US prohibitions don't apply.
Future Society

Chinese AI Companies Are Using an Absurd Loophole to Get Around US Chip Restrictions

"This was something we were consistently concerned about."

By Joe Wilkins

Everybody seems to want a piece of Bill Nye, the world's premiere science guy — including health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 
Future Society

“So I Cut Him Off”: Bill Nye Says He Keeps Begging RFK Jr. to Stop Texting Him

"And he started again!"

By Noor Al-Sibai

After making the bold move at lashing out at his own political allies, Musk's enthusiastic support among Republicans has faltered.
Future Society

Musk’s Daring Gambit Has Managed to Do Something Remarkable: Alienate Democrats AND Republicans

Was this part of his grand strategy?

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have successfully implanted  a "smart" tooth implant using a gentler form of surgery inside the mouths of rats.
Developments

Bioengineered Tooth Implant That Grows Into Gum, Fuses With Nerves Performing Well in Animal Tests

"Allowing the implant to ‘talk’ to the brain much like a real tooth."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Climate change is making everything about modern life worse — including the quality of the dairy that makes our cheese.
Climate Change

Climate Change Is Ruining Cheese, Scientists and Farmers Warn

"We’ll feel it in our cheese."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Financial services firm Redburn Atlantic says McDonald's is in trouble, due to weight loss drugs like Ozempic.
RX and Medicine

McDonald’s in Trouble as Ozempic Takes Hold

McDonald's is not loving it.

By Sharon Adarlo

The whole point of self-driving taxis is to cut costs — but Waymo doesn't appear to be any cheaper at all.
Self-Driving Vehicles

You’ll Guffaw When You Hear How Much Self-Driving Waymos Cost Compared to Human-Driven Ubers

This doesn't seem worth it.

By Noor Al-Sibai