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Researchers say they've observed photons exhibiting bizarre quantum behavior as the result of what's known as atomic excitation.
Quantum Physics

"The clock hand would, under certain circumstances, move backward rather than forward."

Two woman astronauts had to stay behind to make space for their stranded Starliner colleagues, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
Off-World

"I think it was hard not to watch that rocket lift off without thinking, 'That's my rocket and that's my crew.'"

Using readings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have detected chemicals on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon.
James Webb Space Telescope

There's a lot going on beneath the surface of Charon.

A Montana rancher is now facing time in prison for using cloned embryos to create enormous, hybrid sheep that he sold to hunters and breeders.
Science & Energy

Behold the Montana Mountain King.

When being evaluated for a job, one employment-seeker found himself being interviewed by an artificial intelligence avatar.
Artificial Intelligence

"Laughable at best and terrifying at worst."

There are "dozens" of holes lining the floor of Lake Michigan — and scientists are stumped as to why they're there.
Science & Energy

"They are in deeper water... and weren't known before, as far as we can tell."

AI slop posters are already using fake images of alleged Hurricane Helene devastation to capitalize on the still-unfolding natural disaster.
Meta

No words.

The artists whose AI-generated image won a fine arts competition is still mad that the US Copyright Office won't recognize his work.
Artificial Intelligence

That's a good one.

Elon Musk's social media platform X-formerly-Twitter has lost a shocking amount of its value ever since he took over in late 2022.
Elon Musk

Ouch.

The sub-Earth mass planet was spotted in orbit around Barnard's star, a red dwarf that is only six light years away.
Off-World

Say hello to our new neighbor.

A supermassive black hole is shooting out a jet so intense it's causing stars along its path to erupt in explosions called novas.
Black Holes

"We don't know what's going on, but it's just a very exciting finding."

A tattoo parlor put bizarre AI-generated advertisements all over Brooklyn. We decided to get to the bottom of them.
Artificial Intelligence

Weird, AI-generated posters started popping up around the city — so we decided to get to the bottom of them.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all of SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rockets for the third time in just three months.
SpaceX

"The FAA is requiring an investigation."

ChatGPT's new advanced voice mode has users all a-titter — including the one who tricked it into singing Cardi B's hit song "WAP."
OpenAI

Ben Shapiro, eat your heart out.

Something strange happened when the Earth was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020: the Moon got substantially colder.
Moon

Wait, what?

The former CEO of OceanGate Stockton Rush allegedly said he'd "buy a congressman" to make any problems go away.
Future Society

The arrogance is astounding.

Cybertruck Gets FSD, Tries to Drive Onto Median in the Middle of Sunset Boulevard
Advanced Transport

Yikes.

Ozempic-curious people are taking a novel approach to using the blockbuster weight loss drug — and some doctors are even doing it themselves. 
Health & Medicine

We have questions.

China's Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has shown off a spacesuit designed to be worn by astronauts on the surface of the Moon.
Moon

Astronauts will be Moonwalking in style.

The upper stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket experienced a rare mishap during its latest launch, experiencing an "off-nominal deorbit burn."
SpaceX

The company has grounded its own rockets.