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In the year since its hack, 23andMe has lost all of its value and most of its governing board — and somehow, things just keep getting worse.
DNA

As 23andMe Crumbles, It Ceases All Efforts to Develop Drugs Using DNA Data

"We continue to believe in the promise shown by our clinical and preclinical stage pipeline."

A US Defense Department contractor has developed an AI-powered autonomous robotic machine gun system, which can target small drones.
Military

US Military Tests AI-Powered Machine Gun

What could go wrong?

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Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Teach Rats to Drive Tiny Cars, Discover That They Love Revving the Engine

Bless them.

China has shown off a reusable shuttle that it intends to use to ferry cargo to and from its Tiangong space station.
Off-World

China Shows Off Reusable Space Shuttle

Where have we seen this before?

NASA's spacesuits, which astronauts are using to venture outside of the International Space Station, are really starting to show their age.
NASA

NASA Complains That Its Spacesuits Are a Decrepit Mess

"None of our spacesuits are spring chickens."

The head of the world's largest and most ambitious construction project has stepped down amid some jaw-dropping claims about its death toll.
Future Society

CEO in Charge of Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper Out After Allegations of Mass Employee Death

He's out.

A holograph booth allows doctors to make appointments remotely, providing a much more lifelike telehealth alternative.
Developments

Rural Hospital Installs Holograph Machine So Doctors Can Appear From Elsewhere

"I can see the three dimensions of the anesthesiologist's head, legs, and torso in lifelike detail."

A team of scientists has found that the narrow beam of a laser can cast a shadow — a surprisingly counterintuitive finding.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Discovery of Light That Can Cast a Shadow

Wait, what?

A new audio chatbot that takes the persona of a confused grandmother, fine-tuned to do nothing except make phone scammers angry. 
Artificial Intelligence

Phone Provider Deploys “State-of-the-Art AI Granny” to Waste Scammers’ Time

Thanks, Grandma.

Scientists looked into the efficacy of an app that claims to induce lucid dreaming — and found that it nearly tripled awareness of dreams.
Studies

New App Claims to Launch Users Into Lucid Dreams

A dream within a dream.

Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes that humans may have unintentionally killed life on Mars in the 1970s.
Mars

Scientist Says NASA Lander May Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars

Say it ain't so.

Scientists have discovered amber deep below the surface of the Antarctic, evidence of a temperature rainforest 90 million years ago.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Evidence of an Ancient Rainforest in Antarctica

"It was very exciting to realize that at some point in their history, all seven continents had climatic conditions allowing resin-producing trees to survive."

A new study has found that Mounjaro may not only be good at treating diabetes, but could actually help prevent the disease.
RX and Medicine

Mounjaro Appears to Be Extremely Effective at Preventing Diabetes

This is massive.

Elon Musk's "DOGE" advisory group may just be a facade set up by Donald Trump to keep him feeling like he's in charge.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s “DOGE” Department Sounds Like It Might Be a Fake Thing to Make Him Feel Important

"Putting two knuckleheads in charge of government efficiency sounds pretty counterintuitive as a starting point."

Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington thought they could improve health care with AI, but their new company seems useless.
Artificial Intelligence

Sam Altman’s Collab With Arianna Huffington Is a Busted Mess

Thrive AI Health is useless.

The Top Image of William Shakespeare on Google is Lazy AI Slop
Google

The Top Image of William Shakespeare on Google is Lazy AI Slop

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

A new study on life expectancy for middle aged US adults discovered that exercise had even more health benefits than once thought.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Discover Easy Hack to Live Way Longer

Quelle surprise.

Coke is cashing in on your nostalgia by remaking one of its best-known commercials with all new tech: generative AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Coke’s AI Commercial for the Holidays Has Us Wondering If We Live In a Fallen World

Absolutely hideous.

The budding bromance between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and president-elect Donald Trump could have massive implications for the US' space program.
Off-World

Trump and Musk’s Bromance Could Make America’s Space Policy a Wild Ride

Goodbye climate science, hello "Occupy Mars."

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lobbied against vaccination in Samoa prior to a deadly uptick in measles that infected dozens of children. 
RX and Medicine

Trump’s Health Guy Linked to Measles Outbreak That Killed Dozens of Children

We deserve better.