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Researchers say they've used gravitational wave reserach statistics to solve an Antikythera mechanism mystery.
Science & Energy

Cutting-edge gravitational wave research may have just helped solve a 2,000-year-old mystery.

Boeing has announced that it's buying Spirit AeroSystems, which manufactured the door plug that blew out of a jet earlier this year.
Advanced Transport

Nothing to see here, folks.

Less than a year after joining xAI's founding team, one of the researchers poached by Elon Musk has apparently returned to OpenAI.
OpenAI

No loyalty among data thieves.

A South Korean administrative robot took a tumble down a set of stairs, leading to local reports of the first robot suicide in the country.
Robotics

"Why did the diligent civil officer do it?"

NASA scientists have spotted unusual shapes in the Earth's ionosphere, hundreds of miles above the Earth's surface.
NASA

There's something going on up in the Earth's ionosphere.

Researchers at MIT have developed a new prosthetic leg that can be controlled via brain signals, a notable achievement in the space.
Prosthetics and Devices

"They’ll be able to go hiking or dancing because they’ll have full control over their movement."

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has some thoughts about fair use — and according to him, just about anything online is fair for him to use!
Artificial Intelligence

"...the social contract of that content since the '90s has been that it is fair use."

After boldly going to the Moon's far side, China is now in possession of more than four pounds of lunar samples.
Moon

And they're already weirder than anyone expected.

In a controversial new study, scientists are claiming that trees in Los Angeles are contributing to the city's air pollution.
Pollution

But don't worry, it's humans who are the real bad guys here.

In a blog post last week, Microsoft acknowledged the existence of a new AI chatbot jailbreaking technique dubbed "Skeleton Key."
Artificial Intelligence

"Explosives, bioweapons, political content, self-harm, racism, drugs, graphic sex, and violence."

Neuralink has canceled its second human implantation after discovering medical issues in the person who was going to get the brain chip. 
Medical

"Selecting the right patient for a trial like this is important."

Scientists hooked up brain tissue to a neural interface, allowing it to pass on instructions to a humanoid robot body.
Developments

Alarming.

Scientists in China claim to have discovered a kind of desert moss plant that could survive on the surface of Mars.
Mars

Unfortunately, it's "not tasty and does not make a great addition to the salad."

During a test launch, a Chinese company accidentally launched one of its rockets, which crashed spectacularly into a nearby mountain.
Off-World

One of the most incredible rocket screwups in history.

We asked OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, which is designed to browse the web, about a current event — and it sent us directly to spam-ridden AI sludge.
OpenAI

Careful what you click.

Collins Aerospace said it had agreed with NASA to "descope" its work on an ISS spacesuit replacement, indicating the agency is in trouble.
NASA

"No further work will be performed on the task orders."

Rather than talking to tenants themselves, property managers are favoring AI chatbots to handle day-to-day inquiries.
Artificial Intelligence

"It feels like they don't care enough to have a real person talk to me."

Facebook's erosion continues with AI-generated images of cops lugging huge Bibles through floodwaters, because why not.
Meta

Another trip into funhouse mirror Facebook.

More babies are dying in Texas after the state basically banned the procedure except in a few cases in 2021.
Studies

More and more babies are dying. Do abortion foes care?

Astronomers using the James Webb have gleaned the secrets of Jupiter's overlooked region of upper atmosphere near its enormous storm.
James Webb Space Telescope

Revealing what was once unseen.