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A rendering of the globe with an overlay featuring the extensive underground fungal network on Earth.
Biology

Earth’s Underground Fungus Network Is So Gigantic That If You Stretched It Out, It Would Reach to Other Star Systems

We've been underestimating fungi.

A large glacier with rugged, textured ice formations in shades of white and light blue, meeting a body of water. The water has a reddish tint, and there is mist or spray where the glacier touches the water. The sky above is partly cloudy.
Climate Change

Scientists Horrified as Huge Heatwave Hits Antarctica

"This is absolutely crazy."

A photo illustration of a balloon with a happy face on it and a hand holding a needle about to pop it.
Artificial Intelligence

Consulting Firm’s Report on How Awesome AI Is Found to Contain Idiotic AI Hallucinations

Well done, everyone.

Protesters carry a mock coffin as they march during a demonstration against a controversial US-built Ebola quarantine center.
Viruses

Massive Protests Erupt in the Streets of Kenya Due to the Trump Administration’s Mysterious Ebola Facility

"They say they don't want this facility in their town."

Photo illustration featuring a gloved doctor's hand holding a shot of Ozempic, a popular GLP-1 drug.
Cancer

GLP-1 Drugs Appear to Prevent Cancer, New Research Finds

"The potential benefit is real, and it makes biological sense."

A photo composite of screenshots from a Korean video featuring a man taking a zoom call from a rollercoaster cart.
Advanced Transport

Man Attends Video Meeting From Active Roller Coaster

"My laptop almost fell."

A close-up of a photograph featuring three firemen standing around a Tesla that has crashed through a garage door.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla on Autopilot Smashes Straight Through Garage Door, Driver Says

Open sesame!

US President Donald Trump jokes with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) as he hosts tech leaders for a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
Meta

Meta Employee Laid Off, Immediately Detained by ICE

Completely heartless.

A female employee sits at her home office in front of her laptop and rests her head on one hand looking forlorn.
Mental Health

Working From Home Has a Grim Effect on Your Brain, Surprise Research Finds

Pros: no commute. Cons: mental anguish.

A photo illustration showing a glint of light above in the sky, suggesting the presence of a far-off drone above.
Drones

Autonomous Robots Confirmed to Have Killed Human Soldiers

"We just launch it and we know everything will be dead — everything that will be found there in this particular area will be dead."

A white robotic hand holding a black Visa credit card against a bright green and yellow gradient background. The card features a chip and the Visa logo in white.
OpenAI

Visa Officially Allowing AI Agents to Go Ham With Your Credit Card

This will in no way backfire.

Color treated photographic illustration featuring a red embryo-type environment encasing a silhouette of an unborn, unidentifiable child.
DNA

Scientists Concerned Latest Gene Editing of Human Embryos Could “Open the Floodgates”

It's a "gateway to embryo editing to do enhancements."

An illustration dramatically depicting the earth catching fire.
Climate Change

The El Niño Situation Is Looking Absolutely Brutal

It is upon us.

Comic photo illustration of a man dramatically yelling as he receives an injection.
Viruses

Doctors Inject Human Subjects With First Vaccine Designed by AI

"This is a fundamental shift in how we prepare for pandemics."

Stylized photo illustration featuring a Tesla Robotaxi.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla’s Robotaxis Are a Complete Disaster

Broken promises, shoddy service, and a comically tiny fleet.

A photo illustration featuring a cut out of Andreesen Horowitz partner Marc Andreesen smiling.
Investing

Andreessen Horowitz Partner Quit Firm, Horrified by What His Old Colleagues Are Doing to Humankind

"I believe this is a huge mistake."

Color-treated photograph of a dead fish floating in water.
Climate Change

Fish Already Cooking Alive Across the US Ahead of Blistering Summer Heat

"Usually it happens later down in the summer when it's really hot."

Photograph of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket taking off.
SpaceX

Eighty Residents Sue SpaceX, Saying Elon Musk’s Constant Rocket Launches Are Literally Destroying Their Homes

"They're wanting to get to Mars. But what about us that are here?"

A photo illustration featuring British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Education

Prime Minister of the UK Vows to Unleash AI Tutors on 450,000 Poor Children

Look how much your government cares for you, kids.

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell celebrates with family and other SpaceX employees at the Nasdaq Marketsite in Times Square during the launch of the SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq.
Elon Musk

SpaceX’s IPO Shows That We Aren’t Even Close to Peak AI Bubble

We're soaring to even loftier heights.