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Researchers suggest we should hunt for an ultralight dark matter candidate in the Earth's ionosphere, a "long shot."
Science & Energy

The Earth May Be Swimming Through Dark Matter, Scientists Say

It's an intriguing theory.

A Human Rights Watch report reveals that the popular LAOIN-5B image-text dataset includes traceable, web-scraped images of real kids.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Being Trained on Images of Real Kids Without Consent

"Any child who has any photo or video of themselves online is now at risk."

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had sex with an ex-intern several years ago, in addition to having inappropriate interactions with women employees.
SpaceX

Elon Musk Reportedly Had Sex With SpaceX Intern

A stunningly inappropriate workplace relationship.

NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside of the ISS to see if microorganisms that were attached to the exterior survived.
NASA

NASA Astronauts Checking Exterior of Space Station for Living Organisms

There's a good chance they'll find survivors.

Billionaire Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Musk didn't say why, but it's hard to see why he wouldn't.
OpenAI

Elon Musk Drops Lawsuit Against OpenAI After It Releases Emails Showing He Was Totally on Board With What He’s Now Criticizing

Nevermind!

Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax. Meanwhile, MAGA supporters are getting hospitalized by global warming-induced heat at rallies.
Climate Change

Fans of Donald Trump, Who Thinks Climate Change Is a Hoax, Hospitalized by Heat at Trump Rallies

“You know what? It's worth it."

One of the aperture doors covering one of the XRISM space telescope's particle-detecting instrument called Resolve has remained jammed.
Off-World

Door Is Jammed on Expensive Space Telescope, Blocking Its View of Space

Scientists are "absolutely gutted."

Bpoeing has discovered five different helium leaks on its Starliner spacecraft while docked to the International Space Station.
Boeing

Boeing Starliner Stuck on Space Station as More Leaks Discovered

Even more delays.

In a new study, researchers from the University of Utah took an analytical look at the theory of nominative determinism.
Studies

Study Finds Fascinating Link Between First Letter of Your First Name and the Trajectory of Your Life

What's in a name?

Researchers have come up with a new way to store energy inside a modified concrete, a potential solution to a growing energy storage problem.
Energy

New Concrete That Stores Electricity Could Turn Whole Homes Into Batteries

"If it can be scaled up, the technology can help solve an important issue — the storing of renewable energy."

Researchers have found microplastics in all 40 semen samples taken from healthy men, highlighting a need to study effects on reproduction.
Studies

Scientists Found Microplastics in Every Human Semen Sample They Examined

This is not good.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's speech at Trump's Vegas rally included some soundbite-packed word salad about gas prices for... electric vehicles?
Advanced Transport

Marjorie Taylor Greene Mocked for Saying the Gas Prices for Electric Cars Are Too High

"You can't make this crap up."

Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi is predicting that shareholders likely won't vote in favor of approving Tesla CEO Elon Musk's pay package.
Elon Musk

Analyst Predicts Tesla Shareholders Are Going to Vote Down Elon Musk’s Gigantic Pay Package This Week

"This pay package is ridiculous."

The head of the United Nations is begging world leaders not to use artificial intelligence to control their nuclear arsenals. 
Artificial Intelligence

UN Head Implores Dimwit Leaders Not to Give AI Control of Nuclear Weapons

"All countries must agree that any decision on nuclear use is made by humans, not machines or algorithms."

Elon Musk Threatens to Seize iPhones and Store Them in a Faraday Cage at His Companies
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Threatens to Seize iPhones and Store Them in a Faraday Cage at His Companies

Musk is very, very angry.

In a controversial paper, Harvard scientists suggest the existence of "cryptoterrestrials" could explain unusual UFO sightings.
Future Society

Harvard Scientists Say There May Be an Unknown, Technologically Advanced Civilization Hiding on Earth

A provocative hypothesis.

A person driving a Tesla with Full-Self Driving mode had to take the steering wheel after the vehicle became confused by a road worker.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving Tesla Get Completely Baffled by a Road Worker Directing Traffic

"Elon Musk your defective software should be banned from public roads."

People who have eaten one brand's mushroom-infused chocolate bars are getting sick — and some of them have had to be hospitalized, too.
Developments

People Who Eat This Brand of “Shroom” Chocolate Are Landing in the Hospital With Bizarre Symptoms

People who eat these fake shroom bars are apparently "seizing, losing consciousness, and having to be intubated."

A pixelated Pinnochio with a very long nose to symbolize lies. Image via Getty/Futurism.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Say There’s a Vulgar But More Accurate Term for AI Hallucinations

This is a compelling philosophical argument.

Tech giant Apple has finally shown off its own take on artificial intelligence tech. We've seen this all before.
Google

Apple’s Huge AI Announcement Is a Chatbot and an Image Generator, Which Is the Exact Same Boring Offering as Microsoft, Google and Meta

That's it?