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A new discovery in the way electrical currents work could pave the way for supercapacitors that charge phones and laptops in 60 seconds.
Robots and Machines

Supercapacitor Discovery Could Allow Laptops to be Charged in Just 1 Minute, Engineer Claims

"We found the missing link."

A new theory suggests that rockets blast up plumes of Moon dust at way, way faster speeds than previously thought.
Moon

Scientist Terrified Astronauts Might Be Shredded by Sandblasts on the Moon

"The amount of damage [lunar dust] might cause to a spacecraft could be an order of magnitude worse than we believed."

Last month, China sent four zebrafish to its space station Tiangong. And so far, the fish are thriving in the microgravity environment.
Off-World

Fish on Board China’s Space Station Are Doing Swimmingly, Confused as Hell

The "aquastronauts" are "showing directional behavior anomalies."

Should genAI be journalism's future, Semafor reports that partisan digital outlets, especially those on the far-right, might get frozen out.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Already Leaving Right Wing, Conservative Media Outlets In The Past

Silver linings.

Impartial, data driven AI models could be an appealing replacement for biased , egotistical CEOs — and cheaper, too.
Artificial Intelligence

CEOs Could Easily Be Replaced With AI, Experts Argue

Many companies are "fine with not having one."

Akatsuki, JAXA's Venus probe and the only spacecraft in orbit around the planet, suddenly fell out of contact in late April.
Off-World

Japan’s Venus Probe Goes Mysteriously Missing

Oh no.

AI's demand on the US power grid is resulting in changing phase-out deadlines for American coal companies.
Artificial Intelligence

Huge Power Demand for AI Is Keeping Polluting Coal Plants Alive

"We need more energy, not less."

Google says there have been a lot of fake screenshots from AI Oerviews and that people should double check if they are real or not.
Google

Google Accuses Users of Exaggerating Problems With Its Disastrous AI Search Tool

"Those AI Overviews never appeared."

The UK's National Health Service is fast-tracking patients for its new cancer vaccine trials that customize each jab to each patient.
Cancer

Thousands of Patients to Be Given World’s First Cancer Vaccine

The jab uses the same mRNA technology as the Pfizer COVID vaccine.

NASA scientists believe that a small asteroid in the Main Asteroid Belt called "Dinky" birthed its own Moon. Actually, two of them.
Moon

Astronomers Surprised After Finding Tiny Moon Is Actually Two Tiny Moons in a Trenchcoat

It's a weird and wonderful cosmic family.

After taking pains to distance himself from Donald Trump, Elon Musk is now raging on the GOP frontrunner's behalf over his guilty verdict.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Fuming After Frenemy Donald Trump Found Guilty on All Counts

"Great damage was done today to the public’s faith in the American legal system."

The sulfur emissions had helped cool the planet before they were significantly curtailed in 2020, the study found.
Climate Change

Major Cuts in Shipping Pollution Actually Made Climate Change Worse, Scientists Find

No good deed goes unpunished.

Tesla is once again in the hot seat after federal regulators found an issue with more than 125,000 of its cars' seat belts.
Tesla

Tesla Recalling Over 125,000 Cars Over Seat Belt Issue

Another day, another Tesla recall.

Within an hour of Donald Trump's historic felony convictions, the presidential candidate's donation site crashed.
Future Society

Donation Page for Convicted Reality TV Host Crashes Following Guilty Verdict

"Stay strong."

SpaceX will showcase its reusability with its latest Starship test — and an incredible new infographic shows how crazy those plans are.
Starship

Check Out This Amazing Starship Infographic Showing SpaceX’s Plans for Its Upcoming Test Flight

No notes.

In the aftermath of Donald Trump's "hush money" guilty verdict, Truth Social shares plummeted — only to jump back up and then fall again.
Future Society

Trump Guilty Verdict Sends “Truth Social” Shares on a Rollercoaster Ride

"This stock has always represented a bet on Trump winning the 2024 election."

Google has released a statement, admitting that "some odd, inaccurate or unhelpful AI Overviews certainly did show up."
Google

Google Admits Its AI Search Feature Is a Dumpster Fire, Says It Will Scale Back the Tool

"Some odd, inaccurate or unhelpful AI Overviews certainly did show up."

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope claim they have found two of the most distant galaxies in the universe.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed

"Despite being so young, the galaxy is already hard at work creating the elements familiar to us on Earth."

Elon Musk has hit back against the Wall Street Journal's claims that he's been in talks to advise Donald Trump if he wins the election.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Distances Himself From Possible Trump Presidency

"There have not been any discussions of a role for me in a potential Trump Presidency."

The Denver Police Department is planning to deploy aerial drones as 911 first responders, The Denver Post reports. Yes, seriously.
Future Society

Denver Police Department Wants Drones to Respond to 911 Calls

"This really is the future of law enforcement at some point, whether we like it or not."