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The first astronauts to walk the surface of the Moon in almost 50 years will bring a greenhouse to study how crops adapt to the environment.
Moon

Could we really grow food on the surface of the Moon?

By Victor Tangermann

Results from a study suggests that transfusions of blood, bone marrow, organs and other biological matter can spread Alzheimer's Disease.
Neuroscience and Brain

Ominous.

By Sharon Adarlo

As investors are pouring billions of dollars into AI companies, analysts are starting to become wary of an "AI bubble" that's forming.
Artificial Intelligence

"When the music stops there will not be many chairs available."

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers captured the black hole at the center of the Milky Way in polarized light and its surrounding magnetic fields for the first time.
Future Society

Woah.

By Victor Tangermann

A pod of sperm whales used "defensive defecation" to successfully deter a vicious swarm of orcas off the coast of Western Australia.
Science & Energy

"It's called defensive defecation."

By Frank Landymore

Reddit shares are cratering right now, plunging almost 25 percent in just two days, less than a week following its IPO.
Future Society

Shares slipped almost 25 percent in just two days.

By Victor Tangermann

The Daily Beast reports that Boston University suggested its professors should use AI to replace the work of striking graduate students.
Artificial Intelligence

Be serious, people.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new report reveals the chaos behind the startup Stability AI, including an incident where its now-ex CEO disappeared in his pajamas.
Artificial Intelligence

"That level of souring is pretty uncommon — at least that early anyway."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Senator Bernie Sanders is calling on Ozempic and Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk to slash its prices for the treatments in the US.
Health & Medicine

"The American people are sick and tired of paying, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs while the pharmaceutical industry enjoys huge profits."

By Victor Tangermann

Gay dating platform Grindr is betting big on generative AI, and is working on an AI chatbot you can have sexually explicit chats with.
Artificial Intelligence

"AI boyfriends" are the new "AI girlfriends."

By Victor Tangermann

Two beluga whales have died at Niagara Falls tourist attraction Marineland this month, raising the total number of whale deaths to 17.
Science & Energy

"Marineland has lost the trust of the public and has no business caring for animals."

By Victor Tangermann

The snake robot, dubbed Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS), will one day plunge into the subsurface oceans of Enceladus.
Robotics

It'll take on any terrain.

By Frank Landymore

The robot, dubbed "Emo," uses cameras in its eyes to predict your smile less than a second before it actually appears.
Robotics

Ah. Human interaction.

By Frank Landymore

In the wake of NASA's failed private Moon lander debacle, Japan's version is, somehow, still alive and kicking.
Moon

"The spacecraft made it through the lunar night for the second time!"

By Noor Al-Sibai

As hype and investment in AI soars, some businesses are learning that the technology isn't reliable enough to represent their companies.
Artificial Intelligence

"'This is super cool, but I can't actually get it to work reliably enough to roll out to our customers.'"

By Frank Landymore

A study suggests that your mother's diet during pregnancy is a big factor in how your facial features are shaped.
Studies

Don't like your big nose? Blame your mom's diet during pregnancy.

By Sharon Adarlo

The NYPD is back at it again, wasting taxpayer dollars on AI metal detectors for the subway in its latest effort to look busy.
Meta

"Let’s bring on the scanners."

By Noor Al-Sibai

An endless AI-generated "Family Guy" show on YouTube called "AI Peter" has devolved into ear-bruising chaos.
Artificial Intelligence

"After three minutes the chat was begging the host to skip it but it’s all automated, it just kept going."

By Victor Tangermann

Venture capitalists are balking at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sky-high aspirations and are seemingly starting to become disillusioned.
OpenAI

"For the same reason I don't trust Elon, I just don't trust somebody whose aspirations are so clearly about themselves."

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter has been selling user data to the surveillance firm Dataminr, which in turn provides real time surveillance to government agencies.
Data Privacy

In for a penny, in for a data mine.

By Frank Landymore