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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."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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."

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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?

By Noor Al-Sibai

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."

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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."

By Victor Tangermann

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."

By Noor Al-Sibai

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.

By Frank Landymore

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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."

By Sharon Adarlo

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."

By Noor Al-Sibai

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.

By Noor Al-Sibai

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?

By Victor Tangermann

Unsold Tesla stock piling up so much, it can literally be spotted from space, as seen in several satellite images.
Tesla

There Are Now So Many Unsold Teslas That You Can See Them From Orbit

Tesla's problems are really starting to pile up — literally.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson isn't one to mince words, but in a recent interview, he used colorful language to describe his colleagues.
NASA

Head of NASA Says He Works With a “Bunch of Wizards”

Is he wrong?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A PhD student in India has proposed a "new model" of the universe that includes an "anti-universe" that flows backward in time.
Science & Energy

Our World May Be Connected to an Anti-Universe, Scientist Says

"We need a partner anti-universe whose time flow is oppositely related to our universe."

By Victor Tangermann

One of the OpenAI directors who ousted CEO Sam Altman is issuing some stark warnings about the future of unchecked artificial intelligence.
OpenAI

Former OpenAI Director Warns There Are Bad Things AI Can Do Besides Kill You

"There's a lot of other ways that AI could really take things in a bad direction."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tech company Sightful has fully doubled down on augmented reality glasses by releasing an unusual laptop that doesn't have a screen.
Virtual Reality

New Laptop Has No Screen, Just Augmented Reality Glasses

It's an ambitious design.

By Victor Tangermann