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Chinese scientists are working on a giant electromagnetic launch track to launch a massive 50-ton space plane into orbit.
Future Society

China Working on Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Astronauts Into Space

NASA abandoned a similar project.

By Victor Tangermann

Be careful what you tell AI chatbots, because apparently it's very easy for hackers to figure out your prompts.
Hacking

Hackers Can Spy on Your Chats With Almost Any AI, Experts Find

"Anybody can read private chats sent from ChatGPT and other services."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have created a gene-edited cow that produces human insulin in her milk in Brazil.
DNA

Cow Hacked With Human DNA Produces Milk Containing High Levels of Human Insulin

"The mammary gland is a magical thing."

By Victor Tangermann

A Single Asteroid Caused Two Billion Craters on Mars, Scientists Claim
Mars

A Single Asteroid Caused Two Billion Craters on Mars, Scientists Claim

Here's how.

By Victor Tangermann

Forgetting words is a common experience — but when your speech starts slowing, it could signal something worse.
Studies

Doing This Thing While Talking Is a Sign of Oncoming Dementia, Scientists Find

This evidence is compelling, but potentially fraught.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Neurobiologists researched the mysterious mechanism behind generalized fear in the brain and uncovered a method that may possibly stop it.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Discover “Switch” That May Turn Off PTSD Fear Response

Okay, that's intriguing.

By Sharon Adarlo

MrBeast, one of the world's most famous YouTubers, is begging wannabe influencers not to follow in his footsteps.
Future Society

MrBeast Warns Youth Not to Be Like Him

"For every person like me that makes it, thousands don’t."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a clip from Don Lemon's interview with Elon Musk, the mercurial CEO was upfront about the use of ketamine.
Elon Musk

Video Shows Elon Musk Confronted About Drug Use

"Obviously I'm not a doctor, but I would say if somebody has depression issues, they should consider talking to their doctor about ketamine."

By Victor Tangermann

A yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper suggests that metal particles from burned up satellites could be accumulating in our atmosphere.
SpaceX

Paper Claims Dying SpaceX Satellites Could Weaken Earth’s Magnetic Field

"I was shocked at everything that I found and that nobody has been studying this."

By Frank Landymore

Employees at a wildlife center are wearing a fox mask to help feed a baby fox — and folks are pointing out that it looks like a fursuit.
Future Society

Wildlife Center Employee Dresses as Big Fox to Care for Baby Foxes

"Cute story but that is 100% a fursuit."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The seismic data Avi Loeb used to locate the crash site of an interstellar meteor and recover "alien" fragments from was interpreted wrongly.
Exobiology

There’s an Embarrassing Explanation for Those “Alien Fragments,” Researchers Claim

It's, uh, not aliens.

By Frank Landymore

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang earnestly wants you young students out there a lot "pain and suffering" — so you can be successful, of course.
Future Society

Nvidia CEO Wishes “Pain and Suffering” on Young People

"I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering."

By Frank Landymore

Before his untimely death, a Boeing whistleblower told his friend that if anything happened to him, "it's not suicide."
Future Society

Boeing Whistleblower Before Death: “If Anything Happens, It’s Not Suicide”

"I know that he did not commit suicide."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla shares are down almost 32 percent since January, hitting a ten-month low — and analysts are pessimistic about the rest of the year.
Tesla

Tesla Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed Right Now

Tesla is a "growth company with no growth."

By Victor Tangermann

Barack Obama argued that we shouldn't abandon the Earth in favor of Mars after making a possibly irreparable mess of its climate.
Mars

Obama Slams Plan to Escape Earth by Colonizing Mars

"We were designed for this place, and it would be good if we kept this place in a way that's liveable."

By Victor Tangermann

Wondering what data OpenAI used to train its buzzy new text-to-video AI? OpenAI CTO Mira Murati seems to be wondering, too.
OpenAI

In Cringe Video, OpenAI CTO Says She Doesn’t Know Where Sora’s Training Data Came From

"I'm actually not sure about that."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Montana man was trying to create giant hybrid sheep from cloned embryos but his actions violated international and federal wildlife laws.
Future Society

Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Clone Giant Sheep

"This was an audacious scheme to create massive hybrid sheep species to be sold and hunted as trophies."

By Sharon Adarlo

Tech startup Figure has released a new clip of its OpenAI-powered humanoid robot chatting with an engineer as it puts away the dishes.
Robotics

This Humanoid Robot Powered by OpenAI Is Almost Scary

"So I gave you the apple because it’s the only, uh, edible item I could provide you with from the table."

By Victor Tangermann

In a new bill, Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing for a 32-hour work week that wouldn't result in a pay markdown. 
Future Society

Bernie Sanders Proposes Four-Day Workweek With No Loss in Pay

A four-hour workweek would give people back a whopping six years of their lives to do as they please.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In his latest racist outburst, billionaire Elon Musk joined other conservative pundits in accusing Haitian migrants of being "cannibals."
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Thinks Cannibals Are Invading the United States

"It is racist. It is dehumanizing."

By Victor Tangermann