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The Food and Drug and Administration warned about the dangers of self-administering injections using compounded forms of Ozempic.
Developments

FDA Says People Are Taking 20 Times the Proper Dose of Ozempic and Overdosing

Be careful, people.

By Frank Landymore

NASA Head Bill Nelson this week showed admiration for VP Kamala Harris, referring to the presidential candidate as a "space aficionado."
NASA

Head of NASA Says Kamala Harris Really Gets Space

Harris has the Bill Nelson stamp of approval.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This ocean dead zone is larger than average this year, NOAA said, leaving thousands of square miles of water depleted of oxygen.
Science & Energy

Scientists Alarmed by Enormous Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico

The fish are suffocating.

By Frank Landymore

A new study says people rated as unattractive in their high school photos tend to have shorter lifespans compared to more attractive people.
Studies

If You Were Ugly in High School, Doctors Have Terrible News

So the pretty inherit the Earth?

By Sharon Adarlo

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Bitcoin

Tucker Carlson Says the CIA Created Bitcoin

"We all know that."

By Noor Al-Sibai

It doesn't take much work for creeps to detect your exact location on dating apps, a new study from some academic hackers shows. 
Future Society

Bumble and Hinge Let Creeps See Your Exact Location

It was way too easy for these researchers to figure this out.

By Noor Al-Sibai

As part of his purported comeback, Eminem has chosen to have an AI hologram of him from his "Slim Shady" era stage a bogus interview.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI That De-Ages Eminem Into Slim Shady Is Astonishingly Bad

"Bro got so bored he started beefing [with] his alter ego."

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's a new volunteer emergency vehicle on the streets of South New Jersey: the first Cybertruck ambulance. Yes, you read that right.
Advanced Transport

First Cybertruck Ambulance Has One Small Problem: Nowhere to Put the Patient

"If they pull up on me in something that ugly I'm telling them to let me die."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Critics are concerned about plans to dim the Sun — and one of its staunchest proponents is criticizing them right back.
Climate Change

Scientist Defends Plan to Release Huge Amounts of Sulfur Into the Stratosphere

"There’s really a lot of evidence that the risks are quantitatively small compared to the benefits."

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an upcoming book about Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, a reporter is set to air some of the billionaire philanthropist's dirty laundry.
Future Society

Microsoft Reportedly Had to Ban Bill Gates From Being Alone With Interns

Ouch.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The signal could help explain why an explosion called a gamma ray burst appeared to be the most powerful ever detected.
Off-World

Scientists Find Hidden Signal in Epic Cosmic Explosion

"When I first saw that signal, it gave me goosebumps."

By Frank Landymore

Neuralink competitor Synchron has announced that its brain-computer interface can now be hooked up to Apple's Vision Pro headset.
Prosthetics and Devices

Brain Implant Hooked Up to Control VR Headset

"It can transport you to places you never thought you’d see or experience again."

By Victor Tangermann

To combat growing extinction threats, scientists are proposing an out-of-this-world concept — keeping at-risk cells on the Moon.
DNA

Scientists Propose Fortress of Earth’s DNA Samples Housed on the Moon in Case of Apocalypse

"We know how to do this and can do this and will do this."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The rider was killed in 2022 after a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot mode rear ended the motorcycle, according to the lawsuit.
Tesla

Tesla Sued by Family of Motorcyclist Mowed Down by Car on Autopilot

Horrible.

By Frank Landymore

A dental robotics company claims to have used an AI-controlled robot to perform the first fully autonomous dental procedure on a human.
Prosthetics and Devices

Robot Performs First Ever Fully Autonomous Dental Surgery on Live Patient

The company claims it's eight times faster than a human dentist.

By Victor Tangermann

AI industry may be headed for trouble after tepid earnings reports from tech companies dismayed Wall Street.
Artificial Intelligence

With the Market Tanking, the AI Industry May Be in Huge Trouble

The free market has spoken.

By Sharon Adarlo

In light of Elon Musk saying he'd fight Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, here's all the other fights Musk bouts that never happened.
Elon Musk

A Brief List of People Elon Musk Has Challenged to Combat and Then Chickened Out of Actually Fighting

We are not entertained — yet.

By Frank Landymore

Buyer satisfaction with Tesla vehicles has declined compared to a year ago, a prestigious consumer study reports.
Tesla

Tesla Buyers Having More Regrets After Actually Using Their Cars, Research Finds

Tesla is slipping.

By Sharon Adarlo

Boeing Starliner seems to have failed because NASA officials are likely to hire Boeing rival SpaceX to rescue the two stranded astronauts.
Boeing

It’s Sounding Like Boeing’s Starliner May Have Completely Failed

Sounds pretty bad up there.

By Sharon Adarlo

YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul has made the surprise move of apologizing — sort of — for being an asshole.
Future Society

Logan Paul Issues Half-Hearted Apology For Transphobic Tirade Against a Cisgender Olympian

"I might be guilty of spreading misinformation."

By Noor Al-Sibai