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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has invested a whopping $180 million in a startup that's looking for novel ways to extend human longevity.
Developments

"You have to stop before you go too far... because it will start trying to grow an entire person right there and form the tumors."

By Victor Tangermann

Legislators in California are slated to approve new measures to create filtration systems that turns wastewater into drinking water.
Science & Energy

"This is really about recovering resources, not wasting precious resources."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Psyche spacecraft just beamed back a cat video from almost 19 million miles away and at blistering speeds.
NASA

"Despite transmitting from millions of miles away, it was able to send the video faster than most broadband internet connections."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft is teaming up with the TomTom GPS company to shove talking generative AI into your car, for some reason.
Artificial Intelligence

"Generative AI is going to add an emotional layer to interaction with the car."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists now have come across strange types of rock that contain manmade plastic in all five inhabited continents.
Science & Energy

This is a disaster.

By Victor Tangermann

According to a recent analysis of 30 car brands by online lending marketplace LendingTree, Tesla drivers have the highest accident rate.
Tesla

Yikes.

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Will Be Able to Travel as a Boat, Until It Sinks
Elon Musk

Then it becomes a submarine — permanently.

By Victor Tangermann

Many of those "wrong number" scam texts are being sent by people human trafficked in horrific work camps in Southeast Asia.
Future Society

This eyewitness account is absolutely chilling.

By Noor Al-Sibai

"Friends" actor Matthew Perry, who was undergoing ketamine treatment at the time of his death, had high levels of the drug in his body.
Treatments

"This really should be a wake-up call..."

By Sharon Adarlo

If you ever find yourself aboard a spaceship and you have the sudden urge to poop — former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino offers some insight.
NASA

"It requires a lot of training."

By Sharon Adarlo

Following tens of thousands of earthquakes rocking southwest Iceland, a massive volcano erupted early Tuesday morning local time.
Science & Energy

"We are looking at a worst-case scenario."

By Victor Tangermann

The Stanislaus National Forest Service, which manages the National Forest where a Cybertruck recently got stuck, just trolled Tesla hard.
Future Society

"We are always thrilled when new opportunities to explore our public lands become available."

By Victor Tangermann

Founder of electric trucking company Nikola Trevor Milton was sentenced to four years after being found guilty of misleading investors.
Tesla

It's the end of an era.

By Victor Tangermann

The effects of boozing can be detected in sperm for more than a month after cessation and can lead to some pretty serious birth defects.
Studies

"For years, there’s really been no consideration of male alcohol use whatsoever."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronauts on board the International Space Station have made a startling discovery: the husks of two old and dried-out tomatoes.
NASA

The "Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes" has finally been solved.

By Victor Tangermann

Many companies have recently rushed to invest billions into carbon removal technologies in order to mitigate emissions.
Climate Change

The huge question: can it actually work?

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk's new anti-woke artificial intelligence chatbot is popping off — and it has a lot of weird stuff to say about its creator. 
Elon Musk

"There's no concrete evidence to confirm or deny these allegations."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A man in Los Angeles has been ordered to pay more than $23,000 in restitution after killing two people with his Tesla while using Autopilot.
Tesla

They both died on the scene.

By Victor Tangermann

While pandering to an audience of far right-wing politicians in Italy, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that fossil fuels get a bad rep.
Elon Musk

Elon, why?!

By Victor Tangermann

The holiday season means presents galore  — but in the case of at-home DNA tests, some gifts may be better left unopened.
Gene Editing

"What happens if you discover things you didn't know previously?"

By Noor Al-Sibai