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NASA has responded to Navajo Nation president Buu Nygren's complaint over space contractors sending cremated human remains to the Moon.
Moon

Native Americans Say New Mission Will Desecrate the Moon

"It is crucial to emphasize that the Moon holds a sacred position in many Indigenous cultures, including ours."

By Victor Tangermann

As the world inches closer to mind-reading tech, some scientists are calling to legally enshrine the right to keep our thoughts to ourselves.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Concerned About Devices That Literally Read Your Mind

"If we lose our mental privacy, what else is there to lose?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

A woman in Virginia has gained viral TikTok fame as "tunnel girl" because she's building a tunnel and storm shelter under her house.
Future Society

Local Officials Horrified by Woman Digging Huge Cavern Under Her House

This tunnel is closed until further notice.

By Sharon Adarlo

What if an AI trained on the entire legal code began enforcing it? One AI researcher is ringing alarm bells about that very prospect.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Might Actually Enforce All Our Stupid Laws, Expert Warns

Drowning you in stress, paperwork, and legal bills. 

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted that "Muslim and Arab (especially Palestinian) colleagues" are "uncomfortable" about speaking out.
Future Society

Sam Altman Says Muslim Colleagues Are Afraid to Speak Up

He's sending a strong message.

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is suing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) because, according to the company's claim, the agency itself is unconstitutional.
SpaceX

SpaceX Sues Government Over Claim It Fired Employees for Criticizing Elon Musk

I know you are but what am I?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Until now, scientists didn't know what exactly made pee yellow — and the answer seems to be situated a bit north of the bladder after all.
Studies

Scientists Have Been Studying Your Pee and They Finally Have Answers

Glad they got that one sorted out.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers estimated that thousands died in six countries during the first COVID-19 wave due to the use of hydroxychloroquine.
Studies

17,000 People Died From Taking Hydroxychloroquine, Scientists Estimate

Patients were basically guinea pigs.

By Sharon Adarlo

The spacecraft Peregrine will be the first American lunar lander built by a private space company if it lands on the Moon successfully.
Moon

Private American Moon Mission Launching Monday

There's money to be made on the Moon.

By Sharon Adarlo

The investigation comes after the FDA received reports linking these side effects to semaglutide drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic.
Developments

FDA Investigating Link Between Semaglutide and Hair Loss, Suicidal Thoughts

These weight loss drugs could come with some nasty complications.

By Frank Landymore

The project in Iceland will be the first ever attempt of drilling straight into the incredibly hard to find magma beneath the Earth's surface.
Energy

Scientists Drilling Into Magma Chamber for Potentially Unlimited Energy

"It's the first journey to the center of the Earth."

By Frank Landymore

"For every 10 likes this gets, I will ask ChatGPT to make this goose a little sillier," robotics company CEO Garrett Scott McCurrach tweeted.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Says It’s Reached the Limit of How Silly It Can Make the Goose

"I've reached the limit of how silly I can make the goose using the tools available."

By Victor Tangermann

Videos show what appears to be a pair of Chinese rocket boosters crashing in inhabited areas in the country's Sichuan province.
Off-World

Videos Show Chinese Rocket Parts Raining Down, Exploding

That explosion...

By Victor Tangermann

A Consumer Reports investigation has found a plastic ingredient known as phthalate at worrying high levels in supermarket and fast food items.
Food

Scientists Found Hazardous Phthalates in Almost Every Food They Tested

Even Wendy's!?

By Frank Landymore

YouTube account Out of Specs rented a Cybertruck and took it for an extended spin, concluding that it could only cover 254 highway miles.
Advanced Transport

The Cybertruck’s Real World Range Is Incredibly Feeble

It's not looking great.

By Victor Tangermann

A forthcoming Elvis hologram tour is the latest in a string of holographic AI resurrections that fail to deal with their subjects' darkness.
Treatments

Alleged Groomer to Get the AI Hologram Treatment

How do these splashy experiences square with their subjects' problematic pasts?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists from Texas have developed a method to control gene expression by switching them on and off via molecular means.
Developments

Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Way to Turn Genes On and Off Like Light Switches

Imagine curing diseases by the flick of a switch.

By Sharon Adarlo

Stephen Hawking has once again been posthumously implicated in the scandal surrounding the dead billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Future Society

Stephen Hawking Implicated in Jeffrey Epstein Documents

This is not a good look.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have exposed the previously untracked expanse of human activity at sea using a combination of satellite imagery and AI.
Science & Energy

New Mapping Finds the Oceans Are Filled With “Dark Vessels”

We're only beginning to uncover the truth.

By Victor Tangermann

In just under a year, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will attempt to "basically almost landing" on the Sun, coming within just 3.8 million miles.
NASA

NASA Spacecraft Preparing to Attempt “Basically Landing” on the Sun

"This will be a monumental achievement for all humanity. This is equivalent to the Moon landing of 1969."

By Victor Tangermann