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The scientists were tracking a seven-foot long porbeagle shark, which is a formidable predator in its own right.
Science & Energy

Scientists Alarmed as Shark Tracker Suddenly Shows Up Inside Larger Creature

Devoured.

By Frank Landymore

Researchers are suggesting that concussions from college sports may be less harmful than previously thought — and possibly beneficial.
Studies

Surprising Study Finds Student Athlete Concussions Associated With Slightly Improved Cognitive Performance

"People who take part in sport[s] seem to have better brain health regardless."

By Noor Al-Sibai

With billions of dollars in expenditures, Waymo is still not profitable, despite giving its impressive tally of paid rides per week.
Advanced Transport

Waymo Giving 100,000 Robotaxi Rides Per Week But Not Making Any Money

Running a robotaxi empire ain't cheap.

By Frank Landymore

The objects lie beyond the known boundaries of the Kuiper Belt, a disc of icy bodies that encircle our Solar System.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Signs of Hidden Ring of Objects at Edge of Solar System

Whoa.

By Frank Landymore

Bill Gates, the seventh-richest man in the world, has come out as a major ChatGPT stan, admitting that he uses it for personal research.
OpenAI

Bill Gates, Who Could Afford a Private Army of Researchers, Says He Does His Research Using ChatGPT, Which Makes Mistakes Constantly

What could possibly go wrong?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers suggest the outer boundary of the Milky Way may stretch much farther than initially thought and is already touching Andromeda.
Off-World

Our Galaxy Appears to Be Touching Another Galaxy, Scientists Say

The "Milky Way and Andromeda are already overlapping and interacting."

By Victor Tangermann

The explosions during the second orbital Starship test flight created a hole in the ionosphere, according to new research.
Starship

Scientists Say SpaceX Starship Explosion Tore a Hole in the Atmosphere

Temporarily, at least.

By Frank Landymore

Donald Trump tapped Elon Musk for a "government efficiency commission." But given his stewardship of Twitter, he's an incredibly poor choice.
Elon Musk

Trump Says He’s Putting Elon Musk in Charge of Making the Government Super Efficient, Like He Did With Twitter

It's a disaster waiting to happen.

By Victor Tangermann

A biologist with the US government's research and development arm is working on a radical new approach to anti-aging treatments.
Brain

Government Scientist Investigating Whether Aging Parts of Your Brain Can Be Replaced With Cloned Tissue

"We're... a couple steps away from reversing brain aging."

By Noor Al-Sibai

The technique involves using a common food dye used in Doritos chips, which can be applied to mice skin to turn it transparent.
Developments

Scientists Use Wild Trick to Create Transparent Mice Where You Can See Their Internal Organs, Like a Clear 90s Nintendo

"You could see through the mouse. I've been working in optics for 30 years, and I thought that result was jaw-dropping."

By Frank Landymore

A Louisiana abortion law could cause doctors to take misopristol, used to treat life-threatening postpartum hemorrhaging, off emergency carts.
RX and Medicine

Deranged Anti-Abortion Law Will Keep Hospitals From Saving Dying Women, Doctors Say

"That's death. That's a matter of life or death."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A woman prescribed Ozempic and Wegovy is now suing the company that makes it after losing her colon from complications caused by the drugs. 
RX and Medicine

Woman Says Her Colon Had to Be Removed After Taking Ozempic

"I had no warning that this was even a possibility."

By Noor Al-Sibai

retired NASA Johnson Space Center engineer Don Nelson warned that Boeing's plagued Starliner spacecraft could crash in a populated area.
Future Society

Retired NASA Engineer Warns Boeing’s Starliner Could Lose Control During Return and Crash in Populated Area

"Let them duck and run."

By Victor Tangermann

Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots
Artificial Intelligence

Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots

The feds seem to have him dead to rights.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crew members on board the US Navy's combat ship USS Manchester got caught secretly bolting a Starlink terminal to the ship's weather deck.
Future Society

Military Leaders in Huge Trouble After Bolting a Starlink Terminal to a Warship for Unrestricted WiFi

They named their network "STINKY."

By Victor Tangermann

A group of Tesla enthusiasts took their Cybertrucks well past the Arctic Circle and to the shores of the Arctic Ocean without a generator.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Arctic Expedition Succeeds Without Packing a Single Generator

"Two Cybertrucks at the end of the road."

By Victor Tangermann

The hatch of Boeing's plagued Starliner is officially closed. The spacecraft is set to make its return just after 6 pm EDT today.
Off-World

Hatch Shut to Send Troubled Starliner Home With No Astronauts on Board

"We want her to have a nice, soft landing in the desert."

By Victor Tangermann

A record number of advertisers plan to cut their spending on Elon Musk's Twitter next year, according to new research from Kantar.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk in Deep Trouble as Even More Advertisers Are Planning to Leave Twitter’s Toxic Cesspool

"X has changed so much in recent years and can be unpredictable from one day to the next."

By Frank Landymore

Amid the ongoing Starliner breakdown fiasco, NASA has admitted that there's been a bit of "tension" with Boeing.
Boeing

NASA Admits “Tension in the Room” as It Told Boeing Starliner Couldn’t Return Astronauts to Earth

Is this the understatement of the year?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billionaire X owner Elon Musk has repeatedly engaged with media flowing from a multimillion-dollar Russian propaganda scheme.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Repeatedly Promoted “Conservative” Outlet That Was Secretly Being Funded by Moscow, According to DOJ Indictment

Are we surprised?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré