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A record shattering tremor on Mars still has scientists uncertain on its origin, after new research ruled out a meteoroid impact.
Mars

A so-called dead world.

By Frank Landymore

Military bases across the US could be polluting nearby water supplies with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the DoD says.
Military

"That is what we know so far ... and it took an act of Congress to get that much information."

By Frank Landymore

AI chatbots may, as new research suggests, be able to infer information about you based on small things you mention to them.
Artificial Intelligence

Great, another thing to worry about.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Announcing a solid-state battery partnership, Toyota displayed the sand-like electrolyte in a glass vessel that looks like a butt plug. 
Science & Energy

Yes, seriously.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Humans have always decided what happens to animals without the creatures themselves having a vote. What if that changed?
Science & Energy

And really, why not?

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to Meta's AI-powered Tom Brady horcrux, Colin Kaepernick just isn't good enough to play in the NFL. Oh, yeah, and he's "drama."
Meta

"Kaepernick ain't playing 'cause he ain't good enough and teams don't want the drama."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The financial industry's increasing reliance on AI will most likely trigger the next financial crisis, according to the SEC chairman.
Artificial Intelligence

"Nearly unavoidable."

By Sharon Adarlo

Genetically supercharged trees and other plants could be promising CO2 vacuums, but are yet to be proven outside the greenhouse.
Climate Change

It's a bold solution.

By Frank Landymore

Stack Overflow, is laying off 28 percent of its staff, just as OpenAI's ChatGPT is experiencing a big surge in popularity for coding help.
Artificial Intelligence

AI code to Stack Overflow: adapt or die.

By Sharon Adarlo

Adobe has unveiled a sparkling, interactive dress — and got the research scientist who created it to model the high-tech couture. 
Future Society

This is next level.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A massive cache of niobium-packed "niabobaoite" discovered in China may have broad implications for the global battery race.
Science & Energy

This could be a very big deal.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk has once again signaled his love for novelist George Orwell – without acknowledging the writer's well-known political stance.
Elon Musk

Who's gonna tell him?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Facebook’s AI-Powered Jane Austen Is Already Overrun by Spam
Artificial Intelligence

And why is she blonde!?

By Victor Tangermann, By Jon Christian

A stunning new video put together by the European Space Agency shows the vastness of the Noctis Labyrinthus, a Martian canyon.
Mars

Woah.

By Victor Tangermann

AI is here to enforce Zoom etiquette — but according to some who have used the meeting bots, the AIs don't always understand nuance.
Artificial Intelligence

"It was like, monologue!"

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It's used as a tie-breaker, a this-or-that decision maker. But the long considered fair coin toss actually has quite a bit of bias.
Science & Energy

We'll take those odds.

By Frank Landymore

A team of researchers has kicked off the first-ever trial of a gene therapy that they say can cure a type of deafness.
Gene Editing

"The hair cells are working, but they are not talking to the nerve."

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI-powered tool from Google will effortlessly swap and add different facial expressions using other photos you took.
Google

Turn that frown upside down.

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI quietly changed its "core values" list to include a focus on AGI that wasn't explicitly listed there before. 
OpenAI

Oh, okay.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Gianluca Grimulda, an Italian social and climate scientist, prefers "slow travel" to cut down on his carbon emissions. That means no flights.
Climate Change

For this scientist, taking a commercial flight does not fly.

By Frank Landymore