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Despite being many light-years away, two colliding neutron stars could create a powerful enough explosion to wipe out life on Earth.
Off-World

Explosion Light-Years Away Could Obliterate Life on Earth, Scientists Find

A terrifying prospect.

By Victor Tangermann

Mars Sample Return in Trouble After Mass NASA Layoffs
Mars

Mars Sample Return in Trouble After Mass NASA Layoffs

"These are painful but necessary adjustments."

By Victor Tangermann

Things have gone from bad to worse for Voyager 1, which has been out of contact with its Earth-bound mission control for months now.
Off-World

Things Are Looking Pretty Grim for Voyager 1

"It would be the biggest miracle if we get it back."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's Tesla is the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500, a stock market index tracking the 500 largest companies in the US.
Tesla

Tesla Is Officially the Worst-Performing S&P 500 Stock of the Year

"There’s been a brand deterioration around Musk and that’s what’s created a black cloud around Tesla."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be losing about 530 people or 8 percent of its staff, plus around 40 contractors in mass lay offs.
NASA

Mass Layoffs Hit NASA

More than 500 people are losing their jobs.

By Sharon Adarlo

These gross little eggs belong to invertebrates known as flatworms, and were found at a record depth of around 20,000 feet.
Science & Energy

Jet Black Eggs Recovered From Deep Ocean

"A milky liquid-like thing leaked from it."

By Frank Landymore

Ex-Googler Jim Albrecht argues that generative AI is the "wolf" coming for the media industry. Unfortunately, he's probably right.
Google

Former Google News Director Admits Big Tech Is Killing Journalism

Is this the final nail in the media industry's coffin?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After reelection, Philadelphia's sheriff has been forced to admit that articles cited as positive press for her campaign were made up by AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Embattled Sheriff Caught Posting AI-Generated Headlines About How She’s Awesome

Oops.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The magnetic anomaly was discovered as part of researchers' extensive mapping of Lake Rotorua in New Zealand.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Magnetic Anomaly in Lake Over Dormant Volcano

"You finally put those glasses on, and you can see the fine print."

By Frank Landymore

Nicki Minaj has signed on with fellow artists to support AI regulation — despite seeming to use the technology herself.
Artificial Intelligence

Nicki Minaj, Who’s Used AI, Decries Use of AI

"Nicki’s entire rollout being AI images is so tiring."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A multinational company was scammed out of $25.6 million by a hacker, who was using a deepfake version of their CFO on a video call.
Artificial Intelligence

Hackers Steal $25 Million by Deepfaking Finance Boss

"This time, in a multi-person video conference, it turns out that everyone you see is fake."

By Victor Tangermann

Meta is promising to roll out auto-labeling for AI-generated images soon — but its new protocols may still fall short of the mark. 
Meta

Meta’s Plans to Label AI-Generated Content Are a Sad Fart

Wait, what?

By Noor Al-Sibai

OSIRIS-REx principal investigator Dante Lauretta told New Scientist that asteroid Bennu may have been "an ancient ocean world."
Off-World

Sample From Distant Asteroid Shows Signs of Originating on Ocean World

"My working hypothesis is that this was an ancient ocean world."

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he has new evidence that metal fragments recovered from the ocean floor could be alien technology.
Exobiology

Harvard Scientist Presents New Evidence That Samples Are Alien Spacecraft

"It raises the possibility that it may have been a voyager-like meteor, artificially made by another civilization."

By Frank Landymore

Scientists confirmed that researchers at the National Ignition Facility really broke even with their laser-based fusion reactor back in 2022.
Energy

Fusion Facility Generates Twice the Power Put Into It

This is big.

By Victor Tangermann

For decades, most people have believed that genes are the blueprint for life — but that perception, a pair of experts argue, falls short.
DNA

Genes Aren’t Actually the Blueprint of Life, Experts Say

"We are at the beginning of a profound rethinking of how life works."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Footage of an off-road session shows a Tesla Cybertruck having one of its wheels snap off after a stock bolt failed.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Goes Off-Road, Wheel Snaps Off

Tesla fans say it's nothing out of the ordinary.

By Victor Tangermann

Colorado-based space company Sierra Space showed off its sleek Dream Chaser spaceplane, stacked on top of its cargo module, last week.
Future Society

Sierra Space Reveals “Star Wars”-Looking New Spaceship

Its name is Tenacity, and it's almost ready to fly.

By Victor Tangermann

Sports drink brand Bodyarmor used nausea-inducing generative AI to make an arguably lukewarm point in its Super Bowl ad.
Artificial Intelligence

Coke’s AI-Generated Super Bowl Ad Is Downright Scary

"Electrolytes equal mouth success."

By Victor Tangermann

Executives at Meta are so freaked out by CEO Mark Zuckerberg's extracurriculars that they're warning investors that he might straight up die. 
Future Society

Meta Warns That Mark Zuckerberg Could Die at Any Moment

Does this dude have a death wish?

By Noor Al-Sibai