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Scientists are investigating if sharks are getting high off of bales of cocaine that are landing in the waters off of the coast of Florida.
Science & Energy

Are "cocaine sharks" really feasting on illegal contraband?

By Victor Tangermann

Canadian cops arrested and charged four men for the December kidnapping of a 24-year-old self-described "Crypto King."
Cryptocurrency

He wanted his money back.

By Frank Landymore

The FTX drama continues with news that the DOJ is accusing Sam Bankman-Fried of leaking his ex Caroline Ellison's diary to the NYT.
Blockchain

"The defendant has sought to publicly discredit a government witness."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Annoyed users of the World of Warcraft Reddit decided to trick an AI-written website scraping their content into writing about "Glorbo."
Artificial Intelligence

Who's excited for "Glorbo?"

By Frank Landymore

While NASA keeps upping its budget on its Mars mission, Americans have quietly reported that their priorities don't exactly seem to align.
Mars

These priorities do seem a bit off.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Drifting without a star, these rogue planets may vastly outnumber star-bound worlds like those of our solar system.
Off-World

Rogue is in vogue.

By Frank Landymore

While most subreddits have ended their protests against the site's ownership, one popular sub has held out — and is now being punished.
Future Society

They've followed through with their threats.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have discovered strong evidence of two planets traveling the same orbit around a star, a phenomenon called Trojan planets.
Off-World

Astronomers found a cosmic "unicorn."

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the aftermath of the space agency's DART battering ram that smashed into an asteroid last year.
NASA

"This is a spectacular observation — much better than I expected."

By Victor Tangermann

Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried and his brother Gabriel talked about buying a tiny island to conduct genetic experiments on humans.
Future Society

"Probably there are other things it’s useful to do with a sovereign country, too."

By Victor Tangermann

The sea otter known as "841," wanted for harassing many a surfer, has still avoided capture by wildlife authorities.
Future Society

Humanity's best efforts are no match for this tenacious otter.

By Frank Landymore

Scientists at Texas A&M University were stunned when a piece of metal appeared to heal itself before their eyes.
Science & Energy

"This was absolutely stunning to watch first-hand."

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have discovered a suspected magnetar, which has been sending out radio waves every 22 minutes since at least 1988.
Off-World

"They missed it because they hadn't expected to find anything like it."

By Victor Tangermann

Emad Mostaque, the CEO of open-source AI company Stability AI, says AI will be the "biggest bubble of all time."
Artificial Intelligence

"I call it the ‘dot AI’ bubble, and it hasn’t even started yet."

By Victor Tangermann

Apple is secretly developing a generative AI framework called "Ajax," along with an internally used AI-powered chatbot similar to ChatGPT.
OpenAI

"Apple GPT" is here, but only behind closed doors.

By Frank Landymore

We know that parasitic worms called hairworms can "mind control" their host. But as it turns out, they're also missing huge amounts of genes.
DNA

This bizarre organism is missing huge amounts of genes.

By Victor Tangermann

Four patients infected with anthrax after eating horse meat escape a Siberian hospital, panicking local officials who send out an alert.
Bacteria

Is this the beginning of an infectious disease thriller?

By Sharon Adarlo

A green background filled with code text with a brain in the foreground.
Artificial Intelligence

"Human-created data... is extremely expensive."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have spotted a two-faced, white dwarf star that appears to be made of hydrogen on one side and helium on the other.
Off-World

"When I show the observations to people, they are blown away."

By Frank Landymore

New legislation which would require any information on "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)" to be publicly disclosed.
Off-World

"The American public has a right to learn about technologies of unknown origins."

By Sharon Adarlo