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German startup Proxima Fusion recently grabbed millions to build a reactor that looks like a twisty French cruller doughnut.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Fusion Startup Gets Funding for Twisty-Looking Reactor

If money talks, nuclear fusion is suddenly starting to get a lot of funding.

A Michigan woman was taken to the hospital after her Tesla reportedly self-crashed into a tree when in self-driving mode. 
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Driver Says Self-Driving Mode Crashed Her Car Into a Tree

Another one bites the dust.

A beluga whale, suspected of being a "Russian Spy," was seen far from home and experts say he may be looking for friends or a mate.
Biology

Suspected Russian Spy Whale Reappears, Possibly Lonely and Wanting Love

It's a whale of a tale.

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has signed onto a one-sentence open letter warning about the "extinction" dangers posed by AI, LOL.
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Signs Letter Warning AI Could Cause Human “Extinction”

Massive cognitive dissonance incoming.

King Charles III is a committed environmentalist — so much so that he's reportedly sacrificing his servants' body temps for his cause. Brave!
Climate Change

King Charles Fights Climate Change by Freezing His Servants

It's a sacrifice he's willing to make.

ChatGPT's propensity to make up stuff strikes again — and this time, it's gotten a lawyer in deep trouble. 
OpenAI

Lawyer in Huge Trouble After He Used ChatGPT in Court and It Totally Screwed Up

Source? AI made it up.

The rise of AI coincides with all-time debt highs — and one startup is cashing in by having AI robocalls do way more collections than humans.
Artificial Intelligence

Cursed New AI Calls Debtors to Hassle Them for Money

Coming soon to a robocall near you.

People were shocked when the waters of Venice's Grand Canal became neon green. Investigation revealed it was due to a non-toxic chemical.
Environment

Chemical Turns Waters of Venice Canal a Fluorescent Green

It's not easy bein' green.

Ferocious feral chickens with "supercharged survival skills" have gotten out of control in Hawaii, The Atlantic reports.
Science & Energy

Hawaii Menaced by Furious Wild Chickens

"They're not the smartest birds, but they're smarter than people give them credit for."

A second Gallagher brother has responded to an AI-generated Oasis album — and because one loved it, the other, of course, had to hate it.
Artificial Intelligence

Noel Gallagher Disgusted by AI-Generated Oasis Music

"F***ing embarrassing."

Rest in peace! A Dutch startup has created a $1,000 mushroom coffin that will biodegrade in less than two months.
Environment

Get Buried in a $1,000 Organic, Biodegradable Mushroom Coffin

Rest in peace.

This AI-powered captcha tool wants you to know what a "yoko" is. That's a problem, because the object doesn't actually exist.
Artificial Intelligence

Captcha AI Asks Users to Identify Bizarre Imaginary Object

Maybe I *am* a robot!

A supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy is expected to be visible for months, even from amateur backyard telescopes.
Off-World

New Supernova in Sky May Shine for Months

A star just exploded... spectacularly.

Electricity in the air can be harnessed — and the simple conductor film used to harvest this energy can be made from almost anything. 
Energy

Scientists Harvest Electricity From “Thin Air” Using Strange Material

"The air contains an enormous amount of electricity."

Tesla just fell 50 spots — from number 12 to 62 — in Axios' Harris Poll, an annual survey that ranks America's top 100 most reputable brands.
Tesla

Tesla Falls 50 Spots in Survey of America’s Most Reputable Brands

Ouch.

Conspiracy theorists are spreading rumors that NASA is faking the International Space Station and having astronauts float around underwater.
Future Society

Maniac Conspiracy Theorists Think the Space Station Is Actually Underwater

Their "evidence" is severely flawed.

Researchers found that lab-grown meat's environmental impact may actually be "orders of magnitude" higher than retail beef.
Environment

New Study Is Extremely Embarrassing for Lab-Grown Meat

"It’s not a panacea."

Workers at an eating disorder crisis hotline unionized. Four days later, those workers were told they'd be replaced with a chatbot.
Artificial Intelligence

Eating Disorder Hotline Fires Entire Staff and Replaces Them with a Chatbot

"A chatbot is no substitute for human empathy."

Researchers claim to have created an AI that, trained on a trove of fMRI data, can reconstruct relatively accurate video from brain signals.
Brain

This AI Generates Video From Brain Signals

Trippy.

The Florida Senate has passed a bill that would allow new roads to be paved with a radioactive mining byproduct.
Science & Energy

In Bid to Become a Comical Hellscape, Florida Considers Roads Paved With Radioactive Byproduct

This is a new low... even for Florida.