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With the release of "Oppenheimer," a new study looks back at the devastating destruction wrought by the atom bomb.
Science & Energy

Oppenheimer’s Atom Bomb Apparently Spread Fallout on 46 US States

Nice job, Oppenheimer.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A 71-year-old hiker died in Death Valley, California just hours after giving an interview to the Los Angeles Times about his voyage.
Science & Energy

Hiker Dies in Death Valley Hours After Doing Interview With Newspaper

"Everything is hot here."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers just got a $600,000 grant from the Australian government to study ways of merging human brain cells with artificial intelligence.
Brain

Scientists Working on Merging AI With Human Brain Cells

"This new technology capability in the future may eventually surpass the performance of existing, purely silicon-based hardware."

By Victor Tangermann

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

Florida Sharks Suspected of Eating Discarded Bales of Cocaine

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

Disgruntled Investor Charged With Kidnapping “Crypto King”

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 Government Is Accusing SBF of Intentionally Leaking His Ex-Girlfriend’s Diary

"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

Redditors Invented a Fake Word and an AI Site Published an Article Thinking It Was Real

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

A Majority of Americans Don’t Care About Mars, Want NASA to Defend Against Killer Asteroids

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

Trillions of “Rogue Planets” Are Wandering Through Our Galaxy, Scientists Say

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

Reddit Seizes Popular Subreddit That Dared Defy Its Iron Fist

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

Scientists Just Spotted Something Absolutely Wild in a Distant Star System

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

Hubble Spots Remains of Asteroid NASA Smashed With Battering Ram

"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

FTX Considered Buying an Island to Conduct Human Genetic Experimentation

"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

Surfboard-Stealing California Sea Otter Evades Capture Once Again

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

Scientists Intrigued by Metal That Can Heal Itself After Damage

"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

Mysterious Space Object Has Been Pulsing Every 20 Minutes Since the 1980s

"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

AI CEO Warns AI Will Be “Biggest Bubble of All Time”

"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 Is Secretly Building Its Rival to ChatGPT

"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

Scientists Surprised by DNA in Worms That Control Hosts’ Brains

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

Russia Says Patients Infected With Deadly Bacteria Have Escaped

Is this the beginning of an infectious disease thriller?

By Sharon Adarlo