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According to a joint report from NASA and NOAA scientists, July may have just been the hottest month in recorded history.
Climate Change

July Was the Hottest Month in Recorded History

"Last month was way, way warmer than anything we've ever seen."

Scientists at the University of Chicago claim to have invented a tool that protects artists' work from being accurately reproduced by AI. 
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Say New Tool Makes Images Worthless for Training AI

"Yes, there is a point in pushing back."

People in an isolated area of Peru claim they were attacked by aliens but investigators think it's actually illegal miners using jetpacks.
Exobiology

Cops Say “Aliens” Attacking Amazonian Village Are Men With Jetpacks

"They seem armored like the Green Goblin from Spider Man."

Self-driving cars caused a major traffic jam on Friday in San Francisco when ten of its self-driving taxis simply shut down.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Ten Self-Driving Cars Cause Huge Traffic Jam After Losing Wireless Signal

Behold: a car that only works when it's connected to the internet.

The latest nail in the coffin of the purported room temp superconductor is a failed replication test conducted by Czech researchers.
Science & Energy

Oops! Purported Room Temp Superconductor Fails to Work When Replicated by Outside Team

Yet another nail in the coffin.

Harvard alien-hunter Avi Loeb posited that superhuman aliens could be building universes in labs and that his haters are just "jealous." 
Exobiology

Harvard Professor Says Godlike Aliens May Be Creating Universes in Labs

Whoa.

In a 2020 paper, SEC chief Gary Gensler warned that AI could lead to disastrous uniformity and interconnectedness in financial structures.
Artificial Intelligence

SEC Head Fears AI Could Cause a Financial Crash

"This technology will be the center of future crises, future financial crises."

In an unprecedented ruling, a state judge has sided with a group of youth climate activists who sued the state of Montana over fossil fuels.
Climate Change

The Kids Who Sued Montana Over Climate Change Just Won

This is cause for celebration, folks.

Def Con hosted a contest to identify software vulnerabilities of chatbots like Google's Bard or OpenAI's ChatGPT.
OpenAI

The Most Fearsome Hackers Just Went Ham on ChatGPT

It's going to be a misinformation-filled bloodbath.

People are having sex in the backseat while their driverless robotaxi is ferrying them to their final destination in San Francisco.
Self-Driving Vehicles

People in San Francisco Are Already Having Sex in Self-Driving Taxis

"I was just along for the ride. Literally."

Claire "Grimes" Boucher has taken a cultural stance nearly as bizarre as her decision to procreate with Elon Musk.
Future Society

Grimes Says She Loves Being Mansplained To

"It's my love language."

Australian nature enthusiast Brodie Moss was astonished to find the massive tail fin of a humpback whale sticking straight out of the ocean.
Science & Energy

Puzzling Video Shows Whale With Tail Frozen Out of Water

"I don't even know what to say."

Elon Musk is accusing Mark Zuckerberg of being "a chicken" after he pointed out that Musk has been trying weasel out of their fight.
Future Society

Musk Rages at Zuckerberg After Getting Called Out for Trying to Weasel Out of Fight

Who's being the real "chicken?"

A Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted abandoned and apparently broken down on the side of the interstate near Silicon Valley.
Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Already Found Broken Down and Abandoned on Side of Road

What does this mean for the release of Cybertruck at the end of Q3?

Former crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is officially heading to a Brooklyn jail to await trial after being accused of tampering with witnesses.
Future Society

Sam Bankman-Fried Heads to Squalid Jail

It's a massive downgrade from his parents' lavish Palo Alto mansion.

The Chinese military claims it has developed technology that would allow for "infinite" lasers that don't go haywire.
Military

Chinese Military Says It’s Figured Out How to Build Laser Weapons That Can Fire Indefinitely

This could be a massive breakthrough.

Microplastics have been found inside human heart tissues — though as the scientists who found them note, it's not all that surprising.
Studies

Scientists Puzzled to Find Plastic Fragments Inside Human Hearts

"Everywhere scientists look for microplastics, they’ve found them."

A study of middle school students found that those who are unattractive and unathletic get bullied — but we've got questions of our own.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Shocked That Middle School Is Horrible If You’re Ugly and Bad at Sports

"The adolescent social world is often still quite unforgiving." 

While it's customary to hear about Teslas crashing and burning, one that came back from the dead in Ukraine is another thing entirely.
Tesla

Man Puzzled When His Totaled Tesla Comes Back Online in Ukraine

Jumpscare!

New research suggests that there's a massive asteroid crater hidden beneath Australia, dwarfing even the impact that killed the dinosaurs.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Huge Structure Buried Under Australia

It could be the largest crater ever.