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Bad news for techie kinksters: a company that sold internet-connected chastity cages has exposed itself online. 
Internet Of Things

Internet-Connected Chastity Cage Reportedly Leaks Detailed Private Info About Users

Beware remote-controlled sex toys, y'all.

Mitch McConnell's freezing spells have once again perturbed the nation, but there's apparently nothing happening that brain scans can see. 
Neuroscience and Brain

Mitch McConnell’s Doctor Says His Brain Scans Are Clear

The brain scans might be fine, but McConnell definitely doesn't seem to be.

After making it safely to the lunar surface last month, India's Vikram Moon lander just pulled off its next daring stunt.
Moon

India’s Moon Lander Just Took Off Again and Landed in a Different Place

"Vikram soft-landed on the Moon again!"

A 45-year-old man in New Jersey thought it was hilarious to contaminate nearby pools with packets of Sea Dye using a drone.
Future Society

Man Arrested for Dropping Chemical Into Swimming Pools Using Drone

"He was getting too happy with doing it."

College applicants will soon be using it on their admissions essays — and there's a lot to unpack for colleges.
OpenAI

Oh God… Kids Are About to Start Writing College Application Essays Using ChatGPT

Oh no.

A company has developed a miniaturized in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo incubator, which they hope will be launched into space soon.
Prosthetics and Devices

Startup Planning to Launch IVF and Embryo Incubator Into Space

"It's pretty pointless to spend all those billions of dollars and effort on preparing settlements on Mars if you cannot fix the reproductive challenge."

Rather than simply scrub its many pages of Lede AI-generated content clean, Gannett is updating the articles to correct their many "errors."
Artificial Intelligence

USA Today Updates Every AI-Generated Sports Article to Correct “Errors”

That's one way to do it.

A California-based biotech company says it has successfully implanted lab-made neurons in Parkinson's patients' brains to stimulate dopamine.
Brain

Biotech Company Says It’s Implanted Dopamine-Making Cells in Patients’ Brains

Whoa.

A woman's doctors found a surgical instrument the size of a dinner plate inside her abdomen a whopping 18 months after she'd had surgery. 
Health & Medicine

Doctors Discover Instrument Left in Patient’s Body For 18 Months After Surgery

What an absolute nightmare.

A biologist was shocked to find his name was mentioned several times in a scientific paper, which references papers that simply don't exist.
OpenAI

Professor Caught Using ChatGPT When Scientific Paper Was Full of Errors

"This undermines trust in the scientific literature."

Elon Musk is on a quest to prove that he is not anti-Semitic — and is threatening to sue a well-known Jewish advocacy groups to do so. 
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says He Has to Sue Jewish Anti-Hate Group to Prove He’s Not Antisemitic

"Oh the irony!"

India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission rover and lander, Pragyaan and Vikram, are taking a well-earned nap as they await the next lunar sunrise.
Moon

India’s Moon Rover Has Gone to Sleep

A little nap never hurt.

Scientists have looked into internet use to see if it's at all linked with the likelihood of developing dementia.
Studies

Scientists Discover Strange Link Between Internet Use and Dementia

But being "extremely online" is still bad for you.

We spoke to a Gannett sports writer about high school sports coverage, why it matters, and what gets lost when you automate.
Artificial Intelligence

Gannett Sports Writer on Botched AI-Generated Sports Articles: “Embarrassing”

"It was something that would never — shouldn't ever — run in a paper."

Scientists have developed a bioreactor that can survive inside a pig that is designed to mimic some of the vital functions of a kidney.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Intrigued by Bionic Kidney That Survives Inside Pig

A bionic organ, loaded with real kidney cells.

A recent image shows three Tesla Cybertrucks on the back of a car carrier trailer covered in smudges and stains.
Advanced Transport

There’s an Issue With Cybertrucks: They’re Ridiculously Smudgy

Just don't touch it.

Doctors Are Getting Ready to Give Patients a Vaccine That Blocks Fentanyl’s Effects
Health & Medicine

Doctors Are Getting Ready to Give Patients a Vaccine That Blocks Fentanyl’s Effects

This could be huge.

The New Yorker documented the life-changing ambitions of He Jiankui, the scientist who gene edited human babies, leading to infamy and prison.
Gene Editing

Scientist Who Gene Edited Human Babies Had Plan to Transform Humankind

"Humanity enters an age of controlling destiny."

Genomic research suggests that less than 1,300 human ancestors survived this unknown catastrophe for some 117,000 years.
Evolution

Something Almost Entirely Killed Our Ancient Ancestors, Scientists Say

"About 98.7 percent of human ancestors were lost."

Burning Man festivalgoers have been told to "shelter in place" amid massive rainstorms that led to unsafe mud conditions.
Science & Energy

Burning Man Descends Into Chaos as Attendees Told to “Shelter in Place”

Burners, of course, seem to be making the most of it.