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Using stem cells to grow minitiarized intestinal tissue called organoids, the researchers recreated a human immune response inside mice.
Developments

It's as remarkable as it sounds.

A University of Delaware student "accidentally" created a small amount of a "shock-sensitive explosive chemical" in one of the university's labs.
Chemistry

"We don't really have any homework to be doing so far, so here we are waiting for the explosion."

Netflix's new romcom "You People" allegedly used CGI to make it look like it actors Jonah Hill and Lauren London were kissing.
Future Society

Because actual physical intimacy in a romcom is overrated!

Billionaire climate advocate Bill Gates will do whatever it takes to save the planet — as long as it doesn't mean giving up his private jet.
Climate Change

"I'm part of the solution."

Google is warning netizens to watch out for AI-generated content regarding "health, civic, or financial information." So, you know, the important things.
Google

So, you know, the stuff that you really don't want to get wrong — and yet, the stuff that AI-made content consistently gets wrong.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is adjusting its orbit to make sure it won't get pelted with even more micrometeorites.
James Webb Space Telescope

Better safe than sorry.

NASA has announced the accidental discovery of an "extremely small" asteroid by the James Webb Space Telescope — but in space, size is relative. 
James Webb Space Telescope

Hey, down in front!

Google now has a ten percent stake in Anthropic, the company behind a powerful AI chatbot called Claude. The AI arms race marches on.
Google

Google's doin' their darndest to level the playing field.

According to the US Space Force, a mysterious Russian satellite broke apart in orbit early last month, leaving at least 85 pieces of space debris behind.
Off-World

We have no idea why.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have now pinpointed the location of an "engine" overpowering a galactic merger with infrared light.
James Webb Space Telescope

Awe inspiring.

John Carmack — Doom creator, father of virtual reality, and former Meta employee — believes that we're on the cusp of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
Brain

"I do consider it essentially inevitable."

China's giant balloon, which had a structure hanging from it, was shot down by a US missile over the weekend — and now, China wants it back, please.
Future Society

Give it baaaack!!!

Hot tubs are, according to scientists, exactly as gross as you've always been warned — and in fact may be even grosser than you could imagine. 
Developments

Talk about a hot tub grime machine.

China is constructing giant towers with well over a dozen stories to farm pigs, The New York Times reports, a massive drive to stabilize prices.
Science & Energy

These "towers of pigs" are absolutely massive.

Italy's privacy watchdog has moved to ban Replika, the AI "companion" app that's recently made headlines for being too sexual.
Artificial Intelligence

They have a point.

As spotted by Reuters, Google's upcomign AI chatbot Bard is already spewing misinformation — right in its own promotional screenshots.
Google

This is absolutely embarrassing.

Artificial intelligence like ChatGPT is often wrong, and yet it's somehow always certain, even tending to double down on incorrect answers. Sound familiar?
OpenAI

Look, we've all met this guy before.

A newly-discovered layer located under the Earth's crust may provide scientists with more information about tectonic plates and the formation of continents.
Science & Energy

Geologists used to assume this layer was hard as rock — but it seems to be going soft.

Chinese geneticist He Jiankui rocked the scientific world with his gene-edited baby experiments back in 2018. Now, he speaks out about some of his regrets.
Gene Editing

"I did it too quickly."

The molecules kill some types of fungi "so efficiently that we named them after Keanu Reeves," said the lead author of the study.
Science & Energy

"He, too, is extremely deadly in his roles."