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Why build sophisticated rockets to get payloads into orbit, when you could simply build dumb and loud concrete tubes instead?
Off-World

Startup Working on Super-Long Tube That Shoots Stuff Into Orbit at Mach 30

"You've got to get a system that is designed to be as dumb as hell."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

MIT researchers have figured out a way to create a supercapacitor simply by mixing cement, and a fine charcoal product called carbon black.
Energy

MIT Scientists May Have Found a Cheap Way of Storing Huge Amounts of Energy in Cement

This "fascinating" material could power your entire house.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA was supposed to help OceanGate design key parts of the Titan submersible — but the agency really wants you to know that it didn't.
Advanced Transport

Emails Show NASA’s Scramble to Distance Itself From Doomed Titan Sub

NASA really did not want that heat.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The record shattering high temperatures has proven to be too much for even seasoned desert-dwelling saguaro cactuses.
Climate Change

It’s So Hot That Decades-Old Cactuses Are Toppling Over in Defeat

Extreme heat's most innocent victims.

By Frank Landymore

Lil Wayne has joined the ranks of artists who've weighed in on AI — and his take is as witty, individual, and potty-mouthed as his rhymes.
Artificial Intelligence

Lil Wayne Isn’t Worried About AI Because He’s Too Unique and “Amazing”

"I would love to see that thing try to duplicate this motherf*ker."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Four former ChatGPT content moderators have filed a petition for an investigation into the OpenAI-contracted moderation firm Sama.
OpenAI

Contractors Say OpenAI Psychologically Scarred Them for $2/Hour

"It has destroyed me completely."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During a test broadcast of the Twitter Live feature, Elon Musk decided to whip out his guns and spontaneously curl a dumbbell.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Lifts Weight During Office Meeting For Reasons Unknown

"Oh my God."

By Frank Landymore

Henrietta Lacks' family has won a settlement from Thermo Fisher Scientific, the biotech firm that made billions by selling Lacks' cells.
Gene Editing

Henrietta Lacks’ Family Is Finally Getting Paid by the Biotech Company That Stole Her Cells

“If we can get justice for Henrietta Lacks, maybe we can start to tear down the layers of medical racism that exist even to this day."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A professor at the University of Virginia claims to have created a "freeze ray"-like device that was apparently inspired by Mr. Freeze.
Robots and Machines

Professor Says He’s Invented a Real-Life “Freeze Ray”

Eat your heart out, Mr. Freeze.

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of stars, one red dwarf, one brown dwarf, both of notable sizes small and large, have one of the tightest orbits ever spotted.
Off-World

Two Tiny Stars Are Orbiting Each Other So Closely, the Entire System Could Fit In the Sun

That's tight.

By Frank Landymore

The domain AI.com once took users to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Now, it's apparently changed hands, and redirects to Elon Musk's AI project, xAI.
OpenAI

OpenAI’s Former Domain AI.com Now Directs to Elon Musk’s AI Company

AI.com changes owners yet again.

By Frank Landymore

Background actors recall how they were scanned with little heads up, fearing that their digitized selves will be used by studios without pay.
Artificial Intelligence

Background Actor Describes When Marvel Made Her Go to a Strange Trailer to Be Scanned

"Look this way. Look that way. Let us see your scared face. Let us see your surprised face."

By Frank Landymore

During a recent interview, rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube pulled no punches while trashing the use of AI in music.
Artificial Intelligence

Ice Cube Says AI Is “Demonic”

Tell us how you really feel, Cube.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Throw out those serums and scrubs because, as it turns out, lifting weights may be enough to improve your skin.
Developments

Turns Out Weight Lifting Is Really Good for Your Skin, Scientists Say

New skincare hack just dropped.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have created a glass that uses DNA as its skeleton that far outclasses steel in strength and weight — at the nano-scale, at least.
Science & Energy

Scientists Use DNA to Construct Material Lighter and Stronger Than Steel

"For the given density, our material is the strongest known."

By Frank Landymore

Chatbot defamation cases continue to rise, as Meta's Blenderbot3 accused Stanford cybersecurity expert Marietje Schaake of being a terrorist.
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook AI Accuses AI Researcher of Being a Terrorist

"I've never done anything remotely illegal."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Priscilla Chan is not at all pleased that her husband, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has built a fighting ring in their backyard.
Meta

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife Unhappy He’s Building Fighting Arena in their Backyard

"Did you see the octagon I put in the backyard?"

By Noor Al-Sibai

Waves off of California's Pacific coast have been getting demonstrably bigger, even in the winter — and they keep hurting coastal communities.
Science & Energy

Freakishly Gigantic Waves Keep Battering California

Surf's up.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was shocked to learn how much it costs to take a three-mile ride in New York City using his company's app.
Advanced Transport

Uber CEO Stunned When He Heard Cost of 3-Mile Uber Ride

"Oh my god."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three Tesla owners in California have proposed a class action lawsuit, accusing the EV maker of falsely advertising its vehicles' ranges.
Tesla

Tesla Sued for Exaggerating Battery Range

These are some serious accusations.

By Victor Tangermann