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Another day, another step closer to the normalization of romantic AI chatbot partners — if Andreessen Horowitz has things its way, that is.
Artificial Intelligence

Venture Capital Firm Releases Instructions for Creating AI Girlfriend

File under: the most depressing hierarchy of emotions you will ever see.

The only thing beastly about the MrBeast Burger is, apparently, the allegedly "raw" and uncooked meat that comprises it.
Future Society

MrBeast Sues His Ghost Kitchen for Serving “Revolting” Burger

If even half of this suit's claims are true, this company majorly effed up.

Scientists have developed a detailed computer stimulation that models the flow of heat and energy inside massive stars.
Off-World

Amazing Simulation Shows What’s Happening Inside Stars

Cataclysmic forces drive a complex dance inside massive stars.

In a brutal new Bloomberg poll, Tesla owners' opinion of CEO Elon Musk appear to have also turned increasingly negative
Elon Musk

Poll Finds That Tesla Drivers Increasingly Can’t Stand Elon Musk

"I canceled my Cybertruck reservation after Elon's behavior with Twitter. Don't see myself buying another Tesla."

Facebook's parent company Meta is about to launch AI-powered chatbots that are meant to lure users back to the mammoth social media platform.
Meta

Meta Launching AI-Powered Friends to Talk to on Facebook

Will this bring young people back to Facebook?

Officials at China's Hangzhou zoo want you to know that their Malayan sun bear is not, in fact, a human in a costume, thanks!
Science & Energy

Chinese Zoo Denies Their Bear Is a Dude in a Bear Costume

"Let me reiterate again to everyone that I am a sun bear."

NASA has made a huge booboo, accidentally cutting all communications to the second most distant spacecraft from Earth.
NASA

NASA Accidentally Cuts Contact With Voyager 2

Big oops.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted a small celestial object shaped almost perfectly like a question mark.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Telescope Spots Giant Question Mark in Space

We have nothing but questions.

Researchers are concerned about a huge chunk of ice larger than Mexico failing to refreeze as temperatures drop in Antarctica.
Climate Change

Antarctica Is Losing a Flabbergasting Amount of Ice

"There’s a sense that something weird is going on."

New research has found that microwaving plastic food containers spews out toxic microplastics — and it's freaked out the guy studying it.
Developments

After Seeing This Terrifying Study, We’re Never Microwaving Plastic Again

He's not wrong to be scared!

San Franciscans are already bidding adieu to the strobing "X" sign that sat atop the Twitter headquarters for three days.
Future Society

Elon Forced to Remove Strobing “X” Sign From Twitter Building

X, Y, Z U L8er.

Researchers are warning that crucial ocean currents called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could collapse as soon as 2025.
Climate Change

Scientists Say Atlantic Current Collapse Could Lead to Extreme Cold in Europe and North America

"I think we should be very worried."

Germany, France, and the UK are all investigating OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's company Worldcoin, which scans irises into a database.
Blockchain

Multiple Countries Investigating Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb

Are the walls closing in?

A 24-year-old man jumped off a dock for a swim, got electrocuted and died in a bizarre incident at Lake Lanier in Georgia.
Science & Energy

Man Jumps Into Lake, Dies From Electrocution

We're confused too.

Ever wanted to live on Venus? In a few short decades, you can — or that's what the other OceanGate cofounder claims.
Off-World

OceanGate Cofounder Now Planning Totally Safe Colony Above Venus

Sure, what could go wrong?

A secret lab was found with 1,000 mice designed to carry COVID-19, alongside vials of human blood and diseases like malaria and HIV.
Developments

Authorities Raid Unlicensed Lab Full of Infectious Diseases

"I’ve never seen anything like this."

Researchers discovered a new mechanism that could force cancer cells to self-destruct, hijacking their ability to replicate uncontrollably.
Cancer

Scientists Intrigued by Clever Trick That Makes Cancer Cells Self-Destruct

This gene therapy could turn cancer cells against themselves.

James Cameron, a seasoned underwater explorer, admits that his views make him an "outlier" among fellow conservationists.
Science & Energy

James Cameron Supports Deep Sea Mining, Claiming It’s “Less Wrong” Than Mining on Land

"As a staunch conservationist, I think it's a question of the relativity of wrong here."

According to a seismologist, Taylor Swift's Seattle Eras Tour stop caused, on both nights, 2.3 magnitude earthquakes.
Science & Energy

Taylor Swift “Eras” Tour Registers as Magnitude 2.3 Earthquake, Scientists Say

Shake, shake, shake.

The European Space Agency appears to be preoccupied with what goes on in astronauts' underwear — and is doing research on it, too.
Moon

Europe Worried About Nasty Crotch Situation Among Moon Astronauts

Don't read this while eating.