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Robots and Machines

The Best Smart Thermostats in 2024

Space-age temperature control.

The Recording Academy's CEO says that songs featuring AI contributions can be submitted for a Grammy, but only human creators can win.
Artificial Intelligence

Rejoice, Drake! AI Barred From Winning a Grammy

"The Grammy will go to human creators at this point."

A white supremacist took the party drug MDMA as part of a science experiment, and it reportedly helped him drop his racist, bigoted beliefs.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Gave a Nazi MDMA and He Renounced Racism

"This is stuff you can't really put into words, but it was so profound."

The lawyer who cited six nonexistent, ChatGPT-fabricated citations while arguing a federal court case has been punished by the court.
OpenAI

Lawyer Who Got in Trouble for Using ChatGPT Gets Away With Slap on the Wrist

That's it??

The BepiColombo mission, led by the ESA and JAXA, recently completed an ultra-close flyby of Mercury's surface.
Off-World

Space Probe Takes Stunning Close Up Images of Mercury

What a hunk.

As much as 80 percent of the Himalayas' glaciers could vanish by the year 2100 if global temperatures rise by four degrees Celsius.
Climate Change

Climate Change Could Cause Himalayan Glaciers to Shrink By a Shocking Amount

"On human time scales, we have never seen glacial melt this rapid, this fast."

For what's believed to be the first time, a pizza was delivered by jetpack. The delivery was made by Domino's at the Glastonbury festival.
Robots and Machines

Domino’s Used a Jetpack to Deliver a Pizza at a Music Festival

"I've never seen a jet suit, let alone one delivering pizzas."

What a Beaut! Mars Shines in Gorgeous New UV Images
Mars

What a Beaut! Mars Shines in Gorgeous New UV Images

Absolutely stunning.

The Hunga volcano's eruption blasted through seawater, creating the perfect conditions for the most intense lightning storm ever observed.
Science & Energy

Violent Volcano Eruption Triggers an Ungodly Number of Lightning Flashes

Holy crap.

Experts warned that AI's autonomy is just a "veneer," and that it surveils you through the scraped data it needs to train on.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Isn’t Magic, It’s Being Used to Spy on You, Experts Warn

Wake up.

The costs associated with NASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission keep growing and growing by the billions, alarming officials.
Mars

Uh Oh, the Cost of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission Is Spiralling Out of Control

"I think there's a crisis going on."

According to comments from UFC president Dana White, it looks like an Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg cage fight might actually be happening.
Future Society

Elon and Zuck “Absolutely Dead Serious” About Cage Fighting, UFC Boss Confirms

"This would be the biggest fight ever in the history of the world, bigger than anything that's ever been done."

Over less than 20 years, humans extracted so much groundwater that it changed the tilt of the entire planet.
Science & Energy

We Pumped So Much Water Out of the Ground That We Tilted the Earth, Researchers Suggest

It even caused sea levels to rise.

An expert says that OceanGate's Titan submersible lacked basic location technology that would have made recovering it "routine."
Future Society

Imploded Submersible Apparently Lacked Extremely Basic Location Tech

It keeps getting worse.

During a spacewalk, Russian cosmonauts chucked an entire experiment into the abyss while cleaning the outside of the ISS.
Off-World

Cosmonauts Litter Orbit With Entire Science Experiment During Spacewalk

"Wave goodbye to it."

The James Webb Space Telescope just got a close look at TRAPPIST-1 c, a rocky exoplanet located roughly 40 lightyears away.
James Webb Space Telescope

The Webb Space Telescope Just Zoomed in Super Close on an Alien Planet

"It is extraordinary that we can measure this."

An unexpected herd of 40 goats wandered through a Texas development, munching on lawns and landscaping as they went.
Science & Energy

Watch 40 Ravenous Goats Terrorize an Unsuspecting Suburb

"One of the guys on two legs was just eating my tree. It was pretty wild."

A Visibly Upset James Cameron Compares Submarine Implosion to Sinking of the Titanic
Future Society

A Visibly Upset James Cameron Compares Submarine Implosion to Sinking of the Titanic

"For us, it's a very similar tragedy where warnings went unheeded."

An orca repeatedly slammed into a yacht sailing in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland earlier this week.
Science & Energy

Relentless Orca Repeatedly Rams Yacht

"What I felt [was] most frightening was the very loud breathing of the animal."

CEO Who Said Safety Is a “Waste” on Board Lost Submarine
Future Society

CEO Who Said Safety Is a “Waste” on Board Lost Submarine

"I think I can do this just as safely while breaking the rules."