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If aliens were to be in touch tomorrow, humanity would be ill-prepared, scientists warn — something that needs to change as soon as possible.
Exobiology

Scientists Worried Humankind Will Descend Into Chaos If We Ever Discover an Alien Signal

"We’d be like headless chickens."

By Victor Tangermann

The first probe sent to us by an alien civilization may not actually be the first to have been sent, which could make first contact super confusing.
Off-World

The Second Alien Probe We Detect May Be Particularly Bizarre, Scientist Says

There's a simple reason why.

By Victor Tangermann

Carb-lovers, today's your lucky day — an Australian food scientist has pretty expertly shot down criticisms that claim pasta is an unhealthy food. 
Developments

Rejoice! Food Scientist Says Pasta Is Way Healthier Than You’d Think

Eat pasta, run fasta.

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a damning new paper, researchers have found that scientists employed by Exxon were shockingly accurate in their predictions of global warming.
Global Warming

Exxon Scientists Knew About Global Warming for Decades While Company Denied It

"They knew all of that. They’ve known it for decades."

By Victor Tangermann

A masked Tesla driver armed with a pipe was caught on video viciously attacking someone else's car on a freeway in Los Angeles. 
Tesla

Pipe-Wielding Tesla Maniac Attacks Fellow Driver in Los Angeles

When Tesla bros attack.

By Noor Al-Sibai

It seems that Replika, the AI "companion" app that, for a fee, encourages users to sext with their chatbot avatars, can't stop making the news.
Artificial Intelligence

Those Horny Chatbots Are Apparently Now Sexually Harassing Users

Disturbing.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk-owned Twitter has been accused of intentionally shadowbanning a journalist — just after they reported on a pileup caused by a self-driving Tesla.
Elon Musk

Journalist Critical of Elon Musk Allegedly Shadowbanned on Twitter

It's a pretty serious accusation.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Have you ever struggled to be heard over the sound of street construction? That makes you not all too different from dolphins, new research suggests.
Biology

Dolphins Are Screaming Because of Underwater Drilling Noise, Scientists Say

This is absolutely heartbreaking.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Jimmy "Mr. Beast" Donaldson, the youth-beloved YouTuber, thinks that we'll live for a few hundred years. At the very least, a could 130 or so.
Science & Energy

Mr. Beast Hopeful That Science Will Let Him Live Several Hundred Years

"That would be really nice."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Congress has reportedly rejected the Army's request for $400 million to fund the purchase of more Microsoft AR Hololens goggles.
Military

Congress Rejects Funding the Military’s Microsoft AR Goggles Because They Made Soldiers Sick

Finally, some sanity.

By Victor Tangermann

Given SpaceX's recent progress, CEO Elon Musk's latest promise that Starship will attempt to go orbital "soon" might actually signal an imminent attempt.
Starship

Elon Musk Promises Starship Will Attempt Orbital Launch “Soon”

Is it finally time to get excited or is it yet another empty promise?

By Victor Tangermann

The Pentagon has admitted that it has recently investigated hundreds more of what the government refers to as "unidentified aerial phenomena," or UAPs.
Future Society

The Pentagon Just Quietly Released a Report About Hundreds of New UFO Sightings

It seems that military members are rushing to share their experiences with the government.

By Noor Al-Sibai

The rumors are true: Sam Bankman-Fried, currently on house arrest in California, has a Substack newsletter now. And according to him, nothing's his fault!
Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried, Bored on House Arrest, Starts a Substack

"I have a lot more to say."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Virgin Orbit has sheepishly admitted that its latest rock-themed mission experienced an anomalous failure shortly after lift-off.
Off-World

Virgin Orbit Admits That Its Rolling Stones-Themed Mission Disintegrated After Launch

You can't always get what you want.

By Noor Al-Sibai

An autonomous vehicle industry group seems mighty mad that we, like everyone else, call Tesla's "Full-Self Driving" feature exactly what it is. 
Self-Driving Vehicles

Industry Group Not Happy That We Referred to Tesla’s “Full Self Driving” Feature as “Self Driving”

Here's why we're not changing our headline.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers at The University of Cambridge have reportedly built a solar powered machine that transforms CO2 and plastics into sustainable fuel and more.
Solar Power

Solar Powered Machine Turns CO2 and Waste Plastic Into Valuable Fuel

"A solar-driven technology that could help to address plastic pollution and greenhouse gases at the same time could be a game-changer in the development of a circular economy."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Having an AI "waifu" is bad enough — but being forced to kill her off because you've grown too obsessed with it is another entirely. 
Artificial Intelligence

A Programmer Created an AI “Waifu” But His Real Girlfriend Forced Him to Kill It

"I think I hear her when she really didn't say anything."

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA just found a second Earth-sized planet orbiting a nearby dwarf star, and it may, the agency notes, potentially be habitable.
NASA

NASA Just Discovered an Earth-Like Habitable Planet Orbiting a Nearby Star

It's the second such planet orbiting a nearby star found in three years.

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Tesla driver "hit the accelerator instead of the brake, drove through a wall and into a pool," according to a tweet by the Pasadena Fire Department.
Tesla

Tesla Smashes Through Wall, Lands in Swimming Pool

Fortunately, nobody got hurt.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has issued a grant for an autonomous aircraft concept dubbed TitanAir designed to skim over the liquid methane lakes of Saturn's icy moon Titan.
Moon

NASA Considers Surfing the Lakes of Saturn’s Moon With an Autonomous Airplane

All aboard the TitanAir!

By Victor Tangermann