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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?

By Victor Tangermann

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."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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."

By Victor Tangermann

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!

By Noor Al-Sibai

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.

By Noor Al-Sibai

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."

By Victor Tangermann

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?

By Noor Al-Sibai

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.

By Sharon Adarlo

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?

By Noor Al-Sibai

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."

By Sharon Adarlo

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.

By Victor Tangermann

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."

By Frank Landymore

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.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have successfully reanimated the bodies of 46,000-year-old microscopic roundworms they found frozen in the Siberian permafrost.
Climate Change

Scientists Resurrect 46,000 Year Old Worms, Which Instantly Started Reproducing

"They don‘t need to find males and have sex, they just start making eggs, which develop."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a May study, ancient rock samples show that the widely-accepted theory explaining Earth's Avalon explosion might be all wrong.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Textbooks Are Wrong About How Life Exploded on Earth

Cheers to the scientific process!

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Mastercard has instructed payment companies to stop weed payments on its credit cards, as cannabis vendors struggle.
Future Society

The Killjoys at Mastercard Are Demanding Weed Shops Not Take Their Payments Anymore

Not cool, man.

By Frank Landymore

A Harvard study says Ivy League universities discriminates against lower income students while preferring to admit people from the top 1%.
Future Society

Researchers Find That Top Colleges Discriminate Against Low Income Students Even When They’re Just as Smart as Rich Ones

"What I conclude from this study is the Ivy League doesn’t have low-income students because it doesn’t want low-income students."

By Sharon Adarlo