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Parasites

Terrifying Parasite Can Actually Triple an Ant’s Lifespan

The infected ants live a life of luxury as the rest of the colony suffers.

Artificial Intelligence

Major Publishing House to Replace Hundreds of Jobs With AI

Many roles "will no longer exist as they do today."

Future Society

Protesting Redditors Are Filling Subreddits With Porn

Reddit responded by locking some of them out of their accounts.

Future Society

The Lost Submarine’s Comms Are Reportedly Run by SpaceX

We have questions.

Future Society

OceanGate Was Warned of “Catastrophic” Problems With Its Submarine Years Ago

A fired employee warned the company that it could "subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible."

Developments

Elon Musk and Joe Rogan Publicly Harass Vaccine Researcher on Twitter

This is awful.

Robots and Machines

The Missing Titanic Submarine Seems Extremely Janky

It's not even the first time it got lost.

Off-World

If Betelgeuse Explodes, It’ll Be So Bright You Could See It During the Day For a Year

It would even be visible to the naked eye.

Artificial Intelligence

An AI Is Inventing Fake Quotes by Real People and Publishing Them Online

In an AI-powered internet, how much of our public image can we really control?

Climate Change

Harvard Researchers Find Dogs Bite People More on Hot Days

Climate change just got even worse!

Robotics

A Robot Is Helping Reforest The Amazon

Finally, a robot that actually *helps* the environment.

Artificial Intelligence

GitHub Says 92 Percent of Programmers Are Using AI

Clever or just plain lazy?

Off-World

Scientists Spot Star Fleeing Our Galaxy at Incredible Speed

Did we do something wrong?

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Using AI to Automate Responses to Site That Pays Them to Train AI

"One of our key sources of human data is no longer fully 'human!'"

Starship

Elon Musk Preparing to Launch His Explodey Starship Rocket Once Again

Back, hopefully without a bang.

Google

Google Warns Employees About Using AI, While Promoting Its Own AI

Double standard, much?

Robotics

Expert Issues Warning About Beyoncé’s Fearsome Robot Arms

"It looks like they would hurt a lot."

Biology

Orcas Are Apparently Attacking Boats Almost Every Day Now

"There are days we have two or three."

Future Society

Judge Tells Cops to Evict Twitter Office Over Unpaid Rent

Finally, a landlord we can all root for.

Future Society

Reddit CEO Flies Into a Rage, Threatens Protesting Moderators

We're not sure this guy knows what "democracy" means.