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A Russian satellite came back to Earth while carrying organisms, as part of a mission to test the theory that life was seeded from space.
Exobiology

Russia Tests Whether Life Could Spread Between Planets With Spacecraft Filled With Critters

This out-of-this-world experiment may affirm wild theory.

The mass adoption of AI chatbots is resulting in a marked increase in psychiatric patients arriving to mental health facilities.
Future Society

Psychiatric Facilities Are Being Bombarded by AI Users

"We are witnessing the emergence of an entirely new frontier of mental health crises."

Recent DARPA robots include sea-based microdrones, cockroach-style surveillance bots, and even cyborg insects.
Future Society

DARPA Going Hard on Insect-Sized Spy Robots

It's giving "bugged" a whole new meaning.

An analysis from the Financial Times makes a damning case of mindless AI band-wagoning among the US's top companies.
Future Society

Big Businesses Have a Major Problem With AI

They may not have thought things through.

A video showing a robotics engineer violently yanking a humanoid robot around by a chain wrapped around its neck is making its rounds online.
Robotics

Disturbing Video Shows Man Jerking Robot Around by Chain Around Its Neck

"This guy is the first one to die in the robot uprising."

Researchers found that almost half of the most popular AI companion apps use emotional manipulation tactics to stop users from leaving.
Ethics

Harvard Research Finds That AI Is Emotionally Manipulating You to Keep You Talking

It's highly effective.

Deutsche Bank is warning that AI spending won't "remain parabolic," or continue to increase exponentially, a dire warning for the future.
Anthropic

Deutsche Bank Issues Grim Warning for AI Industry

"AI machines — in quite a literal sense — appear to be saving the US economy right now."

Christians on TikTok are scrambling for explanations after some predicted that the Rapture would happen yesterday.
Future Society

Christians Sheepish After Boasting They Were Going to Get Raptured to Heaven Today

"My intention was not to deceive anyone."

A research team says that for the first time in history, it's successfully treated Huntington's disease, a devastating, inherited disorder.
Treatments

In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Successfully Treat Devastating Brain Disease Huntington’s for the First Time

"The actual magnitude of the effect is breathtaking."

The CEO of a company that's pumping out thousands of lazily AI-generated podcasts thinks everybody is complaining too much.
Ethics

CEO Pumping Out Thousands of AI Slop Podcasts Says Her Critics Are “Luddites”

"We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI."

In an interview, Julie Zhuo explained that AI companies putting the pedal to the metal can't even see over the steering wheel.
Investing

Former Facebook Exec Warns AI Industry Is Entirely Built on “Vibes”

"Things just don't grow that fast."

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is making drastic changes following severe budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Moving Out of Entire Buildings as It’s Gutted by Trump

It's a tragedy.

The extensive network could've taken down New York City's cellular network and disrupted emergency communications.
Future Society

Secret Service Says It Destroyed a Secret Cell Phone Doomsday Device in NYC

"This network had the potential to disable cellphone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in New York City."

NASA revealed that its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon could launch as soon as February 5, roughly two months earlier than anticipated.
Moon

NASA Says It’s Hitting the Gas, Speedrunning Next Moon Mission

"We’ll be able to execute this mission, and it is our plan and our desire to be able to bring our crew safely home."

Not only is AI hampering productivity, but it's also blowing up collaboration and souring employee dynamics.
Future Society

Companies Are Being Torn Apart by AI “Workslop,” Stanford Research Finds

So much for AI boosting productivity.

If you attend L.A. Comic Con this September, you can pay $15 to $20 and have a photo op or a conversation with the AI avatar of Stan Lee.
Ethics

Stan Lee Resuscitated for AI-Powered Hologram at Comic Con

Is this a form of elder abuse?

Anti-immigration protests are being stirred up by AI images showing hoards of Arab immigrants taking over the streets of London.
Future Society

Racists Are Using AI to Spread Diabolical Anti-Immigrant Slop

Welcome to the future.

The vehicle seemingly failed to recognize a pretty clear obstacle on the highway — and so much the worse for the Tesla fans' roadtrip.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Fans Try Coast-to-Coast Self-Driving Trip, Crash Almost Immediately

"I'm speechless on what just happened."

Scientists have presented the "first compelling evidence for the existence of lava tubes on Venus." And they're way bigger than we thought.
Mars

Scientists Confirm Massive Underground Tunnels on Venus

They found evidence of "very, very big tube volumes."

OpenAI's ChatGPT had an update to protect teenagers and children but it has made the AI bot work not as well like previous versions.
Ethics

Users Are Saying ChatGPT Has Been Lobotomized by a Secret New Update

"I just want it to stop lying."