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A seismic shift is taking place as artist visas to the US are increasingly being given to OnlyFans influencers.
Future Society

Government Approving Artist Visas for OnlyFans Models Based on How Many Followers They Have

The system is broken.

China has unveiled a powerful "hypergravity machine" that can generate forces almost two thousand times stronger than Earth's gravity.
Robots and Machines

China Builds Wild Gravity Machine

It's so powerful, it can compress space and time.

Israeli cybersecurity billionaire Shlomo Kramer has called for complete government censorship of social media.
Cybersecurity

Tech Billionaire Says It’s Time for the Government to Suspend Freedom of Speech

"We need to control the platforms, all the social platforms."

A video that's gone viral on social media shows a miniature deer fiercely standing its ground and charging at a far more massive rhino.
Biology

Tiny Deer Takes on 1.7-Ton Rhinoceros

"Someone probably forgot to look in the mirror this morning."

Patients who stopped taking GLP-1 weight-loss medications regained weight four times as fast as those using alternative methods.
Treatments

People Who Go Off GLP-1s Are Experiencing a Sudden and Terrible Hunger

A new study found that patients returned to their original weight in just 1.7 years.

Chinese company Linyi Yunchuan recently deployed a massive airborne wind turbine, which dominated the skyline over Sichuan Province.
Renewable Energy

Behold This Massive Airborne Wind Turbine Hovering Over China

Absolutely massive.

A "major disruption in the illicit fentanyl trade, possibly tied to Chinese government actions," may have caused a drop in overdose deaths.
Treatments

Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Are Now Falling Sharply, and You’ll Never Guess Why

Incredible.

Five families have agreed to settle lawsuits with Google, after several high-profile teen suicides were linked to its AI chatbots.
Ethics

Google Settles With Families Who Say It Killed Their Teen Children

Is it the ending of a dark chapter, or just the beginning of a long tragedy?

Trying to quit Zyns without weaning them off can lead to panic attacks, intense headaches, and even hallucinations, one power-user discovered.
Health & Medicine

Horrendous Things Happen When You Quit Zyn Cold Turkey

"I was afraid I'd lost my mind."

OpenAI's ChatGPT Health will ingest your medical records to generate more relevant responses that shouldn't be acted upon.
Ethics

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Which Ingests Your Entire Medical Records, But Warns Not to Use It for “Diagnosis or Treatment”

Wait, what?

One of the more bizarre gadgets showing at CES 2026 is the Breakreal R1, an AI cocktail machine with "unlimited recipes."
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Device Pours Alcohol Directly Into the Void Where Your Soul Should Be

It comes with "LLM-powered interactive conversation" and "unlimited AI generated recipes."

For the first time ever, NASA has been forced to cut a mission to the International Space Station short due to a "serious medical condition."
Crew Dragon

NASA Announces Emergency Evacuation From Space Station

The astronauts are being evacuated due to a medical issue.

The Trump administration's shutting of NASA's largest library is turning into scandal. Staffers are absolutely furious.
NASA

NASA’s Library Shutdown Scandal Is Ballooning

"The way that they've gone about it has just been extraordinarily haphazard and chaotic."

Japanese tech giant Sony is looking to let an AI navigate PlayStation games on the human player's behalf.
Ethics

Sony Patents AI That Plays Video Games for You If You Get Stuck

Finally, our leisure time has been automated.

The Tesla owner uploaded footage of the car running FSD swerving off the road after failing to brake in time.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Fan Profusely Praises FSD For Veering His Car off the Side of the Highway

"Tesla FSD saved my life last night..."

Kawasaki has announced that it's started to work on turning its ambitious vision for a four-leged robotic horse into a reality.
Robot Dogs

Kawasaki’s Robot Horse Is Going Into Production

Yeehaw!

A group of researchers studied the personality traits most common in conspiracy-brained people, discovering insecurity might be to blame.
Neuroscience and Brain

Researchers Just Discovered Something Extremely Unflattering About People Who Believe Conspiracy Theories

"Few, if any, researchers have taken into account the 'cover up' perspective of conspiracy believers."

NASA announced that it was forced to postpone a January 8 spacewalk, citing a "medical concern." Many questions remain.
International Space Station

Astronaut on Space Station Suffers Medical Issue

"The matter involved a single crew member who is stable."

28 trainees and veterans in China's astronaut corps took part in a nearly month-long training program in a cave in Chongqing.
Space

Chinese Moon Astronauts Emerge From Month-Long Journey Into Deep Cave

"In that kind of darkness, the mental pressure is overwhelming."

A Finnish company called IXI is claiming to have manufactured the world's first eyeglasses that can change prescription on the fly.
Prosthetics and Devices

Instant Bifocals: New Glasses Can Change Their Prescription on the Fly Depending on What You’re Looking At 

“The eyewear industry hasn’t really been innovating for vision correction."