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Researchers made a fascinating discovery at the heart of our galaxy: "strange filaments" driving a cycle of gas emissions and replenishment.
Off-World

Scientists Detect “Strange Filaments” at the Heart of Our Galaxy

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us."

The tonka bean tree in Panama not only survives, but thrives off of lightning strikes, which it uses to wipe out its competition.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Tree That Harnesses Electricity to Kill Its Enemies

This is one tree you do not want to mess with.

Researchers are warning that bottles of "holy water" from a well in Ethiopia could be laced with dangerous bacteria that could cause cholera.
Developments

Bottles of “Holy Water” Contaminated With Cholera Send European Tourists to the ICU

Definitely not the "unparalleled spiritual experience" they bargained for.

Boozers beware: a new study has found links between heavy alcohol consumption, brain damage, and even earlier death.
Brain

Doctors Just Found Something Horrifying in the Brains of Heavy Alcohol Drinkers

You booze, you lose.

Using elastic bands, a team of researchers have created holograms that you can physically manipulated with your hands.
Science & Energy

Scientists Invent Holograms You Can Touch

Uber cool.

Billionaire tech tycoon Eric Schmidt told Congress that 99 percent of electricity will soon be used to power AI.
Google

Former Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AI

"We need the energy in all forms, renewable, non-renewable, whatever."

Sam Altman's grand vision of democratizing artificial intelligence seems, per a new study, to extend to spammers.
OpenAI

OpenAI Is Taking Spammers’ Money to Pollute the Internet at Unprecedented Scale

OpenAI has a dirty secret.

Brooke Rollins issued an "Emergency Situation Determination" affecting over 112 million acres, or 59 percent of federal land.
Environment

Government Announces Plan to Liquidate Millions of Acres of Forest

Who speaks for the trees?

Bad news for people who love good puppers: dogs seem, per an unsettling new study, to be pretty bad for the environment.
Pollution

New Research Finds That Dogs Are Incredibly Horrible

Wretched beasts!

Researchers revisited thousands of medical cannabis patients and followed their progress for another year, with intriguing results.
Developments

Scientists Gathered Follow-Up Data on Medical Cannabis Patients and the Results Are Pretty Striking

Far out.

During a recent interview, Robert Kennedy Jr. appeared bafflingly uninformed about the HHS programs that are being shut down.
Developments

RFK Jr. Surprised to Learn He’d Cut a Grant For Youth Diabetes Research

"No I'm not familiar with those cuts."

A report found that some NSFW chatbot sites are oozing explicit user chats into the open web — and what they contain can be disturbing.
Artificial Intelligence

Naughty AIs Are Spilling Their Users’ Super Personal Chats Onto the Open Web

Is yours in here?

Using the DNA of the late musician Alvin Lucier, a team has created an "in-vitro brain" that still creates music with its electrical signals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Musician Who Died in 2021 Resurrected as Clump of Brain Matter, Now Composing New Music

"Could there be a filament of memory that persists through this biological transformation?"

Despite being backed by death-fearing billionaires, the Trump administration seeks to deport a brilliant anti-aging researcher.
Health & Medicine

ICE Just Jailed One of America’s Top Young Age-Reversing Scientists

Isn't it ironic.

Sailors have reported glowing stretches of "milky seas" for centuries, but scientists are still struggling to explain what causes them.
Science & Energy

Scientists Investigating Patches of Ocean With Otherworldly Glow

Mysteries of the deep.

Tesla has introduced a cheaper, entry-level Cybertruck — and by all accounts, it's still not looking like a great deal.
Tesla

Tesla Shows Off Cheaper and Slower Cybertruck That’s an Even Worse Deal

Nerfed.

Tesla’s Head of Software Departs as Robotaxi Reveal Looms
Tesla

Tesla’s Head of Software Departs as Robotaxi Reveal Looms

That can't be good.

The Trump administration is planning to cut NASA's science budget nearly in half, according to a budget proposal to Congress.
Future Society

Trump Planning Brutal Cuts to NASA: “Extinction-Level Event for NASA Science”

Will Elon Musk have anything to say?

New footage has found that Musk's xAI, is using 35 methane gas generators to power its "Colossus" supercomputer facility.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reportedly Doing Something Horrid to Power His AI Data Center

“This is all preventable.”

ICE has been forced to delete a graphic claiming that its job is to stop illegal "ideas" from entering the United States.
Future Society

ICE Deletes Post About Stopping the Flow of Illegal “Ideas”

"If it crosses the border illegally, it's our job to STOP IT."