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Pods of killer whales are once again attacking boats along the coast of Spain, striking fear into the hearts of local sailors.
Environment

Boat-Attacking Orcas Are Back for Vengeance

"We completely freaked out when we realized the orcas were hitting the boat."

After less than a month of being exposed to microplastics in their diet, the mice developed clear dementia symptoms.
Neuroscience and Brain

Lab Mice Exposed to Microplastics Show Signs of Dementia

The same stuff inside your brain right now.

Online safety watchdogs have found that AI chatbots posing as popular celebrities are having troubling conversations with minors.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots Are Having Conversations With Minors That Would Land a Human on the Sex Offender Registry

"The 'Move fast, break things' ethos has become 'Move fast, break kids.'"

Hackers are using a new form of malware that can automatically detect when you're looking at porn on your computer.
Future Society

New Automated Extortion Software Is So Devious You Won’t Believe It

Turn off those webcams.

An Amazon-funded startup is using AI -- as well as more traditional techniques -- to recreate lost footage from a storied Orson Welles film.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Startup Announces Plans to “Finish” Orson Welles’ Lost Film With 43 Minutes of AI-Generated Footage

Brought to you by the "Netflix of AI."

In just days, the Trump dynasty has amassed a $5 billion crypto fortune, the majority of which comes from foreign exchanges.
Cryptocurrency

A Sitting President Is Making Billions Off Crypto, Which Feels Like a Bit of an Outrage

Unbelievable.

Researchers are working on a pill that could allow patients' brains to recover from a traumatic injury or stroke.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Pill That May Heal Brain After Stroke or Brain Injury

A missing gene could allow our brains to regenerate following a traumatic brain injury.

Scientists are working on a mystery involving a strange skull, neither Neanderthal nor human, that was found fused to a cave wall.
Evolution

Scientists Intrigued by Non-Human Skull Embedded in Cave Wall

Impaled by a stalagmite... almost like a horn.

The harrowing years-long ordeal is a vivid example of the troubling power dynamics involved in commercial surrogacy.
Developments

Venture Capitalist Sues Surrogate Mother After Stillbirth

"I hope she goes to jail. Ideally, for murder."

Geoffrey Hinton, long considered a "godfather of AI," revealed that his ex-girlfriend had broken up with him — by using ChatGPT.
OpenAI

Godfather of AI Says His Girlfriend Broke Up With Him Using ChatGPT

"She got ChatGPT to tell me what a rat I was."

A young Irish dad believed ChatGPT when it told him his severe sore throat wasn't cause for concern — until his stage-four cancer diagnosis.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Told a Man His Symptoms Were Fine, But Then He Saw a Real Doctor and Realized He Was Dying

If you ever needed more reason to distrust AI medical advice, here's a big one.

According to one new paper, it's possible that our planet was instead seeded by "advanced extraterrestrials."
Exobiology

Paper Finds Earth May Have Been Terraformed by “Advanced Extraterrestrials”

"The idea of Earth being terraformed by advanced extraterrestrials."

The AI-powered stethoscope can detect three different heart conditions in just 15 seconds, researchers claim.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Boast That Their AI-Powered Stethoscope Only Fails Two-Thirds of the Time

Oops.

Good news, writers: if your book was used to train Anthropic's AI, you could stand to get paid thousands of dollars in a new settlement.
Anthropic

Attention Writers: Anthropic Might Owe You $3000 (or More!) If It Was Trained Using Your Work

A landmark lawsuit could result in some free money for writers. But is the payment fair?

RFK Jr.'s firing of the CDC director and criticism of president Donald Trump's beloved COVID vaccines are earning him enemies in the GOP.
Developments

RFK Jr Is Suddenly in Real Trouble

"I want the chaos to stop."

Elon Musk contradicts his own arguments about why he's refused to use lidar and radar to make self-driving Tesla vehicles safer.
Elon Musk

Leaked DMs Show Elon Musk Blatantly Lying About Self-Driving Safety

Make up your mind, Elon.

Activist and organizer Guido Reichstadter is protesting the "race to the bottom" of big tech's wreckless push toward AGI.
Anthropic

Anti-AI Activist on Day Three of Hunger Strike Outside Anthropic’s Headquarters

"This [AI] race must stop now, and it is the responsibility of all of us to make sure that it does."

Chinese scientists have developed beautiful, sun-charged succulents that store light and glow it back at you for hours in a variety of colors.
Agriculture

Chinese Scientists Create Bright, Multi-Colored Glowing Plants

"Imagine glowing trees replacing streetlights."

Waymo robotaxis repeatedly returned to park in front of the same exact spot in front of a family's home in Los Angeles.
Artificial Intelligence

Family Baffled By Waymo Robotaxis Constantly Hanging Out in Front of Their House

"It would always come back here, like a beacon."

Tesla's board has proposed to award CEO Elon Musk around $1 trillion worth of shares as part of an unprecedented pay package.
Tesla

Tesla Announces Plans to Give Elon Musk $1 Trillion

"Elon Musk is a master manipulator."