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A source close to Katy Perry feels that a certain burger chain went too far when it joked about the gawdy Blue Origin space stunt.
Off-World

Katy Perry’s Camp Demanding Apology From Wendy’s for Shading Her Pointless Rocket Launch

"Wendy’s didn’t make a joke — they made a choice."

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope believe they've made the first detection of a star swallowing a planet — with a grim twist.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Disturbing Sight: Entire Planet Sinking Into Star

But there's a grim twist.

An asthma medication called omalizumab can stop your body from having an allergic response to pollen and even food.
Developments

Single Injection Appears to Prevent Virtually All Allergic Reactions

This is huge.

Teachers and prinicpals are increasingly using AI at work — all while telling their pupils they can't do the same.
Future Society

Hypocrite Teachers Are Telling Students Not to Use AI While Using It to Grade Their Work

"Not a good example for students."

New research projects that the tens of millions of CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could result in over 100,000 cases of cancer.
Cancer

CT Scans Are Causing Quite a Bit of Cancer, Doctors Find

Think twice about whether you really need one.

Katy Perry's 11-minute jaunt to the lowest reaches of space via Jeff Bezos may be behind us, but the fun isn't quite over yet. 
Off-World

Rumors Swirl of Even Worse Celebrities Jeff Bezos May Shoot Into Space Next

Who's next?

A US attorney appointed by Trump is sending emails to academic journals demanding that they explain how they handle "competing viewpoints."
Future Society

The Government Is Now Threatening Academic Journals

"A publication's editorial decisions are none of the government's business, whether it's a newspaper or a medical journal."

New tests from the safety group Lead Safe Mama found heavy metal contamination in dozens of brands of toothpaste.
Developments

There’s Something Horrifying in Your Toothpaste

"It's unconscionable."

Hoping to maximize's the ocean's potential as the world's largest carbon sink, scientists in the UK are sucking carbon out of seawater.
Climate Change

Scientists Activate Facility to Suck Carbon Directly Out of the Ocean

Suck it, climate change.

In a blind taste test, thousands of omnivores were given fake meat alongside the real thing and asked to rate which was better.
Studies

This Blind Test of Whether People Prefer the Taste of Real Meat or Fake Meat Might Surprise You

Can you guess?

The FDA investigated a massive E. coli outbreak earlier this year — but it's refusing to say who was behind it.
Developments

The Government Hid a Deadly E. Coli Outbreak

A "type of situation we’ve never seen before."

Sam Altman says OpenAI is spending "tens of millions of dollars" processing chatbot queries made with proper etiquette.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Admits That Saying “Please” and “Thank You” to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power

"You never know."

Accused of illegally using copyrighted books to train its AI, Meta argues that those books are individually worthless.
Meta

Meta Says It’s Okay to Feed Copyrighted Books Into Its AI Model Because They Have No “Economic Value”

How convenient.

Thailand Deploys Humanoid Robot Dressed in Police Uniform
Future Society

Thailand Deploys Humanoid Robot Dressed in Police Uniform

We have questions.

Elon Musk's DOGE has cut finding to the American nonprofit Internet Archive, which was busy archiving websites targeted by Trump.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive

"This is really going to impact institutions that we take for granted."

Artificial intelligence keeps getting smarter — and soon, warns former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, it won't take orders from us anymore.
Google

Former Google CEO Warns That AI Is About to Escape Human Control

"People do not understand what happens when you have intelligence at this level."

During the latest phase of its antitrust trial, Meta lawyers presented slides revealing sensitive 3rd party information.
Future Society

Meta Made a Wild Screwup in the Documents It Showed in Court

Whoops.

Tech CEOs are feeling the Trump slump as the president's insane tariffs make it harder than ever for them to make money.
Future Society

Tech CEOs Realizing They Made a Terrible Mistake by Supporting Trump

Who ever could have guessed this would happen?

Shares of Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, plummeted this week.
Developments

Novo Nordisk Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed

It's getting hammered.

A man and his brother in western Tennessee deployed a clever system to save their family home from devastating river flood.
Science & Energy

Brothers Build Clever System to Keep Their Family Home Dry While Everything Around It Floods

"I’ll build it 30 feet tall if I got to."