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While NASA keeps upping its budget on its Mars mission, Americans have quietly reported that their priorities don't exactly seem to align.

A Majority of Americans Don’t Care About Mars, Want NASA to Defend Against Killer Asteroids

By Noor Al-Sibai

Drifting without a star, these rogue planets may vastly outnumber star-bound worlds like those of our solar system.

Trillions of “Rogue Planets” Are Wandering Through Our Galaxy, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

While most subreddits have ended their protests against the site's ownership, one popular sub has held out — and is now being punished.

Reddit Seizes Popular Subreddit That Dared Defy Its Iron Fist

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have discovered strong evidence of two planets traveling the same orbit around a star, a phenomenon called Trojan planets.

Scientists Just Spotted Something Absolutely Wild in a Distant Star System

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the aftermath of the space agency's DART battering ram that smashed into an asteroid last year.

Hubble Spots Remains of Asteroid NASA Smashed With Battering Ram

By Victor Tangermann

Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried and his brother Gabriel talked about buying a tiny island to conduct genetic experiments on humans.

FTX Considered Buying an Island to Conduct Human Genetic Experimentation

By Victor Tangermann

The sea otter known as "841," wanted for harassing many a surfer, has still avoided capture by wildlife authorities.

Surfboard-Stealing California Sea Otter Evades Capture Once Again

By Frank Landymore

Scientists at Texas A&M University were stunned when a piece of metal appeared to heal itself before their eyes.

Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Metal That Can Heal Itself After Damage

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have discovered a suspected magnetar, which has been sending out radio waves every 22 minutes since at least 1988.

Mysterious Space Object Has Been Pulsing Every 20 Minutes Since the 1980s

By Victor Tangermann

Apple is secretly developing a generative AI framework called "Ajax," along with an internally used AI-powered chatbot similar to ChatGPT.

Apple Is Secretly Building Its Rival to ChatGPT

By Frank Landymore

We know that parasitic worms called hairworms can "mind control" their host. But as it turns out, they're also missing huge amounts of genes.

Scientists Surprised by DNA in Worms That Control Hosts’ Brains

By Victor Tangermann

Four patients infected with anthrax after eating horse meat escape a Siberian hospital, panicking local officials who send out an alert.

Russia Says Patients Infected With Deadly Bacteria Have Escaped

By Sharon Adarlo

A green background filled with code text with a brain in the foreground.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Developers Are Already Quietly Training AI Models Using AI-Generated Data

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have spotted a two-faced, white dwarf star that appears to be made of hydrogen on one side and helium on the other.

Bizarre Two-Faced Star Seems to Be Different on Each Side

By Frank Landymore

New legislation which would require any information on "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)" to be publicly disclosed.

Bonkers New Law Would Reveal Alien Technology, “Non-Human Intelligence”

By Sharon Adarlo

Residents of a Berlin suburb are being told to stay indoors over reports of a "loose, dangerous animal" — possibly an escaped lioness.

Science & Energy

Authorities Warn Residents to Stay Indoors as Lioness Escapes

By Victor Tangermann

Current observations suggest we could see a solar maximum as early as 2024, not 2025, defying our predictions.

There’s Something Weird Going on With the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

While looking into artificial intelligence "behavior," researchers affirmed that yes, OpenAI's GPT-4 appeared to be getting dumber.

Stanford Scientists Find That Yes, ChatGPT Is Getting Stupider

By Noor Al-Sibai

Federal officials are investigating a car crash suspected of involving Tesla's Autopilot that killed a teenager and a baby.

Government Opens Investigation Into Tesla Autopilot Crash That Killed Teen and Baby

By Sharon Adarlo

James Cameron has some choice words about artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry and the world at large.

Artificial Intelligence

James Cameron Says He Tried to Warn Us About AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

A crafty Eurasian magpie stuck together some 1,500 anti-bird spikes to build a fortified, two-foot-wide nest.

Science & Energy

Bird Uses Anti-Bird Spikes to Create Fortified Nest

By Victor Tangermann

While on the hunt for a different shipwreck, a group of divers happened upon some wreckage that seems to be from a lost fleet of warships.

Science & Energy

Divers Discover Epic Shipwreck From World War II

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new reality TV show is challenging an unlikely group of celebrities to survive on a simulated Mars habitat —and it looks unhinged.

Watch Celebrities Try to Patch Leaks in Simulated Mars Base

By Victor Tangermann

In a bonkers interview, a friend of the late OceanGate CEO made outlandish statements that seemed to accuse him of gross negligence.

Advanced Transport

Friend of OceanGate CEO Says Sub Was a “Mousetrap for Billionaires”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla has finally showed off the first Cybertruck to roll off the assembly line -- but it's fit and finish are looking rough.

The Cybertruck Has a Small Issue With Looking Like Complete Garbage

By Sharon Adarlo

Earlier this week, reports emerged of a woman in France who was reportedly struck by a meteorite. Experts have their doubts.

Expert Says Rock That Hit Woman Was NOT a Meteorite

By Victor Tangermann

On a recent trip to Beijing, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen feasted on Chinese wild mushrooms that are known to be hallucinogenic.

Science & Energy

US Treasury Secretary Reportedly Ate Hallucinogenic Mushrooms

By Sharon Adarlo

An incredible fossil depicts a mammal locked in battle with a dinosaur — a scene so unique, they did extra legwork to make sure it was real.

Amazing Fossil Froze Dinosaur in Death Match With Prehistoric Monster

By Noor Al-Sibai

After a disastrous toe-dipping into AI, the owner of Gizmodo is doubling down and pledging to publish even more bot-written content.

Artificial Intelligence

Gizmodo Owner Vows to Keep Publishing AI-Generated Articles After Error-Filled Debut

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers pinpointed six chemical cocktails that can reverse aging in cells and turn them into a more "youthful state."

RX and Medicine

Harvard/MIT Scientists Claim New “Chemical Cocktails” Can Reverse Aging

By Sharon Adarlo

Entertainment workers' anti-AI campaign can apparently count "Mission: Impossible" star Tom Cruise among its advocates.

Artificial Intelligence

Tom Cruise Secretly Warned Movie Studios About AI Use

By Noor Al-Sibai

Emad Mostaque, the CEO of open-source AI company Stability AI, says AI will be the "biggest bubble of all time."

Artificial Intelligence

AI CEO Warns AI Will Be “Biggest Bubble of All Time”

By Victor Tangermann

Tim Shaddock, a 51-year-old Australian sailor from Sydney, and his dog Bella survived for two months while being adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Science & Energy

Australian and His Dog Survive Two Months Adrift in Derelict Vessel

By Victor Tangermann

Evil hackers can now use a ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence program that can be prompted to create sophisticated malware.

Artificial Intelligence

Hackers Create ChatGPT Rival With No Ethical Limits

By Sharon Adarlo

Jake Watson, producer at the popular YouTube channel Corridor Crew, strapped a tiny action camera to his cat, which spotted a rat right away.

Robots and Machines

Guy Straps Tiny Camera to His Farm Cat, Discovers It’s Terrible at Hunting

By Victor Tangermann

A dolphin recently attacked a man swimming off a beach in Japan, biting his hands and breaking his ribs in a shocking case of aggression.

Science & Energy

Dolphin Attacks Man, Biting Him and Breaking His Bones

By Sharon Adarlo

A recent image shared by NASA astronaut legend Buzz Aldrin shows him tucking into a hearty breakfast while wearing three watches.

93-Year-Old Buzz Aldrin Eats Lavish Breakfast While Wearing Three Wristwatches

By Victor Tangermann

A golden-colored, cylindrical object was discovered by beachgoers in Australia on Sunday, as authorities still try to determine its origin.

Australia Baffled as Mysterious Space Debris Washes Up on Beach

By Frank Landymore

The Apple patent, published by the Patent Office last week, includes concepts for rollable screens that could be used on iPhones and iPads.

Apple Files Patent for iPhone That Rolls Up Like a Stack of Money

By Frank Landymore

A woman in France was reportedly struck by a tiny, rebounding piece of meteorite while chatting with a friend over a cup of coffee.

Woman Reportedly Struck by Meteorite While Drinking Coffee

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers believe they've spotted three objects known as dark stars originating just hundreds of years after the Big Bang.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Appears to Have Spotted Weird Stars Powered by Dark Matter

By Frank Landymore

Though nominally a dating app, most of Tinders users seem to use it just like any other form of social media, a study found.

Tinder Survey Finds That Most Users Are Already In a Relationship

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have discovered the coolest star ever found to emit radio waves. It's a brown dwarf, and it's not even as hot as a lighter flame.

Scientists Discover Star Cooler Than Cigarette Lighter Flame

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Helicopter Pilot Leapt Into Ocean to Escape Furious Volcano

Science & Energy

Helicopter Pilot Leapt Into Ocean to Escape Furious Volcano

By Victor Tangermann

ChatGPT's numbers are down for the first time since it came out. Are the kids to blame, or is the hype past its peak?

Theory: ChatGPT Use Is Falling Because Kids Don’t Need to Cheat on Papers During Summer Vacation

By Frank Landymore

Jonathan Vero, a firefighter and stuntman, has two Guinness World Records: the fastest 100-meter sprint and longest run — both while on fire.

Man Sets Record for Fastest 100-Meter Sprint While on Fire

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Almost half a year after announcing Twitter would pay content creators, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has finally made good on his promise.

Twitter Now Paying Accused Sex Trafficker to Keep Posting

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI VP Peter Welinder wants you to know that OpenAI is not, in fact, making GPT-4 dumber. You just need to log off, actually.

OpenAI Vice President Denies They’re Making ChatGPT Stupider

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

UNESCO cautioned that AI has seen "warp speed" advances in neurotechnology that can read your mind, raising human rights concerns.

UN Warns That AI-Powered Brain Implants Could Spy on Our Innermost Thoughts

By Frank Landymore

Unsurprisingly, the FTC's investigation into OpenAI isn't sitting well with CEO Sam Altman, who took to Twitter to lament the decision.

Sam Altman Is Not At All Happy With The FTC’s ChatGPT Investigation

By Victor Tangermann

Eliezer Yudkowsky, a controversial AI theorist, continues to believe that humanity is totally out of its depth when it comes to AI.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Expert: “I Think We’re All Going to Die”

By Frank Landymore

Lawsuits against AI companies for their AI training and data practices continue to pile up. This time, Google's the one in the hot seat.

Lawsuit Claims Google Is Vacuuming Up People’s Whole Lives to Train AI

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The current discussion surrounding the Screen Actors' Guild's strike was pretty much perfectly predicted by a recent "Black Mirror" episode.

Artificial Intelligence

Hollywood’s Plan to Scan Actors Sounds Exactly Like a Recent Episode of “Black Mirror”

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomer Rajendra Gupta has devised a new theory about the expansion of the universe, concluding that it's 26.7 billion years old.

Scientist Claims Universe Is Twice as Old as We Thought

By Victor Tangermann

A new look at a protoplanetary disk surrounding a star revealed a massive exoplanet forming spiral arms, the first detection of its kind,

Scientists Attempt to Explain Star With Tentacle-Like Arms

By Frank Landymore

Luxury cruise ship passengers were exposed to a grizzly sight after docking at the Faroe Islands capital: the slaughtering of pilot whales.

Science & Energy

A Cruise Ship Pulled Up for a Beautiful View. Then Blood Started Turning the Water Red

By Victor Tangermann

The FTC has started an extensive investigation into OpenAI to figure out whether its products harmed consumer reputations.

FTC Investigating ChatGPT for Saying Harmful Things About People

By Victor Tangermann

A study that tracked the ocean surface over two decades found that it's slowly getting greener, likely due to climate change.

Climate Change Is Getting So Bad That the Ocean Is Changing Color

By Frank Landymore

Bill Gates is worried about the role that AI and AI-generated content will play in elections and democracy. And, well, the guy's got a point.

Artificial Intelligence

Bill Gates Says AI Could “Undermine Elections and Democracy”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have created a breathtaking, three-dimensional visualization of a recent James Webb Space Telescope survey of ancient galaxies.

James Webb Space Telescope

Amazing Video Soars Through James Webb’s Dazzling 3D View of Universe

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk has launched a new AI company. Called xAI, Musk says it was formed "to understand reality" — whatever that may mean.

Elon Musk Launches AI Company, Promises to Unlock Secrets of Reality

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A notorious female sea otter has garnered a reputation for harassing surfers in Santa Cruz, California — and even jacking their surfboards.

Science & Energy

Mischievous Sea Otter Keeps Stealing Surfboards

By Victor Tangermann

Yuga Labs' Bored Ape NFTs have absolutely plummeted in value, dropping to multi-year lows earlier this month.

Remember Bored Apes? They’re Almost Worthless Now

By Victor Tangermann

A yacht broker has been trying to sell a sub owned by the same outfit that had another vessel implode, killing five.

Advanced Transport

Yacht Broker Attempting to Sell Leftover OceanGate Submersible

By Sharon Adarlo