Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonist drugs have become an enormously popular way to lose weight. And with generic, much cheaper versions of the medications on the horizon, their use could soon grow even further. But apart from being a clinically proven way to shed pounds — at least temporarily — along with a whole constellation of other health… Continue reading GLP-1s Are an Environmental Catastrophe
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Jeffrey Epstein Had a Bizarre Obsession With “Improving” Human DNA, and He Was Emailing With Top Scientists About It
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Rick Friedman / Rick Friedman Photography / Corbis via Getty Images Jeffrey Epstein had a bizarre obsession with genetics and “improving” human DNA — and he was corresponding with top scientists to make his fantasies a reality. The newly released documents from the Justice Department shine additional light… Continue reading Jeffrey Epstein Had a Bizarre Obsession With “Improving” Human DNA, and He Was Emailing With Top Scientists About It
There’s Not Enough Money in the World for Trump’s Golden Dome
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images At $175 billion, Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system already came with an astonishing price tag. Yet according to one new analysis by the group Taxpayers for Common Sense, that early estimate could be a drop in the bucket compared to an actual cost so high the Golden Dome simply “will… Continue reading There’s Not Enough Money in the World for Trump’s Golden Dome
Chinese Humanoid Robot Does a Demon Twist and Faceplants With a Thud During Demonstration
Chinese automotive company XPeng made a big splash last year with its Terminator-like humanoid robot, dubbed Iron. The bipedal robot — which features certain eyebrow-raising design choices — was seen sauntering across the stage with an impressively lifelike “catwalk” gait. But the company may have flown a little too close to the Sun. During a similar… Continue reading Chinese Humanoid Robot Does a Demon Twist and Faceplants With a Thud During Demonstration
The Crotch-Based Allegations at the Winter Olympics Are Getting Stranger and Stranger
Tom Weller/VOIGT/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Are ski jumpers enhancing their genitalia to fly further? That’s the big question looming over this year’s Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The speculation stems from a report by the German newspaper Bild which alleged that some of the high-flying athletes maybe injecting their members with… Continue reading The Crotch-Based Allegations at the Winter Olympics Are Getting Stranger and Stranger
This Robot With a Working Human Face Is Incredibly Unsettling
Last year, 21 humanoid robots squared up against each other in the World Humanoid Robot Games’ half marathon race in Beijing in an unintentionally hilarious debauchery of broken limbs, face plants — plus sweaty human engineers, who were forced to accompany them along the way. Coming in third place was a bipedal robot called Walker… Continue reading This Robot With a Working Human Face Is Incredibly Unsettling
Scientists Intrigued by Possible Hollow Structures Under Surface of Venus
Venus has long been known as Earth’s evil twin. While they both are roughly the same size and formed in the same inner region of the solar system, Venus is far less hospitable to life as we know it. Its surface temperatures can reach over 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Its clouds are made of sulfuric acid,… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued by Possible Hollow Structures Under Surface of Venus
Professional Gamblers Move Into Prediction Markets to Bleed You Dry
Following the federal government’s wide-armed embrace of the tech, professional gamblers are flooding into prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. It’s not hard to see why: in January alone, trading volume on Kalshi almost hit $10 billion, $8.5 billion of which was tied to sports, according to new reporting by Bloomberg. That same month, Kalshi… Continue reading Professional Gamblers Move Into Prediction Markets to Bleed You Dry
Microsoft’s AI Efforts Are Faceplanting
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Sven Hoppe / picture alliance via Getty Images Microsoft has continued to focus more and more on AI — almost certainly at the expense of its core products, like the Windows operating system. And unfortunately for the Redmond giant, the gambit doesn’t seem to be paying off. Current and… Continue reading Microsoft’s AI Efforts Are Faceplanting
Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work
Photo by Tang Yanjun/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images When past generations imagined the best version of the future, it was one of leisure. Advertisements, cartoonists, and pulp novelists dared us to dream of a world where the spoils of industrial development were shared with all: robot butlers, transit by pneumatic tube, and more familiar… Continue reading Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work