Sharks have long been believed to be silent, stalking their prey and wolfing them down without comment. They’re ruthless and efficient. But a team of marine biologists in New Zealand are challenging that assumption. In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the researchers report that they’ve recorded the first ever… Continue reading It Turns Out Sharks Make Noises, and Here’s What They Sound Like
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Visitors At This Bitcoin-Heated Spa Are Complaining About Mold and UTIs
Image by Getty / Futurism On both sides of the East River, well-heeled New Yorkers have for a few years been shelling out for the tranquility promised by Bathhouse, a high-concept spa company that boasts thermal pools heated by Bitcoin mining. As Curbed reports, however, visitors and former employees at both of the spa’s two… Continue reading Visitors At This Bitcoin-Heated Spa Are Complaining About Mold and UTIs
California Activates Gigantic Glory Hole
California has finally done it. For the first time in six years, the “glory hole” has been activated, CBS News reports. Please, people. There’s no innuendo here. We’re, of course, referring to the iconic and distinctly designed spillway in the North Bay’s Lake Berryessa, a reservoir next to the Monticello Dam. “It’s called a glory… Continue reading California Activates Gigantic Glory Hole
Scientists Puzzled by Giant Ancient Life Forms
Scientists are suggesting there may be a brand new type of life — or, at least, that one existed back in the day. In a new, yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, scientists from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland argue that the massive and mysterious tubelike fossils known as “prototaxites” deserve their own life form classification because, basically,… Continue reading Scientists Puzzled by Giant Ancient Life Forms
New “Brain Cleaning” Technique Improves Memory in Aging Mice
Image by Getty / Futurism A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that accelerating the brain’s waste removal system could have tremendous implications for our memory. As detailed in a study published in the journal Cell last week, the team found that by boosting the natural process… Continue reading New “Brain Cleaning” Technique Improves Memory in Aging Mice
Lawyer Says Studio Ghibli Could Take Legal Action Against OpenAI
OpenAI’s extremely popular AI chatbot tool ChatGPT caught a huge wave this week when untold numbers of users started using it to generate images evoking the style of animation legend Hayao Miyazaki’s work at Studio Ghibli. The trend quickly took on a life of its own. Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X-formerly-Twitter to… Continue reading Lawyer Says Studio Ghibli Could Take Legal Action Against OpenAI
Rogue Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Gear Up for More Human Experiments
Image by Greg Baker / AFP via Getty / Futurism That rogue scientist who created HIV-resistant designer babies is apparently gearing up for more human gene-editing research. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, He Jiankui said he wants to conduct human trials on his next big project: encoding genetics to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a… Continue reading Rogue Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Gear Up for More Human Experiments
Sam Bankman-Fried Has Been Banished to Oklahoma
Sam Bankman-Fried — the disgraced crypto bro convicted for playing ringmaster to a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme — no longer shares a prison block with Sean “Diddy” Combs. Instead, he’s being relegated to the flat lands of Oklahoma, at least for the time being, after appearing in an unapproved video interview with Tucker Carlson. The… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Has Been Banished to Oklahoma
The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla
Tesla is really starting to feel the hurt — in large part due to Musk’s self-inflicted wounds. Despite a share price that’s slowly recovering from a disastrous year so far, the company has seen sales fall off a steep cliff in key markets, including Europe, China, and its home turf in the US. As Forbes… Continue reading The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla
Character.AI’s New Parental Controls Are Comically Easy for Kids to Bypass
Character.AI, the controversial chatbot startup embroiled in two separate lawsuits concerning the welfare of minor users, just rolled out a new “Parental Insights” feature that the company claims will give parents a deeper glimpse into how their kids are using the chatbot platform. In a blog post on Tuesday, the youth-beloved Character.AI characterized the feature… Continue reading Character.AI’s New Parental Controls Are Comically Easy for Kids to Bypass