How do these splashy experiences square with their subjects’ problematic pasts? After Party Fresh off the heels of Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic — which details Elvis’ relationship with her that began when she was only 14 and he was 24 — a British hologram company is planning to resurrect the king of rock and… Continue reading Alleged Groomer to Get the AI Hologram Treatment
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Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Way to Turn Genes On and Off Like Light Switches
Image by Getty / Futurism Advances in gene therapy have come a long way since the 1960s and 1970s, when scientists first conceptualized the idea of modifying genes in patients who suffered from debilitating congenital conditions such as sickle cell anemia and hemophilia. Now there are gene therapies for the two conditions and even for… Continue reading Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Way to Turn Genes On and Off Like Light Switches
Stephen Hawking Implicated in Jeffrey Epstein Documents
This is not a good look. Name Drop Acclaimed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has once again been posthumously implicated in the scandal surrounding the dead billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein — and has now been accused of participating in an “underage orgy.” The cache of documents, which had previously been redacted, were initially part of… Continue reading Stephen Hawking Implicated in Jeffrey Epstein Documents
New Mapping Finds the Oceans Are Filled With “Dark Vessels”
We’re only beginning to uncover the truth. Dark Vessels Researchers have exposed an enormous quantity of previously untracked human activity at sea using a combination of satellite imagery, vessel GPS data, and AI. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature by Global Fishing Watch, a nonprofit backed by Google, researchers found… Continue reading New Mapping Finds the Oceans Are Filled With “Dark Vessels”
Semaglutide Patients Regained More Weight Than They’d Lost After Stopping Their Injections
Image by Jaap Arriens / NurPhoto via Getty / Futurism Semaglutide, the active ingredient in the injectable diabetes drug Ozempic and its weight-loss sister prescription Wegovy, seems to have yet another unfortunate side effect: putting back on the weight, and then some, when patients stop taking it. As two women told The Messenger in interviews about… Continue reading Semaglutide Patients Regained More Weight Than They’d Lost After Stopping Their Injections
CEO of Crypto Firm Appears to Be Entirely Fake
The CEO of a crypto Ponzi scheme appears, much like the promises his firm made, to be completely fake. As The Guardian reports, Steven Reece Lewis was put forth with all kinds of bona fides in 2021 when the HyperVerse metaverse platform/crypto fund announced that he would be taking over as its CEO. Per the paper’s investigation,… Continue reading CEO of Crypto Firm Appears to Be Entirely Fake
Polar Bear Dies From Bird Flu
“This is the first polar bear case reported, for anywhere.” Iced Out Polar bears can’t catch a break. First, you have Arctic ice decreasing year after year due to climate change. And oil drilling that can potentially destroy their snowy dens. And now there’s another thing to worry about: the bird flu. Alaska officials confirmed last… Continue reading Polar Bear Dies From Bird Flu
Startup Says Putting Pig Genes Into Soy Made It Taste Meatier
Would you eat it? Porky Beans In an attempt to make soybeans taste more meaty — and hence reduce the amount of actual meat we consume — molecular protein startup Moolec Science is inserting actual pig genes into the plants. As Wired reports, it’s the latest effort to help kick an environmentally disastrous habit. Last… Continue reading Startup Says Putting Pig Genes Into Soy Made It Taste Meatier
Police Say AI-Generated Article About Local Murder Is “Entirely” Made Up
“Nothing even similar to this story occurred on or around Christmas, or even in recent memory for the area they described.” Alternative Facts Before Christmas, the Southern New Jersey town of Bridgeton was best known for hosting the state’s first zoo — but now, an artificial intelligence-generated news report about a murder that never happened… Continue reading Police Say AI-Generated Article About Local Murder Is “Entirely” Made Up
Leaked Data Shows China Is in Deep Trouble
China has a serious problem. Baby Bust China experienced a significant drop in babies being born last year, with just 7.88 million children in 2023 compared to 9.56 million babies in 2022. It’s a precipitous decline that speaks to changing societal norms and economic pressures — not to mention a fight against overpopulation that vastly… Continue reading Leaked Data Shows China Is in Deep Trouble