Oopsie! Missing Impossible US Marines have somehow lost an expensive fighter jet that could still be cruising around on autopilot after its human operator was ejected during what the military branch is calling a “mishap.” As NBC News and other outlets reported, there’s a lot we still don’t know about what exactly happened with the roughly… Continue reading US Marines Lose $80 Million Stealth Fighter Jet
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Scientists Stumped by Mysterious Flashes of Light on Venus
If they aren’t flashes of lightning, what could they be? Greased Lightning Mysterious flashing lights on Venus that scientists initially thought were from lightning, may be something else entirely. As detailed in a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, researchers out of Arizona State University have suggested that flashes of light detected… Continue reading Scientists Stumped by Mysterious Flashes of Light on Venus
Antarctic Sea Ice Shrinks to “Mind-Blowing” Low
“Are we awakening this giant of Antarctica?” New Normal Antarctic sea ice continues to reach dire new lows. As the BBC reports, new satellite imagery from the National Snow and Ice Data Center reveals that sea ice levels at our planet’s South Pole reached yet another record low for its winter season in mid-September. According… Continue reading Antarctic Sea Ice Shrinks to “Mind-Blowing” Low
Shocking Research Discovers That Gamers Are Overall Pretty Healthy
Image by Getty Images Gone are the days of the gamer as a slovenly neckbeard: a new study suggests that actually, your average video game enjoyer is a pretty healthy person. The study, published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, investigated the physical and mental health of 270 Portuguese gamers who reported playing at… Continue reading Shocking Research Discovers That Gamers Are Overall Pretty Healthy
Doctors Thrilled as Pig Kidney Functions in Human Patient for Two Full Months
Image by Getty / Futurism A pig kidney has continued to function inside of a human body for roughly two months, the longest documented instance of such a procedure, known as a xenotransplant. It’s a promising sign that we could one day start relying on non-human donors for organ transplants, a possible answer to an… Continue reading Doctors Thrilled as Pig Kidney Functions in Human Patient for Two Full Months
Celebrities Are Permanently Damaging Their Teeth for a “Perfect Smile,” But It’s Coming Back to Haunt Them Later
Image by Getty Images If you’ve been on Instagram at all in the past year or so, you might have noticed that everyone — okay, maybe not everyone, but a ton of celebrities, influencers, and an ever-growing number of everyday people — have eerily perfect, filter-like smiles. Veneers, as The Washington Post reports, are the… Continue reading Celebrities Are Permanently Damaging Their Teeth for a “Perfect Smile,” But It’s Coming Back to Haunt Them Later
Tech Bros Lectured Congress About AI “Like Schoolchildren” Who Weren’t Allowed to Raise Hands
On Wednesday, US senators played host to nearly two dozen tech industry titans in a closed-door session in Washington, DC, discussing the future of AI. But despite the power vested in all those members of Congress, the senators were the ones who had to dutifully defer to their guests. Wired reports that the over 60… Continue reading Tech Bros Lectured Congress About AI “Like Schoolchildren” Who Weren’t Allowed to Raise Hands
Free Speech Fundamentalist Elon Musk Mass Fired Staff for Saying Mean Things About Him
Anyone caught making “snarky comments” was fired. Not So Absolute It would appear that billionaire Elon Musk’s self-avowed free speech “absolutism” has its limits — and according to Bloomberg, saying mean things about Musk is one of those non-absolute ceilings. Convenient! Serial biographer Walter Isaacson’s new book about the founder, “Elon Musk,” unsurprisingly includes several… Continue reading Free Speech Fundamentalist Elon Musk Mass Fired Staff for Saying Mean Things About Him
Elon Musk Stormed Into the Tesla Office Furious That Autopilot Tried to Kill Him
“Do something to program this right.” Staying In Lane Way back in 2015, Tesla CEO Elon Musk would frequently give his engineers an earful after his car company’s infamous Autopilot driver assistance tech nearly got him killed during test drives on multiple occasions — though there’s a chance its dangerous behavior may have been due to… Continue reading Elon Musk Stormed Into the Tesla Office Furious That Autopilot Tried to Kill Him
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents May Have Been More Involved in FTX Than We Thought
Anything you’d care to share, guys? Helicopter Parents In the months since FTX’s spectacular implosion last fall, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, Stanford law professors and parents of the now-defunct crypto exchange’s disgraced — and currently incarcerated — ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, have maintained that they had minimal involvement with the crypto company. As the company… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents May Have Been More Involved in FTX Than We Thought