This is a whole mess. Keepaway China’s in hot water after being accused of yoinking Chinese rocket debris from a Philippine vessel that had recovered them from disputed waters. As the BBC reports, the Philippine Navy says China of not only blocking its vessels as its boats attempted to retrieve the metallic floating object found near the… Continue reading Chinese Military Forcefully Seizes Debris That Philippines Recovered After It Fell From Space
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A Scientist Is Crowdfunding an Experiment to Check if We Live in a Simulation
This could be massive — or it could be nothing. Simulating By now, most people have heard of the “simulation theory” that we live in an advanced virtual world — but one theoretical physicist now says he not only has a way to test the concept, but is crowdfunding to make it happen. In an essay… Continue reading A Scientist Is Crowdfunding an Experiment to Check if We Live in a Simulation
Elon Musk’s Wealth Has Plummeted by Over $100 Billion This Year
Ouch. Wealth Wipeout Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has had a whirlwind of a year. While SpaceX has made significant progress in developing its Starship rocket capable of returning humans to the Moon, Tesla has had a rough time, with shares plummeting around 52 percent. That means Musk’s net worth has been along for… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Wealth Has Plummeted by Over $100 Billion This Year
Paralyzed People Successfully Test Brain-Controlled Electric Wheelchairs
Image by Getty / Futurism Several people with a severe form of paralysis that prevents them from moving any of their limbs have successfully operated a brain-controlled-wheelchair and accurately navigated it through an obstacle-filled room, according to a new study published in the journal iScience last week. The patients suffered from quadriplegia — also known… Continue reading Paralyzed People Successfully Test Brain-Controlled Electric Wheelchairs
Tesla Full Self-Driving Caught Ignoring Stop Signs on School Buses
Look out, kids! Fully Self-Involved With Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) still in its beta, the advanced driver assistance system is bound to run into a few problems. Take, for instance, school buses, which make frequent stops to allow children to board or disembark, and by law require drivers in all lanes not separated by a… Continue reading Tesla Full Self-Driving Caught Ignoring Stop Signs on School Buses
Bill Gates Reflects on Drinking Product of Fecal Sludge
“I’ve done some weird crap over the years…” Silly Billy Happy Holidays to all, especially Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The billionaire philanthropist took to LinkedIn on Saturday to celebrate a more niche holiday: World Toilet Day. And as proof of his zest for the holiday, the tech mogul shared — or, as some might argue,… Continue reading Bill Gates Reflects on Drinking Product of Fecal Sludge
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Quit Because of His “Incessant and Disruptive Tweeting”
Even his lawyers are out! Posting Through It Even as it’s engulfed in chaos by new owner Elon Musk, Twitter is still causing major problems for people — just ask Sam Bankman-Fried, the now-infamous founder of the FTX crypto exchange whose lawyers just fired him as a client because he refused to stop tweeting. As Bloomberg… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Quit Because of His “Incessant and Disruptive Tweeting”
Evidence Grows That Soggy Meteorites Gave Earth Its Oceans
“Meteorites like Winchcombe are a pretty good match [to] the water in the Earth’s oceans and suggests asteroids were the main source of water.” Rock of Ages Where Earth’s water comes from remains a contentious topic amongst scientists, but a meteorite that landed in England last year may contain a key chunk of evidence. Dubbed… Continue reading Evidence Grows That Soggy Meteorites Gave Earth Its Oceans
Facebook Takes Down AI That Churns Out Fake Academic Papers After Widespread Criticism
“It’s hilariously bad.” Fabulating After just a few days online — and tons of Twitter criticism — Meta-formerly-Facebook has taken down an AI it created that writes vaguely-plausible-sounding-but-ultimately-nonsensical academic papers. Released on November 15, Meta pulled the plug on its Galactica AI after three days of experts and random social media users dunking on the… Continue reading Facebook Takes Down AI That Churns Out Fake Academic Papers After Widespread Criticism
Scientists Build Circuit Boards Based on Mushrooms
“The results are groundbreaking.” MycelioTronics Electronic waste, also known as “e-waste,” is a major polluter, not to mention an increasingly difficult issue to combat. Excitingly, however, a team of Austrian scientists are working on a creative new solution to solve at least part of the e-waste puzzle: they’re making biodegradable substrates for electronics out of… Continue reading Scientists Build Circuit Boards Based on Mushrooms