Um, Actually Famed astrophysicist and science fiction pedant Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn't think very highly of multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk's desperate desire to deliver humanity to Mars. During a chat…
MSRNC Fresh off his explosive public foray into American politics, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now posting about buying MSNBC. Responding to misread reports that Comcast plans to put…
Fringe Theory One of the world's leading AI pioneers is warning not only that the increasingly powerful technology could harm the world, but that the people in charge of it…
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has launched its mega-popular weight loss drug Wegovy in China — and it's charging just a tiny fraction of what the blockbuster drug costs in…
Link in Bio A team of researchers led by Penn State have found that American conservatives on Facebook are substantially more likely to share article links containing false information —…
Firing Squad The CEO of The Musician's Club, an online instrument storefront, reportedly fired 99 out of 110 employees and contracted freelancers for missing a single morning meeting. A Musician's…
Scientists studied the cognitive behavior of astronauts who have spent six months on board the International Space Station — and made some fascinating yet ominous discoveries. As outlined in a…
Everything Is Illuminated Lighten up, people: a fascinating new paper has dropped that describes the shape of a single photon, the smallest possible form of energy in an electromagnetic field…
Bes Up A team of researchers from the University of South Florida has discovered the first-ever physical evidence that ancient Egyptians got messed up on rowdy cocktails of hallucinogenic drugs.…
It's easy to be smug about AI "art" because, hey, doesn't that stuff look like garbage? But the reality isn't so simple. To the untrained eye, it seems that AI-generated…
Slow Realization Elon Musk has so suddenly transformed into a Donald Trump shill that even his most loyal investors are getting disillusioned with him. "I feel horrible that I was…
Stainful Steel The Cybertruck appears to be a magnet for just about every automotive embarrassment imaginable — literally. As Jalopnik reports, owners of the Tesla pickup are complaining that slapping…
Fire Sale The value of used Tesla Cybertrucks is in freefall. As Jalopnik results, prices for the divisive truck are on a steady and steep downward trajectory, selling for far…
In Jesus' Name A church in the Swiss city of Lucerne has set up a computer inside a confessional booth that allows churchgoers to converse with an "AI Jesus." As…
Irony Fire A lawyer in Minnesota who claims to be an expert on how "people use deception with technology," has been accused of using an AI chatbot to draft an…
Is there something in the water? The answer appears to be yes. For four decades, scientists have struggled to identify a mysterious "phantom" chemical found in drinking water across the…
Rinse Cycle A Japanese showerhead maker called Science Co. is planning to debut what it's calling the "human washing machine of the future" at the Osaka Kansai Expo in April…
When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go... vent to a chatbot? In an interview with PsyPost about her new study, Singaporean psychology researcher Meilan Hu…
Parent Terrible A boy attending Hingham High School in Massachusetts got caught red-handed copying and pasting answers generated by an AI chatbot into his homework assignment, earning him a failing…
Wiretap Dance Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese hackers had successfully penetrated the networks of a number of US broadband providers. Investigators found that the cyber attackers…