The latest evidence suggests that Mars used to be a wet world covered in oceans, with astronomers uncovering not just icy remnants of this period, but signs of entire reservoirs…
A giant wave of undulating gas and dust appears, per new research, to have engulfed our Solar System millions of years ago. As New Scientist reports, astrophysicists have discovered that…
On Sunday morning, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace softly touched down on the surface of the Moon, making the Texas-based startup the second private company in history to pull…
For some people, the world is not enough. At least that's how Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson feels, a YouTuber whose content empire is worth a cool $85 million. He's recently gone…
A charismatic leader comes to power on a wave of populist rage against elites, dismissive of pesky ideas about civil liberties and free speech, and supported by a cadre of…
Elon Musk's supposedly "anti-woke" chatbot, Grok, keeps spewing outputs that are hilariously opposed to the billionaire's views — including that newly-minted President Donald Trump is likely a Russian asset. Responding to a…
The leader of an alleged cult informed by the murderous hypothetical artificial superintelligence of "Roko's Basilisk" once faked her death in the months before the first of several killings that have…
Pinterest has updated its privacy policy to reflect its use of platform user data and images to train AI tools. A new clause, published this week on the company's website, outlines that…
The vast realm probed by radio astronomers is one invisible to the naked eye, and even most kinds of telescopes. Now, thanks to the latest advances in radio observatories, scientists…
Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander isn't doing so hot. The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100…
The bodybuilding industry has claimed another victim: an extremely young Texas woman who died of dehydration after taking unhealthy supplements. As TMZ reports, 20-year-old bodybuilding coach Jodi Vance — no…
From the streaming service that brought you crappy AI-generated movie posters and totally nonsensical AI-generated synopses, Amazon Prime Video presents: "AI-aided" dubbing! Which will replace actors' original dialog with a…
Using a database that tracks the health outcomes of twins, scientists have found more evidence that getting tattoos may be linked to skin cancer. In a new paper published in…
At one time, freelancing was seen as the domain of plucky young writers and daring web designers. Now, it's a growing fact of life for billions of workers around the…
Elon Musk's DOGE has taken the chainsaw to a number of agencies that pose glaring conflicts of interest. His team of Trump-approved cost-cutters has gone after the United States Agency…
Astronomers have discovered a black hole so mind-bogglingly large, trying to get a grasp of how big it really is could induce an existential crisis. The black hole measures a…
Though the US stock market has officially lost its post-election Trump bump, some investors and tech founders still seem hyped on AI growth — at least in the short term…
It's no secret that the world is a dark, sad place these days. The planet is dying thanks to endless extraction, worker's rights are regressing back to the Gilded Age,…
Despite growth in the electric vehicle industry writ large, Tesla's sales are slipping more than ever as its boorish CEO's toxic politics take center stage. In new numbers shared with…
Put on your sturdiest boots, because the decades-long part of our internet journey over dry land is over. Now it's time to knuckle down and trudge through an endless bog…