Hera Time The European Space Agency (ESA) just launched its much-anticipated effort to explore the wreckage of the asteroid Dimorphos, the cosmic body that NASA successfully obliterated last year during…
Microbes Rock A very old rock — or rather, what's inside of it —might force scientists to rewrite what we know about the evolution of life on Earth. As detailed…
Scientists believe they've discovered where the "voices" heard by some people with schizophrenia emanate from using brainwave mapping. As detailed in a new study published in the journal PLOS Biology…
In the aftermath of deadly Hurricane Helene, X-formerly-Twitter has transformed into a noxious breeding ground for destructive misinformation about the storm. In a series of toxic and easily disproven tweets,…
Shine Bright In its effort to compete with SpaceX, China has launched the first internet satellites in its own, competing constellation — and astronomers are rightfully peeved. As New Scientist…
Rebel Galaxy Astronomers peering into some of the furthest reaches of our universe have made a "baffling" discovery: the most distant rotating disc galaxy ever observed. And it closely —…
Bad Daddio Qantas Airlines had to issue an apology after airing an R-rated film starring Dakota Johnson during a flight from Sydney to Japan. The flight's crew aired the movie…
Moon Goo Something is moving inside of the Moon. Yes, you read that correctly. A recent study from scientists at NASA and the University of Arizona found that a layer…
Swing for Cash In a fascinating development for electoral politics in the United States, multi-hyphenate CEO and extreme right-wing political activist Elon Musk has resorted to promising cash to those…
Bottom Feeders We may have a way of literally eating away at our planet's pollution crisis. As part of a new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology,…
Peace Out One of Tesla's long-serving executives is abandoning ship. As Bloomberg reports, Tesla employees were informed that chief information officer Nagesh Saldi, who has held his position for six…
Scientists have devised a fascinating way to determine when you may die. Known as "CheekAge," this new biological clock-reader developed by the company Tally Health is, according to a press…
Every now and again, we get news of a scientific breakthrough that makes us want to put our heads through drywall — and this is one of them: researchers have…
Under Pressure NASA announced yesterday that its forthcoming Gateway lunar space station — an outpost designed to house astronauts in the Moon's orbit — just passed a critical milestone. According…
Home Sweet Fungus NASA is seriously contemplating growing future habitable structures out of mushrooms for space colonies on the lunar surface and eventually Mars, according to Al Jazeera. The space…
Keep Roving In preparation for the first crewed lunar mission in half a century, NASA is prototyping a new Moon rover — and it looks like some pretty distinctly Earth-bound…
While seeking re-election, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro is making a huge campaign promise: free Ozempic for all. As Quartz reports, Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said that he lost 66…
Ad Attack Google's notoriously wonky AI Overviews feature — you know, the one that repeatedly makes up facts and literally tells users to eat rocks — is about to get a…
Giving an Edge The battle over remote work continues — and it looks like chief executives are overwhelmingly willing to take extreme measures to get folks back to the office.…
Cafe Culture Starting in January, Californians will be able to enjoy cannabis Netherlands-style thanks to a newly passed bill legalizing weed cafes. As the Los Angeles Times reports, governor Gavin Newsom…