March 15, 2026 10:54 PM
March 15, 2026
This Is How Big a Telescope Aliens Would Need to See Dinosaurs on Earth
Roughly 66 million years ago, scientists believe an enormous meteor, dubbed Chicxulub, smashed into the Earth in an…
Startup Generates Caring Letters to Your Friends Using AI, Handwrites Them Using Robot Pen
Think back to the last time you peeled open an envelope to find a handwritten letter. Maybe it…
Constant Space Launches Turning Earth’s Atmosphere Into a “Crematorium,” Scientists Say
Constant space launches are turning the atmosphere into a “crematorium” for satellites and other space debris. That was…
Creator of Claude Code Fears This Could Be the Last Year That Software Engineers Are Employable
The warning signs are piling up for anyone still working as a software engineer in 2026. In a…
Government Insiders Concerned by Musk’s Erratic and Sycophantic Grok Being Deployed for Incredibly Sensitive Purposes
The Trump administration is scrambling to replace Claude, the chatbot embedded throughout the Pentagon’s entire scaffolding, with Elon…
Anonymous Kalshi User Makes Huge Bet That the White House Is About to Confirm Alien Life or Technology
Is the US government about to confirm that aliens are real? That’s the claim floating around among those…
The Hubble Is Inexorably Falling to Earth
For years now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has had its fair share of brushes with death. The groundbreaking…
The Economy Is Lurching Downward as Fear of AI Spreads
AI chipmaker Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, demolished analyst expectations this week when it posted a massive…
AI Workers, and Even CEOs, Suddenly Turning Against the Trump Administration
The Trump administration has a new rival in its ongoing feud with AI company Anthropic: Silicon Valley’s rank-and-file.…
Chatbot Use Can Cause Mental Illness to Get Worse, Research Finds
A new study found that chatbot use appeared to worsen symptoms of mental illness in people struggling with…
Anthropic Blowout With Military Involved Use of Claude for Incoming Nuclear Strike
Anthropic’s ongoing battle with the Pentagon over the military’s use of its AI systems flared up this week…
Huge Study Finds Living Near Nuclear Plants Linked With Cancer Deaths
Conventional wisdom holds that nuclear power plants — outside of ultra-rare disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima — are…
Chinese Robots Can Now Run Up Walls
While humanoid robots have a long way to go to prove useful in our day-to-day lives, they’ve at…
FSD Tries to Drive Straight Into Lake
Tesla CEO Elon Musk once boasted that the Cybertruck could double as a boat. Perhaps the AI behind…
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
By the time the public harassment started, a woman told Futurism, she was already living in a nightmare.…
Top Machine Learning Developer Speechless at Simple Question: Should AI Simulate Emotional Intimacy?
The question that’s stumping top AI researchers isn’t about consciousness or doomsday scenarios. After interviewing dozens of developers…
Site of Elementary School Was Sprayed With Radioactive Fracking Waste, Worker Warns
Nearly 500 elementary school children in Texas play on fields where a whistleblower says he once spread tons…
Obama Just Dropped a Truth Bomb About Aliens
To hell with your Fermi paradox: we’ve got presidential declarations. During a podcast interview with political commentator Brian…
Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling
Gambling has taken over the country. But it’s not just sports betting that’s emptying wallets. Now, the rise…
Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows
Climate change is leaving plenty of dramatic reminders behind as it reshapes our planet, from rapidly retreating glaciers…
There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”
The internet is so overrun with AI that anywhere you go, you run the risk of accidentally stepping…
US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
“Use Grok to get real answers about real food.” Until very recently, that was the message on the…
Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry
Late in 2025, a whole fleet of delivery robots descended on Chicago, where they clogged sidewalks, injured residents,…
Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface
In 1966, three years before the first humans walked on the Moon, the Soviet Union landed a small,…