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July 22, 2026
Scientist Suggests That 3I/ATLAS May Have Seeded Life as It Careened Through Our Solar System
A small group of scientists have long suggested that the seeds of life may have been distributed across…
99 Percent of CEOs Are Preparing to Lay Off Workers and Replace Them With AI Within Two Years, Survey Finds
Fear of AI is at an all-time high. Not fear of a Skynet-style superintelligent singularity seizing power, generally…
China Launches Synthetic Human Embryos to Space Station
Will humankind colonize other star systems, spreading life to distant worlds? Or more locally, and realistically: will we…
Oops! Domino’s-Partnered Robotics Startup That Was Supposed to Put Human Pizza Chefs Out of a Job Just Shut Down
Picnic, a Seattle-based startup that raised more than $53 million to develop robots capable of putting human restaurant…
The Pope Just Low Key Declared Holy War on Artificial Intelligence
As the AI backlash continues to grow, critics of the tech have found an unlikely voice of support:…
New Tools Strip AI Guardrails In Minutes, Allowing Them to Give Instructions on Chlorine Gas Attacks
We all know AI guardrails are far from perfect, but they should at least be pretty hard to…
They Held a New Olympics Where Athletes Can Take as Many Drugs and Steroids as They Want, and the Funniest Possible Thing Happened
For years now, organizers of a controversial sporting event called the Enhanced Games have been promising to push…
As College Grads Boo Any Mention of AI, the CEO of Google Is Trying to Figure Out What to Say at an Upcoming Graduation
What will Google CEO Sundar Pichai say next month when he gives the commencement speech at Stanford University? Under…
Man Humiliated by His AI Use Says He Just Can’t Quit
Even after being caught — and viciously criticized — for using AI to write his book about AI,…
OpenAI’s Attempt at an AI-Generated Pixar-Style Movie Is in Shambles
Remember when OpenAI was supposed to upend Hollywood by making a fully AI-generated animated movie? Such a feat…
Riot Games Denies Using Anti-Cheat Software That Bricks Hackers’ Computers
Rest easy, paranoid gamers. Riot Games says its Vanguard anti-cheat tool won’t “brick” the computers of hackers ruining…
Two Men Arrested for Creating AI Deepfake Porn
Beyond the well-known impacts generative AI has on the environment and the human psyche, it also comes with…
Bank Warns of Tesla Stock Collapse
In its quest to pivot from selling EVs to AI and humanoid robots, Tesla has seen his core…
You Know How Scientists Keep Finding Microplastics Literally Everywhere? Well, You’d Never Guess What Their Lab Gloves Are Coated in Straight Out of the Packaging
A growing contingent of the scientific community has become skeptical about the body of research finding that microplastics…
Scientists Investigating Whether Object NASA Is Approaching Is Core of Destroyed Planet
Scientists have long been intrigued by an enormous potato-shaped asteroid, dubbed 16 Psyche, that they suspect to be…
Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users
Your AI chatbot isn’t neutral. Trust its advice at your own risk. A striking new study, conducted by…
Australia Turns Into Bright-Red Vision of Hell
Tropical cyclone Narelle made history last week by becoming the first storm in over 20 years to make…
Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platform’s New AI
In its early days, Twitter alternative Bluesky tried to paint itself as a safe haven from the onslaught…
Law Seeks to Ban Public Officials From Making Polymarket Bets on Upcoming Bloodshed, Because Apparently We Live in a Complete Dystopia
Bad news, war profiteers: efforts are underway in the US to ban public officials from placing Polymarket and…
Top ICE Official Falling Apart Medically Due to Stress of Getting Yelled At
Look — it doesn’t matter if your job is supervising a burger joint or managing an office; it’s…
Scientists Intrigued by Microbe That That Makes Mice Swole
A special gut microbe helped mice get jacked, researchers found. Because this microbe is found in humans, it…
Sharks Showing Unusually High Levels of Cocaine
The expression “coked to the gills” has never been more apt. Scientists from Brazil have discovered that sharks…
Scientist Thawing Out Fragments of His Friend’s Cryogenically Preserved Brain
Shortly after the influential biogerontologist L. Stephen Coles was declared legally dead in 2014, his brain was put…
China Built the World’s Largest Outdoor Escalator, and It’s a Modern Marvel That Looks Like It Never Stops Rising Into the Sky
Now officially taking rides: an over-a-half-mile long escalator that stretches ever upward in a mountainous city in China’s…