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…

Feb 16, 2026 4 min read
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…

Feb 16, 2026 2 min read
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…

Feb 15, 2026 4 min read
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,…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
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,…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
You’ll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now

In January 2022, when the world was still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and coping with…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
Scientists Find Intense Psychological Differences in People Who Exercise

Ever notice how some people seem weirdly unbothered by the horrible news swirling around us, while others freak…

Feb 15, 2026 2 min read
AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs

In December, Anthropic red teamers and business journalists at the Wall Street Journal teamed up in a bold…

Feb 15, 2026 4 min read
Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation”

For all the horrible stuff crammed into the Epstein files, they sure have a way of making even…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say

The traditional understanding is that the center of our galaxy is dominated by a supermassive black hole. The…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
New AI Video Generator Is So Impressive That It’s Scaring Hollywood

Text-to-video generating tools have made tremendous leaps in a few short years. We went from a horrifying clip…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
Earth on Track to Become Uninhabitable, Scientists Say

Surprise, surprise: all that climate stuff scientists have been warning us about is coming back to bite us.…

Feb 15, 2026 3 min read
Top Apple AI Exec Moves to Meta: Big Tech Battle Heats Up

The artificial intelligence landscape is a battlefield, and the latest skirmish has seen a significant defection. Ruoming Pang,…

Jul 8, 2025 8 min read
Beyond Sci-Fi: How Scientists Built a ‘Black Hole Bomb’ and What It Means for Physics

Introduction: What in the Universe is a “Black Hole Bomb”? Imagine a concept so mind-bending, so seemingly plucked…

Jul 7, 2025 8 min read