June 5, 2026 3:32 PM
June 5, 2026
Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Unveils Plans for Orbital Anti-Asteroid Defense Weapons
Its rockets may have only reached orbit twice so far and its lunar lander is still many years…
SpaceX’s One Million Orbital Data Centers Would Be Debilitating for Astronomy Research, Scientists Say
Earlier this week, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, successfully…
Scientists Just Found Something Rather Grim That Happens When You Stop Taking GLP-1s
Much has been said about how GLP-1s are “miracle” drugs, providing myriad health benefits beyond weight loss or…
The Head of the FBI Just Admitted Something Moderately Horrifying
Turns out the FBI’s been on a shopping spree. And it’s not just any spending binge: as director…
Quadcopter Drone Caught Trying to Deliver Hunting Knives to Inmates in Prison
Last weekend, a neon-green quadcopter drone released a mysterious package into a New York state prison, which was…
Scientists Startled by What Happens When They Point Hubble at Comet
Lady Fortune was on astronomers’ side when they pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a comet drifting through…
Birds Are Getting Hooked on Cigarettes
Nicotine, the highly addictive chemical compound in cigarettes, is having a bit of a resurgence as of late…
Engineer Says It’s Time to Rebuild the Twin Towers as Giant Data Centers With Anti-Aircraft Lasers on the Roof
After their grisly destruction in a terror attack in 2001 — and the chaotic and deadly wars that…
Scientists Recruit Undergrad to Step Into Room Filled With Ravenous Mosquitoes for “Full-Body Massacre”
Some dedicate their lives to science. Others, like Georgia Tech student Chris Zuo, give their bodies. A bizarre…
Gen Z Is Using AI to Have Difficult Relationship Conversations, and the Results Are Massively Cringe
Researchers, teachers, and mental health professionals alike have spent the past few years reeling as teens and young…
Restaurant Re-Deploys Robot After Dishware-Smashing Freakout
Most restaurant workers would probably get fired on the spot if they freaked out in front of customers…
Therapists Go on Strike, Saying They’re Being Replaced by AI
There plenty of personal reasons not to use AI chatbots as therapists. They’re sycophantic, make for ineffective shrinks,…
Doctors Say AI Use Is Almost Certainly Linked to Developing Psychosis
There continue to be numerous reports of people suffering severe mental health spirals after talking extensively with an…
It’s Starting to Feel a Lot Like Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Is Mostly Smoke and Mirrors
Elon Musk once promised that pivoting Tesla into the self-driving taxi business would generate the automaker trillions of…
Public Rejoices as Porsche Releases Beautiful Ad Not Made Using AI
This holiday season, German automaker Porsche is winning hearts and minds by putting out a Christmas-themed ad that…
People Jabbing Themselves With Black Market “GLP-3” Drugs
Some people are hitting a weight loss plateau with GLP-1 agonist drugs like Ozempic, so they’re turning to…
Alzheimer’s Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A team of American scientists claim they have done something miraculous: they “cured” lab mice suffering from Alzheimer’s…
Days After Mass Bricking Event, Waymo Fleet Shuts Down Again
Waymo has hit another bump in the road. Just days after its robotaxi fleet crumbled into complete disarray…
Musician Cancelled as AI Falsely Accuses Him of Horrific Crimes
Who needs vicious music columnists when you live in the age of AI? Apparently not Ashley MacIsaac, a…
Autopilot Autonomously Lands Plane After Cabin Loses Pressure, for the First Time Ever
An autopilot system took over a plane and pulled off an emergency landing completely autonomously. The nail-biting intervention…
Doomsday Glacier Approaching Catastrophic Collapse
The Thwaites Glacier, an enormous shelf of ice in the Antarctic, has been given the ominous nickname of…
After Outcry, Firefox Promises “Kill Switch” That Turns Off All AI Features
The backlash against AI invading almost every aspect of the computing experience is growing by the day. Particularly…
Bonkers New Space Station Expands to Full Size From Single Capsule
The International Space Station was painstakingly assembled segment by segment, launched into orbit by many expensive and logistically…
Google Rapidly Deploying Huge CO2 Battery Facilities That Store 200 Megawatt Hours of Power
While we’ve made major strides in generating renewable energy, storing that green power to use when the Sun…