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New research suggests that microplastics are inhibiting the ability of yours bones to properly grow and regenerate.
Developments

Doctors Find Evidence That Microplastics Are Degrading Your Bones

Astronomers have found that Saturn's moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, signs of habitability.
Astronomy

Saturn’s Moon Shows Major Signs of Life

Galaxies "blazing with technosignatures" could suggest the existence of a "large number" of "different metasocieties."
Exoplanets

Scientist Says Galaxies Shining With Radio Signals Could Indicate Numerous Advanced Civilizations

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Drones

Amazon Drones Kamikaze Into Construction Equipment, Burst Into Flames

Brain organoids, miniature human brains grown in a lab, can be used by scientists for experiments but some people are horrified by the idea.
Neuroscience and Brain

People Are Horrified by Lab-Grown Human Brains

Researchers studied what effect trigger warnings actually had on people who were exposed to them -- and the results were ironic.
Future Society

Trigger Warning Have a Weird Effect on People, New Paper Finds

Children are easily enamored by ChatGPT and other AI chatbots that can keep a conversation going, many parents are discovering.
Ethics

Lazy Parents Are Giving Their Toddlers ChatGPT on Voice Mode to Keep Them Entertained for Hours

In a video that went viral, a clip shows Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants cooking up meth, raising copyright concerns.
Art

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Is Generating Video of SpongeBob Cooking Meth, Highlighting Copyright Concerns

Astronomers have discovered that a "rogue" planet is going through a massive growth spurt and it's eating everything around it.
Exoplanets

Scientists Spot “Rogue” Planet Floating Between Stars, Devouring Everything in Reach

Astronomers detected a gigantic wave pattern in a large portion of the Milky Way galaxy by analyzing data from young stars.
Astronomy

The Milky Way has a Colossal Wave Rippling Through It, Astronomers Say

Hallucinating AI platforms are spitting out nonexistent landmarks and it's putting tourists in dangerous situations.
Ethics

AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations

Merriam-Webster teased that it was releasing a large language model in a recent announcement — with a twist.
Artificial Intelligence

You Are Not Prepared for Merriam-Webster’s Announcement of Its New AI Model

Canadian Moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen told Ars Technica that he's hoping to "take a very short nap on the pad."
Moon

Astronaut Traveling to Moon Next Year Says He’s Hoping to Take a “Short Nap” on the Launch Pad

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Future Society

Mourning Women Say OpenAI Killed Their AI Boyfriends

AI data centers in the US are spiking nearby customers electricity bills and bringing other unexpected costs.
Ethics

AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People’s Energy Bills

Elon Musk boasted that his "Optimus" humanoid robots will reach Mars and explore its surface by the end of next year.
Future Society

Elon’s Robots Will Quickly Become Dead Husks on Mars, Expert Warns

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Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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