Movies may soon use AI to change the story each time you rewatch
What if each time you watched a movie, it played out differently? That’s the idea behind generative film, a new genre that some filmmakers are …
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Voyager 1 is finally transmitting science data again
It’s been an extremely stressful seven months for the Voyager 1 team. However, the latest Voyager 1 update gives us some much-needed good news. NASA …
There’s scientific evidence that your name can affect the direction of your life
Names have power. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy books. Even here in the real world, some people believe that the influence of names …
Researchers claim GPT-4 passed the Turing test
OpenAI’s GPT-4 has become the first AI to pass the Turing Test. At least, that’s what a group of researchers claim in a new study. …
Starship may have bigger problems than just getting its launch right
SpaceX wants to bring Starship to Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A. The space center is iconic in the space community, having hosted many of the …
Climate change could drive these polar bears to extinction in just 10 years
Located in the northeastern portion of Canada, Hudson Bay is known for its cooler temperatures, with the southern areas of the bay offering subarctic temperatures …
Whoops, NASA accidentally aired audio from an ISS emergency test to the public
The International Space Station has been in orbit for over two and a half decades now. In that time, it has swerved to avoid space …
Researchers invented an X-ray vision device that can see through solid surfaces
A new X-ray vision chip could soon bring the powers of Superman’s powerful X-ray vision to smartphones everywhere. Researchers created the tiny chip to take …
Forget AI, I want my iPhone to steal this must-have feature from Android
Now that Apple is taking more cues from Android—the addition of a customizable home screen and a few other features coming to iOS 18 have …
Scientists found a new species of long-tailed sea creatures off the coast of Japan
A long-tailed sea creature first caught in 2011 has now been identified as a brand-new species. the specimen was found off the coast of Japan. …
Scientists are making energy-storing concrete to turn buildings into giant batteries
Researchers at MIT continue to look for ways to turn concrete into a perfect energy storage option. The researchers first shared their findings in 2023, …
Scientists are scrambling to find ways to refreeze the Arctic
We’ve seen a lot of crazy ideas to try to reverse climate change, including some proposals to send bubbles to space or even to set …
Researchers are using AI to monitor malaria-spreading mosquitos in Africa
Researchers with the University of South Florida plan to leverage AI to revolutionize the monitoring and current state of mosquito control and combat the spread …
Groundbreaking tech could lead to realistic holograms in regular eyeglass lenses
Scientists have created a new device small enough to fit inside of a regular pair of glasses. This new design could help solve one of …
Apple debuts macOS Sequoia at WWDC 2024
Today, during WWDC 2024, Apple revealed macOS Sequoia, the latest version of its computer operating system. On top of building off the new features seen …
Researchers made ultra-thin night-vision lenses that fit regular glasses
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) in Australia has made an extraordinary breakthrough. The researchers working at TMOS have devised a …
New cancer treatment increases efficacy by injecting chemo directly into tumor cells
Chemotherapy has proven to be a fairly successful treatment for cancer. But there’s one big problem: the drugs attack almost everything they touch. So what …
This electric spoon tricks your brain and makes food taste saltier
An electric salt spoon is making waves in Japan. The spoon is designed to deliver weak electrical currents through the tip of the device to …
This Redditor made a camera that turns photos into AI-generated images
A Reddit user created a homemade AI camera that can take photos of the world around them. It then creates descriptions of the images and …
Countdown to the robot uprising begins with the first humanoid AI butlers
There’s a lot of talk about how AI will overthrow humanity. Whether you believe in the doom and gloom of AI and robots or not, …
Unexplainable radio signal has astronomers scratching their heads
Space is full of strange signals, but one unexplainable radio signal has astronomers especially baffled. The signal was first detected by the ASKAP radio telescope …
How researchers use AI to decode the language of dog barks
The secret language of dogs is an intriguing thing. I’ve long wished I could understand the little grunts and barks my corgi sends my way …
Researchers found a way to reinvent chocolate and make it healthier
Healthier chocolate might sound a bit ironic. After all, chocolate is normally made by adding loads of refined sugar to components from the cacao plant. …
A plastic-eating fungus is cleaning up the ocean better than we are
Amid the layers of microbes surrounding the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, scientists have discovered a plastic-eating fungus called Parengyodontium album, which appears to be eating …
Hordes of zombie cicadas will emerge across the US this month
A once-in-a-200-year emergence is happening across the United States this month as two broods of periodical cicadas climb from the ground and take to the …
Should you be scared of the flying Joro spiders set to invade New York City?
New York City is expecting invaders this summer, and they’ll come in the form of parachuting Joro spiders. These massive spiders are originally native to …
This AI tool will let anyone generate their own TV shows
Have you ever watched a TV show and wished you could make one yourself? Of course, making a wish like that come true is a …
New theory suggests time is an illusion created by quantum entanglement
A new definition of time suggests that what we once thought was a fundamental element of our physical reality could actually just be an illusion …
Insane video shows China’s rifle-toting robot dog opening fire
Robot dogs like Xiaomi’s back-flipping robodog (pictured above) have been wowing us and sending shivers down our spines for years now. We’ve also seen robot …
New glass-like material can clean itself and keep rooms cooler
We use glass for a lot of things. We use it to brighten up the rooms of our house by creating windows that let sunlight …
