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The Internet Is Hurtling Towards a Wasteland of AI Ads for AI Bots

We are in a nightmarish AI-based recursive capitalistic loop, an ouroboros fake people trying to sell stuff to other fake people. The Dead Internet...

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This Is What Happens If You Get Moon Dust in Your Lungs

Good news! Moon dust won’t shred your lungs apart! Granted, if you tried to breathe it in as it exists in its natural habitat, you’ll have greater...

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Your Baby’s Weird Little Habits Could Predict Their Adult IQ

By the time your baby starts staring blankly at a ball or babbling incoherently, their brain might already be dropping clues about the kind of adult...

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Are These Stories About Winning Lottery Tickets Gone Missing Legit?

Have you visited any British tabloid sites, such as The Sun or The Daily Mail, that all suspiciously run the same story, again and again, about a...

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Orcas Spotted Tongue Kissing in the Wild for the First Time

In a fjord somewhere north of Tromsø, Norway, two orcas were spotted French kissing, or so it seemed. Scientists have never observed this behavior in...

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Denmark Is Fighting AI by Giving Citizens Copyright to Their Own Faces

Your image, your voice, and your essence as a human being could be gobbled up and regurgitated by AI. The clock is ticking on when you’re control...

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People Won’t Stop Pooping in New York City’s Public Pools

Now this is journalism. This is investigative reporting. As Liam Quigley of Gothamist reported, New York City’s public pools were inadvertently...

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Video Games Are Good for You, Even If You’re Being Eaten by Plague Rats

Trudging through a war-torn, rat-infested medieval hellscape might be much more soothing than it sounds. That is, of course, if that rat-infested...

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This Sea Slug Becomes Solar-Powered When It Eats Algae

Somewhere between salad and an alien lies the lettuce sea slug, or Elysia crispata, a creature that eats algae and steals its powers. This odd...

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Red Pandas Banned From Doing Wake-Up Calls at Chinese Hotel

There was, for a brief moment, a hotel in Chongqing, China, that let you the gently awakened by the presence of a bear in your room. It wasn’t a...

27.06.2025 3

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Lifeguard Hospitalized After Being Impaled by Runaway Umbrella

Thanks to a freakish combo of intense wind conditions, bad timing, and unsecured beach equipment, a lifeguard in Asbury Park, New Jersey, wound up in...

27.06.2025 3

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North Korea Opened a Beach Resort—Just in Time for Your Summer Vacation

After six years of delays, instruction setbacks, and a global pandemic, North Korea, the nation that builds propaganda directly into its smartphones,...

27.06.2025 4

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Liver King Arrested for Making ‘Terroristic Threats’ Against Joe Rogan

It’s a battle that pits two of the most pathetic forces the United States has allowed to rise to prominence against one another. Brian “Liver...

26.06.2025 3

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Flesh-Eating Worms Are Back—and They’re Eating People Alive

In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, doctors recently found themselves gawking up the nose of a 57-year-old woman named Reina Avila. Avila had writhing...

26.06.2025 2

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U.S. Roads Are So Hot They’re Buckling and Launching Cars Into the Air

If you haven’t heard—or been outside at all for the past week—much of the U.S. is currently trapped under a Heat Dome. This occurs when high...

26.06.2025 2

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Could Ozempic Lower Your Risk of Dementia?

Originally designed to treat type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy quickly made it into the hands of every now-formerly hefty...

26.06.2025 2

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Axolotls Can Regenerate Limbs, and Scientists Are Finally Learning How

The Axolotl looks like a Pokémon (and in fact has several clearly designed in its image). It’s almost too cute to be able to also do something as...

26.06.2025 4

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AI Companies Can Use Copyrighted Work Without Permission, Judge Rules

Generative AI feeds on mountains of books, articles, video scripts, and magazines and remixes them all into something that feels new. It can’t get...

25.06.2025 3

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U.S. Junk Food Might Soon Come With a Label Warning You Not to Eat It

If you take a peek at any of the convenience store junk food across Europe and Central and South America, you’ll quickly notice a running theme:...

25.06.2025 3

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NASA’s Long-Dead Relay-2 Satellite Just Screamed From Beyond the Grave

It’s not every day that a satellite from the Vietnam War era decides to scream back to life, but that’s what happened in June 2024. Relay-2, a...

25.06.2025 3

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Scientists Used Gene Editing to Make Baby Mice From Two Males

Since the dawn of humanity, biology has followed a strict and elegant rule: you need chromosomes from mom and some from dad if you want to make a kid....

25.06.2025 2

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The FDA Is Begging Americans to Stop Buying Gas Station Heroin

It’s always fun to take a gander at the odd collection of “health supplements” being sold at your local gas station, either by the counter or...

25.06.2025 5

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Bear Finally Freed After Two Years With a Plastic Lid Around Its Neck

Michigan wildlife officials recently freed a black bear who had spent two full years wearing a plastic barrel lid around his neck. The bear is somehow...

25.06.2025 20

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Your Intelligence Might Be Determined by a Rhythm in Your Brain

According to new research, the real sign of high intelligence isn’t how many facts you can recall; it’s how well your brain syncs up with itself...

25.06.2025 1

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This Stem Cell Treatment Could One Day Make Insulin Obsolete

Type I diabetes is an exhausting full-time job. Having it means living a life full of constant care and maintenance. You’re always checking in on...

24.06.2025 4

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145 People Stabbed With Needles at French Music Festival, 12 Arrested

Every year, France throws a massive party: Fête de la Musique, a nationwide street festival where millions flood the streets to celebrate with...

24.06.2025 8

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Your Nightmares Are Killing You, Literally.

A study presented at the European Academy of Neurology Congress 2025 has found that frequent nightmares aren’t just a terrifying nuisance that...

24.06.2025 4

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Germany Has a Big Raccoon Problem—and It’s America’s Fault

Kassel, Germany, has a raccoon problem. They’re overrun. Raccoons on rooftops, raccoons stealing bananas; raccoons, seemingly as organized as the...

24.06.2025 8

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Why Do Fingers and Toes Wrinkle in Water?

Take a long soak in the bath, and your fingers transform into little elderly folk. Draw on some eyes and thick corrective lenses, and you’ve got a...

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AI Is Changing the Way Humans Speak to Each Other

Chatbot use has quickly skyrocketed. It’s already having major effects across a range of sectors and even on our minds in some of the worst ways...

23.06.2025 2

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Can We Plant Enough Trees to Offset Fossil Fuel Emissions?

For years, tree planting has been the feel-good fix for climate change. It’s fun believing the idea that we can offset the tons of carbon we’re...

23.06.2025 2

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Vaping Might Cause Seriously Aggressive Lung Cancer

As a former cigarette smoker who turned to vaping, and then spent years trying to get off vaping, I can tell you exactly how it all works. In theory,...

23.06.2025 2

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AI Chatbots Are Being Programmed to Spread Conspiracy Theories

It seems like at least a couple of times a week, Elon Musk announces that he’s going to make sweeping changes to his AI chatbot, Grok, because the...

23.06.2025 2

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ChatGPT Played Chess Against a ‘70s Atari—and Got ‘Wrecked’

OpenAI’s ChatGPT got absolutely steamrolled by Atari Chess, a relic from 1979 running on a system that predates most of the people reading this....

23.06.2025 3

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Whale Sounds Could Be the Key to Saving the Planet

Every winter, thousands flock to Queensland, Australia’s Sunshine Coast, to gawk at humpback whales leaping, slapping their tails around, and just...

23.06.2025 3

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Your Diet Sucks Because You’re Not Sleeping Enough

There’s a reason your body begs for a donut after you only got a few hours of sleep—and it’s not because you’re weak or lack willpower. It’s...

23.06.2025 2

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More Older Americans Are Dying From This Common Issue

According to a new CDC report, death rates from unintentional falls among seniors are rising fast, and it’s become one of the deadliest parts of the...

20.06.2025 2

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This Is What Fish Feel When They’re Taken From Water. It’s More Horrifying Than You Think.

Over a trillion fish a year are yanked from the water and killed, often without the consideration of a humane death that we (sporadically) extend to...

20.06.2025 4

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Marijuana Use Might Be Wrecking Your Heart

Just last month, I wrote about a study that showed how switching your method of cannabis intake may not be saving you from future heart problems like...

20.06.2025 4

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The Enhanced Olympics Are Allegedly a Supplement Hocking Scheme

If you’re unfamiliar, the Enhanced Games are what happens when someone who got caught cheating tries to convince everybody that cheating is actually...

19.06.2025 2

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Artist Made an AI Die Repeatedly—and Explain How It Felt Along the Way

Hypothetically speaking, if today’s artificial intelligence boom eventually leads to an AI becoming sentient, and perhaps vengeful, a YouTuber and...

19.06.2025 3

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Does Lead Poisoning Create Serial Killers?

Environmental news publication Grist spoke to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser about her new book, Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust In The...

19.06.2025 4

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Overwhelmed Louvre Staff Is Sick of Tourists

Tourism is usually a good thing. Sure, the tourists themselves can be annoying, but the money they bring can be a lifesaver for a lot of countries....

18.06.2025 4

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Is McDonald’s Losing Customers Because of Weight Loss Drugs?

McDonald’s stock took a 1.7% hit recently, and not because the company made some kind of misstep that made investors lose confidence. There is no...

18.06.2025 20

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‘Defective’ Cybertruck Design Turned a Crash Into a Cremation, Lawsuit Alleges

A 47-year-old Texas man wasn’t just killed in his Cybertruck after a crash, he was cremated in it. Now his widow and parents are suing Tesla. By the...

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The Sad, Ever-Expanding World of Officially Licensed Trump Merch

Remember when we all made fun of Trump after he used the incredible power of the presidency to turn the White House into a giant QVC segment hocking...

17.06.2025 4

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Billionaire Island Is in a Poop War With a Neighboring Town of Millionaires

Nestled on a man-made island off the coast of Miami, Indian Creek is a village that the likes of Jeff Bezos, Tom Brady, and Jared Kushner call home....

17.06.2025 3

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Billionaire Dies After Swallowing a Bee During Polo Match

A billionaire died after swallowing a bee, and the bee stung him internally. In what sounds like a lower-tier Final Destination death, Indian auto...

17.06.2025 8

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Your Zip Code Could Determine Your Dementia Diagnosis

Where you live could determine how quickly your brain deteriorates as you age. A new study published in JAMA Neurology by researchers at UC San...

17.06.2025 4

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Stanford Researchers Just Developed a ‘Game-Changing’ Stroke Treatment

A team of Stanford researchers has unveiled a new specialized surgical tool called the milli-spinner, a miniaturized rotor that might finally make...

17.06.2025 4

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