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FDA Working to Remove the Stuff in Cigarettes That Feels Good

Smoking cigarettes is extremely deadly. Each year, it kills 480,000 Americans. But it makes you feel good near-instantly, washing you over with a calming buzz that nothing else quite matches. It also looks cool — at least in the movies. Soon, though, the "cool" factor may be the only thing going for ...

10 hours ago

Futurism

FDA Working to Remove the Stuff in Cigarettes That Feels Good

Futurism

British Authorities Seize Cybertruck for Being Entirely Illegal

UK police have impounded a Tesla Cybertruck, which mysteriously made it across the Atlantic, for being "not road legal in the UK." According to a Facebook update by the Bury police department in the Greater Manchester area, the "was a permanent UK resident but the vehicle was registered and insured ...

12 hours ago

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British Authorities Seize Cybertruck for Being Entirely Illegal

Futurism

Hackers Apparently Stole the FBI's Call Logs With Confidential Informants

The FBI admitted that they believe hackers broke into AT&T's syems last year to steal months of call and text logs. According to a document reviewed by Bloomberg, the FBI scrambled to contain a disaster, trying to get ahead of the situation to protect the identities of confidential informants. It's ...

13 hours ago

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Hackers Apparently Stole the FBI's Call Logs With Confidential Informants

Futurism

Top AI Investor Says His Companies Are Filled With "America-Hating Communists" Destroying Them From the Inside

If you've felt a vibe shift you can't explain, you're not alone — there's a massive revolution happening in our streets, led by Ivy league "America-Hating Communists", at least according to one of the richest venture capitalists in the country, Marc Andreessen. The billionaire was speaking to New ...

13 hours ago

Futurism

Top AI Investor Says His Companies Are Filled With "America-Hating Communists" Destroying Them From the Inside

Futurism

Amazon Says All It Needs to Do Before Releasing an AI-Powered Alexa Is to Solve the Giant Engineering Problem That Nobody ...

Amazon is still hard at work in its efforts to realize an AI-powered Alexa digital assistant. As the Financial Times reports, the tech giant still has to sort out "several technical hurdles" before rolling out the long-awaited feature — which in many ways severely understates how much work there's ...

14 hours ago

Futurism

Amazon Says All It Needs to Do Before Releasing an AI-Powered Alexa Is to Solve the Giant Engineering Problem That Nobody ...

Futurism

Walgreens CEO Admits That Locking Merchandise Away From Shoplifters Makes Regular People Not Buy It

American pharmacy store chain Walgreens has discovered that locking its wares behind lock and key in an apparent effort to stop shoplifters has backfired spectacularly. As Fortune reports, the company has been battling with a major year-over-year decline in earnings and announced it would close an ...

15 hours ago

Futurism

Walgreens CEO Admits That Locking Merchandise Away From Shoplifters Makes Regular People Not Buy It

WIRED Science

Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Isn’t the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem

Firefighting planes are dumping water from the ocean on the Los Angeles fires, but using saltwater is typically a last resort.

18 hours ago

WIRED Science

Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Isn’t the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem

Science - The Verge

SpaceX’s fiery Starship explosion put on a fantastic show but delayed and diverted flights

The falling debris field from the SpaceX Starship explosion lit up the night sky over the Caribbean, | Screenshot: YouTube Falling debris from the SpaceX Starship explosion yesterday created what looked like a meteor shower, or a colorful fireworks show based on videos shared ...

1 day ago

Science - The Verge

SpaceX’s fiery Starship explosion put on a fantastic show but delayed and diverted flights

Science - The Verge

A giant battery power plant is on fire in California

MOSS LANDING, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 17: A fire erupted at Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday. | Photo: Getty Images A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world according to the ...

1 day ago

Science - The Verge

A giant battery power plant is on fire in California

New York Times Science

Rain-Collecting Rattlesnakes Give New Meaning to ‘Thirst Trap’

A new study reveals the surprising ways rattlesnakes have evolved to collect water in the desert.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Rain-Collecting Rattlesnakes Give New Meaning to ‘Thirst Trap’

WIRED Science

Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?

The profit margin on crypto mining is all about the physics of computers and energy conversion.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?

WIRED Science

See 6 Planets Align on January 21

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

See 6 Planets Align on January 21

Science - The Verge

SpaceX catches Starship booster for a second time but loses the spacecraft

Screenshot: SpaceX SpaceX successfully caught its Super Heavy booster for the second time. During Starship’s 7th test flight from Boca Chica, Texas, Super Heavy descended into the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms, allowing it to grab the booster. Despite the successful ...

2 days ago

Science - The Verge

SpaceX catches Starship booster for a second time but loses the spacecraft

WIRED Science

An Entire Book Was Written in DNA—and You Can Buy It for $60

What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular data storage.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

An Entire Book Was Written in DNA—and You Can Buy It for $60

New York Times Science

A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door

Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands in Canada. A geologist said it was a rare recording.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door

New York Times Science

Jeff Bezos’ Successful Blue Origin Launch Silences Skeptics

The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon founder’s powerful rocket suggests it could grow into a credible competitor with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Jeff Bezos’ Successful Blue Origin Launch Silences Skeptics

Science - The Verge

FDA bans use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods

Red Dye No. 3 is used in certain candy, desserts, frostings, and other treats. | Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images The US Food and Drug Administration is banning the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, drinks, and medication, the agency announced Wednesday. The dye, which ...

2 days ago

Science - The Verge

FDA bans use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods

WIRED Science

Check Out These Extraordinary New Images of Mercury

New photos of Mercury taken during the joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission reveal fascinating details of the small rocky planet.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Check Out These Extraordinary New Images of Mercury

New York Times Science

Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds

WIRED Science

Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now

Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily more accurate.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now

Science - The Verge

Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches SpaceX rival

New Glenn launching from Cape Canaveralthis morning. | Image: Blue Origin The billionaire space race entered a new phase today when Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launched its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. At 2:03AM ET this morning, New ...

2 days ago

Science - The Verge

Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches SpaceX rival