METABLOKS / SCIENCE

Futurism

Tesla Stock Is Soaring for the Funniest Possible Reason

For the first time in forever, Tesla stock is on the rise — and it seems mighty coincidental that it happened the exact same day that news broke of Elon Musk's exit from the White House. Right around the time Politico reported, per three unnamed insiders, that president Donald Trump had been telling ...

13 hours ago

Futurism

Tesla Stock Is Soaring for the Funniest Possible Reason

Futurism

Scientists Recover Underwater Camera Designed to Snap Photos of Loch Ness Monster

In 1970, a cryptid-obsessed placed several cameras inside plastic trap boxes and sent them down to the depths of Scotland's Loch Ness in hopes of catching its storied monster — and now, it appears that one of those cameras has been recovered by sheer accident. As USA Today and other outlets report, ...

15 hours ago

Futurism

Scientists Recover Underwater Camera Designed to Snap Photos of Loch Ness Monster

Futurism

Tinder Deploys AI-Powered Singles That Automatically Shoot Down Your Rizzless Attempts at Flirtation

Tinder has teamed up with OpenAI to bring an AI voice-activated flirting game to the dating app — and it's somehow way more cringe than you could imagine. As the company revealed in a press release, the cringily-named "Game Game" uses OpenAI's voice mode and GPT-4o reasoning model to encourage users ...

16 hours ago

Futurism

Tinder Deploys AI-Powered Singles That Automatically Shoot Down Your Rizzless Attempts at Flirtation

Futurism

Government Seeking Wild Punishment for Man Accused of Vandalizing Tesla Dealership

Since Elon Musk took the mantle of power thanks to Donald Trump, the Tesla has become a universal site of protest symbol of oligarchy around the world. In the US, frustrated taxpayers have taken to the streets to occupy dealerships, steal tires, and vandalize Teslas wherever they appear. In response, ...

18 hours ago

Futurism

Government Seeking Wild Punishment for Man Accused of Vandalizing Tesla Dealership

Futurism

Boeing's Starliner Disaster Was Even Worse Than We Thought, Astronaut Reveals

It's been ten months since NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams traveled to the International Space Station on board Boeing's issues-riddled Starliner spacecraft. After years of delays, Starliner finally launched from Space Launch Complex-41 at NASA's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...

20 hours ago

Futurism

Boeing's Starliner Disaster Was Even Worse Than We Thought, Astronaut Reveals

Futurism

NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI

Less than a year after its "full-throated" defense of artificial intelligence in writing, the literary challenge National Novel Writing Month — or NaNoWriMo for short — is shutting down. Kilby Blades, a romance author serving as the nonprofit's interim executive director, announced in a video and ...

20 hours ago

Futurism

NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI

WIRED Science

This Startup Says It Can Clean Your Blood of Microplastics

The elective medical industry is cashing in on plastic pollution fears, but the evidence of harm from microplastics is still deeply uncertain.

24 hours ago

WIRED Science

This Startup Says It Can Clean Your Blood of Microplastics

WIRED Science

In Search of the Last Wild Axolotls

Using environmental DNA analysis and traditional fishing techniques, researchers are seeking answers about the current population of axolotls in their natural habitat. The numbers are alarming.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

In Search of the Last Wild Axolotls

WIRED Science

Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH

Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH

New York Times Science

This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning

New York Times Science

Eating ‘Family Style’ May Have Set the Stage for Life as We Know It

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Eating ‘Family Style’ May Have Set the Stage for Life as We Know It

New York Times Science

How the Myanmar Earthquake Shook Skyscrapers in Bangkok

Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

How the Myanmar Earthquake Shook Skyscrapers in Bangkok

Singularity HUB

NASA's Curiosity Rover Has Made a Significant Discovery in the Search for Alien Life

It’s an exciting time in the search for life on Mars. The post NASA's Curiosity Rover Has Made a Significant Discovery in the Search for Alien Life appeared first on SingularityHub.

1 day ago

Singularity HUB

NASA's Curiosity Rover Has Made a Significant Discovery in the Search for Alien Life

WIRED Science

Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet With This New Superintelligence?’

The academic and author discusses what to expect from the singularity, the need for AI self-correcting mechanisms, and what hope there is for superintelligence safeguarding democracy.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet With This New Superintelligence?’

New York Times Science

NASA Astronauts Speak for First Time After 9-Month Stay in Space at ISS

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke in their first news conference since returning to Earth two weeks ago from an unexpectedly long I.S.S. stay that lasted more than nine months.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

NASA Astronauts Speak for First Time After 9-Month Stay in Space at ISS

Singularity HUB

Brain Implant 'Streams' a Paralyzed Woman’s Thoughts in Near Real Time

The system, which also synthesizes her voice, takes no more than a second to translate thoughts to speech. The post Brain Implant 'Streams' a Paralyzed Woman’s Thoughts in Near Real Time appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

Singularity HUB

Brain Implant 'Streams' a Paralyzed Woman’s Thoughts in Near Real Time