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Palantir Cofounder Announces Cruel Plan to Breed Thousands of Lab Monkeys for Medical Experiments

"Would you rather save your sibling or the monkey?" The post Palantir Cofounder Announces Cruel Plan to Breed Thousands of Lab Monkeys for Medical Experiments appeared first on Futurism.

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Palantir Cofounder Announces Cruel Plan to Breed Thousands of Lab Monkeys for Medical Experiments

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Better Start Hitting the Gym Finally Because AI Robots Already Are

Feeling pumped? The post Better Start Hitting the Gym Finally Because AI Robots Already Are appeared first on Futurism.

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Better Start Hitting the Gym Finally Because AI Robots Already Are

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Psychedelic Compound in Toad Venom Can Treat Depression When Snorted, Scientists Find

"The benefits are sustained with or without re-treatment for eight days to six months." The post Psychedelic Compound in Toad Venom Can Treat Depression When Snorted, Scientists Find appeared first on Futurism.

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Psychedelic Compound in Toad Venom Can Treat Depression When Snorted, Scientists Find

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Creeps Are Using AI to Undress Celebrities in Paparazzi Shots for Clicks

Callum Turner is probably not constantly walking around NYC topless. The post Creeps Are Using AI to Undress Celebrities in Paparazzi Shots for Clicks appeared first on Futurism.

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Creeps Are Using AI to Undress Celebrities in Paparazzi Shots for Clicks

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After Uber Destroyed Taxi Cabs, Drivers Now Face the Existential Threat of Self-Driving Cars

"It feels like every time I adjust to a new reality, another technology comes along and threatens my livelihood." The post After Uber Destroyed Taxi Cabs, Drivers Now Face the Existential Threat of Self-Driving Cars appeared first on Futurism.

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After Uber Destroyed Taxi Cabs, Drivers Now Face the Existential Threat of Self-Driving Cars

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Investor Says We’re Rapidly Approaching the Point At Which Economic Systems Collapse Under the Weight of AI

"We have maybe four years before the world as we know it stops working the way it does now." The post Investor Says We're Rapidly Approaching the Point At Which Economic Systems Collapse Under the Weight of AI appeared first on Futurism.

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Investor Says We’re Rapidly Approaching the Point At Which Economic Systems Collapse Under the Weight of AI

WIRED Science

Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out

In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.

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Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out

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White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green

Astronomers find that a white dwarf’s density and the kind of material it absorbed from its surroundings can produce a rainbow of shades in the star’s atmosphere.

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White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green

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A Meteorite Found in the Sahara Is a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Piece of Mars

Minerals in the space rock provide hints about the early history of the red planet, when water was flowing on the surface.

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A Meteorite Found in the Sahara Is a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Piece of Mars

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Conservation Efforts for Caucasian Leopards Show Promise

In Armenia, a three-legged Caucasian leopard’s astonishing hike signals that conservation efforts for the endangered animal may be working.

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Conservation Efforts for Caucasian Leopards Show Promise

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The New DNA Technology That Linked Ted Bundy to a 52-Year-Old Cold Case

Software known as STRmix was instrumental in identifying Mr. Bundy’s DNA in a decades-old sample.

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The New DNA Technology That Linked Ted Bundy to a 52-Year-Old Cold Case

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As Picard on ‘Star Trek’, Patrick Stewart Influenced Generations of Scientists

Stewart’s iconic “Star Trek” character inspired astronomers and astronauts in countless ways: “You were the captain of my childhood,” one astrophysicist said.

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As Picard on ‘Star Trek’, Patrick Stewart Influenced Generations of Scientists

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Three Stone Age Caves Reveal Continual Cannibalism

A tour of the three caves in southern Spain suggests that people in the area cannibalized one another as funerary practice over many generations.

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Three Stone Age Caves Reveal Continual Cannibalism

WIRED Science

Crematoria Are Being Used to Heat Homes and Swimming Pools

European countries are leading the way harvesting heat that would otherwise be wasted as green death practices become more common.

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Crematoria Are Being Used to Heat Homes and Swimming Pools

New York Times Science

Dozens of Headless Skeletons Pose a Macabre Mystery

Mass graves found at a Stone Age farming settlement in Slovakia have researchers baffled about the details — including the location of the missing skulls.

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Dozens of Headless Skeletons Pose a Macabre Mystery

WIRED Science

What to Know About China’s Top-Secret Spaceplane

This week, the Pentagon released a full-resolution image of the vehicle, the capabilities of which remain rather mysterious.

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What to Know About China’s Top-Secret Spaceplane

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An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’

Anthropic and OpenAI say they’ve disproved a key tenet of computer science. Researchers are struggling with the fall but also feel like “overexcited bunnies” as they look at new questions to explore.

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An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’

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I Gave My Blood to the AI Death Clock

Death Clock promises to predict when you’re going to die and help you extend your time on Earth. After a month, I felt like it was sucking the life out of me.

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I Gave My Blood to the AI Death Clock