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Futurism

College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio

He says he pushed the button "accidentally." The post College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio appeared first on Futurism.

7 hours ago

Futurism

College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio

Futurism

Amazon Employees Forced to Hit Quotas on AI Use, Immediately Start Using it for Everything Except Work

"If companies use brain-dead metrics to judge people then you need to learn how to f**k them over right back." The post Amazon Employees Forced to Hit Quotas on AI Use, Immediately Start Using it for Everything Except Work appeared first on Futurism.

7 hours ago

Futurism

Amazon Employees Forced to Hit Quotas on AI Use, Immediately Start Using it for Everything Except Work

Futurism

Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation

"It's happening almost everywhere." The post Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation appeared first on Futurism.

8 hours ago

Futurism

Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation

Futurism

Scientists Detect Weird Anomalies in Clouds of Venus

"We identified the phenomena, but for years we couldn't understand it." The post Scientists Detect Weird Anomalies in Clouds of Venus appeared first on Futurism.

9 hours ago

Futurism

Scientists Detect Weird Anomalies in Clouds of Venus

Futurism

Doctors’ AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients

"All AI scribe systems from the 20 approved vendors showed one or more inaccuracies at the procurement testing phase." The post Doctors' AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients appeared first on Futurism.

10 hours ago

Futurism

Doctors’ AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients

Futurism

Men Haven’t Yet Noticed That a Large Number of Women Are Disgusted by AI

Behind every AI-obsessed man is a tired but supportive woman. The post Men Haven't Yet Noticed That a Large Number of Women Are Disgusted by AI appeared first on Futurism.

11 hours ago

Futurism

Men Haven’t Yet Noticed That a Large Number of Women Are Disgusted by AI

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WIRED Science

Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy

States across the US are looking to take major sources of pollution and use them to generate much-needed power.

15 hours ago

WIRED Science

Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy

WIRED Science

Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking

On May 18, an asteroid about the size of Chicago’s Cloud Gate will fly four times closer to Earth than the moon.

17 hours ago

WIRED Science

Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking

New York Times Science

A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life

The creation, care and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life

Singularity HUB

New Algae Robots Swarm Like Locusts at the Flick of a Switch

Self-assembling swarms of microrobots could someday deliver drugs and pull toxins from water. The post New Algae Robots Swarm Like Locusts at the Flick of a Switch appeared first on SingularityHub.

1 day ago

Singularity HUB

New Algae Robots Swarm Like Locusts at the Flick of a Switch

WIRED Science

Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!

Here’s how you can hack together a radio transmitter and receiver out of stuff you have at home—and explore the weirdness of wireless.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!

WIRED Science

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

Singularity HUB

Physicists Have Measured ‘Negative Time’ in the Lab

Photons traveling straight through a cloud of gas appear to exit, on average, before they enter. The post Physicists Have Measured ‘Negative Time’ in the Lab appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

Singularity HUB

Physicists Have Measured ‘Negative Time’ in the Lab

National Science Foundation

NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts

Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced $1.5 billion over the next decade toward the NSF X-Labs initiative to tackle pressing scientific challenges through novel and innovative...

2 days ago

National Science Foundation

NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts