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I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling
Technology

I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling

MIT Media Lab says, ‘It’s not a prophesy, but rather a possibility.’

a microscope image of a small crustacean with a round body, two large antennae come from its head, and several small legs
Environment

Sorry, zooplankton don’t want to eat your poop

The tiny aquatic animals eschewed the fecal matter in contaminated water in a new study.

Vaquita
Environment

The poachers who could save Mexico’s vaquita

Vaquita have long been collateral damage for Mexico’s totoaba fishers, but conservationists believe there’s a solution. The only hitch? It’s illegal.

Voyager 2 diagram with equipment labeled
Science

NASA shut off a Voyager 2 tool to save power

With four instruments remaining, the spacecraft still could still last into the 2030’s.

3D rendering of all ~140k neurons in the fruit fly brain.
Environment

Scientists mapped every neuron of an adult animal’s brain for the first time

It includes all ~50 million connections between nearly 140,000 neurons in the brain of a fruit fly.

a dolphin in a tank with an open mouth
Environment

Bottlenose dolphins ‘smile’ to say it’s time to play

Similar light-hearted open mouth expressions can also be seen on primates–like us.

In the 1950s, transistor technology allowed smaller radios to be installed in the dashboard.
Technology

Congress is trying to force carmakers to keep AM radio

It should also use this opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past.

JUICE image of Earth's radiation belt
Science

NASA captured the clearest ever images of Earth’s radiation belt

A space probe called JUICE is destined for Jupiter in 2031—but it’s already proving useful.

Aerobat uses a combination or rigid and soft 3D-printed materials to mimic a bat's malleable wings.
Technology

Bats’ weird wings inspired this drone

They’re ‘fundamentally different.’

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