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Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought
New research shows that every liter of bottled water contains 240,000 microscopic pieces of plastic.
Waymo plans to put autonomous taxis on freeways ‘in the coming weeks’
The company says it will take a 'phased' approach.
Scientists finally discover the enzyme that makes pee yellow
Understanding bilirubin reductase could lead to better treatments for gallstones, jaundice, and inflammatory bowel disease.
OpenAI argues it is ‘impossible’ to train ChatGPT without copyrighted work
The tech company says it has 'a mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.'
How Nissan created brighter headlights that won’t blind oncoming traffic
The brand’s engineering and design teams are working on new headlight patterns to make the roads safer.
The FTC wants your help fighting AI vocal cloning scams
Judges will award $25,000 to the best idea on how to combat malicious audio deepfakes.
Central American volcanoes offer clues to Earth’s geological evolution
Along 1,100 kilometers, from Mexico to Costa Rica, lies the Central American volcanic arc, where the variety of magma types make for a geological paradise.
This long-lost, earliest MS-DOS precursor was discovered in a floppy disk collection
Before Microsoft released MS-DOS, there was 86-DOS. Now version 0.1 is online thanks to a hobbyist’s archival work.
This is what Uranus and Neptune may really look like
New study shows that our solar system’s most distant planets' true colors are actually similar.
Lexington, Kentucky sent a tourism ad to ‘extraterrestrials’ with a DIY laser rig
The city hopes any potential aliens in the TRAPPIST-1 system will learn bourbon, horses, and bluegrass are worth the 40 light-year journey, although the message might not survive the trip.