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NASA Says It’s Totally Fine the Space Station is Absolutely Riddled With Cracks and Leaks

Futurism 10 Oct 2024
Inspector Gadget. Despite its own watchdog warning that leaks on the aging International Space Station are a "top safety concern," NASA doesn't seem too worried ... "We’ve come to a compromise that they close it in the evening," Free continued ... ....
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Mysterious "Fifth Force" of Physics Could Be Influencing Asteroids Near Earth

Futurism 10 Oct 2024
Rocky Foundations. There may be a fifth fundamental force of the universe that we haven't documented yet — and, according to new research, our best bet of uncovering it may not lie in deep space, but in objects relatively close to home ... Straw Boson.
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Wikipedia Declares War on AI Slop

Futurism 10 Oct 2024
It's On. AI slop threatens to degrade the useability of Wikipedia — and its editors are fighting back ... Slop Spectrum. In some cases, the editors told 404, AI misuse is obvious ... More on Wikipedia and AI ... ....
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Acting Very Strangely, Puzzling Scientists

Futurism 10 Oct 2024
Great Ball of Fire. Jupiter's Giant Red Spot (GRS) is large enough to swallow the entire Earth — and as new imagery from Hubble suggests, it's a lot weirder than previously thought ... "As far as we know, it’s not been identified before." ... Proper Look ... ....
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A Massive Space Junk Disaster in Orbit Is Inevitable Now, Scientists Warn

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
Low-Earth Warning. Researchers from the orbital mapping firm LeoLabs are raising alarm bells about the dangerous amount of space junk littering our planet's orbit that will inevitably create a catastrophe ... Small But Fast ... Past Prescient ... ....
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Confused Drivers Are Somehow Getting Lost in Elon Musk's Goofy Las Vegas Tunnel

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
Trapping Trespassers. Multi-hyphenate billionaire and The Boring Company owner Elon Musk's Las Vegas tunnel reportedly has a problem with trespassers ... It's also attracting unexpected guests ... At least one incident involved a lost skateboarder ... ....
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Make No Mistake: Climate Change Turned Hurricane Milton Into a "Monster"

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
Perfect Storm. As the Southeast hunkers down for its second massive hurricane in a few weeks, it's becoming increasingly clear that climate change is making monsters out of extreme storms ... Monster Mash ... More on storms ... ....
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AI Researcher Slams OpenAI, Warns It Will Become the "Most Orwellian Company of All Time"

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
Grave New World. OpenAI is far from its days of being an altruistic, non-profit company ... But according to Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist and prominent AI researcher, the worst is yet to come ... Fast Cash. The reason that this will happen is simple ... ....
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Terrifying Video Shows Plane Plowing Through Hurricane Milton, Hitting Extreme Turbulence

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
Hold on to Your Butts. A brave hurricane hunter from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) filmed himself as the plane he was on hit extreme turbulence — while flying right through the center of Hurricane Milton on Tuesday ... ....
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No, SpaceX's Starlink Internet Isn't Free for All Hurricane Survivors

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
Free*. Elon Musk said that Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet provider, would be free for victims of Hurricane Helene. But that promise comes with a considerable caveat ... Added Disclaimer ... "Please note ... More on Elon and Helene ... ....
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A Police Department Spent a Ludicrous Amount of Money on a Cybertruck for the Worst ...

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
You Wouldn't DARE. Ever rationalize your way to justifying a big, stupid purchase you definitely didn't need?. Well, you're not alone ... be a patrol car ... Details in the comments. #irvine @Tesla #Cybertruck #irvinepd pic.twitter.com/H9F20FbsMR ... Shiny New Toy.
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Commercial Airline Pilot Dies Mid-Flight, Forcing Emergency Landing in New York

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
Emergency Landing. An Airbus flying from Seattle to Istanbul was forced to make an emergency landing at New York's John F. Kennedy airport around dawn today after its pilot died mid-flight ... New York State of Mind ... More on plane nightmares ... ....
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Wall Street Not Buying Elon Musk's Big Promises Ahead of Tesla's "Most Hyped" Event in Years

Futurism 09 Oct 2024
Hype Pain. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is making a big gamble by branching out into the self-driving taxi business ... It's hard to argue otherwise ... Tech Troubles ... "We wouldn't be surprised to see relative strength in the stock leading into the event ... Uneventful.
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Europe Deploys Spacecraft to Investigate Extraterrestrial “Crash Scene”

Futurism 08 Oct 2024
Hera Time. The European Space Agency (ESA) just launched its much-anticipated effort to explore the wreckage of the asteroid Dimorphos, the cosmic body that NASA successfully obliterated last year during its pioneering planetary defense test in 2022.
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Climate Change Is Drying Up All the World’s Rivers at an Alarming Rate

Futurism 08 Oct 2024
River Runs Through It. The world's rivers are drying up at rates faster than ever before thanks to climate change — and last year was the driest on record ... Rising temperatures have accelerated the planet's natural hydrological cycle, Saulo noted ... ....

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