Weird But True By Alex Mitchell Published Nov. 13, 2023, 5:13 p.m. ET The mystery of a landmass that broke from modern-day western Australia and drifted to sea has been solved after 155 million years. Geologists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands have finally located the Down Under expanse — way down under the Earth’s …
Weird But True By Ben Cost | Published Nov. 10, 2023, 12:15 p.m. ET She took it to the Special Slimes Investigations Unit. A homeowner left internet users both horrified and perplexed after sharing photos of a nightmarish black mass lurking beneath her friend’s floorboards in Melbourne, Australia. According to Yahoo News, the woman, named …
Weird But True: Kilonova Poses a Threat to Earth By Brooke Kato Published Nov. 2, 2023, 2:35 p.m. ET Move over supernovas, there’s a new threat in town called kilonova. Scientists have discovered that these violent star collisions have the potential to devastate our planet by unleashing a deadly spew of radiation, including gamma rays, …
Prepare to be spooked! An artist has taken artificial intelligence to new eerie heights by transforming notable figures, including President Joe Biden and Beyoncé, into iconic Halloween characters. Duncan Thomsen, a freelance film editor, employed the generative AI program Midjourney to create these bone-chilling renditions. Among his creations are Biden as Freddy Krueger, Beyoncé as …
Discover the limitless possibilities of living on the moon. According to a NASA spokesperson, Americans could be calling the moon home by 2040, defying skeptics’ doubts. In an interview with the New York Times, Niki Werkheiser, the director of technology maturation at NASA, expressed the excitement surrounding this ambitious mission named Artemis. “We’re at a …
This Jenner-ative AI is incredibly impressive. Our concerns about artificial intelligence imitating us are not without reason: Meta has caused quite a stir with the introduction of an AI chatbot named Billie that bears such a striking resemblance to Kendall Jenner, it’s easy to mistake it for the real model. A video showcasing this eerie …
Prepare to be amazed by this groundbreaking discovery. NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has successfully collected samples from Bennu, a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid that is considered “near-Earth” and poses a slight risk of colliding with our planet in 159 years. These samples could potentially contain “the building blocks of life on Earth,” as …
Self-checkout stations at grocery stores and other vendors are becoming increasingly popular, but companies have found a unique way to deter potential shoplifters — by using mirrors strategically placed near the stations. A Mashable article from last year highlighted this method, which has recently gone viral due to a rise in thefts affecting grocery stores …
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Don’t sully his name. Tom Hanks, age 67, took to Instagram on Sunday to caution followers that he was not associated with a promotional video for a dental plan featuring an AI-generated version of himself. “Beware!!” Hanks wrote in the caption of a photo showcasing his mysterious doppelgänger. “There’s a video out there promoting some …