Don’t Be Afraid of Self-Improving AI, Says a16z-Backed Startup Mirendil
Scienceby Webb Wright·29 Jun 2026
According to many true-believers, the biggest promise of AI is its potential to accelerate scientific discovery; once-in-a-generation breakthroughs could one day become routine, thanks to...
56%plop scoreNobel Prizes: 5 Unlikely Winner Reactions, From the Unbothered to the Downright Mad
Scienceby Gayoung Lee·8 Oct 2025
The Nobel Prizes are arguably the world’s most prestigious recognition anyone can receive for their work in the sciences, medicine, literature, or for world peace.
62%plop scoreAn Artist Claims to Have Created Paint in a 'New' Impossible Hue Conjured by Scientists
Scienceby Lucas Ropek·24 Apr 2025
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, recently claimed to have conjured the ability to make humans see a “new color” that was beyond the “natural human gamut.” Researchers did this...
58%plop scoreScientists Agree That Everyone Hates Your Terrible Zoom Mic
Scienceby Matthew Gault·28 Mar 2025
If your mic sucks on a conference call then everyone judges you. In our deepest hearts we all know this is true but now it’s confirmed by science.
59%plop scoreThis $35,000 Computer Is Powered by Trapped Human Brain Cells
Scienceby Matthew Gault·10 Mar 2025
Cortical Labs would like to sell you a brain in a box. It’ll cost about $35,000, and you can teach it to do all kinds of nifty things.
59%plop scoreAI Could Be Making Scientists Less Creative
Scienceby Todd Feathers·15 Dec 2024
Adopting artificial intelligence tools to analyze data and model outcomes has a huge impact on the career prospects of young scientists, significantly increasing their chances of rising to...
54%plop scoreWhat Was the First Recreational Drug?
Scienceby Daniel Kolitz·31 Aug 2024
Sex, war, and getting insanely high: Society might’ve changed in the last 60,000 years or so, but these interests have remained constant.
58%plop scoreScientists Trained a Lump of Goo to Play Pong
Scienceby Matthew Gault·23 Aug 2024
Scientists have trained an inanimate lump of goo to play the video game Pong. As reported in New Scientist and described in a research paper from scientists at the University of Reading...
54%plop scoreThese Volunteers Will Stay in Bed for Two Straight Months for Space Travel Experiment
Scienceby Ed Cara·23 May 2023
Twelve people are about to embark on the world’s longest sleepover, all in the name of space research. The group will be confined to beds designed to mimic the rigors of space for 60 days straight.
55%plop scoreYou Won't Have Fauci to Kick Around Anymore
Scienceby Ed Cara·22 Aug 2022
Long-time public health official Anthony Fauci is set to retire from government soon. Fauci said Monday that he will leave his current roles as an advisor to the White House and a leading official...
56%plop scoreAnthony Fauci Catches His First Case of Covid-19
Scienceby Ed Cara·15 Jun 2022
Anthony Fauci, perhaps the most well-known public health figure in America, has contacted covid-19.
54%plop scoreNASA Will Investigate UFOs, Er, 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena'
Scienceby Isaac Schultz·9 Jun 2022
NASA will commission a team of scientists to begin investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) this fall, the agency announced today.
55%plop scoreHow to Watch the Government's UFO Hearing
Scienceby Passant Rabie·17 May 2022
Congress is holding its first public hearingon unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) in decades in light of a number of videos captured by U.S. Navy pilots that show odd-looking flying vehicles.
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