Assuming AI Will Become Conscious Is Dangerous, Scientists Say. It’s Also Dead Wrong.

A program to which users attribute human characteristics can manipulate them much more easily.” –Andrzej Porębski, MD ...

When in Doubt, Buy a Lighter Laptop

You might want a more powerful processor or a bigger screen, but a laptop that doesn’t weigh you down is essential.

No One Knows How Anesthesia Works. Scientists May Have Just Found a Huge Clue.

A new study of neural oscillations during varying stages of consciousness shows that anesthesia doesn’t just knock us out—it ...

These Lifeforms Can't See, Hear, Speak, or Think. They Helped the FBI Crack a Graverobbing Case.

Matt von Konrat, a botanist at the Field Museum in Chicago, has always been a fan of detective shows, but he never imagined ...

Archaeologists Were Preparing a Site for Hospital Construction—and Discovered 2,000-Year-Old Graves

Archaeologists brought in for a routine survey ahead of a hospital construction project in the Romanian city of Constanta ...

Archaeologists Were Digging Through Rubble—and Found the 1,500-Year-Old Head of a Roman Statue

Archeologists working at the Basilica of Saint Stephen in Rome discovered a statue head within the church’s foundation. Located near the Tombe di Via Latina, the carved stone was likely treated as ...

We May Not Be Limited to the Senses We’re Born With, Expert Claims. This Hidden Superpower Is Proof.

And with such practice, honing this hidden sense may even become a superpower for humans. If people can pick up temperature from sound without realizing it, intentional training could enhance that ...

A Mushroom Is Sending Hundreds of People to the Hospital. They’re All Sharing the Same Bizarre Hallucination.

While genomic analysis revealed there is a relative of L. asiatica commonly found in North America, it’s rarely eaten, and there are no reports of it being psychoactive in the U.S. So, if you’re at ...

This Top-Secret Satellite Spied on Enemy Weapons for the U.S. Air Force, Declassified Files Reveal

In 1971, the United States launched a secret satellite program called JUMPSEAT, which surveilled the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. Before, during, and after the Cold War reconnaissance ...
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Is the Nintendo Switch 2 Worth It? We Broke Down Everything to Consider.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The Switch 2 launched last year, and it took the gaming community by storm. Internet ...

A Scientist Thinks Our Reality Emerged from a Primordial Quantum Multiverse. He’s Not Crazy.

According to a new theory, our universe developed from a “pre-inflationary multiverse” made of particles in quantum superposition.

They Searched the Bermuda Triangle for a Legendary WWII Plane—and Found a Piece of the Challenger Instead

How a team of divers accidentally uncovered debris from the tragic 1986 shuttle explosion resting on Florida’s ocean floor.