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Report: People installing and using self-driving mods on their cars futurism.com/advanced-transp…

We Are Alarmed to Learn That People Are Installing DIY Self-Driving "Mods" on Their Cars

The rise of open source self-driving systems like openpilot have made it easy for anyone to run custom tech to control your car.

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Study detects water, methane and a rare ammonia signal in the atmosphere of HATS-6 b, a large planet 500 light-years away astro.umd.edu/news-events/ne…
New Study Detects Ammonia and Unexpected Chill on a Distant Giant Planet

New Study Detects Ammonia and Unexpected Chill on a Distant Giant Planet

A UMD-led team found water, methane and a rare ammonia signal in the atmosphere of HATS-6 b, a large planet orbi

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Scientists Solve Mystery of When Black Holes "Burp." Dr Adelle Goodwin, an astrophysicist at Curtin University in Western Australia, says black holes are "very messy eaters." theguardian.com/science/2026…
‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’

‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’

The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discover

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Tilcayo Tiger Cat (Leopardus tilcayo) - new wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years nbcnews.com/science/environm…
New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.

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One Billion Robots: Elon Musk predicts there will be 1 billion humanoid robots in 10 years finance.yahoo.com/video/musk…
Musk predicts there will be 1 billion humanoid robots in 10 years

Musk predicts there will be 1 billion humanoid robots in 10 years

Elon Musk predicted that robot manufacturing and advances in AI software would lead to the production of 1 billion humanoid robots in 10 years during his remarks at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in...

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New Wasp Species Named After Aphrodite sciencespacerobots.com/wasp-…
New Wasp Species Named After Aphrodite

New Wasp Species Named After Aphrodite

Five new parasitoid wasps were discovered in Cyprus. One of the wasps was named after the goddess Aphrodite.

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New store in Hong Kong is run by a humanoid robot named Xiao Gai futurism.com/robots-and-mach…
A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot

A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot

A new 24 hour convenience store in Hong Kong will be run and managed entirely by a single and supposedly friendly humanoid robot.

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Scientists challenge hypothesis that climate change results in massive agricultural pest populations ucdavis.edu/news/scientists-…
Scientists Dispute Hypothesis That Climate Change Will Unleash Massive Ag Pest Populations

Scientists Dispute Hypothesis That Climate Change Will Unleash Massive Ag Pest Populations

The widespread hypothesis that climate warming will result in unprecedented agricultural pest populations and cause food insecurity worldwide is oversimplified, according to a new study by a team led...

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The 2025 Tracy Arm tsunami in Alaska reached over 1,500 feet high and moved over 70 mph. Tsunami modeler and researcher Patrick Lynett created an animation of the event. cnn.com/2026/05/06/climate/s…
Ride a jet ski through a re-creation of an Alaska mega-tsunami with the help of science | CNN

Ride a jet ski through a re-creation of an Alaska mega-tsunami with the help of science | CNN

The world’s second-tallest tsunami wave on record tore through the remote Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska last August, leaving immense destruction in its wake. Scientists have made it possible for you to...

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Japanese researchers think the asteroid Ryugu was once bombarded by micrometeorites. They say the evidence is a thin layer of sodium on the surface of the asteroid's fragments. space.com/astronomy/asteroid…
Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago

Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago

"Over the past thousand years, the asteroid has passed through a particularly intense swarm that has profoundly altered the chemical properties of its surface."

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Researchers at Hokkaido University say fossil evidence suggests that the earliest known octopuses were giant predators that hunted at the very top of the food chain eurekalert.org/news-releases…
Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago

Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago

Fossil evidence suggests that some of the earliest octopuses were enormous, powerful predators in the Cretaceous oceans.

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Robots being trained on videos of people folding laundry washingtonpost.com/technolog…
See why tech companies are paying people to do chores

See why tech companies are paying people to do chores

Tech firms aim to trigger a robot revolution with video of humans doing housework. Gig workers are paid up to $25 an hour to film themselves doing various tasks.

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Fauna Robotics has unveiled its new soft robot named Sprout. The 3.5 foot tall bipedal robot features a rectangular head. It will cost $50,000 according to the AP sciencespacerobots.com/video…
Fauna Robotics Unveils Soft Robot Named Sprout

Fauna Robotics Unveils Soft Robot Named Sprout

Fauna robotics has unveiled its soft robot called Sprout. The robot was designed without pinch points and is describged as safe by Fauna.

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World's oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia. It dates back to at least 67,000 years ago. barrons.com/news/world-s-old…
World's Oldest Cave Art Discovered In Indonesia

World's Oldest Cave Art Discovered In Indonesia

A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists said Wednesday, and sheds light on how humans first migrated to Australia.

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Chinese robotics company EngineAI released a video about its T800 robot kicking the CEO interestingengineering.com/a…
EngineAI CEO takes a kick from T800 humanoid to silence CGI rumors

EngineAI CEO takes a kick from T800 humanoid to silence CGI rumors

Chinese robotics frim EngineAI shows CEO being kicked by T800 robot to prove real-world capabilities amid CGI speculation.

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Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil science.org/content/article/…
Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil

Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil

Filter-feeding flying reptile was likely devoured by a dinosaur during the early Cretaceous

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Robot Patrols: China to deploy humanoid robots for patrols along Vietnam border interestingengineering.com/i…
China to deploy battery-swapping humanoid robots on Vietnam border

China to deploy battery-swapping humanoid robots on Vietnam border

China's UBTech Robotics has secured a 264 million yuan (US$37 million) contract to deploy industrial-grade humanoid robots on border.

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Scientists find evidence that an asteroid named Bennu contains tryptophan 🦃cnn.com/2025/11/27/science/t…
Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid. Here’s what it means | CNN

Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid. Here’s what it means | CNN

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

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Thylacoleo carnifex: Koalas had a blade-toothed marsupial lion cousin. sciencenews.org/article/koal…
Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin

Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin

Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is revealing their evolutionary relationships, leading to some surprises.

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Moss survived nine months in space on outside of ISS theguardian.com/science/2025…
Moss in space: spores survive nine-month ride on outside of ISS

Moss in space: spores survive nine-month ride on outside of ISS

Scientists say plant’s resilience suggests it could help with oxygen generation or soil formation on space missions

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