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Scientists Intrigued by Nasal Spray That Reverse Brain Aging in Mice, Say It May Work on Humans as Well
4+ week, 1+ day ago (339+ words) Published Apr 19, 2026 10: 30 AM EDT A team of scientists at Texas A&M University say they've developed a nasal spray that improves the working memory of older lab mice. They believe the feat works by reducing markers of inflammation, a common…...
A Prominent PR Firm Is Running a Fake News Site That's Plagiarizing Original Journalism at Incredible Scale
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (879+ words) Published Apr 17, 2026 1: 19 PM EDT On Tuesday evening, we published an original interview with a researcher who had recently coauthored an intriguing study about the effects of AI on users" cognition. In other words, the National Today piece " which bears no…...
Clavicular Rushed to Hospital in Perfect Illustration of Why Looksmaxxing Is a Deadly Death Cult
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (323+ words) Published Apr 15, 2026 10: 23 AM EDT Braden "Clavicular" Peters, a so-called "looksmaxxing" influencer who's gained notoriety for advocating for ill-advised and dangerous attempts to look more attractive, has been hospitalized after suffering a suspected overdose Tuesday evening " a perfect illustration of why…...
Psychological Research Finds Trump Supporters Are Not Doing Well
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (313+ words) Published Apr 14, 2026 9: 02 AM EDT A tranche of psychological studies found something startling about Donald Trump's most loyal soldiers: they each turn to a grim coping mechanism to make sense of the real estate mogul's laundry list of lies and documented…...
Huge Group of Experts Warns Meta That Its Pervert Glasses Will Enable Terrible Crimes
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (673+ words) Published Apr 13, 2026 4: 16 PM EDT Last month, a joint investigation by two Swedish newspapers found that contractors in Kenya were watching personal videos recorded by users of Meta's Ray Ban AI glasses. The devices, which can easily be used to film…...
Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (449+ words) Published Apr 9, 2026 1: 01 PM EDT After an outcry, Google says that showing Polymarket bets alongside legitimate news sources on Google News was an "error." "Google News is designed to show sources that create content about current issues, events, and important topics,…...
Scientists Gene Hacked a Plant So It Grows Five Types of Psychoactive Drugs at Once
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (592+ words) Published Apr 5, 2026 4: 15 PM EDT From the psilocybin in magic mushrooms to dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in toads to the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana, a wide variety of organisms can produce psychoactive substances, despite belonging to entirely different kingdoms. But what if a…...
NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of AI Content Grows
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (432+ words) Published Apr 1, 2026 10: 08 AM EDT Amid mounting scrutiny into AI usage creeping into the newspaper of record, the New York Times has cut ties with a freelance writer after discovering he turned to an AI model to help write a book…...
Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (252+ words) Published Apr 1, 2026 9: 03 AM EDT The data centers at the heart of the AI boom are producing so much heat that they're spiking land temperatures for miles around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, new research suggests. The effect is so…...
A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (450+ words) Published Mar 31, 2026 5: 02 PM EDT Since the mid-1990s, scientists have been obsessed with cloning animals. Dolly the sheep famously became the first mammal to be cloned from a cell taken from an adult mammary gland almost 30 years ago, in 1996. Transitioning from cloning…...