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Climate change is making everything worse — including the dairy that makes our cheese. In interviews with Science News, veterinary researchers and dairy farmers alike explained that changes to the climate that surrounds cows not only affects the nutritional value of the cheeses produced from their milk, but also the color, texture, and even taste. […]

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The whole point of self-driving taxis is, seemingly, to save costs on human labor — but Waymo, Google's glitchy robotaxi service, doesn't appear to be any cheaper at all. In a report shared with TechCrunch, the ride-hailing data aggregator Obi found that riding with Waymo is pretty much always more expensive than taking a ride with a human-driven Uber or […]

Terraforming, the act of radically transforming a planet's climate and environment to make it suitable for human habitation, currently belongs to the realm of science-fiction. But it's possible, in theory, and the idea of terraforming our nearest candidate for off-world colonization, Mars, has captivated us for generations now.  But how would we even begin […]

Goldman Sachs wants those applying for jobs at the investment bank to stop relying on AI while interviewing — a glaring double standard, considering it has made massive bets on the tech, launched its own AI platform, and rolled out AI tools across its businesses. As Fortune reports, the bank's campus recruitment team sent out an email, reminding them that […]

Space Draft Space tourism company Axiom Space has had to postpone its fourth chartered SpaceX flight to the International Space Station after NASA announced it needed more time to investigate an air leak affecting the orbital lab. For five years, NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos have been hunting down leaks, highlighting the age of the station, […]

At this point, we're probably all familiar with the trope of the dirty old uncle who confuses his Facebook feed for a porn site. Now, there's a new type of uncle surfing the net, and thanks to Meta, he's powered by AI. [not really in love w this, will probably shake it up after I grab some lunch!] Released in late April, Meta's "AI assistant" app — […]

Ever since Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak began pedaling the romantic tale of founding Apple in Jobs' parents' Los Angeles garage, kdis have been tk flockingto quit school and tk. The only problem is that the "founders tale" of late night struggles are mostly a capitalist fairy tale. Still, it's a mythos tech billionaire overlord Peter Theil is all too eager […]

Cone Caution Archaeologists in Iran have discovered an ancient cone-shaped skull that is believed to have belonged to a teen girl — and there are signs of tragedy in her bones. As Live Science reports, the skull, which was found in a prehistoric burial ground known as Chega Sofla without its corresponding skeleton, shows signs not only of intentional […]

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