On October 22, 2025 the Future of Life Institute published an open letter calling for a pause or temporary ban on the development of superintelligent AI until such systems are provably safe and controllable. The letter describes superintelligent AI as systems that outperform humans at all useful tasks. The publicized signatory list included over 850 […]
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C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein) is a massive Oort cloud comet, clocking in at 100–137 km across— the biggest we've nailed down yet, but NASA‘s own simulations insist it's no Earth-smasher. It'll swing closest to the Sun at 10.95 AU in January 2031, hanging out beyond Saturn's turf, with zero close calls to our planet according to […]
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You've heard the wild tales of America's psychic soldiers, but the truth is a twisted mix of fact and fiction—yes, the U.S. military chased mind-over-matter warfare, yet the reality exposes a stranger, more grounded saga where flashy paranormal flops hid lasting shifts in elite training. Key Takeaway: Jim Channon, a Vietnam War lieutenant colonel, wrote […]
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Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia erupted explosively on November 23, 2025, around 08:30 local time, sending ash up to 10,000 ft (3,000 m) and in some reports as high as 45,000 ft. This marks the first eruption in Hayli Gubbi’s recorded history, with no confirmed Holocene blasts before 2025, though geological hints point to dormancy […]
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Through the ‘Deadly’ Van Allen Belts: How Apollo Really Reached the Moon Key Takeaways (TL;DR) The Van Allen belts are regions of trapped charged particles around Earth, not an impenetrable wall of instant death. Apollo spacecraft spent only about 1–2 hours per leg in the belts and followed trajectories through thinner regions, keeping astronaut doses […]
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“Last Black Friday ever” is a headline designed to attract clicks through scarcity and the fear of missing out, playing into the long-standing consumer habit of ritual shopping. However, as 2025 approaches, writers have legitimate reasons to heighten the drama—Adobe Analytics and the National Retail Federation unveiled projections in October and November that indicate record […]
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On Nov. 19, 2025, Amazon MGM Studios confirmed fans' long-held hopes: Stargate, the franchise that began with Roland Emmerich’s 1994 film, will return as a new original series on Prime Video. Martin Gero—who has worked as a writer and producer on Stargate SG‑1, Stargate: Atlantis, and Stargate Universe—will be the series’ creator and showrunner. Amazon […]
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NASA announced on Nov. 17, 2025, that it would host a public livestream on Nov. 19 to release a collection of imagery of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. These images were collected using Hubble, Mars orbiters, and various Earth-based telescopes. The agency framed the event as a rare chance to see high-resolution views of an object crossing […]
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The Montauk Project narrative resembles a mix of Cold War secret programs, time travel fantasy, and fringe psychotherapy. It references a real location—Montauk Air Force Station, later known as Camp Hero—and is layered with a dense mythology involving mind control experiments, time travel, and child abuse. The situation complicates when actual history and invented stories […]
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Ayahuasca occupies an unsettling space where ancient ritual meets modern tourism. This Amazonian brew, crafted from Banisteriopsis caapi and DMT-containing leaves, has attracted thousands to ceremonies and many more to clinical trials. This surge has produced two parallel narratives: researchers highlighting both benefits and transient harms, alongside media stories of ceremonies ending in trauma or […]
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