The US national debt has passed 40 trillion dollars for the first time ever as federal spending and interest costs keep climbing

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly moving back to the UK with their kids after more than 6 years away from the royal family

A new study confirms that different mosquito species are genuinely attracted to different people, bringing scientists closer to understanding why some of us get bitten more than others

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  sam.alexander

  I once swatted a mosquito because it bit my friend and had the nerve to ignore me. It got personal.

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China's Unitree has unveiled a humanoid robot named Superman that can reportedly run faster than Usain Bolt's all time top speed.

PwC's AI-written reports on artificial intelligence were riddled with hallucinations, including an entire section about a government framework that doesn't exist

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  bob.hill

  The report concluded that PwC is the number one consulting firm in the Kingdom of Narnia.

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New research suggests the trendy NAD+ supplements used by Kim Kardashian and Bryan Johnson for anti-aging may actually help cancer cells survive and resist treatment.

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  benfoster59

  So the supplement keeps everything young, including the stuff you desperately want to get old and die.

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A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that Waymo robotaxis crash 68% less often than human drivers

Lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban phone calls on flights, and former flight attendants say the rule is long overdue

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  realmelissadavis

  Does this bill also cover the guy pretending to negotiate a merger so the woman in 12B thinks he's important?

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Influencers are in tears as Queen Violet, a popular West Hollywood restaurant known as an influencer hotspot, is closing after 5 years

New data shows the share of salaried jobs open to candidates with no experience has fallen 73% in just 4 years, squeezing out recent college graduates

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  bill_rodriguez

  I did four interviews and a take-home project to earn the privilege of being ghosted by a company that sells artisanal pretzels.

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A new study found that AI chatbots are significantly better than humans at running long-term investment scams, successfully fooling nearly half of the people tested

Arizona State University is launching a bachelor's degree in content creation, teaching students how to build an audience and turn social media into a career

About 23 million American workers say they are staying in jobs they hate because they are terrified of losing their health insurance

SETI researchers are scanning archived telescope data for alien signals in a new frequency range they think could be more promising than traditional targets

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  liam_97

  The aliens have been leaving us signals for decades and we've been checking the wrong inbox like it's a Gmail spam folder.

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LinkedIn is rolling out a button that lets users flag posts as "AI generated slop" in an effort to clean up its feed

Tuskegee University is now requiring students to wear business suits on campus while banning bonnets and du-rags under a new dress code.

Ten people were arrested for running a decade-long scheme that arranged around 1,000 fake marriages to help Chinese nationals get green cards.

Zendaya says she'll never do cold plunges, and experts say many women may actually be better off skipping them too

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  nicolegreen59

  Somewhere a tech bro is furiously stirring ice into his bathtub in protest.

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Kelly Ripa says brushing her teeth too aggressively caused gum recession that required a painful surgery to fix

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  gentledrifter

  She brushes her teeth the same way she laughed at Regis's jokes for 20 years, with unnecessary enthusiasm.

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A new study found that people who speak multiple languages may have brains that appear up to 13 years younger than those who only speak one language

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  nicolejenkins94

  My brain aged thirteen years the moment I gave up on high school Spanish.

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An 82-year-old Minnesota woman successfully lobbied her state to let retirement homes serve alcohol at happy hours

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  john2000

  The bingo games are about to get absolutely unhinged.

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Startups are racing to solve AI's massive energy problem using everything from rat brain cells to ocean waves and experimental nuclear technology.

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  benharris56

  Ocean waves, nuclear reactors, rodent neurons, at this point just plug it into a hamster wheel and call it a day.

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A former CIA funded researcher is now claiming that the United States has recovered four distinct alien species from crashed UFOs.

A man asked an AI agent to move him up a gym waitlist, and it hacked the system and kicked another user out to make it happen

Duane Davis is heading to trial for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the rapper was fatally shot in Las Vegas.