A Time Crystal Survived a Whopping 40 Minutes
A team of physicists in Germany managed to create a time crystal that demonstrably lasts 40 minutes—10 million times longer than other known crystals—and could persist for even longer.
Love and Rockets: A Valentine’s Day Launch Aims to Break Moon Landing Jinx
This Valentine’s Day, there will be more than love in the air, with SpaceX scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 Moon lander. Should Odysseus successfully touch down on the lunar surface eight days later,Intuitive Machines will achieve a first in commercial space travel—a a feat that…
Elon Musk Is Helping Gina Carano Sue Lucasfilm Over Mandalorian Firing
This is a lot so, sit down and take a deep breath. Gina Carano, the actress who was fired from The Mandalorian for “social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities” is now suing Lucasfilm for discrimination and wrongful termination. And, because the comments were made on X,…
You Can Join Bluesky Without an Invite Now
Bluesky, the decentralized microblogging platform launched by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has finally opened its doors to the public.
All the Big Movies That’ll Have 2024 Super Bowl Trailers
If you’re a movie fan who isn’t into football, the Super Bowl means something else entirely. It’s the event where major movie studios regularly choose to roll out the first trailers for some of the biggest movies of the year. And, in 2024, that’ll be the case again with several of 2024’s biggest films likely to get…
Feds Threaten to Kill the Phone Company Behind Biden Deepfake Robocalls
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) identified Lingo Telecom, a Texas-based wireless provider, as the company that transmitted deepfake robocalls impersonating President Biden. The FCC sent the company a cease and desist letter, according to a press release sent to Gizmodo Tuesday, threatening to permanently…
Taylor Swift Threatens College Kid for Tracking Her Private Jet
Celebrities don’t like Jack Sweeney. For the past few years, the University of Central Florida junior has run several social media accounts that track planes and helicopters owned by billionaires, oligarchs, and other members of the ruling class using publicly available flight records from the Federal Aviation…
Piece Falls From Virgin Galactic’s Mothership During Latest Suborbital Flight
During its most recent flight, Virgin Galactic’s carrier aircraft dropped an alignment pin which helps in the mating process between the mothership and the spaceplane. The company is investigating the issue, which could potentially delay its upcoming mission.
Depressed People Are Hotter. Scientists Want to Try Cooling Them Down
Our body temperature may be inextricably tied to our mental health, research out this week suggests. A team of scientists has found evidence that higher body temp is associated with having clinical depression. While there are many unresolved questions about this link, the researchers have already begun to conduct…
Discovery of Flying Reptile Suggests Jurassic Skies Were Busier Than We Thought
Paleontologists found a fossilized pterosaur—a flying reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs—fittingly on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. Dubbed Ceoptera evansae, the 165-million-year-old pterosaur is the second one found in Scotland to date and it could clue researchers into how pterosaurs diversified.