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futurism.com > space > earth-may-have-had-a-larger-cousin-that-the-sun-devourted

Earth May Have Had a Larger Cousin that the Sun Devoured

14+ hour, 32+ min ago   (399+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 1:01 PM EDT Did the Earth once have a larger cousin that was devoured by the Sun? And more importantly: would we have any way of knowing it did? A team of astronomers believe that the answer to both…...

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futurism.com > future-society > ai-cheating-students-absurd-lengths-avoid-detection

College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection

16+ hour, 31+ min ago   (473+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 11:02 AM EDT You wouldn’t be remiss to accuse college students using AI to cheat of being lazy. But some of the wilier ones are putting in the hard work to make sure their LLM-generated answers avoid detection from…...

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futurism.com > space > china-deploys-space-junk-pollutes-orbit-hundreds-years

China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years

18+ hour, 31+ min ago   (412+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 9:02 AM EDT The number of space launches has skyrocketed over the last few years, rapidly turning the Earth’s atmosphere into a “crematorium” for satellites and other space junk. Even now, it’s a considerable danger for any spacecraft that…...

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futurism.com > artificial-intelligence > drama-openai-supposed-mathematical-breakthrough

OpenAI's Supposed Mathematical Breakthrough Devolves Into Explosive Drama as Mathematician Accuses It of Stealing His Work

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (364+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 3:40 PM EDT On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that it had found a solution for a famous unsolved problem in mathematics by using a swarm of advanced AI agents. But the occasion quickly unraveled into an explosive scandal, with mathematicians…...

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futurism.com > health-medicine > drug-schizophrenia-treatment-alzheimers-garage-lab-chatgpt

Man Announces That He Has Synthesized a New Schizophrenia Treatment in His Garage, Based on a Formula Devised by ChatGPT

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (585+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 4:58 PM EDT These days, large language models are pushing the line between schizophrenic break and reality closer than ever before. In a wild new post that’s going viral on X-formerly-Twitter, an enterprising young biochemist named Douglas Yao showcased…...

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futurism.com > future-society > nfl-receiver-dk-metcalf-conspiracy-theory-hollow-earth-antarctica

Top NFL Receiver Insists There's "Another Civilization" Living Deep Under Antarctica

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (308+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 1:06 PM EDT After an ego-bruising stint with the New York Jets, it seems like seasoned quarterback and chief NFL conspiracy crank Aaron Rodgers is finally in good company with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In a recent interview with the…...

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futurism.com > future-society > llms-acting-as-cognitive-virus-among-humans

Scientists Say LLMs Appear to Be Acting as a Cognitive Virus Among Humans

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (310+ words) Published Sep 8, 2026 3:02 PM EDT Generative AI has infiltrated almost every aspect of our daily lives, whether we like it or not. It’s nearly impossible to avoid on social media, and it’s even showing up on dinner menus at the local…...

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futurism.com > robots-and-machines > humanoid-robot-fights-back-shoved

Humanoid Robot Fights Back After Getting Shoved

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (371+ words) Published Sep 6, 2026 10:02 AM EDT While they’re seemingly still years away from completing actually useful tasks, like cleaning a messy apartment or doing the dishes, humanoid robots have developed plenty of capabilities over the past few years, from sprinting faster than…...

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futurism.com > space > something-strange-dark-matter-detector

Something Strange Just Happened With the World's Largest Dark Matter Detector

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (609+ words) Published Sep 5, 2026 10:02 AM EDT Dark matter, the invisible substance thought to make up around 85 percent of all mass in the universe, forms an essential part of the standard cosmological model, providing the gravitational glue that holds together entire galaxies. What…...

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futurism.com > science-energy > strange-new-structures-deep-inside-earth-precursors

Scientists Detect Strange New Structures Deep Inside the Earth

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (249+ words) Published Sep 5, 2026 7:01 AM EDT Drilling thousands of miles into the Earth to study our planet’s inner layers — its thin crust, rigid mantle, liquid outer core, and solid inner core — simply isn’t feasible given technological limitations. Instead, geologists typically use clever…...