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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
