# oddities
Nine years on, conspiracy theories and questions are still flying around the fate of flight MH370. And they will never stop.
# science
Is time travel possible? What would happen if you did it? How would you do it? The answers to these questions are surprisingly complicated and weird.
# space
Space exploration is about to kick start a new era of nuclear energy and another chance to get the future right.
# oddities
Social media trolls declared "15-minute cities" to be a New World Order plan for open air mass prisons, derailing plans to make North American cities more livable yet again.
# tech
ChatGPT and its competitors are set to turn search, news, and social media into a complete dumpster fire.
# science
According to the news, our planet's core has stopped spinning and will soon reverse. What's really happening is a lot less exciting, but still pretty neat.
# tech
In a legal and technical first, a robot lawyer is about to help a human defendant. Is it a good idea? And what happens next?
# science
Despite what cranks, frauds, and their fans will tell you, scientists do listen to amateurs with good ideas, as two recent news stories demonstrate.
# science
Suburbs have long been the subject of consternation and ire from activists and urban planners, and research seems to agree with their critiques.
# science
After decades of promises, fusion research finally yielded the breakthrough we've all been waiting to see. Sort of. And there's a lot of work still to do.
# space
Imagine stars millions of times larger than the Sun powered by black holes. It sounds too bizarre to be true, but scientists think they may be responsible for today's universe.
# space
Imagine being able to sleep for months, if not years, waking up orbiting another world. But is this just wishful thinking, or can humans really learn to hibernate?
# oddities
Ancient Apocalypse is not a bold new exploration of human history. It's a cheap, lazy rehash of myths and cliches debunked a century ago.
# space
It turns out there is life after stellar death. Say hello to zombie worlds, undead planets orbiting the most extreme objects in the universe.
# tech
Generative AI is meant to help writers, artists, and coders. But it may be stealing from them first, creating a legal and ethical nightmare.
