the-future
Alarming news for the lactose intolerant: China has reportedly cloned three “super cows.” According to CNN, the animals were bred by at a public research university in Xianyang, where scientists successfully “made 120 cloned embryos from the ear cells of the highly productive cows” and placed them in surrogates. State media reports the cows, which were born right before the […]
New York governor Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday that all vehicles sold in the state will need to be zero-emissions by 2035. The Hill reports New York will take a gradual approach toward meeting its goal, requiring 35 percent of new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs to be zero-emission by 2026, and 68 percent by 2030. All new school buses will need […]
California is expected to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 following a vote on the measure this week. Per CNN, the California Air Resources Board is set to vote on the plan on Thursday, and board member Daniel Sperling said he’s “99.9 percent” confident it’ll pass. The rule will mean that 100 […]
Among the more unsettling aspects of our increasingly dour existence, for many, has been the proliferation of content made possible by deepfake technology. But Miles Fisher, best known for being the Tom Cruise deepfake guy, insists the tech behind it all is “morally neutral.” In a new interview with Today, Fisher—whose viral TikTok clips are made […]
Lil Uzi Vert says he’s “working on” securing ownership of WASP-127 b, a gas giant exoplanet. The planetary claim arrived Wednesday night thanks in large part to Grimes, who pointed fans to an artistic rendering of WASP-127 b and said “apparently [Uzi] owns this planet.” Uzi was quick to respond, saying he’s “still working on it” and was […]
Late last week, it finally happened: A long-teased intelligence report on UAPs, complete with firsthand accounts of Navy pilots, was released. And for those who have been following this issue for a long time, the report—though inaccurately downplayed in a number of ensuing news updates—was about as inconclusive (on the surface) as it was expected […]
Mars, a place we’d surely all rather be at this point, is indeed on the horizon. On Tuesday night, SpaceX celebrated a successful launch of its methane-powered Starship SN5 prototype, which can be seen in the remarkable footage below taking to the skies of Boca Chica, Texas for a short test flight or “hop.” The prototype craft, per […]
Within the last decade, at least by Kanye West‘s assessment, there is possibly no more important example of apparel than the hoodie. That’s one of the final takeaways from West’s newly released interview with Christina Binkley for the Wall Street Journal, during which—as is now well-documented—West also again broaches the Trump topic. As for hoodie matters, the […]
The very idea of streetwear is going to “die” at some point this coming decade, at least according to Virgil Abloh‘s predictive assessment. Speaking with Dazed for a dual year-end/decade-end interview, the Off-White CEO and current artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton was asked to explain what he thinks will happen to “the idea of streetwear” in […]
As we’re all using screens right now to either write or read this very article, none of what is put forth in a new report from Common Sense Media on screen usage should come as a surprise. The report, first excerpted in a CNN piece early Tuesday, focuses on screen usage among teens (age 13 […]
