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#1 · news-in-context Sep 22, 2026

The ten largest individual donors gave more than $1.2B during the 2024 election cycle.

The largest individual contributor during the 2024 election cycle was Elon Musk, who donated $291M to campaigns and organizations.

Eight of the top 10 donors during the cycle had a Republican political lean.
The largest individual donor with a Democratic political lean was Michael Bloomberg, who donated $64M during the cycle.

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#2 · explainers Jan 28, 2026

As of 2025, increasing numbers of people turn to AI companions for emotional connection

These chatbots provide endlessly supportive, one-sided, and highly customizable relationships to users, but may hinder the development of real-world connections and emotional growth. About 72% of teens have tried AI companions, with more than half of them using one regularly.

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#3 · experiences Dec 7, 2022

Twelve centuries of Roman history in 20 minutes

The Roman Empire may have been the world's first example of globalization, covering thousands of miles and crossing language barriers armed with Latin and short swords. Its legacy is nearly unparalleled in contemporary Europe, with nearly 50 Romance languages deriving from Latin.

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#4 · explainers Jan 15, 2025

The economics of the WNBA

The 2024 WNBA season shattered attendance and viewership records, thanks in large part to rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. The league secured a record 11-year, $2.2B media rights deal. Yet players' salaries are low compared to the NBA. This CNBC video dives into the WNBA’s business model and explores why it may take years before the longest-running women’s sports league becomes profitable.

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#5 · curiosity May 1, 2026

'Sex and the City' changed the way single women were portrayed on TV

After debuting in 1998, the comedy ran for six seasons on HBO, offering a frank take on the lives of well-to-do single women. Critics argue the show established a model for other shows to follow, including those that aired on HBO, like "Girls" and "Insecure."

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#6 · curiosity Jan 15, 2025

In 2020, the league quarantined players in a 'wubble'

When the pandemic hit in 2020, the WNBA delayed the start of their season, choosing to play in a quarantine bubble for a 22-game season. Players choosing to opt in knew the decision wasn't just for them, but for their families. This TNT video explores what it was like for WNBA players to play, practice, and live together for nearly 100 days.

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#7 · experiences Jun 30, 2026

Watch a time-lapse of the 120-day journey of a pumpkin seed growing into an adult fruit.

Pumpkins are atypically enormous winter squashes, meaning they are harvested in the fall and then remain edible throughout winter.

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#8 · curiosity Oct 5, 2023

The agricultural history of the pumpkin

Pumpkin pie holds a special place in Thanksgiving traditions, but its journey from everyday produce to a seasonal treat spans over 10,000 years. Trace the history of this oversized fruit with this fascinating dive.

Pumpkins belong to the species...

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#9 · curiosity Oct 5, 2023

One artist's horrifyingly ornate jack-o-lanterns

Ray Villofane is a world-renowned artist known for his realistic and scary pumpkin carvings which take the art to the next level. Spook yourself with a dip into just a few of his pieces, ranging from the silly to the truly terrifying.

Villofane's...

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#10 · news-in-context Jun 8, 2026

See Bloomberg's continuously updated Billionaire Index

This ranking, updated daily, shows a running tally of the world's 500 richest people. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has largely been atop the list, with a net worth of around $723B as of June 2026. Values fluctuate significantly as much of the wealth is tied to equity in companies.

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#11 · explainers Apr 29, 2026

AI chatbot use among quarreling couples can aggravate tensions

Chatbots can become a sounding board for venting spouses looking to analyze their relationship and find support for their views. Many couples report the negative influence of chatbots like ChatGPT, with some claiming the tools led to divorce.

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#12 · experiences Dec 31, 2025

How to visualize the enormous wealth of Elon Musk

The disruptive innovator and founder of SpaceX and Tesla is worth hundreds of billions of dollars, an unimaginable sum. This simple interactive visual uses pixels (representing $1K each) on a scrolling screen to demonstrate the billionaire's wealth compared to other known financial values, like the cost of building a Boeing 777 or the net worth of Tiger Woods.

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#13 · explainers Jan 14, 2025

The history of the WNBA in 60 seconds

Women’s basketball began in 1892, less than a year after the sport’s invention, but restrictive clothing and societal norms posed early challenges. Senda Berenson modified rules to make the game more “suitable,” limiting dribbling and court movement. By 1971, women began playing with rules similar to men’s, and Title IX in 1972 provided federal funding, opening doors for future athletes.

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#14 · curiosity Apr 18, 2023

Drugs in space: the pharmacy orbiting the Earth

Researchers are developing pharmaceutical solutions for astronauts, whose bodies may not respond the same way in space as they would on Earth. Similar to how microgravity causes changes to astronaut physiology, the environmental shift enables new...

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#15 · curiosity Apr 11, 2024

Launched in 2020, NASA's Perseverance rover was equipped with a deployable helicopter

Nicknamed "Percy" and designed as the successor to the Curiosity rover, the vehicle has covered more than 36 kilometers (22 miles), collected dozens of samples, and taken hundreds of images while searching for signs of ancient microbial life.

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#16 · curiosity May 2, 2025

Salvador Dalí apparently conned Yoko Ono

Dalí often drew on the back of restaurant checks as a form of payment to avoid spending actual cash. He even ripped off his friend, Yoko Ono. Ono reportedly asked for a strand of his mustache. Dalí feared occult activity and sent a blade of grass, receiving $10,000 for it.

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#17 · curiosity Oct 1, 2026

'Halloween' is one of the most profitable indie films of all time, making $47M in its initial run despite a modest budget.

The film skimped on costuming, paying $200 for star Jamie Lee Curtis' entire wardrobe and just $1.98 for the ominous killer's now-iconic mask.

The crew created the killer Michael Myers' mask by painting a store-bought mask of Captain Kirk—William Shatner's character from "Star Trek"—white.
Director John Carpenter also composed the score, which he wrote in three days after a test audience said the film wasn't scary enough.
Roger Ebert argued that Carpenter’s filmmaking techniques, alongside his original score, made the film a "carefully painted" work.

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#18 · curiosity Feb 23, 2024

Some animals seem to live well on little sleep

African bush elephants typically sleep for about 2 hours per 24-hour day, coming in well under a human's recommended seven-hour minimum. Other animals also appear to skimp on sleep, by human standards, without the consequences humans associate with being sleep deprived. This academic article details the sleeping habits of animals that appear to thrive on fewer than 40 winks and explores whether their sleep processes are just built different.

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#19 · news-in-context Jan 13, 2026

Visualize the world's top 20 billionaires in 2026.

This data visualization shows the 20 wealthiest people in the world as of January 2026.

Topping the list with a net worth of more than $713B is Elon Musk.
Musk is trailed by Larry Page ($258B), Jeff Bezos ($251B), and Larry Ellison ($243B).

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#20 · explainers May 29, 2026

OpenAI initially focused on novelty projects, like training AI bots to win video games, before becoming known for its AI chatbot ChatGPT.

With an initial commitment of $1B from tech executives, OpenAI launched in 2015 to develop artificial general intelligence systems.

ChatGPT's success after its 2022 launch surprised OpenAI's team as it spurred a global AI race.

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#21 · experiences Oct 30, 2024

There’s an artificial intelligence model trained on bankruptcy law

Although it's designed for lawyers, the tool is able to help everyday browsers synthesize important cases and point users to relevant documents about them. One sample using it asks Chatlaw to explain the significance of a recent case and then to define relevant terminology.

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#22 · explainers Sep 14, 2026

AI experts argue that artificial intelligence could annihilate humanity in two primary ways: Humans weaponizing extremely powerful AI, or humans losing control of it.

Specifically, AI could make it relatively easy to create biological, chemical, or other weapons.

AI systems could also potentially go rogue and attack essential infrastructure at an unprecedented scale without human oversight.
The 2026 Hugging Face breach, for instance, included OpenAI agents going rogue and attempting to cover their tracks.
Insiders use the term "p(doom)" as a shorthand for the probability that AI will cause a doomsday scenario.

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#23 · curiosity Jun 13, 2025

Steve Jobs tried to treat his cancer with alternative medicine

After Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he reportedly restricted his diet to just fruits or just fruits and vegetables, tried out hydrotherapy, and consulted psychics. There’s compelling evidence about the impact of alternative medicine on cancer patients.

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#24 · curiosity Oct 30, 2024

Investment banking giant Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September 2008 when it had $619B in debt, making it the largest bankruptcy ever in the US

Nearly all of its 26,000 employees immediately lost their jobs. But in London, a few hundred remained tucked away, working for another decade to wind down the bank’s European business.

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#25 · curiosity Oct 6, 2026

After a 1907 shipwreck, 16 sailors survived eight months on Disappointment Island, a freezing speck of land with no trees.

The sailors survived on seal meat, birds, roots, and shellfish during their stay.

They managed to build a raft from branches and canvas that took them to a nearby island, where they met members of the New Zealand government and were finally rescued.
New Zealand's government now supplies aid on the remote Auckland Islands in case more people end up stranded there.

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#26 · curiosity Oct 13, 2026

Fascinating facts about Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí wasn't just a famous surrealist painter, he was a master of spectacle. Known for leaving restaurant sketches as payment and believing he was his late brother's reincarnation, Dalí blurred the line between art and persona. He even collaborated with Walt Disney on an experimental short, shelved for decades before its 2003 release.

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#27 · news-in-context Apr 29, 2022

The wealthiest person in every US state in 2021

Alongside Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who are the richest people in the U.S.? This map reveals the wealthiest billionaire in each U.S. state.

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#28 · explainers Oct 8, 2024

How AI is revolutionizing banking

Generative artificial intelligence has left no industry untouched, and banking isn’t an exception. Experts estimate that gen AI could add as much as $340B in value to the banking sector each year. For consumers, this involves new features to prevent fraud and customer service chatbots. This report dives into the revolution underway and seeks to define a “full stack” AI bank of the future. Read more here.

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#29 · experiences Jun 6, 2023

Chat with famous, historical, and fantasy figures with this chatbot

Character.ai—a generative AI-based chatbot platform—allows you to have free-flowing conversations with a wide range of people. From celebrities to famous figures from the past, the platform relies on a neural language model to process huge amounts of text, learning from conversations with users to develop responses. A number of observers have referred to the platform as "making AI fun," with user time on site surpassing a whopping two hours per day.

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#30 · explainers Feb 6, 2026

The way dating apps make money is changing, with an increasing reliance on 'freemium' subscription models.

As downloads fall across the industry, dating apps are trying to stay competitive by adding paywalls to their business models.

Parts of these platforms are often free to use, but to get certain perks (such as seeing more potential matches per day), users now must pay a subscription fee.
Match Group, which owns Tinder, Hinge, and Plenty of Fish, dominates the roughly $5B dating app industry.

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#31 · curiosity Apr 17, 2026

Blackstone acquired a majority stake in Bumble's former parent company in 2019 ahead of the dating app's IPO

The New York City-based investment management company paid about $3B for its stake in female-focused dating app Bumble. The app's 2021 IPO that made Bumble Founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd a billionaire at age 31 proved lucrative for Blackstone as well.

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#32 · curiosity Sep 24, 2026

Six Flags Magic Mountain settled a wrongful death lawsuit after a 22-year-old suffered massive head and brain damage from its X2 roller coaster.

The terms and details of the 2026 settlement were not disclosed.

The X2 rollercoaster extends more than 3,000 feet and has full 360-degree rotating seats, head-first, face-down drops, inversions, and reaches speeds of up to 76 miles per hour.
A CT scan showed the 22-year-old suffered a catastrophic right subdural hematoma and the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner ruled his death an accident caused by blunt head trauma sustained in a park ride accident.
The X2 ride closed in July 2026 and was still closed at the time of this writing in September 2026.

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#33 · news-in-context Oct 1, 2026

States with the most million-dollar homes

As of 2024, the US has 621 cities where a typical home costs $1M or more. California has more million-dollar cities than any other state by a long shot, with 218. New York comes in second with 76. Want to see where other states rank? Check out this map to learn more.

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#34 · curiosity May 1, 2025

Who was Salvador Dalí?

Salvador Dalí reshaped modern art with surrealism, symbolism, and eccentricity. This snapshot covers his rise from Spanish prodigy to global icon, his Surrealist break, and his fascination with dreams and celebrity.

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#35 · curiosity May 2, 2025

Salvador Dalí’s collaborations with fashion designers

Dalí was known to dabble in the world of fashion and formed a bond with the bold Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Their collaborations birthed iconic designs like a bureau-drawer suit and a lobster dress.

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#36 · news-in-context Oct 1, 2026

American billionaires' wealth, visualized

America's top 20 billionaires have a combined wealth of $2.7T as of 2024. That's more than Russia's annual GDP. But some billionaires, like Elon Musk, hold a greater share of that $2.7T number than others. To see just how much money each of these 20 billionaires have in comparison to the others in the group, check out this data visualization.

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#37 · explainers Apr 16, 2026

Elon Musk once tried to make himself CEO of artificial intelligence behemoth and ChatGPT creator OpenAI (paywall may apply).

After three years of funding the company since its 2015 launch, Musk believed OpenAI had fallen too far behind Google and proposed taking the helm.

Rejected by OpenAI's other founders, Musk walked away and reneged on a $1B donation.
The company was conceived as a nonprofit that would counter Google in the race to achieve systems with human-level cognition.
However, three years after it launched in 2015, it adopted a structure in which the original nonprofit oversaw a for-profit arm.

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#38 · longform Sep 23, 2024

The journalist who let AI speak with his voice

Journalist Evan Ratliff became the object of his own story: He opted to clone his voice, feed it into an AI chatbot, and have it do the talking. What could seem like a fun experiment ended up revealing just how far the capacity of artificial intelligence can go in imitating our identities. Hear the ins and outs of how Ratliff achieved this in this fun and thought-provoking episode.

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#39 · explainers Oct 6, 2026

The odds of getting seriously injured on a US roller coaster are one in 15.5 million rides taken

Understanding the mechanics of a ride can help explain why they are so safe. Lift hills, launches, and breaks are each crucial components of coasters and are designed to possess numerous safety features in case of any dysfunction.

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#40 · curiosity Apr 13, 2026

Watch the inaugural WNBA game between Lisa Leslie's Los Angeles Sparks and Rebecca Lobo's New York Liberty.

On June 21, 1997, the Los Angeles Sparks and New York Liberty faced off in the inaugural WNBA game.

The matchup was a showdown between Olympic gold-medalists Lisa Leslie and Rebecca Lobo, who had become national stars following the 1996 Summer Games.
Sparks guard Penny Toler scored the game's first basket, the first in WNBA history.
The Liberty won the game, 67-57.

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#41 · curiosity Oct 2, 2026

Explore an illustrated history of the WNBA's first 30 years, analyzing how the league has quadrupled its attendance since 2021.

Before the WNBA's 1996 inaugural season, women's basketball players often went to Europe to play professionally after finishing their college careers.

The Golden State Valkyries were the first WNBA franchise to be valued at $1B.
The WNBA's attendance for the 2026 season is over four times what it was in 2021.
Sheryl Swoopes, the first player to sign with the WNBA, was also the first woman with a Nike signature shoe, the Air Swoopes.

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#42 · curiosity May 2, 2025

Salvador Dalí’s remains were exhumed for a paternity test

Years after Dalí’s death in 1989, fortune teller Pilar Abel filed a suit claiming she was the child of an affair Dalí had with her mother. In 2017, Dalí’s body was exhumed for testing. Dalí was not the father, but the artist’s mustache remained intact decades after his passing.

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#43 · curiosity Oct 1, 2026

Christmas carols evolved from medieval folk songs to modern holiday staples

Christmas carols began as communal folk songs in medieval Europe, and were later adapted into religious hymns. Revived in England in the 19th century, they have become a core holiday tradition around the world.

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#44 · curiosity Jun 8, 2026

Sleep research indicates dogs likely dream about their toys, food, and owners.

According to the continuity hypothesis, dreams are built from waking life. This likely applies to pets.

Repetitive barking, whining, or running movements while asleep indicate a dog is dreaming.

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#45 · news-in-context May 29, 2026

Nonstop posting by Elon Musk provides calculated political and brand messaging

For a week in August 2024, Musk posted 650 times, including reactions to far-right influencers; promotion of his AI tool, Grok; and support for controversial political takes. He livestreamed himself playing Diablo IV for hours during that same week.

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#46 · explainers Aug 25, 2026

The rise of generative AI could exacerbate anxiety because people may turn to chatbots for constant reassurance.

A generative AI program may engage in endless validation and prompts on a topic, offering or requesting additional information, which can make it hard to shut down cyclical, troubling thought processes.

Generative AI, unlike googling a problem, is more interactive and personal, which makes interactions feel more personal, and also can make it more difficult to recognize the natural endpoint of a thought or query and move on.
LLMs are inescapable as the technology is folded into work interactions, email, and more, so even if an individual recognizes the programs are exacerbating anxiety, there is little recourse.

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#47 · experiences Jun 30, 2026

AI excels at assisting with structured tasks involving logistics and planning

Tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity can help organize chaotic calendars, troubleshoot bedtime routines, and assist with salary planning and moving. However, specific quotes, like insurance, and local cost comparisons can be flawed since AI draws from nonlocalized datasets.

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#48 · explainers Jan 15, 2025

Documenting the first year of the WNBA

The WNBA was launched in 1997, providing a historic opportunity for women’s basketball. Two weeks after the WNBA kicked off its inaugural season, NBC aired this hourlong documentary, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the league’s first games. The documentary also looks at the first pro league, the All-American Red Heads, and provides stories of the premier players in the WNBA.

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#49 · curiosity Oct 23, 2024

David Stern had a hand in starting the WNBA

For years, NBA Commissioner David Stern had been planning for an NBA-supported women’s basketball league. When the US Women’s Basketball Team captured gold at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he began putting them into motion.

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#50 · curiosity Feb 27, 2026

20 years of NCAA buzzers

The last few beats of the March Madness title game are among the most thrilling in sports. This video compilation collects the final five seconds of every women's championship from the first year of the tournament through 2022. The result is a fascinating document of celebrations, disappointments, and last-ditch efforts. It's also objective proof that basketball's style has evolved considerably over the decades.

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#51 · curiosity Mar 10, 2025

Defining Dalí's surreal aesthetic

Salvador Dalí is known for his modernist paintings, but his surreal aesthetic has lived on long after his passing, with elements of his art making their way into fashion, film, and interior decorating. This incisive Artnet explainer unpacks the elements that make up Dalí's larger artistic vision and highlights the ways they still appear throughout popular culture.

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#52 · curiosity Feb 3, 2026

Salvador Dalí once conned Yoko Ono

A quirky story often told about Salvador Dalí claims that in 1969, Yoko Ono offered him $10,000 for one of his famous mustache hairs. Allegedly wary of occult intentions, Dalí instead sent her a blade of grass. While the tale is debated, it fits neatly into Dalí's eccentric public image and his later-life reputation for turning playful stunts into profitable moments.

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#53 · news-in-context Sep 22, 2026

Dark money, political spending by groups that don't disclose donors, totaled $1.9B for 2024 federal races.

In Citizens United v. FEC (2010), the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot limit independent political spending by corporations, unions, and nonprofits.

Since the Citizens United decision, the Brennan Center estimates that dark money groups have spent at least $4.3B on federal elections.
The $1.9B total was a record for an election cycle, eclipsing the previous record of $1B set in 2020.

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#54 · explainers Oct 1, 2026

Google's CEO has warned that today's AI boom shows 'elements of irrationality'

An interview with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai warns that the trillion-dollar surge in AI valuations may contain clear signs of irrationality, echoing past tech bubbles. He says no firm—including Google—would be immune if the boom cools or bursts.

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#55 · experiences May 29, 2026

Try OpenAI's ChatGPT for free

In late 2022, OpenAI launched a chatbot that quickly became one of the most viral tech products of all time. The software uses code to interpret natural language to produce sophisticated content based on simple user prompts.

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#56 · explainers Oct 6, 2026

Prolonged space travel significantly impacts multiple human body systems

Astronauts can lose 20% of their muscle mass after two weeks and 10% of their bone mass after six months in space. Decreased sharpness of eyesight and changes in neural connectivity, brain structure and gut bacteria have also been observed.

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#57 · curiosity Oct 1, 2026

Supersonic parachutes have allowed rovers to safely land on Mars' surface

The disk-band-gap parachute design was first developed for the Viking Project in the 1970s. Since then, it has been reinforced and uses stronger materials to handle larger payloads—including the 2020 Perseverance rover—landing it a world record.

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#58 · curiosity Apr 6, 2026

Readers discovered AI prompts in several romantasy books

In 2025, readers discovered AI prompts in three writers' texts, with one even instructing the AI bot to make a passage sound more like another romance writer. This Futurism piece digs into the scandals and how it's contributed to readers' skepticism about the genre's more prolific writers.

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#59 · news-in-context Jun 30, 2026

See the annual income required to purchase a typical three-bedroom home in each state as of 2025, based on a 10% down payment, a 6.65% interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage, and a 30% income-to-housing cost threshold.

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#60 · curiosity Mar 11, 2026

See Salvador Dalí's art at MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City hosts some of Dalí's most recognizable works, including "The Persistence of Memory," pictured below, and its famous melting clocks. MoMA acquired the painting in 1934, after it became a sensation in 1932.

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