An AI-generated rat with a giant penis highlights a growing crisis of fake science that's plaguing the publishing business

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illustration of rat sitting up on hind legs with cutout of stomach and a giant veiny bulbous penis-like appendage extending out form the stomach upward beyond the frame of the illustration with three breakout illustrations of
This AI-generated figure from a scientific paper seems... off. (Green annotations were added by Business Insider.)

Guo et al., 2024; Frontiers in Cell Developmental Biology; Business Insider

SpaceX is poised to make rocket launches 10 times cheaper with Starship, experts say

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A video still shows SpaceX's Starship starting its launch to space. The behemoth mega-rocket is engulfed in smoke in flames as it takes off.
SpaceX's Starship flew to space for the first time on March 14, 2024.

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Astronomers discover a possible water world in the search for a habitable planet, report says

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An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope in space.
The James Webb space telescope.

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Scientists want to build telescopes on the moon for up to $10 billion to see more of the universe than the James Webb Space Telescope

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Two very different concepts for a radio observatory on the moon show how creative astronomers are getting.

Vladimir Vustyansky; Ronald Polidan/Lunar Resources, Inc.; Business Ins

The equinox might fuel powerful Northern Lights by creating 'holes' in Earth's magnetic field

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Auroras seen above a lighthouse.
The northern lights in Whitley Bay, England April 24, 2023.

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A 17-year-old took home $250,000 for his award-winning discovery in computer 'brains' that could make AI smarter and safer

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Achyuta Rajaram took first prize at the Regeneron Science Talent Search for his project on computer vision models.

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How I took the 'best' photo of the 2017 American solar eclipse — and what I'm doing differently this year

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Jon Carmichael looks at a blown up shot of his photo of the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse.
Astrophotographer and Keynote Speaker, Jon Carmichael (on left) captured this iconic image of the 2017 total solar eclipse that swept across the US.

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Study Finds No Strong Evidence for Benefits of Wim Hof Method

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New research this week seems to throw cold water on the Wim Hof method, an endurance training technique that intentionally exposes people to frigid temperatures. The study, a review of the scientific literature, did find some evidence that the method could have anti-inflammatory properties, but did not find strong…

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Voyager 1 briefly came back to life after a 'poke' from NASA, giving scientists hope for the 46-year-old probe

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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has been traveling through space for nearly 50 years.

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17 crucial upgrades helped SpaceX finally get Starship to space without exploding

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The starship rocket launching.
A screengrab from SpaceX's livestream on X shows Starship lifting off for its second attempt at space.

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