{"id":21585,"date":"2025-10-02T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21585"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:04:05","slug":"from-ai-roasts-to-build-a-baby-to-orbital-fedex-the-future-is-officially-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21585","title":{"rendered":"From AI roasts to build-a-baby to orbital FedEx: the future is officially weird"},"content":{"rendered":"
From skin to egg: scientists pull off a sci-fi style fertility hack<\/p>\n

Source: Reuters<\/p>\n

Move over, sci-fi movies \u2014 real scientists just turned human skin cells into eggs. Yep, ordinary skin cells. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University pulled off the feat by sliding the DNA from a skin cell into a donor egg and giving it a little cellular \u201creboot.\u201d The result? Lab-made eggs that could actually be fertilized.<\/p>\n

A few of these experimental eggs made it to the blastocyst stage, the early stage embryos reach in IVF, though most fizzled out with genetic glitches. Still, the idea that skin could someday replace ovaries is wild. Imagine what that could mean for people struggling with infertility, cancer survivors, or even same-sex couples hoping for genetically related kids.<\/p>\n

Of course, it\u2019s not all futuristic baby joyrides. The work is still a long way from clinical use, and critics are waving red flags about ethics, consent, and the slippery slope toward designer babies. But whether you see it as a miracle or a minefield, one thing\u2019s clear: the future of reproduction just got a serious plot twist.<\/p>\n

2025 debates? Nah, we\u2019ve got AI roast battles now<\/p>\n

Source: TruthSocial<\/p>\n

In the latest episode of \u201c2025 Politics: You can\u2019t make this stuff up,\u201d Donald Trump dropped an AI-generated deepfake video featuring top Democrats.<\/p>\n

In the video, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appears to rant about free healthcare to \u201cillegal aliens,\u201d and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wears a sombrero and mustache, while a mariachi beat pulses in the background. The kicker: Schumer\u2019s avatar calls Democrats \u201cwoke pieces of s—.\u201d <\/p>\n

The move ignited immediate backlash. Jeffries slammed the video as \u201cracist garbage\u201d and demanded Trump try insulting him without hiding behind a computer.<\/p>\n

Schumer joined in, calling it a sign the ex-president is more focused on trolling than governing<\/p>\n

https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115290424560405640<\/p>\n

In response, Vice President J.D. Vance shrugged it off, saying, \u201cI think it\u2019s funny\u201d and claiming it was all in jest. Meanwhile, the video stirred debates over how AI tools are being used to amplify political discord, weaponize culture, and spread misinformation. <\/p>\n

At its core, this incident is a reminder: deepfakes are no longer just a sci-fi plot twist. They\u2019re a tool for satire, for mockery, and increasingly, for political warfare.<\/p>\n

Arc: Testing the future of orbital cargo delivery<\/p>\n

Created using Gemini<\/p>\n

Startup Inversion has unveiled Arc, a spacecraft designed to deliver small payloads of up to 500 pounds anywhere on Earth in under an hour.<\/p>\n

Unlike traditional rockets, Arc would operate as a reusable vehicle that reenters at hypersonic speeds (Mach 20+), withstands extreme heat, and lands with precision. The initial applications are aimed at defense and hypersonic testing, where rapid, on-demand delivery of mission-critical supplies could prove valuable.<\/p>\n

Arc builds on Inversion\u2019s earlier spacecraft, Ray, and is targeting a first flight in 2026. The long-term vision involves constellations of Arc vehicles stationed in low Earth orbit, available for global logistics on demand.<\/p>\n

The project faces multiple challenges from re-entry stress to landing accuracy and regulatory hurdles, but if successful, Arc could mark a step toward space-based rapid delivery systems, which was once considered a science fiction concept.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From skin to egg: scientists pull off a sci-fi style fertility hack Source: Reuters Move over, sci-fi movies \u2014 real scientists just turned human skin cells into eggs. Yep, ordinary skin cells. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University pulled off the feat by sliding the DNA from a skin cell into a donor egg […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}