In an unprecedented move to uphold academic integrity, China temporarily disabled AI tools across major platforms during its highly competitive gaokao college entrance exams. From June 7 to 10, tech giants like Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI suspended features such as image recognition, real-time question answering, and document scanning. This government-mandated blackout was aimed at preventing the misuse of AI by students attempting to cheat, highlighting growing concerns over how generative AI could disrupt standardized testing.

With over 13 million students taking the gaokao each year, the exam is a life-defining milestone in China, determining university admissions and even job prospects. By halting AI functions like Tencent’s YuanBao and ByteDance’s Doubao, the government sent a strong message about preserving fairness in education amid rapid technological change. The move signals a broader global conversation about balancing innovation and ethics in academic environments.

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If we dropped Betelgeuse into our solar system, it would stretch beyond Jupiter’s orbit—swallowing Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and the asteroid belt!

But here’s the wild part: Betelgeuse is on the brink of death. And when it goes supernova—within the next 100,000 years—it could shine brighter than the Moon for weeks!

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Tyler Herro doesn't believe in the moon landing or in anything that happened before 1950

Ever wondered where humanity and our robotic explorers have actually landed on the Moon? This map shows the historic touchdown sites of some of the most iconic lunar missions — from the legendary Apollo landings, to robotic Surveyor probes, Soviet Luna landers, and China’s recent Chang’e missions.

The U.S. Apollo program (1969–1972) sent 12 astronauts to walk on the Moon — a feat still unmatched.
NASA’s Surveyor missions helped test landing tech before the Apollo era.
The Soviet Union’s Luna landers were the first to impact, orbit, and soft-land on the Moon.
China made history with Chang’e-3 and Chang’e-4 — the first to land on the Moon's far side!

Each dot on this Moon map represents years of planning, incredible science, and the dream of exploring beyond Earth.

Which mission inspires you the most?

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Japan’s Private Moon Landing Mission Ends in Another Setback

On June 5, 2025, ispace’s Resilience lander lost contact just under two minutes before its scheduled soft landing in the Moon’s Mare Frigoris region. Preliminary analysis points to a malfunction in the laser rangefinder, causing the spacecraft to descend too quickly and resulting in a "hard landing."

This marks ispace’s second failed moon landing attempt, following a similar crash in 2023.

Resilience carried a small rover named Tenacious, developed by ispace Europe, along with several scientific and artistic payloads — including a deep-space radiation detector, a hydrogen extraction system, and even a miniature house intended as an art installation. Unfortunately, none of these survived the crash.

Despite the disappointment, ispace is pressing forward. The company is preparing two more missions for 2027, featuring a significantly larger and more advanced lander known as Apex 1.0, weighing 2 tons. These upcoming efforts aim to contribute to long-term lunar exploration and the development of sustainable activity on the Moon.