The World’s Oldest Story? Astronomers Say Global Myths About ‘Seven Sisters’ Stars May Reach...
In the northern sky in December is a beautiful cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or the “seven sisters.” Look carefully and you...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 9)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This Avocado Armchair Could Be the Future of AI
Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review
"OpenAI has extended GPT-3 with two new models that...
These Futuristic Flying Ambulances May Soon Be Zooming Around New York
Ambulance use surged in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, even as emergency medical service providers struggled due to the revenue hit they took...
SETI: New Signal Excites Alien Hunters—Here’s How We Could Find Out if It’s Real
The $100 million Breakthrough Listen Initiative, founded by the billionaire, technology and science investor Yuri Milner and his wife Julia, has identified a mysterious...
The Secret to a Long, Healthy Life Is in the Genes...
The first time I heard nematode worms can teach us something about human longevity, I balked at the idea. How the hell can a...
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Start the New Year Right: By Watching These Robots’ Awesome Dance Moves
2020 was a tough year. There was almost nothing good about it, and we saw it off with a “good riddance” and hopes for...
2021 Could Be a Banner Year for AI—If We Solve These 4 Problems
If AI has anything to say to 2020, it’s “you can’t touch this.”
Last year may have severed our connections with the physical world, but...
‘The Secret History of the Moon’: The Epic Story of How the Moon Was...
Where did the moon come from?
The leading theory suggests the moon was formed after a massive collision between a Mars-sized planet Theia and Earth...
Moore’s Law Lives: Intel Says Chips Will Pack 50 Times More...
If you weren’t already convinced the digital world is taking over, you probably are now.
To keep the economy on life support as people stay...
Scientists Just Created a Catalyst That Turns CO2 Into Jet Fuel
Air travel is one of the worst contributors to global warming, burping out nearly a billion tons of CO2 a year. But what if...
These Were Our Favorite Tech Stories From Around the Web in 2020
This time last year we were commemorating the end of a decade and looking ahead to the next one. Enter the year that felt...
Forget Your Five-Year Plan: What If We Visualized Humanity’s Future in Centuries, Millennia, and...
“Where do you see yourself in five years?” It’s a classic job interview question, designed to probe your level of ambition and aspiration. And...
‘WTF?’: Newly Discovered Ghostly Circles in the Sky Can’t Be Explained by Current Theories,...
In September 2019, my colleague Anna Kapinska gave a presentation showing interesting objects she’d found while browsing our new radio astronomical data. She had...
Fighting Covid-19 Brought These Lasting Breakthroughs to Science and Medicine
2020 was the year of the pandemic. But the arrival of Covid-19 in January not only threw an Earth-sized wrench into our lives, it...
