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Such is the extent of our dominion on Earth, that the answer to questions around whether we are still part of nature, and whether...
Scientists Jump-Started Consciousness in Monkeys by Pinpointing This Brain Region
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This Breakthrough Just Got Us One Step Closer to a Quantum Internet
While quantum computing tends to garner all the headlines, quantum technology also has huge promise for the communication networks of the future. That’s why...
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3D Printers Are Finally Starting to Work More Like Star Trek's Replicators
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How to Optimize Your Headspace on a Mission to Mars
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Are Robots Coming for Our Jobs? Careful, It’s a Trick Question
The robots are coming, and they’ll probably take your job when they get here.
Oh wait—have you heard that recently? As recently as, say, yesterday?...
This Is What an AI Said When Asked to Predict the Year Ahead
“What’s past is prologue.” So says the famed quote from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, alleging that we can look to what has already happened as...
How Advertising Will Get Way More Personal—and Then Vanish Completely
Today, less than two decades after the arrival of the internet, Google and Facebook together command more advertising dollars than all print media on the...
Neuromodulation Is the Secret Sauce for This Adaptive, Fast-Learning AI
As obstinate and frustrating as we are sometimes, humans in general are pretty flexible when it comes to learning—especially compared to AI.
Our ability to...
The Company That Wants to Fling Rockets Into Space With a Giant Centrifuge
The rapidly falling cost of getting into orbit has spurred a boom in the space industry as a host of new applications become economical....
Blind Woman Sees With New Implant, Plays Video Game Sent Straight to Her Brain
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