Inching Towards Abundant Water: New Progress in Desalination Tech
In early 2018, Cape Town, South Africa came dangerously close to being the world’s first major city to run out of water. People lined...
The Rise of AI Art—and What It Means for Human Creativity
Artificially intelligent systems are slowly taking over tasks previously done by humans, and many processes involving repetitive, simple movements have already been fully automated....
Avatar Love? New ‘Black Mirror’ Episode Explores How VR Could Impact Relationships
This week, the widely-anticipated fifth season of the dystopian series Black Mirror was released on Netflix. The storylines this season are less focused on...
This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through June 15)
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Laser Destroys Cancer Cells Circulating in the Blood
Emily Waltz | IEEE Spectrum
"Tumor cells that spread cancer via the bloodstream face a new foe: a...
5 Blockchain Breakthroughs Coming in the Next 5 Years
In almost every industry you can think of, blockchain is poised to cut out middlemen, dramatically improve transparency, and multiply the efficiency of countless...
How the Most Successful Leaders Will Thrive in an Exponential World
We live in challenging times. Geopolitical turmoil, local and national social unrest, cycles of deadly natural disasters, cyber hacks, rising distrust of media and...
As Cars Become Increasingly Driverless, People Are Already Seeking Analogue Motoring Experiences
According to those in the industry, and researchers too, driverless cars will totally revolutionize the way we think about individual transport. They will change...
Graphene (With a Twist) Is Helping Scientists Understand Superconductors
Graphene is a highly unconventional substance. After all, how many other Nobel-Prize-winning breakthroughs are made by scientists messing around on a Friday night with...
SpaceX’s Starlink Launch and the Race for Global Internet Coverage
I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them, but they were only satellites
it’s wrong to wish on space hardware.
– Billy Bragg
There’s a...
What’s Behind the International Rush to Write an AI Rulebook?
There's no better way of ensuring you win a race than by setting the rules yourself. That may be behind the recent rush by...
Why Big Organizations Need to Hack Their Cultures to Become More Innovative
Big established companies know they must innovate to survive, but often fail to do so. Startups, meanwhile, are born innovating. While it's tempting to...
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