Bioprinting has been all over the news in the past several years with headline-worthy breakthroughs like printed human skin, synthetic bones, and even a fully functional mouse...
A new computer-brain interface is allowing "locked-in" woman to communicate from her home, Silicon Valley tech giants are reorganizing to embed AI throughout their companies,...
Quantum computers could bring about a quantum leap in processing power, with countless benefits for fields like data science and AI. But there’s also...
Until a few years ago, reversing paralysis was the stuff of movie miracles.
Yet according to Dr. Andrew Jackson, a neuroscientist at Newcastle University in...
With all the talk of building walls, it seems to me that technology has actually been rapidly tearing down walls.
Besides your passport, what really...
“The Six Ds are a chain reaction of technological progression, a road map of rapid development that always leads to enormous upheaval and opportunity.”...
How important is the internet to your day-to-day life?
For starters, you’re definitely reading this on a screen and using the internet to access it....
Our lives today are increasingly digital, so why isn’t our old memorabilia? As we use smartphones and the cloud more often, our pre-digital personal...
China makes history using CRISPR-modified cells in a human, while SpaceX makes a pitch to launch 4,425 satellites into orbit. AltspaceVR's new feature lets...
The CRISPR-Cas9 “drag-and-drop” gene editing technique has been used in its first human trial, reports Nature. Scientists at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China began...
The road to renewable energy requires one step at a time.
Well, actually, it requires quite a few steps.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and...
As rapid improvements in virtual reality technology make it possible to create and live in worlds perfectly tailored to our needs, are humans nearing...
"The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence… silence gives us a new perspective." –Mother Teresa
When I think about plants, chatterbox isn’t the...
Here in L.A., it’s kind of insane that a great kindergarten requires a competitive application and tuitions that exceed most colleges.
I started asking myself,...
Have you noticed how bizarre social media and the news cycle has been lately?
In the age of digital media, journalism is changing significantly. Widely...
They’re often featured as James Bond villains — super-rich megalomaniacs who pour their infinite resources into sophisticated doomsday devices, private rockets for last-minute escapes,...
Google has built machine learning systems that can create their own cryptographic algorithms — the latest success for AI’s use in cybersecurity. But what...
The human brain is a biological wonder with considerable skills. Regeneration, unfortunately, isn’t one of them.
Save for one tiny V-shaped region within the hippocampus,...
Eradicating diseases, mastering flight, near-instant global communication, going to the moon—humans have developed a taste for making the impossible possible.
Though we still face a...
Imagine one day walking into a gorgeous structure—like LA's famous Walt Disney Concert Hall—only to discover it was designed by a computer system and constructed by automated robotic arms.
Ai...
Ever wanted your own self-driving car? You can buy one today—but it may be a while until it officially becomes your personal chauffeur.
Tesla recently...
Cosmologists are evaluating the proof behind gravitational waves, journalists are investigating how to understand "truth" in the era of information overload, and roboticists are building crash-proof drones equipped with roll...
What do the Oral-B CrossAction toothbrush, about a thousand musical compositions and even a few recent food recipes all have in common?
They were invented...
