In the medical study Hall of Fame, the Framingham Heart Study takes the throne.
An ongoing project that’s spanned three generations and almost 70 years,...
Popular science fiction of the early 20th century depicted Venus as some kind of wonderland of pleasantly warm temperatures, forests, swamps and even dinosaurs....
Hollywood is chockablock with movies about zombie apocalypses caused by some uncontrollable infection, while alarming real-world headlines proclaim the next superbug is just around...
Quantum computers are making all the headlines these days, but quantum communication technology may actually be closer to practical implementation. In a bid to...
DIGITAL MEDIA
Actors Are Digitally Preserving Themselves to Continue Their Careers Beyond the Grave
Erin Winick | MIT Technology Review
"Earlier this year Last Jedi visual-effects supervisor Ben Morris told Inverse that...
It's common to hear phrases like 'machine learning' and 'artificial intelligence' and believe that somehow, someone has managed to replicate a human mind inside...
When scientists made immature human egg cells from donated blood, some speculated that human reproduction was on the verge of a massive disruption.
The future...
Making sure artificial intelligence does what we want and behaves in predictable ways will be crucial as the technology becomes increasingly ubiquitous. It's an...
Whether creating a disruptive business model, developing a radical innovation, or executing a cultural makeover, leaders know that their job is to drive organizational...
ROBOTICS
Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Shows Off Parkour Skills
Erico Guizzo | IEEE Spectrum
"The remarkable evolution of Atlas, Boston Dynamics’ most agile robot, continues. In a video...
Governments are one of the last strongholds of an undigitized, linear sector of humanity, and they are falling behind fast. Apart from their struggle...
Each time there’s a headline about driverless trucking technology, another piece is taken out of the old equation. First, an Uber/Otto truck’s safety driver...
For a remarkably social species, we’re not particularly effective communicators.
Finding the right words to clearly, efficient transmit our thoughts to another consciousness—even something as...
It's touch and go whether current efforts to curb carbon emissions will avert catastrophic climate change. That's why a group of billionaires have pledged...
This article was co-written by Jovan David Rebolledo
Artificial intelligence in space exploration is gathering momentum. Over the coming years, new missions look likely to...
ROBOTICS
The Demise of Rethink Robotics Shows How Hard It Is to Make Machines Truly Smart
Will Knight | MIT Technology Review
"There’s growing interest in using recent advances in...
The advocates of hydrogen as the solution to replacing fossil fuels, particularly in transportation, have some compelling arguments. The fuel can be made with...
Disruptive business models are often powered by alternative financing. In Part 1 of this series, I discussed how mobile is redefining money and banking and shared...
