There’s a startup in California with dreams of enhancing the future of space travel, and they have their very own Stargate.
Not the teleportation portal...
Tech is changing almost every aspect of modern life, and medicine and healthcare are no exception. New technologies are bringing quick advancement to areas...
Electric vehicles could decarbonize one of the most polluting sectors of our economy, but they're bedeviled by one major problem: range anxiety. A new...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
DeepMind Has Finally Thrashed Humans at StarCraft for Real
Alex Lee | Wired
"...after 44 days training the neural network, DeepMind was not only successful...
The idea behind Bitcoin—creating a decentralized currency that allows for secure peer-to-peer transactions without the use of banks—may well be a good one. But...
GENETICS
A New CRISPR Technique Could Fix Almost All Genetic Diseases
Megan Molteni | Wired
"The system, which Liu’s lab has dubbed 'prime editing,' can for the...
In 1930, a year into the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes sat down to write about the economic possibilities of his grandchildren. Despite widespread...
The feats technology is accomplishing these days have become so impressive and fantastical that real headlines often seem like fake news. Robots can play...
There’s a practice in farming not often talked about. To prevent accidental harm to human handlers and other cattle, bulls generally have their horn-producing...
The ability to read genomes has transformed our understanding of biology. Being able to write them would give us unprecedented control over the fabric...
AUTOMATION
Alphabet's Wing Starts Drone Deliveries to US Homes
Kris Holt | Engadget
"Alphabet's Wing has started making deliveries by drone to homes in the US for the...
Why do some leaders and teams achieve great success in complex, uncertain, and fast-changing environments, while others who are equally capable struggle?
Earlier this year,...
Quantum computing is red hot right now, not least after Google's recent announcement that it had achieved quantum supremacy. An analysis by Nature shows...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
How to Stop Superhuman AI Before It Stops Us
Stuart Russell | The New York Times
"Once the focus shifts from building machines that are...
“Hey Google, how’s my health this morning?”
“One moment,” says your digital assistant.
It takes thirty seconds for the full diagnostic to run, as the system...
Following discussions about the societal influence of a technology like the internet feels much like watching a tennis match. One side serves with ‘the...
Delaying “brain age” may sound like the latest quick-fix gimmick on a late-night infomercial, but the science underlying the concept is very real.
Rather than...
AUTOMATION
UPS Gets FAA Clearance to Roll Out a Fleet of Delivery Drones
Allison Matyus | Digital Trends
"The move essentially will allow UPS to create its...
3D printing is about to transform manufacturing as we know it, decimating waste, multiplying speed to market, and harnessing never-before-used materials.
Additive manufacturing products and...
Facebook’s plans to launch a digital currency, Libra, has sent shockwaves through the international finance world and may have sounded the starting gun on...
When astronaut Chris Hadfield serenaded the Earth with Bowie’s Space Oddity, many of us got cracking with back-of-the-envelope calculations attempting to figure out how...
FUTURE
Protesting Climate Change, Young People Take to Streets in a Global Strike
Somini Sengupta | The New York Times
"Anxious about their future on a hotter...
Even if the world manages to keep to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global mean temperatures to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, climate change...
