Uber Wants to Go All-Electric by 2030. It Won’t Be Easy
The coronavirus pandemic has been an all-around nightmare, but there are a few silver linings. One of these is a renewed focus on the...
Oxford Scientists: These Are Final Steps We’re Taking to Get Our Coronavirus Vaccine Approved
Of the hundreds of potential Covid-19 vaccines in development, six are in the final stages of testing, known as phase three clinical trials. One...
An Army of Microscopic Robots Is Ready to Patrol Your Body
If I were to picture futuristic bots that could revolutionize both microrobotics and medicine, a Pop-Tart with four squiggly legs would not be on...
A New Breakthrough Just Brought City-Wide Quantum Communication Into Reach
A quantum internet promises a truly unhackable way to communicate, but most proposals so far only link two users at a time and require...
Why We Need Mass Automation to Pandemic-Proof the Supply Chain
The scale of goods moving around the planet at any moment is staggering. Raw materials are dug up in one country, spun into parts...
Solarpunk Is Growing a Gorgeous New World in the Cracks of the Old One
What will the future look, smell, sound, taste, and feel like? And why on Earth—and other planets—are those questions relevant, especially given the havoc...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through September 5)
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Did You Fly a Jetpack Over Los Angeles This Weekend? Because the FBI Is Looking for You
Tom McKay | Gizmodo
"Did you fly a jetpack...
Microsoft’s New Deepfake Detector Puts Reality to the Test
The upcoming US presidential election seems set to be something of a mess—to put it lightly. Covid-19 will likely deter millions from voting in...
How to Navigate the Coronavirus Crisis With Innovation at Warp Speed
"It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." –Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek
Many of...
How a New Solar and Lighting Technology Could Propel a Renewable Energy Transformation
The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history. This is particularly...
Stream or Skip? A Synthetic Biologist’s Review of ‘Biohackers’ on Netflix
Glow-in-the-dark mice, gene-modded weed, and payment microchips in your hand? That's the surprisingly realistic science backdrop of Biohackers, but that's where it stays.
Biohackers, the...
Neuralink’s Wildly Anticipated New Brain Implant: the Hype vs. the Science
Neuralink’s wildly anticipated demo last Friday left me with more questions than answers. With a presentation teeming with promises and vision but scant on...
Could Quantum Computing Progress Be Halted by Background Radiation?
Doing calculations with a quantum computer is a race against time, thanks to the fragility of the quantum states at their heart. And new...
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission
A famous image of inventor Nikola Tesla shows him casually sitting on a chair, legs crossed, taking notes—oblivious to the profusion of artificial lightning...
