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Artificial Intelligence
AI Can Now Design Proteins and DNA. Scientists Warn We Need Biosecurity Rules Before It’s Too Late.
Shelly Fan
This Light-Powered AI Chip Is 100x Faster Than a Top Nvidia GPU
Edd Gent
Hugging Face Says AI Models With Reasoning Use 30x More Energy on Average
Edd Gent
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Is 2025 the Year AI Agents Take Over? Industry Bets Billions on AI’s Killer App
The Tech World Is ‘Disrupting’ Book Publishing. But Do We Want Effortless Art?
Most Supposedly ‘Open’ AI Systems Are Actually Closed—and That’s a Problem
Watch the Complete Evolution of the Terminator’s Killer Robots
OpenAI’s GPT-4o Makes AI Clones of Real People With Surprising Ease
Take a Ride in a Fully Autonomous Tesla Today [Video]
Biotechnology
AI Can Now Design Proteins and DNA. Scientists Warn We Need Biosecurity Rules Before It’s Too Late.
Shelly Fan
Kids With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Show Dramatic Improvement With FDA-Approved Gene Therapy
Shelly Fan
Five-Year-Old Mini Brains Can Now Mimic a Kindergartener’s Neural Wiring. It’s Time to Talk Ethics.
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Exosomes Are Being Hyped as a ‘Silver Bullet’ Therapy. Scientists Say No.
‘Mirror Bacteria’ Could Wreak Havoc on Life and the Environment, Scientists Warn
AI That Can Design Life’s Machinery From Scratch Had a Big Year. Here’s What Happens Next.
How to Be Healthy at 100: Centenarian Stem Cells Could Hold the Key
Neuralink Rival’s Biohybrid Implant Connects to the Brain With Living Neurons
Thousands of Undiscovered Genes May Be Hidden in DNA ‘Dark Matter’
Computing
This Light-Powered AI Chip Is 100x Faster Than a Top Nvidia GPU
Edd Gent
How Scientists Are Growing Computers From Human Brain Cells—and Why They Want to Keep Doing It
Bram Servais
These Brain Implants Are Smaller Than Cells and Can Be Injected Into Veins
Shelly Fan
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Google’s Latest Quantum Computing Breakthrough Shows Practical Machines Are Within Reach
Neuralink Rival’s Biohybrid Implant Connects to the Brain With Living Neurons
Quantum Computers in 2023: Where They Are Now and What’s Next
Quantum Computers Take a Major Step With Error Correction Breakthrough
6 Things Quantum Computers Will Be Incredibly Useful For
Women Working on the Frontiers of Technology
Space
The Era of Private Space Stations Launches in 2026
Edd Gent
Data Centers in Space: Will 2027 Really Be the Year AI Goes to Orbit?
Domenico Vicinanza
Scientists Say We Need a Circular Space Economy to Avoid Trashing Orbit
Edd Gent
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ET May Look Nothing Like Life on Earth. Scientists Want a Universal Theory of Life to Describe It.
Short Space Film “Wanderers” Reminds Us We Are All Explorers
Astronomers Have Pinpointed the Origin of Mysterious Repeating Radio Bursts From Space
How Could the Big Bang Arise From Nothing?
Women Working on the Frontiers of Technology
A Ferocious Asteroid Strike Demolished an Ancient Middle Eastern City 3,600 Years Ago
Future
How Will the Universe End? The Dark Eternity That Awaits Us Trillions of Years From Now
Stephen DiKerby
Data Centers in Space: Will 2027 Really Be the Year AI Goes to Orbit?
Domenico Vicinanza
How Scientists Are Growing Computers From Human Brain Cells—and Why They Want to Keep Doing It
Bram Servais
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Is 2025 the Year AI Agents Take Over? Industry Bets Billions on AI’s Killer App
Inside VillageOS: A ‘SimCity’-Like Tool for Regenerative Living Spaces
Watch the Complete Evolution of the Terminator’s Killer Robots
Short Space Film “Wanderers” Reminds Us We Are All Explorers
Ray Kurzweil’s Mind-Boggling Predictions for the Next 25 Years
The World in 2025: 8 Predictions for the Next 10 Years
Tech
AI Companies Are Betting Billions on AI Scaling Laws. Will Their Wager Pay Off?
Nathan Garland
Super Precise 3D Printer Uses a Mosquito’s Needle-Like Mouth as a Nozzle
Shelly Fan
Is the AI Bubble About to Burst? What to Watch for as the Markets Wobble
Alex Dryden
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This Huge Robot Will Drive Up and Build You a House [Video]
Take a Ride in a Fully Autonomous Tesla Today [Video]
Coronavirus Is Changing How We Live, Work, and Use Tech—Permanently
Virtual Influencers Are on the Rise. How Far Will Their Influence Go?
Top Takeaways From The Economist Innovation Summit
Where Artificial Intelligence Is Now and What’s Just Around the Corner
Robotics
These Robots Are the Size of Single Cells and Cost Just a Penny Apiece
Shelly Fan
In Wild Experiment, Surgeon Uses Robot to Remove Blood Clot in Brain 4,000 Miles Away
Edd Gent
A Squishy New Robotic ‘Eye’ Automatically Focuses Like Our Own
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This Soft Robot Stingray Just Explored the Deepest Point in the Ocean
This Huge Robot Will Drive Up and Build You a House [Video]
Watch the Complete Evolution of the Terminator’s Killer Robots
Watch: Boston Dynamics’ New Electric Atlas Robot Gets Down to Work
Take a Ride in a Fully Autonomous Tesla Today [Video]
Ray Kurzweil Predicts Three Technologies Will Define Our Future
Science
How Will the Universe End? The Dark Eternity That Awaits Us Trillions of Years From Now
Stephen DiKerby
Five-Year-Old Mini Brains Can Now Mimic a Kindergartener’s Neural Wiring. It’s Time to Talk Ethics.
Shelly Fan
Are Animals and AI Conscious? Scientists Devise New Theories for How to Test This
Andrew Barron
andColin Klein
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ET May Look Nothing Like Life on Earth. Scientists Want a Universal Theory of Life to Describe It.
The Secret to Predicting How Your Brain Will Age May Be in Your Blood
Thousands of Undiscovered Genes May Be Hidden in DNA ‘Dark Matter’
Humans Didn’t Invent Mathematics, It’s What the World Is Made Of
AI and Scientists Face Off to See Who Can Come Up With the Best Ideas
Did the Early Cosmos Inflate Like a Balloon? A Mirror Universe Going Backwards in Time May Be a Simpler Explanation
