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Artificial Intelligence

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Generative AI Reconstructs Videos People Are Watching by Reading Their Brain Activity

Edd Gent - May 26, 2023

The ability of machines to read our minds has been steadily progressing in recent years. Now, researchers have used AI video generation technology to...

ChatGPT Can’t Think—Consciousness Is Something Entirely Different to Today’s AI

May 23, 2023

More Than Half of Americans Think AI Poses a Threat to Humanity

May 18, 2023

A Google AI Chatbot May Soon Take Your Drive-Through Food Order at Wendy’s

May 17, 2023

AI Designed This Statue in the Style of Michelangelo and Other Famous Sculptors

May 11, 2023

Microsoft’s New Deepfake Detector Puts Reality to the Test

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - September 4, 2020

China Wants to Be the World’s AI Superpower. Does It Have What It Takes?

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - January 17, 2021

A Note From Ray Kurzweil on the Recent Call to Pause Work on AI More Powerful Than GPT-4

Ray Kurzweil - May 5, 2023

Meta’s New ChatGPT-Like AI Is Fluent in the Language of Proteins—and Has Already Modeled 700 Million of Them

Shelly Fan - March 21, 2023

Biotechnology

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This AI Can Design Complex Proteins Perfectly Tailored to Our Needs

Shelly Fan - April 24, 2023

Building proteins with AI is like furnishing a house. There are two main strategies. One is the IKEA approach: you buy pre-made pieces that easily...

This Amazing Molecular Syringe Could Smuggle Drugs and Gene Therapies Into Human Cells

April 4, 2023

Mice With Two Dads Were Born From Eggs Made Out of Male Skin Cells

March 28, 2023

Meta’s New ChatGPT-Like AI Is Fluent in the Language of Proteins—and Has Already Modeled 700 Million of Them

March 21, 2023

Scientists Are Using AI to Dream Up Artificial Enzymes

February 28, 2023

Mice With Two Dads Were Born From Eggs Made Out of Male Skin Cells

Shelly Fan - March 28, 2023

Belgian Blues Will Blow Your Mind, These Cows Are Totally Ripped

Aaron Saenz - July 13, 2011

Scientists Grew Human Cells in Monkey Embryos, and Yes, It’s an Ethical Minefield

Shelly Fan - April 20, 2021

This Amazing Molecular Syringe Could Smuggle Drugs and Gene Therapies Into Human Cells

Shelly Fan - April 4, 2023

Computing

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Scientists Merge Biology and Technology by 3D Printing Electronics Inside Living Worms

Edd Gent - April 14, 2023

Finding ways to integrate electronics into living tissue could be crucial for everything from brain implants to new medical technologies. A new approach has...

This Chipmaking Step Is Crucial to the Future of Computing—and Just Got 40x Faster Thanks to Nvidia

March 26, 2023

The Limits of Computing: Why Even in the Age of AI, Some Problems Are Just Too Difficult

March 12, 2023

Biocomputing With Mini-Brains as Processors Could Be More Powerful Than Silicon-Based AI

March 7, 2023

AI-Powered Brain Implant Smashes Speed Record for Turning Thoughts Into Text

January 31, 2023

Quantum Chip Takes Microseconds to Do a Task a Supercomputer Would Spend 9,000 Years On

Shelly Fan - June 7, 2022

Meta Built an AI That Can Guess the Words You’re Hearing by Decoding Your Brainwaves

Edd Gent - September 13, 2022

AI-Powered Brain Implant Smashes Speed Record for Turning Thoughts Into Text

Shelly Fan - January 31, 2023

NVIDIA’s Tiny New AI Transforms Photos Into Full 3D Scenes in Mere Seconds

Jason Dorrier - March 27, 2022

Space

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Gravitational Wave Detector LIGO Is Finally Back Online With Exciting Upgrades to Make It Way More Sensitive

Chad Hanna - May 28, 2023

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the US have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves—tiny ripples in space itself that travel...

Earth Will Likely Dodge ‘Planet Killer’ Asteroids for the Next 1,000 Years

May 21, 2023

What an Alien Civilization Could Learn About Earth From Our Mobile Phone Signals

May 15, 2023

What Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory of the Cosmos Reveals About the Origins of Time and Life

May 12, 2023

NASA Visualization Shows Supermassive Black Holes That Could Swallow Our Solar System Whole

May 7, 2023

A ‘Goldilocks’ Star Reveals a Previously Hidden Step in How Water Gets to Earth

John Tobin - March 17, 2023

What an Alien Civilization Could Learn About Earth From Our Mobile Phone Signals

Michael Garrett - May 15, 2023

Why Do Black Holes Twinkle? Scientists Studied 5,000 Star-Eating Behemoths to Find Out

Christian Wolf - February 9, 2023

NASA Visualization Shows Supermassive Black Holes That Could Swallow Our Solar System Whole

Jason Dorrier - May 7, 2023

Energy

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Microsoft Signs Contract to Buy Power From Nuclear Fusion Reactor by 2028

Edd Gent - May 14, 2023

Fusion energy startups have attracted a lot of attention and investment in recent years, despite experts predicting the technology is still decades away. Now,...

New Report Predicts Nearly 1 in 5 Cars Sold This Year Will Be Electric

April 27, 2023

Solar Panels Floating on Reservoirs Could Provide a Third of the World’s Electricity

March 20, 2023

This Startup Says Nuclear Power Could Be Our Most Effective Climate Solution

March 15, 2023

Blue Origin Says It Can Make Solar Panels Out of Moon Dust

February 19, 2023

Magnetizable Concrete in Roads Could Charge Electric Cars While You Drive

Edd Gent - August 9, 2021

New Report Predicts Nearly 1 in 5 Cars Sold This Year Will Be Electric

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - April 27, 2023

If Energy Becomes Free in the Future, How Will That Affect Our Lives?

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - March 11, 2018

This Solar Car Will Soon Hit Production—and It Costs Less Than $26K

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - July 14, 2022

Future

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JetZero’s Next-Gen Aircraft Could Change How We Fly for the First Time in Decades

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - June 2, 2023

Air travel is a major source of carbon emissions, accounting for about 2.4 percent of global emissions each year. There are a range of...

Earth Will Likely Dodge ‘Planet Killer’ Asteroids for the Next 1,000 Years

May 21, 2023

A Note From Ray Kurzweil on the Recent Call to Pause Work on AI More Powerful Than GPT-4

May 5, 2023

What the Revival of the Ancient Doge Meme Tells Us About the Lifecycle of the Internet

April 30, 2023

Artist Refuses Photography Prize After Admitting His Image Was AI-Generated

April 19, 2023

Uber Wants to Go All-Electric by 2030. It Won’t Be Easy

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - September 10, 2020

China Wants to Be the World’s AI Superpower. Does It Have What It Takes?

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - January 17, 2021

Bitcoin’s Blowing Up, and That’s Good News for Human Rights. Here’s Why

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - February 10, 2021

Democracy Is Ailing. Here’s How We Can Start Reviving It

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - May 17, 2022

Tech

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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 3)

Singularity Hub Staff - June 3, 2023

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Welcome to the New Surreal. How AI-Generated Video Is Changing Film. Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review "The Frost nails its uncanny, disconcerting vibe...