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Artificial Intelligence

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This DeepMind AI Rapidly Learns New Skills Just by Watching Humans

Edd Gent - December 1, 2023

Teaching algorithms to mimic humans typically requires hundreds or thousands of examples. But a new AI from Google DeepMind can pick up new skills...

A Google DeepMind AI Just Discovered 380,000 New Materials. This Robot Is Cooking Them Up.

November 30, 2023

Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year Reflects Growing Concerns Over AI’s Ability to Deceive

November 28, 2023

An AI Tool Just Revealed Almost 200 New Systems for CRISPR Gene Editing

November 27, 2023

DeepMind Defines Artificial General Intelligence and Ranks Today’s Leading Chatbots

November 26, 2023

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DeepMind Says New Multi-Game AI Is a Step Toward More General Intelligence

Edd Gent - November 20, 2023

OpenAI Mayhem: What We Know Now, Don’t Know Yet, and What Could Be Next

Jason Dorrier - November 22, 2023

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says His Company Is Now Building GPT-5

Jason Dorrier - November 15, 2023

Google DeepMind AI Nails Super Accurate 10-Day Weather Forecasts

Shelly Fan - November 16, 2023

Biotechnology

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Brain Implant Sparks Remarkable Recovery in Patients With Severe Brain Injury

Shelly Fan - December 4, 2023

At 21 years old, a young woman’s life was turned upside down after suffering a blow to the head and severe brain injury during...

An AI Tool Just Revealed Almost 200 New Systems for CRISPR Gene Editing

November 27, 2023

‘Breakthrough’ CRISPR Treatment Slashes Cholesterol in First Human Clinical Trial

November 21, 2023

Biologists Unveil the First Living Yeast Cells With Over 50% Synthetic DNA

November 10, 2023

Spinal Implant Helps a Man With Severe Parkinson’s Walk With Ease Again

November 9, 2023

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Biologists Unveil the First Living Yeast Cells With Over 50% Synthetic DNA

Edd Gent - November 10, 2023

Spinal Implant Helps a Man With Severe Parkinson’s Walk With Ease Again

Shelly Fan - November 9, 2023

How to Give AI a ‘Gut Feeling’ for Which Molecules Will Make the Best Drugs

Shelly Fan - November 3, 2023

Scientists Pump Up Lab-Grown Muscles for Robots With a New Magnetic Workout

Shelly Fan - October 20, 2023

Computing

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What Is Quantum Advantage? The Moment Extremely Powerful Quantum Computers Will Arrive

Daniel Lidar - November 17, 2023

Quantum advantage is the milestone the field of quantum computing is fervently working toward, when a quantum computer can solve problems that are beyond...

A Revolution in Computer Graphics Is Bringing 3D Reality Capture to the Masses

November 6, 2023

Atom Computing Says Its New Quantum Computer Has Over 1,000 Qubits

October 25, 2023

This Brain-Like IBM Chip Could Drastically Cut the Cost of AI

October 24, 2023

Quantum Computers in 2023: Where They Are Now and What’s Next

October 19, 2023

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Atom Computing Says Its New Quantum Computer Has Over 1,000 Qubits

Jason Dorrier - October 25, 2023

IBM’s Brain-Inspired Analog Chip Aims to Make AI More Sustainable

Shelly Fan - August 25, 2023

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

Shelly Fan - June 7, 2022

An IBM Quantum Computer Beat a Supercomputer in a Benchmark Test

Shelly Fan - June 20, 2023

Space

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Are We Ready to Head to Mars? Not So Fast.

Christie Aschwanden - December 3, 2023

In August 1998, 700 people came to Boulder, Colorado to attend the founding convention of the Mars Society. The group’s cofounder and president, Robert...

How the World’s Biggest Optical Telescope Could Crack Some of the Greatest Puzzles in Science

November 8, 2023

Carl Sagan Detected Life on Earth 30 Years Ago—Here’s Why His Experiment Still Matters Today

October 26, 2023

Starlink Satellites Are ‘Leaking’ Signals That Interfere With Our Most Sensitive Radio Telescopes

October 13, 2023

Have We Already Recorded Proof of Alien Civilizations? There’s Only One Way to Know for Sure

September 27, 2023

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The Biggest Simulation of the Universe Yet Stretches Back to the Big Bang

Jason Dorrier - September 17, 2021

Short Space Film “Wanderers” Reminds Us We Are All Explorers

Sveta McShane - December 2, 2014

Watch a Robot 3D Printing the Rocket for Relativity Space’s First Orbital Launch

Jason Dorrier - March 28, 2021

Starlink Satellites Are ‘Leaking’ Signals That Interfere With Our Most Sensitive Radio Telescopes

Steven Tingay - October 13, 2023

Energy

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Scientists Fire Up the World’s Largest Fusion Reactor for the First Time

Edd Gent - November 2, 2023

Fusion power startups have attracted considerable attention and investment in the last few years. But the powering up of the world’s largest fusion reactor...

Could Powering AI Gobble Up as Much Energy as a Small Country?

October 15, 2023

How Flash Heating Plastic Waste Could Produce Green Hydrogen and Graphene

October 8, 2023

Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Gains Momentum With a Big New Closed-Loop System

September 14, 2023

Amid Energy Price Spike, 86% of New Renewable Electricity Was Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels Last Year

September 8, 2023

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

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - March 11, 2018

New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission

Jason Dorrier - August 30, 2020

Startup Will Drill 12 Miles Into Earth’s Crust to Tap the Boundless Energy Below

Jason Dorrier - February 14, 2022

Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Gains Momentum With a Big New Closed-Loop System

Edd Gent - September 14, 2023

Future

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How Flash Heating Plastic Waste Could Produce Green Hydrogen and Graphene

Edd Gent - October 8, 2023

Hydrogen could be a green fuel of the future, but at present it’s mainly made out of fossil fuels in a process that generates...

Quantum Computers Could Crack Encryption Sooner Than Expected With New Algorithm

October 2, 2023

When Hordes of Little AI Chatbots Are More Useful Than Giants Like ChatGPT

October 1, 2023

You’ll Soon Be Able to Buy Genetically Engineered Glow-in-the-Dark Petunias

September 24, 2023

The Limits of Our Personal Experience and the Value of Statistics

September 22, 2023

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Technology Feels Like It’s Accelerating — Because It Actually Is

Alison E. Berman - March 22, 2016

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

Ray Kurzweil - May 5, 2023

The World in 2025: 8 Predictions for the Next 10 Years

Peter H. Diamandis, MD - May 11, 2015

When Hordes of Little AI Chatbots Are More Useful Than Giants Like ChatGPT

Stuart Mills - October 1, 2023

Tech

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Brain Implant Sparks Remarkable Recovery in Patients With Severe Brain Injury

Shelly Fan - December 4, 2023

At 21 years old, a young woman’s life was turned upside down after suffering a blow to the head and severe brain injury during...

Are We Ready to Head to Mars? Not So Fast.

December 3, 2023

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 2)

December 2, 2023

This DeepMind AI Rapidly Learns New Skills Just by Watching Humans

December 1, 2023

A Google DeepMind AI Just Discovered 380,000 New Materials. This Robot Is Cooking Them Up.

November 30, 2023

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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 2)

Singularity Hub Staff - December 2, 2023

Scientists 3D Print a Complex Robotic Hand With Bones, Tendons, and Ligaments

Shelly Fan - November 24, 2023

‘Breakthrough’ CRISPR Treatment Slashes Cholesterol in First Human Clinical Trial

Shelly Fan - November 21, 2023

Are We Ready to Head to Mars? Not So Fast.

Christie Aschwanden - December 3, 2023

Robotics

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A Google DeepMind AI Just Discovered 380,000 New Materials. This Robot Is Cooking Them Up.

Shelly Fan - November 30, 2023

A robot chemist just teamed up with an AI brain to create a trove of new materials. Two collaborative studies from Google DeepMind and the...

Scientists 3D Print a Complex Robotic Hand With Bones, Tendons, and Ligaments

November 24, 2023

Amazon Delivery Drones: How the Sky Could Be the Limit for Market Dominance

November 1, 2023

Could Having Robot Coworkers Make Us Lazier? Yep, Pretty Much, Study Says

October 22, 2023

Scientists Pump Up Lab-Grown Muscles for Robots With a New Magnetic Workout

October 20, 2023

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How Robots Helped Create 100,000 Jobs at Amazon

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - February 10, 2017

This Is What Happens When We Debate Ethics in Front of Superintelligent AI

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - March 19, 2017

How Technology Is Driving Us Toward Peak Globalization

Banning Garrett - October 22, 2017

When Intelligent Machines Cause Accidents, Who Is Legally Responsible?

Peter Rejcek - January 30, 2017

Science

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Did This Chemical Reaction Create the Building Blocks of Life on Earth?

Quoc Phuong Tran - November 25, 2023

How did life begin? How did chemical reactions on the early Earth create complex, self-replicating structures that developed into living things as we know...

Carl Sagan Detected Life on Earth 30 Years Ago—Here’s Why His Experiment Still Matters Today

October 26, 2023

Scientists Unearth Brand New Links Between Genes and Disease in Our Blood

October 6, 2023

Organisms Without Brains Can Learn, Too—So What Does It Mean to Be a Thinking Creature?

October 5, 2023

Scientists Crack How Gravity Affects Antimatter: What That Means for Our Understanding of the Universe

September 28, 2023

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New Study Finds a Single Neuron Is a Surprisingly Complex Little Computer

Jason Dorrier - September 12, 2021

What’s the Origin of Consciousness? Global Effort Puts Two Top Theories to the Test

Shelly Fan - June 2, 2021

Can Consciousness Be Explained by Quantum Physics? New Research

Cristiane de Morais Smith - July 25, 2021

How Virtual Reality Unveiled a Unique Brain Wave That Could Boost Learning

Shelly Fan - July 6, 2021