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This Virtual Library in Minecraft Gives a Voice to Censored Journalists
Future Society

This Virtual Library in Minecraft Gives a Voice to Censored Journalists

By Natalie Coleman

Touring musicians have a large carbon footprint, the New Yorker writes, so eco-conscious bands are working to lower their environmental impact.
Environment

Touring Musicians Are Brutal on the Environment

By Natalie Coleman

Deaths, injuries, and suicide attempts have landed Amazon on a list of the country’s most dangerous employers according to a new report from The Guardian.
Future Society

After Deaths, Amazon Lands on List of Most Dangerous Employers

By Natalie Coleman

An experiment in California tested how people would spend a universal basic income, and found that most spent it on food, utility bills and clothing.
Universal Basic Income

Basic Income Recipients Spent the Money on “Literal Necessities”

By Natalie Coleman

A new paper argues that the “primary colonists” of Mars should be microbes like the ones which support life on Earth in order to terraform the Red Planet.
Science & Energy

Contaminating Mars With Microbes Could Kickstart Colonization

By Natalie Coleman

Chinese-owned video social media sharing app TikTok is accused of censoring its user's content surrounding protests against in the government in Hong Kong.
Future Society

China Appears to Be Censoring Hong Kong Protests From TikTok

By Natalie Coleman

NASA's TESS mission has a new discovery: a small exoplanet named L 98-59b, the tiniest TESS has ever spotted, which NASA says could have its own atmosphere.
Exoplanets

NASA’s TESS Mission Has Spotted Its Smallest Exoplanet Ever

By Natalie Coleman

To prevent shootings, schools and public places are installing "aggression detectors" for monitoring students for angry behavior before it becomes violence.
Future Society

“Aggression Detectors” Monitoring Students Don’t Really Work

By Natalie Coleman

By using machine learning technology, video game modders are reviving classic old games by giving their graphics a major update.
Machine Learning

Machine Learning Is Giving Retro Games Cutting-Edge Graphics

By Natalie Coleman

A new AI tool called PetSwap uses a deepfake algorithm to morph photos of animals, or humans, into a variety of species, like Animorphs.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Shows What You’d Look Like as a Puppy

By Natalie Coleman

Chinese artist Guo O Dong is selling a laptop infected with the six most dangeous viruses in history for $1.2 million dollars.
Viruses

This Dude Is Selling a Virus-Infested Laptop For $1.2 Million

By Natalie Coleman

A new update to the city-builder video game Surviving Mars allows the player to terraform the Red Planet, turning it green.
Mars

Want to Terraform Mars? This Game Gives You the Chance

By Natalie Coleman

As we move closer to colonizing Mars, one evolutionary biologist wonders: how will humans evolve to cope with life on the Red Planet?
Mars

Evolutionary Biologist: Mars Colonists Will Mutate Really Fast

By Natalie Coleman

Lawmakers in the US have proposed a bill that would regulate in-game purchases for children's video games, signaling new efforts to protect gamers.
Virtual Reality

Lawmakers Want to Regulate Video Games Targeted at Children

By Natalie Coleman

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests
Neuroscience and Brain

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests

By Natalie Coleman

Researchers have developed a voice analysis program that uses artificial intelligence to accurately and objectively diagnose PTSD.
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Can Detect PTSD in Your Voice

By Natalie Coleman