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DNA

Spotify Will Make a Playlist Based on Your DNA

This is a collaboration we could do without.

Artificial Intelligence

This Musician Created an AI to Write Songs For Him, And They’re Pretty Strange

An “auxiliary human” composed the lyrics and melodies.

Future Society

The World of the Future Will Have Two Separate Internets, Former Google CEO Predicts

One for China, one for everyone else.

Science & Energy

Steel Is A Huge Polluter. New Technologies Could Make it Green.

Steel is a really useful material. It'd be better if we could make it without emitting so much carbon dioxide.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Just Took A “Spectacular Step” Towards Lab-Grown Human Egg Cells

We've never been this close to creating human eggs.

Off-World

Here Are the First Photos Japan’s Robot Landers Sent Back From an Asteroid

The robots have landed. We repeat, the robots have landed.

Artificial Intelligence

The Digest: Yes, China Is Winning the A.I. Race, Because How the Hell Could They Lose It?

It's about resources, one of which is unobstructed state control.

Artificial Intelligence

When Will We Have Artificial Intelligence As Smart as a Human? Here’s What Experts Think

Robots in the movies can think creatively, continue learning over time, and maybe even pass for conscious. Why don't we have that yet?

Health & Medicine

Electrical Stimulation Helped A Man With Paralyzed Legs Walk Again

He took 331 steps, traversing more than the length of a football field.

Future Society

Social Media Games Your Psychology. Ethical Design Could Change That.

“Very few things are more important now to the future of humanity than design ethics.”

Science & Energy

One Way to Sate South Africa’s Thirst: Bring in an Iceberg

It's a cartoonish scheme, but Cape Town may soon be desperate for water.

Quantum Computing

The World’s First Practical Quantum Computer May Be Just Five Years Away

A practical quantum computer would leave your desktop in the dust.

Bacteria

Pet Store Puppies Are Spreading Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Another good reason not to let random dogs lick your mouth.

Off-World

A Pair of Japanese Robots (Hopefully) Just Landed on an Asteroid

The bots will take photos and temperature readings while bouncing around the asteroid.

Future Society

Facebook Makes Dating Service “Facebook Official”

Facebook: where your dad can "like" your status while you browse potential flings.

Mars

Traveling To Mars Will Blast Astronauts With Deadly Cosmic Radiation, New Data Shows

A round-trip to Mars delivers the equivalent of 600 chest x-rays.

Prosthetics and Devices

“Synthetic Skin” Could Give Prosthesis Users a Superhuman Sense of Touch

This skin could feel a breeze so gentle the average person wouldn't even notice it.

Artificial Intelligence

New AI Could Stop Your Bank From Freezing Your Card When You Buy Something Weird

It could be the difference between getting stranded in the airport of a foreign city, and being on your merry way.

Google

Here’s Why Google Built an AI-Powered Lion Statue That Spits out Poems

Google's instructions: "please feed the lions."

Health & Medicine

Why Scientists Grew a Tiny Human Esophagus in a Lab

There's now another body part we can grow in the lab.