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Though Google's Project Dragonfly made headlines, a number of American scientists are helping Chinese build its ubiquitous surveillance state.
Education

Americans Built Tech for China’s Sinister “Re-Education Camps”

MIT and Yale — and possibly Microsoft — are helping build China's surveillance state.

By Dan Robitzski

A new report by UBS predicts that soon high speed travel through the near reaches of space will compete with long-haul airline flights.
Advanced Transport

Analysts: Rocket Jumps Between Earth Cities Could Smash Airlines

"Space tourism could be the stepping stone for the development of long-haul travel on earth serviced by space."

By Victor Tangermann

A new report by Spain's IE University found that a quarter of Europeans would rather be governed by artificial intelligence than a human politician.
Artificial Intelligence

A Quarter of Europeans Trust AI More Than Politicians

They'd rather ditch human politicians and put robots in charge, according to new research.

By Dan Robitzski

A Call to Action on the First Day of Spring to Help Our Planet
Climate Change

A Call to Action on the First Day of Spring to Help Our Planet

A powerful solution to rebalance our planet: trees.

By Dan Lambe, president of the Arbor Day Foundation

Ford is officially building a new self-driving car plant in Michigan aimed at its line-up of next-generation all-electric or hybrid vehicles.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Breaking: Ford is Building a Self-Driving Car Factory in Michigan

"This facility will be about more than just putting the brains into these autonomous vehicles."

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese officials have cloned a top-performing police dog, state media announced, with the goal of stamping out genetically identical dog cops.
Science & Energy

China Clones Top Police Dog, With Goal of “Mass Production”

The goal is to stamp out perfect, identical K-9 units.

By Jon Christian

A panel of scientists just recommended to the Japanese government that CRISPR-edited foods should be declared safe to eat.
Food

Japan Poised to Declare CRISPR-Edited Foods Safe to Eat

This could be a huge moment for global food systems.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report the U.S. added 64,389 full-time legal cannabis jobs last year — a 44 percent gain in the workforce in 2018.
Future Society

Report: Marijuana Is the Fastest Growing Job Sector in the U.S.

"US marijuana legalization is a rare example of disruption creating jobs rather than destroying them."

By Victor Tangermann

"Super Worm Moon" and "Super Moon" don't mean anything. They may get people hyped about space, but they can be misleading.
Moon

The “Super Worm Moon” Is Ridiculous and It’s Time to Stop

Calm down, Karen. "Super Moons" happen all the time.

By Jacob Banas

Engineer and author Kevin Morris argues that an "economic singularity" may be coming, where robots and AI can automate all the jobs there are.
Future Society

New Futurist Fear: “Economic Singularity” Could Kill Jobs Forever

Automated workplaces are no good if people don't have the incomes to support them.

By Dan Robitzski

With CRISPR gene editing, scientists hope to be able to create human-pig hybrids that will let us grow and harvest life-saving human organs.
Health & Medicine

This Guy Is Trying to Grow Organs in Pig-Human Hybrids

"It would be horrible to imagine a form of human consciousness locked in the body of an animal."

By Dan Robitzski

A city in South Korea installed flickering lights and laser beams at its crosswalks to grab the attention of "smartphone zombies."
Future Society

South Korean App Warns Smartphone Addicts Not to Step Into Traffic

Hold on, my phone says there's a car about to run over me.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just announced that one of its spacecrafts has made a surprise discovery: "particle plumes erupting" from the surface of a large asteroid called Bennu.
NASA

NASA Shocked by “Plumes Erupting From an Asteroid’s Surface”

"The discovery of plumes is one of the biggest surprises of my scientific career."

By Jon Christian

Toyota is manufacturing a small amount of hydrogen fuel-powered cars in Japan. Right now they cost a prohibitive $50,000 but may cheapen with scale.
Energy

Toyota is Selling a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car for $50,000

"We go to the same gas station and fuel up in the same few minutes."

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Military is Buying a Brutal-Looking Powered Exoskeleton
Military

The U.S. Military is Buying a Brutal-Looking Powered Exoskeleton

They give its wearers "the strength of a forklift but a gentler touch."

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates issued a grave warning Monday, comparing advanced artificial intelligence to nuclear weapons.
Artificial Intelligence

Bill Gates Compares Artificial Intelligence to Nuclear Weapons

Gates called AI "both promising and dangerous" — and compared the tech to nuclear weapons.

By Jon Christian

Leaders from 25 nations, including China, Russia, and the U.S. are currently meeting in Geneva to draft laws that would prevent a space arms race.
Off-World

25 Governments Are Meeting Right Now to Prevent a Space Arms Race

The U.S. just accused China and Russia of developing anti-satellite weaponry.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Caltech have found a way to levitate and propel objects of practically any size or shape by using only light.
Space

Researchers Found a Way to Levitate Objects Using Only Light

Scientists say their new "levitation" tech could send a spacecraft to the nearest star in just 20 years.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at Cambridge University say they've grown a miniature brain in a petri dish that seizes control of nearby spinal cords around it.
Brain

Lab-Grown Brain Uses “Tendrils” to Grab, Control Spinal Cords

Then it uses its new spinal cord to control muscles. Seriously.

By Jon Christian

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says that anti-vaxxers are putting the country at risk of facing epidemics of dangerous, preventable diseases.
Health & Medicine

FDA Head: Anti-Vaxxers Could Soon Cause an Epidemic

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says anti-vaxxers are poised to do real damage.

By Dan Robitzski