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Artificial Intelligence

This AI Stops People From Lighting up Cigarettes at the Gas Pump

It alerts gas station staff to any signs of unsafe behavior.

DNA

Spotify Will Make a Playlist Based on Your DNA

This is a collaboration we could do without.

Science & Energy

We Can Now See Individual Cells in This Mummy’s Hand

In the future, we'll know a lot more about the past.

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.

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

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

One for China, one for everyone else.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Electrical Stimulation Helped A Man With Paralyzed Legs Walk Again
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.

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

Americans Are Living Longer. That Will Mean More People With Alzheimer’s.
Health & Medicine

Americans Are Living Longer. That Will Mean More People With Alzheimer’s.

Within 40 years, the number of Americans with Alzheimer's will almost triple, the CDC predicts.

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

This Week in Tech: Sept 15-21
Future Society

This Week in Tech: Sept 15-21

Flying cars, hydrogen-powered trains, SpaceX updates, and more tech stuff.

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

Ten Crypto Exchanges Told Us How They Work. Looks Like They’re at Least as Sketchy as We Thought.
Cryptocurrency

Ten Crypto Exchanges Told Us How They Work. Looks Like They’re at Least as Sketchy as We Thought.

If this is what they want us to know, what are they hiding?

CDC officials have traced an outbreak of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria Campylobacter jejuni to pet-store puppies unnecessarily prescribed antibiotics.
Bacteria

Pet Store Puppies Are Spreading Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

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

Japan's space agency just deployed two asteroid-exploring robots from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft, and they could teach us about the solar system's past.
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.

Facebook Makes Dating Service “Facebook Official”
Future Society

Facebook Makes Dating Service “Facebook Official”

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