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Moon

NASA Wants Its Deep Space Gateway Habitat To Orbit The Moon By 2024

It's a very ambitious timeline. Here's how NASA plans to make it happen.

Artificial Intelligence

If We Ever Want Artificial General Intelligence, Governments Need To Invest In It

Startups with super-narrow algorithms aren't ever going to make AGI happen.

Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Artificial Intelligence Could Run The World Better Than Humans Ever Could

Humans are pretty terrible at making choices that are good for us in the long term. AI could do better.

Health & Medicine

In the Future, We’ll All Have STDs. Just like in the Past.

This is one area where we aren't making much progress.

Physics

An Acceleration Breakthrough Could Fundamentally Change How We Study Particles

Smaller, more powerful accelerators might be coming.

Universal Basic Income

Y Combinator’s Basic Income Experiment Is off to a Slow Start

Basic income might not be ready for the mainstream.

Robotics

The Military’s Newest Tool Will Make Sure A Robot Can Get up by Itself After It Falls

Good software means you can’t keep this robot down.

Energy

This Industrial Blue Dye Could Help Us Build Better Batteries

Liquid batteries are super efficient and recharge quickly — perfect for storing energy from wind farms.

Future Society

Amazon’s Cashier-Free Stores Are Going National. And It Might Just Change the Future of Retail.

Amazon may be starting an industry-wide trend.

Pollution

Dumber Humans — That’s Just One Effect of a More Polluted Future

If we don't want a dumber society, we've gotta have cleaner air.

Physics

We’re Almost Able to Cool Antimatter. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.

We barely know what antimatter is, and that's why we need to get a better look at it.

Advanced Transport

Japan Wants to Be the First Place Where Flying Cars Are Standard Because of Course

And it has a dream team of companies ready to help it.

Science & Energy

15 Years Ago, We Sequenced the Human Genome. Now We Can 3D Map It.

If we're going to synthesize our own genome someday, we need to know where to put that double helix.

Artificial Intelligence

The World’s First Digital Teacher Just Debuted in New Zealand

Tomorrow's teachers won't all be flesh and blood.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Couldn’t Beat a Team of Professional Gamers at DOTA 2, but It Held Its Own

A few last-minute gameplay changes might have tripped up the AI.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Claims a Tesla Semi Prototype Drove “Across the Country Alone”

All it needed was the Supercharger network and an extension cord.

From Quarks to Quasars

What’s The Moon’s “Real” Name?

Think you know the answer?

Robotics

It’s Really Easy for Hackers to Take Control of Robots

A bot that utters, "Hello from the hackers" might just be a nightmare come to life.

Future Society

Facial Recognition Tech Catches Traveler With Fake Papers

This is a big win for the tech, but it could be a big blow to travelers' privacy.

Prosthetics and Devices

A Tech Company Wants to Implant GPS Trackers in Dementia Patients

Is this really the best way to keep wanderers safe?