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Global demand for fossil fuels could peak a decade before experts had previously predicted, which could spell trouble for the economy.
Fossil Fuels

Experts Warn That Demand for Fossil Fuels Could Peak a Decade Earlier Than Predicted

The good news is that the global energy system is tipping toward solar and wind power. The bad news is that it could tank the economy.

By Jon Christian

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf
Climate Change

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf

Antarctica is now the best-mapped continent on Earth.

By Kristin Houser

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s
Neuroscience and Brain

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

Could Alzheimer's be a transmittable disease?

By Kristin Houser

If Artificial Intelligence Only Benefits a Select Few, Everyone Loses
Artificial Intelligence

If Artificial Intelligence Only Benefits a Select Few, Everyone Loses

Workers aren't going to be excited about technology that replaces them, so our economies need to shift.

By Dan Robitzski

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town
Advanced Transport

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town

This car flies like a drone, and it might someday be the way you travel between cities.

By Kristin Houser

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier
Science & Energy

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier

As we make saltwater drinkable, we could endanger delicate ocean ecosystems.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have discovered how to translate brain waves into the actual mood a subject is feeling — and it could lead to new treatments for depression.
Brain

This Device Reads Your Brainwaves to Figure Out Your Mood

If you're feeling down, it could someday give your brain a little boost.

By Jon Christian

Amazon's cage system, which it patented back in 2016, would presumably allow workers to travel safely in active robot zones.
Future Society

An Amazon Patent Would Use Cages to Keep Employees “Safe”

The company has already come up with a better, less-confining solution.

By Kristin Houser

French spacetech startup Kinéis says it will vastly expand the reach of the satellites that track livestock and wildlife animals.
Off-World

How a Tiny Satellite Fleet Will Track Millions of Animals

Subsistence farmers could use the newly-affordable system to track their livestock.

By Jon Christian

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.
Health & Medicine

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

Patients have been hacking together their devices to create a DIY artificial pancreas.

By Kristin Houser

Op-Ed: We Gave Corporations Our Data. Now They’re Deciding How AI Will Affect Our Future.
Artificial Intelligence

Op-Ed: We Gave Corporations Our Data. Now They’re Deciding How AI Will Affect Our Future.

While we’re deciding how we feel about AI, companies like Google are already shaping our future.

By Daniel Wagner

MIT’s New Robot Can Visually Understand Objects It’s Never Seen Before
Artificial Intelligence

MIT’s New Robot Can Visually Understand Objects It’s Never Seen Before

After it learned to pick up one shoe, the system could do the same with shoes it had never seen before.

By Kristin Houser

Drone Racing: The Next Battleground For AI to Try to Dominate Humans
Artificial Intelligence

Drone Racing: The Next Battleground For AI to Try to Dominate Humans

They'll navigate complex courses in a series of four races.

By Kristin Houser

Google’s New Search Engine Could Solve a Major Problem in the Scientific Community
Science & Energy

Google’s New Search Engine Could Solve a Major Problem in the Scientific Community

Need a dataset? Just Google it.

By Kristin Houser

The Most Far-Out Statements From Elon Musk’s Wide-Ranging Interview With Joe Rogan
Elon Musk

The Most Far-Out Statements From Elon Musk’s Wide-Ranging Interview With Joe Rogan

We listened to the whole interview so you didn't have to.

By Victor Tangermann

Artificial intelligence agents in a simulated environment developed became biased against dissimilar agents without any outside influence.
Artificial Intelligence

Left Unchecked, Artificial Intelligence Can Become Prejudiced All On Its Own

Taken to its extreme, AI that runs the world could even develop an anti-human bias.

By Dan Robitzski

Two companies are ready to try manufacturing optical fibers aboard the International Space Station to improve their quality.
Off-World

Two Companies Are Going to Manufacture Optical Fibers in Space

The process could produce purer cables.

By Kristin Houser

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Could Be The Key To Longevity [Affiliate]

The future of health is on the horizon.

By Peter H. Diamandis

A group of hospitals has come together to form Civica Rx, a not-for-profit company that will manufacture in-demand generic medications.
Health & Medicine

Unhappy With a Future Ruled by Pharma, Hospitals Are Making Drugs Themselves

This nonprofit could ensure patients always get the meds they need.

By Kristin Houser

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches
Off-World

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches

We don't need 10 spaceports for 29 launches per year.

By Kristin Houser