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Artificial Intelligence

A Virtual Playground Lets AI Practice Complex Tasks And Chores

To anyone who played Sims, this looks pretty familiar.

Health & Medicine

The FDA Puts the Brakes on A Major CRISPR Trial in Humans

If it works, the treatment could go a long way towards improving the lives of people with sickle cell disease.

Robotics

This Aerial Robot Can Change Its Shape Mid-Flight

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s… kinda both?

Universal Basic Income

A California City Is Gearing Up To Test Universal Basic Income

A similar trial stopped early in Finland. But maybe it'll work in the US.

Food

Embattled GMO Golden Rice Is Now Allowed in US Food Supply

The global tide may slowly be turning in favor of GMOs.

Robotics

The Cyborgs Are Here: Researchers Put Living Cells In A Robotic Finger

The tiny bot blurs the line between the living and nonliving.

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Will Start Making Its Own AI Chips To Stop Violent Livestreams

The network wants to eliminate the delay between when a violent livestream begins and when the system takes it down.

Neuroscience and Brain

We’ve Reached A New Level In Bionics: Artificial Limbs We Forget Are Artificial

A new amputation technique can give people a more realistic sense of feeling.

3D Printing

Millions of People Need New Corneas. Now We Can 3D Print Them.

Damaged corneas can cause vision problems or even blindness. We could soon have a new way to help people get new ones.

Science & Energy

China Isn’t Taking Our Recycling. Here’s What We Could Do With It Instead.

The staggering amount of paper and plastic we shipped to China in the past will have to find a new home.

Data Privacy

Two States Are Trying To Give People Control Over Their Online Data

New laws in Vermont and proposed legislation in California would require companies to be more transparent in how user data is stored and sold.

Off-World

Future Space Tourists Might Have To Train Before Their Trips

Space travel is rough on the body.

Health & Medicine

Here’s What Ambien Can Actually Do To You

Perhaps it’s best to turn off your phone and go right to bed.

Health & Medicine

We Can Now Treat Sick Babies With Stem Cells Before They’re Even Born

Baby Elianna is alive and seems to be healthy, thanks to a first-of-its-kind treatment.

Future Society

Papua New Guinea Is About To Block Facebook To Curtail Hate Speech, Fake Profiles, And Porn

The government intends to explore how Facebook has been misused, but some in Papua New Guinea say they're about to lose their right to free speech.

Robotics

Las Vegas Food Service Workers Are Going on Strike So They Don’t Lose Their Jobs to Robots

The 50,000-member union wants to work with robots, not be replaced by them.

Facial recognition

Facial Recognition Experts Perform The Best With An AI Sidekick

Trained forensic experts can match faces better when paired with an AI vs. another human.

Quantum Physics

Scientists Invented A Real-Life Flux Capacitor

It won't power your car as you travel through time, but it could help usher in the age of quantum computing.

Internet Of Things

Smart Roads Could Soon Call An Ambulance, Connect You to the Internet

Exciting sci-fi vision of the future, or highway to hell?

Self-Driving Vehicles

Yes, Autonomous Cars Are Going To Kill People Before They Save Lives, Expert Says

Someday we could eliminate car crashes altogether. But we're not there yet.