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Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk: Unregulated AI Could Be The “Biggest Risk We Face as a Civilization”

"AI is a rare case where I think we need to be proactive in regulation instead of reactive. Because I think by the time we are reactive in AI regulation, it’s too late."

Future Society

Paramount Pictures Just Hired a Futurist in Residence to Guide the Future of Film

It seems like we’re on the verge of the next tech revolution in film.

Energy

A Self-Fueling Boat Just Set Sail on a Six-Year Worldwide Journey

And it is providing a practical example of emissions-free energy all over the world.

Agriculture

Researchers Engineer Bionic Spinach Plants to Detect Bombs

This application is among the first demonstrations of plant nanobionics.

3D Printing

This 3D-Printed Human Heart Can Do Everything a Real One Can

Like a real heart, down to the last beat.

Off-World

The Reason We’ve Never Found Intelligent Life Might be Because We Are Already Going Extinct

Climate change might be humanity’s "Great Filter."

Science & Energy

New Report Says Electric Cars Will Dominate European Markets by 2035

All roads point to electric vehicles.

Health & Medicine

We Will Extend Our Lives but Not Attain Immortality, Says Anti-Aging Researcher

“I think we should really resist the I-word."

Off-World

New Tech May Temper Space Companies’ Overly Optimistic Timelines

Space agencies and companies are learning to avoid “the planning fallacy.”

Blockchain

A New Startup Just Proved That Blockchain Is Going to Utterly Transform Our Future

The company sold of million in digital tokens in just 10 minutes

Future Society

International Collaboration Between Scientists Is Becoming Difficult

When scientists can't collaborate, everyone loses.

Future Society

China Set to Launch the World’s First Quantum Communication Network

“We plan to use the network for national defense, finance and other fields, and hope to spread it out as a pilot that if successful, can be used across China and the whole world.”

Moon

Saturn’s Largest Moon Could Power a Population the Size of the U.S.

“I think long-term, after Mars, Titan’s probably the next most important place that people will have an extended presence.”

Google

A Branch of Google’s Parent Company is Releasing 20 Million Mosquitos in California to Fight Zika

This is the largest such field trial in U.S. history and part of a major effort to fight Zika virus and dengue fever.

Off-World

Scientists from Project Manhattan Wanted to Land on Saturn by 1970

Learn the history of Project Orion.

Virtual Reality

Facebook Wants to Start Selling a $200 VR Headset by Next Year

VR headsets are about to get a lot more affordable.

From Quarks to Quasars

What Created This Huge 262 ft (79 m) Hole at The ‘End of the World’?

One really big hole. Many possible causes.

NASA

Former NASA Climate Chief Warns That Earth Could Become “Practically Ungovernable”

The repercussions go beyond just higher temperatures.

Google

Microsoft Takes On Google and Deep Mind with AI Research Lab

They will also be creating an AI ethics oversight panel.

Future Society

MIT Developed Glasses-Free Tech to Watch 3D Movies at Home

Get ready to ditch those glasses for good.