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Robots and Machines

Tech May Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor

Robots could help the rich get richer, while the poor struggle to stay afloat.

Pollution

WHO Report: A Quarter of Childhood Deaths are Due to Environmental Pollution

The three most common causes of death in children are preventable.

Robotics

MIT Tech Lets You Control Robots With Your Thoughts

This technology makes it less likely that robots will develop a mind of their own.

Science & Energy

A New Reusable Sponge Can Absorb 90 Times Its Weight in Oil

It soaks up oil like fossil fuel companies soak up profits.

Artificial Intelligence

Anthrobotics: Where The Human Ends and the Robot Begins

Nearly 3 billion AI minds will be turning on in the next 5 years. What does that mean for humanity?

Future Society

3D Imaging Is Helping Us Save History for the Future

Cameras could let us quite literally bring historical artifacts back to life.

3D Printing

NASA Astronauts Can Now 3D-Print Pizzas in Space

Because that delivery charge would have been a beast.

Mars

NASA Has Plans to Give Mars a “Magnetic Shield” to Enable Human Colonization

It's terraforming like previous peoples only dreamed.

Science & Energy

Why String Theory May Be the Key to Uncovering A “Theory of Everything”

Explaining all of physics in just one theory? It may be possible.

Pollution

Smog in Parts of the U.S. Comes From Air Pollution in Asia

We can no longer pretend that Asian air pollution isn’t a global problem.

Quantum Computing

IBM Aims to Build the First Commercial Quantum Computer in ‘the Next Few Years’

Get ready for a new age in processing power.

Advanced Transport

Airbus’ New Futuristic Cars Fly, but Not in the Way You Expect

16-foot-wide drones could be used to lift cars out of traffic.

Science & Energy

Overpopulation: Where Do We Put the Next Billion Humans?

And no, it's not about physically stacking all of us in a piece of land.

Robotics

Scientists Are Building Humanoid Robots Using Skin Grafts

They are essentially creating part-human, part-robot test subjects.

Science & Energy

Proof of a New Geological Epoch: Over 200 Minerals Have Been Created by Humans

The Earth needed 2 billion years to create 2,000 varieties. We’ve created 200 in 2 centuries.

Artificial Intelligence

What Would an “AI Doomsday” Actually Look Like?

Researchers just outlined the “worst case scenarios” for artificial intelligence.

Health & Medicine

Meet the Revolutionary Apple That Grows Human Skin

This fruitful opportunity can peel open a skin revolution.

Artificial Intelligence

How Dangerous Would Westworld-Level Artificial Intelligences Really Be?

Will such delights have violent ends?

Mars

NASA Wants Private Missions to Give It a Ride to Mars

What will this mean for us getting to Mars?

Science & Energy

New Habitability Index Will Aid Astronomers in Search For Life

Knowing where to look is the first step to discovery.