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As Google's new advisory council for artificial intelligence development prepares to convene for the first time, one member has a dire warning.
Ethics

Google Ethics Adviser: Controlling Future AI is “Wishful Thinking”

"AI is the single most disruptive force that humanity has ever encountered."

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have given transparent wood the ability to store and release heat, making it a promising building material of the future.
Science & Energy

This “Transparent Wood” Could Cut the Cost of Heating Your Home

It could absorb heat during the day and release it at night.

By Kristin Houser

Ebook distributor Overdrive is leveraging its vast collection of library rental data to improve the book reading experience with interactive elements.
Future Society

This Ebook Company Is Trying to Make Reading More Like Videogames

Books too boring? Maybe they need badges and achievements.

By Dan Robitzski

By getting them to absorb metallic nanomaterials, scientists figured out how to make cyborg plants that may be able to survive out in space.
Mars

Scientists Say New Cyborg Plants Could Someday Grow on Mars

Plants sponge up nanomaterials that augment photosynthesis.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla will hold an "Investor Day" on April 19 during which it will demonstrate the capabilities of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) computer.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Will Demonstrate Full Self-Driving Capabilities This Month

Mark your calendar for April 19.

By Kristin Houser

Instead of cutting a person open, future surgeries could be done by shocking cartilage until it's malleable and reshaping it with molds.
Biology

New Technique Alters Your Facial Appearance Without Surgery

Doctors figured out how to reshape cartilage using electricity.

By Dan Robitzski

Singapore's newly proposed fake news bill would force Facebook and other platforms to issue corrections alongside posts containing false statements.
Future Society

New Singapore Law Would Force Facebook to Issue “Corrections”

Mark Zuckerberg asked for governments' help regulating the internet. Now he's getting it.

By Kristin Houser

A new genetic trick allowed researchers to use bacteria to manufacture super-strong spider silk faster than spiders do themselves.
Biology

Scientists Gene-Hacked Bacteria to Make Bullet-Proof Spider Silk

Genetically-altered bacteria churn out high-strength silk faster than spider farms.

By Dan Robitzski

A futuristic restaurant plans to collect samples of diners' bodily fluids so it can create meals hyper-personalized to meet their nutritional needs.
Future Society

Restaurant Analyzes Your Bodily Fluids to Make Ultra-Nutritious Sushi

Every meal is tailored to meet the nutritional needs of the person eating it.

By Kristin Houser

Right now there are 45 experimental projects in Europe working to generate hydrogen fuel using renewable sources of electricity.
Wind

Europe Is Stockpiling Wind Energy by Converting It to Hydrogen

It would mean cleaner fuel for cars and energy stores for windless days.

By Dan Robitzski

A fascinating new story looks at the growing market for mice that have been gene-edited to mimic human disease ranging from prostate cancer to diabetes.
Health & Medicine

These $17,000 Mice Are Gene-Edited to Mimic Human Diseases

Pick a disease, any disease.

By Jon Christian

Russia's weapon maker Almaz-Antey built a drone that can fire a semi-automatic 12 caliber shotgun. Video footage shows the thing in action.
Drones

Watch Russia’s New Shotgun-Wielding Drone in Action

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a shotgun with wings!

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese prison's new surveillance system will monitor inmates constantly to prevent escape attempts — but perhaps at the cost of prisoners' mental health.
Artificial Intelligence

China Is Installing “AI Guards” in Prison Cells

They'll make escape impossible — but the trade-off might be inmates' mental health.

By Kristin Houser

Australia wants to mine water from the surface of the moon and use it to supply crewed missions to Mars or even deeper into space.
Moon

Australia Has a Plan to Mine Moon Water

"If you can produce water in space for less than it costs to get there, then you're ahead."

By Dan Robitzski

The Animal-AI Olympics will see AI agents completing in tasks mimicking ones often used to test the intelligence of animals.
Artificial Intelligence

AI’s New Challenge: To Be as Smart as an Animal

"A perfect score will require a breakthrough in AI, well beyond current capabilities."

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones
Drones

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones

The Navy wants a crack team of hackers to counter drone swarms.

By Dan Robitzski

A Nobel Prize winning scientist says that high-intensity lasers could one day render nuclear waste harmless in just a few minutes.
Nuclear Fusion

Nobel Prize Winner: Lasers Could Permanently Destroy Nuclear Waste

"The idea is to transmute this nuclear waste into new forms of atoms which don’t have the problem of radioactivity."

By Jon Christian

Tencent researchers figured out that Tesla's Autopilot mode can be fooled into steering into oncoming traffic just by placing three stickers on the road.
Tesla

A Sticker Can Trick Teslas Into Steering Toward Oncoming Traffic

Tencent figured out how to trick Autopilot with three small stickers.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has told the agency's employees that India's satellite destruction test has put the ISS in danger.
NASA

NASA: When India Blew up a Satellite, It Endangered Astronauts

The missile test was "a terrible, terrible thing," the leader of NASA said.

By Kristin Houser

Australia has proposed a new bill that would punish social media companies that don't do enough to prevent the weaponization of their platforms.
Future Society

Australia Proposes Bill to Stop “Weaponization” of Social Media

It would punish social media companies for allowing terrorists to exploit their platforms.

By Kristin Houser