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To reconcile the recently-confirmed, faster rate of universal expansion, researchers suggest that the cosmos may be younger than they previously assumed.
Off-World

The Universe Might Be a Billion Years Younger Than We Thought

It's a new attempt to reconcile the universe's accelerated expansion.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX-Like Startups Think They Can Solve Fusion For Cheap
SpaceX

SpaceX-Like Startups Think They Can Solve Fusion For Cheap

"Fusion is poised for a 'SpaceX moment.'"

By Victor Tangermann

People are experiencing higher levels of negative emotions such as sadness and anger, according to a survey of adults in more than 140 nations.
Health & Medicine

New Research: The World Is Sadder, Angrier Than Ever Before

The increase in negative emotions could have profound implications for global health.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers propose a new field of AI study called "machine behaviour" — and it could ensure we reap the tech's benefits while avoiding the drawbacks.
Artificial Intelligence

To Prevent the Apocalypse, MIT Says to Study “Machine Behaviour”

They suggest a new field of AI study that goes beyond code.

By Kristin Houser

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From Quarks to Quasars

Newtonian Physics vs. Special Relativity

By Colin Robson

Moleculin Biotech, a company that conducts clinical research for cancer treatments, found a way to speed up the process by moving its research to Poland.
Health & Medicine

Expensive US Drug Trials Are Pushing Pharma Research Overseas

Poland offers a low-cost alternative to American trials, where participants are in high demand.

By Dan Robitzski

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis wants to make sure that AI is built to serve, not conquer humanity, and wants to make sure important choices aren't automated.
Artificial Intelligence

Meet the Rabbi Fighting Back Against AI Armageddon

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is troubled by AI that makes morals-based decisions.

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications is offering a new tier of internet service called "Elite Gamer" for an additional $15 a month.
Future Society

An Internet Provider Is Selling an “Elite Gamer” Service

"Fast lane" internet is exactly what net neutrality supporters have been fighting against.

By Victor Tangermann

No matter how cute or emotionally-savvy some robots may seem, experts warn that it's an illusion. Artificial intelligence simply isn't that sophisticated.
Robotics

Expert Warns Against Forming Emotional Attachments With Robots

In spite of their cute designs, robots can't love you back.

By Dan Robitzski

AI researcher Os Keyes envisions several "nightmare scenarios" for transgendered people that could result from the deployment of facial recognition tech.
Facial recognition

Researcher: Facial Recognition Tech Could Get Trans People Killed

"The worst case scenario is...they end up shot or arrested or harassed."

By Kristin Houser

A scientist argues that the sheer volume of potentially habitable planets and moons coupled with the existence of water in space makes life inevitable.
Off-World

Scientist: “Alien Life Now Seems Inevitable and Possibly Imminent”

"The ancient question 'Are we alone?' has graduated from being a philosophical musing to a testable hypothesis."

By Dan Robitzski

A UK college has launched the Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research — the world's first formal center for research into psychedelics.
Health & Medicine

World’s First Center for Psychedelics Research Opens in UK

It'll focus on the use of psychedelics for mental health care and the study of consciousness.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon's AI automatically tracked and fired hundreds of fulfillment center employees for failing to meet productivity quotas.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Used An AI to Automatically Fire Low-Productivity Workers

It's a grim glimpse of a future in which AI is your boss — and you're disposable.

By Victor Tangermann

UK-based design agency Layer teamed up with Chinese electric car maker Nio to create a smart scooter that can learn where you want to go.
Artificial Intelligence

Autonomous Scooter Uses AI to Learn Your Favorite Routes

You didn't know you needed a smart, self-navigating scooter.

By Victor Tangermann

Next week, the European Space Agency will live-tweet an exercise where volunteers play out how a hypothetical asteroid impact might unfold.
Off-World

The European Space Agency Will Live-Tweet a Mock Asteroid Impact

The plan is to predict how things would unfold around a catastrophic asteroid impact.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created a nanofiber yarn that allows damaged muscles and tendons to continue healing even without movement restrictions.
Nanotech

New “Nanofiber Yarn” Keeps Cells Alive While Injured Tissues Heal

It could mean no more movement restrictions while recovering from muscle and tendon injuries.

By Kristin Houser

The AI Group Elon Musk Quit Just Released An Amazing Music AI
Elon Musk

The AI Group Elon Musk Quit Just Released An Amazing Music AI

Here's your chance to listen to Rachmaninoff's take on Adele's Someone Like You.

By Victor Tangermann

New data from the Hubble Space Telescope all-but confirms past findings that the rate of the universe's expansion has accelerated over time.
Off-World

Hubble Data: The Universe Is Expanding Faster and Faster

But we don't know why it's speeding up.

By Dan Robitzski

This Martian Greenhouse Concept Just Won a NASA Award
NASA

This Martian Greenhouse Concept Just Won a NASA Award

Up to eight different food crops could sustain four astronauts over 600 days on Mars.

By Victor Tangermann

The newest version of the Brave web browser lets users opt into a program that will pay them in cryptocurrency to watch ads.
Future Society

Ad-Blocking Web Browser Will Now Pay You Crypto to Watch Ads

But don't expect to be able to spend it on yourself just yet.

By Kristin Houser