US Conducts Hypersonic Missile Test After Russia Used Similar Weapon
The United States said it tested a hypersonic missile successfully for the second time, just weeks after Russia’s Defense Ministry said it fired such a weapon in...
CEOs From Major US Airlines Warn 5G Technology Could Ground Planes
CEOs of some of the major U.S. airlines on Monday warned that the nation’s commerce will essentially “grind to a halt” and there will be “significant operation...
These 2021 Biotech Breakthroughs Will Shape the Future of Health and Medicine
It’s that time of year again! With 2021 behind us, we’re going down memory lane to highlight biotech innovations that shaped the year—with impact...
Verizon and AT&T Agree to Delay 5G Rollout After Previously Rejecting Regulators’ Request
Verizon and AT&T said on Monday that they have voluntarily agreed to further delay the rollout of their next-generation 5G wireless technology at the request of...
Not so smart! How Amazon’s cloud outage left millions who use ‘smart’ technology locked...
Amazon services such as the popular voice assistant Alexa and Ring smart-doorbell unit were down, leaving some people locked out of their homes Roomba robotic...
New Brain Maps Can Predict Behaviors
Rapid advances in large-scale connectomics are beginning to spotlight the importance of individual variations in the neural circuitry. They also highlight the limitations of...
Artificial Intelligence is an “Alien Mind” Transforming The Human Race
Two new books offer a single choice: merge with machines or be left behind
Artificial intelligence operates on a different plane than human reason. As...
Calculations Suggest It’ll Be Impossible to Control a Super-Intelligent AI
The idea of artificial intelligence overthrowing humankind has been talked about for many decades, and in January 2021, scientists delivered their verdict on whether we'd be able...
Team builds first living robots—that can reproduce
AI-designed Xenobots reveal entirely new form of biological self-replication—promising for regenerative medicine
(BURLINGTON, Vermont) – To persist, life must reproduce. Over billions of years, organisms...
US and China Race to Control the Future Through Artificial Intelligence
As every aspect of modern life becomes more and more digitized, not just the economies of nations, but their sovereign influence will rely more...
The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We?
A new genetic engineering technology, gene drive, could help eliminate malaria and stave off extinctions — if humanity decides to unleash it.
What Was the Carrington Event? – The Most Powerful Solar Storm on Record
What would happen if a large solar storm of the magnitude of the first Carrington Event happened today? It would be a very bad day indeed.
