Futurology

French day-ahead power fell to -€5.76 a megawatt-hour, the lowest in four years, in an auction on Epex Spot.

The United States and China appear locked in a race to weaponize four-legged robots for military applications.

At Intersolar Europe, the Chinese manufacturer said the perovskite-silicon tandem module would cost 50% of a crystalline silicon module that costs $0.15 per W, meaning $0.075 per W.

Fudan University scientists discover a method to freeze and thaw human brain tissue, retaining its functionality.

A single large population of healer cells, called regulatory T cells, is whizzing around our body - not multiple specialist populations restricted to specific parts of the body as previously thought. These cells shut down inflammation and repair the collateral damage to cells caused after our immun...

Researchers from Stanford University developed a humanoid robot that can learn to do things by imitating its human operator.

Global funding in the cultured meat industry dropped by 75% in the last year. Singapore sees its chance to become a world leader, backing local and international firms.

Parents around the globe are making decisions about how many kids to have, where to work and what to buy based on climate change.

The New York Times' union is claiming that the paper is firing human artists to replace them with artificial intelligence.

A Wyoming man wants an AI named VIC to be on Cheyenne's mayoral ballot. Authorities in the state are questioning the AI's legality.

Optical neural networks, which use photons instead of electrons, have advantages over traditional systems. They also face major obstacles.

Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going.

The International Monetary Fund warned that nearly 40% of jobs across the globe could be affected by the rise of artificial intelligence.

Discover how new clean technology can solve environmental problems through accelerated development, adoption, and restoration. Learn how to embrace disruption for a brighter future.

Thermonator is supposed to help with wildfire control and prevention.

Ideas come from the edges, not the center

SoftBank is using AI to combat customer harassment in call centers. Its "emotion canceling" technology softens angry customers' voices.

Murthy cited research in his op-ed for the New York Times that shows social media has been a major contributor to the mental health crisis among young...

Damning new report finds nearly all major car companies are actively sabotaging world's efforts to avoid catastrophic global warming, and Japan companies are the worst.

When old satellites fall into Earth's atmosphere and burn up, they leave behind tiny particles of aluminum oxide, which eat away at Earth's protective ozone layer. A new study finds that these oxides have increased 8-fold between 2016 and 2022 and will continue to accumulate as the number of low-Ear...

Howard University scientists recently analyzed tryptophan (Trp) networks and conditions under ultraviolet superradiance.

Machine learning and careful observation suggest that some of the animals’ calls are specific to individuals, similar to a person’s name.

Empirical evidence that serious misalignment can emerge from seemingly benign reward misspecification.

During an MIT talk, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton seemed to endorse the concept of superintelligent AI replacing humanity.

Scientists at the University of Southern California have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system to track tiny devices that monitor markers of disease in the gut. Devices using the novel system may help at-risk individuals monitor their gastrointestinal (GI) tract health at home, wi...

With their “T-REX” method, MIT researchers developed a glassy, amber-like polymer that can be used for long-term storage of DNA, such as entire human genomes or digital files such as photos.

This is Digit from Agility Robotics. He's a logistics robot built to work productively in a human environment. Digit is built to stack and move boxes, and hi...

A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate if we overcome some technical hurdles, say EPFL scientists involved in RoboFood—a project which aims to marry robots and food.

Another new board member.

The photographers strike back.

Norwegian mining company Rare Earths Norway (REN) announced that after three years of exploration, it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of rare earth elements.

HCFCs were a temporary replacement for CFCs, the initial subject of the 1987 Montreal protocol.

It’s the Google spinoff’s second-ever recall.