Art This award-winning photography was made by AI. Its creator says we need to talk about it April 18, 2023
Inventions India’s first autonomous reusable spaceplane makes successful runway landing April 12, 2023
Technology Dutch growers are using Bitcoin to power tulip plantations April 6, 2023 - Updated on April 7, 2023
Astronomy Students make $10,000 satellite with a 3-D printed drag sail that won’t leave any space junk March 28, 2023
Technology Meta is giving up on NFTs for Facebook and Instagram March 10, 2023 - Updated on March 21, 2023
Future This firefighting robot could help human firefighters escape danger unscathed March 3, 2023 - Updated on March 4, 2023
Technology We pitted ChatGPT against tools for detecting AI-written text, and the results are troubling February 21, 2023
Future ChatGPT is almost good enough to become a doctor. What does it mean for AI and for doctors? February 17, 2023
Electronics Shape-shifting “Terminator robot” escapes prison just like in the movies February 2, 2023
Biology This slime mold smartwatch is a living gadget — and it serves an important purpose January 23, 2023
Future The future of AI voice is here: new AI has emotionally intelligent synthetic speech January 20, 2023
Environmental Issues Over a quarter of water is lost through leakage. These small “AI pipebots” could fix that January 3, 2023
Future This solar car will steal your heart with its uncanny looks and whopping 1,000 km range December 23, 2022
Biology Batteries running on bacteria juice can power medical devices inside your body December 15, 2022
Biology This AI can tell if you’ll have a heart attack in the next 10 years December 7, 2022 - Updated on December 8, 2022
News Protests continue offline and online in China, as authorities try to squash and erase any trace of disobedience November 29, 2022
Future Over 1000 songs released in China have AI voices. Some have over 100 million streams November 25, 2022 - Updated on May 15, 2023
News Scientists may have finally cracked the biggest puzzle keeping solid-state batteries from taking over the energy industry November 21, 2022
Biology “Optical electrodes” can read your mind, paving the way toward fully-functional prosthetics and brain-machine interfaces November 3, 2022
Biology Juicy bots: Withering passion fruit gives rise to a robot that can clean space junk November 1, 2022
Animals A nest-monitoring device can save more sea turtle hatchlings and fight extinction October 31, 2022
News The future food label might just be in the shape of a QR cookie, helping prevent packaging waste and pollution October 19, 2022
Future New exoskeleton leaves the lab, steps into the real world — and adapts on the fly October 18, 2022
Future An AI capable of ‘thermal attacks’ just proved that no password is safe October 13, 2022 - Updated on June 21, 2023
News Six major tech companies pledge not to weaponize AI, but will politicians follow their lead? October 11, 2022
News Bitcoin’s beefy environmental costs are worse than those of gold or red meat production September 30, 2022
Environment New Google platform provides near-real-time data on land change and natural disasters September 29, 2022
News China floats footage of magnet-modified cars levitating over an experimental stretch of highway September 14, 2022
News French AI helps tax officials spot un-declared pools from the air August 31, 2022 - Updated on September 1, 2022
News TikTok’s In-App browser tracks what you do on other sites. Do other apps do the same? August 30, 2022 - Updated on July 28, 2023
Chemistry New aluminum batteries could be the dirt cheap alternative to lithium-ion that we’ve all been waiting for August 26, 2022
Future Engineers use 19th-century photography technique to create stretchy, color-changing films August 7, 2022 - Updated on April 22, 2023
Inventions Chinese Communist Party wants to use an AI algorithm to “read minds” and test the loyalty of its members July 19, 2022
Environment Researchers develop human-portable lasers to better study the health of glaciers July 14, 2022
Health Google says it will delete abortion clinic visits from users’ history — and it’s really sad they have to do this July 4, 2022
