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
Future An AI-based voice program did the dialog delivery for Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick June 6, 2022 - Updated on June 7, 2022
Future These tiny soft robots can monitor complex environments ranging from deserts to the hot lunar surface May 24, 2022
Science AI traffic light system could reduce traffic jams and save cities a lot of money May 21, 2022
Environment Algae-powered energy cell can keep a microprocessor running around the clock anywhere with sunlight May 13, 2022
Research Pushing Moore’s law to its absolute limit: Researchers build graphene transistor the size of an atom April 8, 2022
Future Korean researchers develop new ultrasonic wireless charging technique that could power medical implants April 6, 2022
News AI has now reportedly mastered the game of bridge — and unlike chess AIs, it can also explain itself March 29, 2022
News Ukrainian drone operators are using Musk’s Starlink system to coordinate strikes against invading forces March 29, 2022
Environmental Issues These hard-bodied robots can reproduce, learn and evolve autonomously March 4, 2022
Future People find AI-generated faces to be more trustworthy than real faces — and it could be a problem February 24, 2022 - Updated on October 20, 2022
Technology Anonymizing smartphone data is no longer enough — users can be identified with just a few details January 27, 2022
Science European Football is becoming increasingly predictable as the rich get richer January 12, 2022
News Contrary to popular belief, Twitter’s algorithm amplifies conservative, not liberal voices January 12, 2022
Agriculture Fields in North America will see their first robot tractors by the end of the year January 6, 2022
Technology Is your phone really listening to your conversations? Well, turns out it doesn’t have to December 29, 2021
News This cafe in Japan has robot waiters controlled remotely by disabled workers December 2, 2021 - Updated on December 7, 2021
Future California cultured meat plant is ready to produce 50,000 pounds of meat per year November 5, 2021
News Long-term, they’re cheaper: Electric cars can cost 40% less to maintain over their lifetime September 28, 2021
Remote sensing A neural network has learned to identify tree species from satellite September 28, 2021
Future Norway’s “Wind Catching System” wants to revolutionize how we use wind energy September 9, 2021
Research We trained AI to recognise footprints, but it won’t replace forensic experts yet September 9, 2021
