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The cause of the recent uptick in radiation is unknown, but speculation about another catastrophe at Chernobyl is hyperbolic.
Suppose that fetuses are persons. Since pregnant people are too, how should conflicts between them be settled?
Predicting how emerging technologies will impact industry is more difficult than it seems—and it seems plenty difficult. The reason is that we envision the future based on the present. We […]
Now they’re pointing the way to future battery technologies.
Scientists watch as mice mouse around an onscreen maze.
The benefits of employee training are felt far and wide, from improvements in workers’ wellbeing to better customer interactions.
Truth needs us to define the rules, grammar, and criteria for true statements. But can we do this within language itself?
Do they really need the human touch?
Driving Teslas and planting trees are nice, but methane reduction, industrial efficiency, carbon removal, and a moderate carbon tax are the most efficient ways to fight climate change.
Guided by ultrasound waves, swarms of microrobots could soon be used to deliver medicine to targeted sites in the body.
Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we’ll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.
“Superjobs” – roles that integrate human and machine skills – will require careful consideration.
That Nietzsche quote might not mean what you think it does.
Organ transplantation is in dire need of biotechnological advances. 3D bioprinting and genetic modification of pigs provide a path forward.
Researchers design microdevices that can gradually deliver medicine by latching on to intestines.
Nanofabricators could quickly synthesize whatever we need, molecule by molecule.
Forty Starlink satellites were destroyed earlier this year in a geomagnetic storm.
Upskilling prepares today’s workforce for tomorrow’s opportunities, positioning organizations for success in the future.
Older people are in grave danger of being left behind.
Many organizations are just scratching the surface of what their talent is capable of, but reskilling programs help unlock untapped potential.
Researchers are making progress in the effort to develop safe and practical supernumerary robotic limbs.
We give it the flight plan, and it takes care of the rest. It has to. Here’s why. No matter how advanced our technology becomes, there are certain limits that can […]
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had […]
One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
As the skills gap grows, learning and development can help ensure the viability of an organization’s talent well into the future.
The new tool may someday be used in work that needs a light touch.
The book “The Genesis Machine” outlines the promise and peril of synthetic biology, a powerful tool that will allow us to program life like a computer.
A new MIT report proposes how humans should prepare for the age of automation and artificial intelligence.