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Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring Starship’s second test flight, a new “dark mysteries” telescope, and more.

Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a stranded space factory, Jeff Bezos’ new moon lander, and more.

Freethink asks three different kinds of experts to answer this question.

Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.

The military is courting tech startups to help it win the AI arms race.

“By 2040, we hope to see a number of new drugs that have been designed with AI reaching patients.”

Profluent’s new platform is like ChatGPT for genetic technology.

Author of the Canceling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff explains the current state of free speech in the United States.

A look back at the rise of solar power in the US and what’s next.

Smart glasses have flopped before. AI could finally make them mainstream.

We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.

Hunger rates are rising. These technologies could turn the tide.

The brain-computer interface will be tested in a six-year trial in patients with quadriplegia.

We need more data centers for AI. Developers are getting creative about where to build them.

HaptX gloves provide high-fidelity touch feedback of virtual spaces (and they look cool, too).

His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.

Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.

GLP-1 agonists may be able to treat addiction, prevent Alzheimer’s, and more.

The bots started as windpipe cells, yet they helped nerve cells repair and grow.

If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.

The initial study lays the groundwork for another larger, longer phase 2 trial.

Can AI-powered “answer engines” replace the 10 blue links model?

The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

It has already been trialed in people and could give us a better way to analyze and stimulate the brain.

To know how to protect its astronauts, NASA needs to first understand the threat.

Comparing Elon Musk’s Mars rocket to NASA’s new ride.

And, more importantly, what’s being done to get them online?

Making up false information is one of the biggest problems with AI, but there are no silver-bullet solutions.

These scrolls are the only remaining intact library of ancient Rome — and they will crumble at a touch.