The Future Is AI a species-level threat to humanity? Some of the world’s top minds weigh in on one of the most divisive questions in tech. ▸ 17 min — with Big Think
Starts With A Bang Ask Ethan: How Can We Help Young Black Physicists Succeed In Their Careers? Only 3% of physics graduates and 2% of astronomy graduates are Black. That’s got to change. In the late 1990s, about 5% of the approximately 4000 bachelor’s degrees in physics per […]
The Present Amazon’s ‘adora-bots’ are now making deliveries The first wave of the retailer’s anticipated automated delivery fleet hits the sidewalks.
Health Study: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children A robotic teddy bear could improve physical and emotional outcomes in pediatric patients.
The Present How will AI and robotics transform jobs of the future? We can either be fearful of artificial intelligence, or embrace it as a tool to help us improve service. ▸ 3 min — with Tony Saldanha
Hard Science Strange magnetic pulses that happen at midnight detected on Mars A NASA robot on Mars sends back unusual findings, including timed magnetic pulses.
The Future Conscious machines: How will we test artificial intelligence for feeling? A review of the multifaceted questions we’ll ask to determine whether robots have a felt quality of experience — an “inner feel.” ▸ 5 min — with Susan Schneider
Neuropsych Study: Brains replay activities during sleep Brain-computer interfaces give scientists their closest look so far at what the human brain does while we’re asleep.
The Present 5 eBook bundles that can raise your earning potential We’ve got five great eBook bundles that can get you working in five of the hottest tech fields around, all at a fraction of their original price.
The Present The biggest problem in AI? Machines have no common sense. Correlation doesn’t equal causation — we all know this. Well, except robots. ▸ 7 min — with Gary Marcus
The Present Can universal basic income fix a crisis that’s already begun? COVID-19 may strengthen the case for universal basic income, or an idea like it. ▸ 24 min — with Big Think
The Present Wells Fargo report: A.I. will cut 200,000 American bank jobs over next decade Increasingly sophisticated automation technology can save big money for banks by paring down the workforce.
The Present Neom, Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion megacity, reaches its next phase Construction of the $500 billion dollar tech city-state of the future is moving ahead.
The Present Robot pizza delivery coming later this year from Domino’s The pizza giant Domino’s partners with a Silicon Valley startup to start delivering pizza by robots.
The Future MIT robot solves Rubik’s Cube in world record time: 0.38 seconds This MIT robot solves it faster than any human ever could. It’s a world record. ▸ with Mike Colagrossi
The Future Hyperdimensional computing discovered to help AI robots create memories New computing theory allows artificial intelligences to store memories.
The Future How to beat A.I. in landing a job Job applicants now have to contend with the growing use of artificial intelligence in hiring decisions.
The Future “It became like a God” For now, artificial intelligence is nothing to fear. But as it rapidly develops in the years ahead?
Life New MIT-developed glove teaches A.I.-based robots to ‘identify’ everyday objects Our clever human hands may soon be outdone.
Life New fossils reveal first known swimming dinosaur Non-avian dinosaurs were thought terrestrially bound, but newly unearthed fossils suggest they conquered prehistoric waters, too.
Smart Skills 5 meta-skills to supercharge every aspect of your life Being a specialist used to be the way forward, but the future belongs to people who can adapt to any given scenario on a dime.
Health Scientists developing controllable contact lens that zooms in They’re made from stretchy, electroactive polymer films.
Thinking How to get better at empathy despite practicing social distancing Isolation and empathy are by no means mutually exclusive.
The Present Why the Fourth Industrial Revolution could spell more jobs – not fewer Is the pessimism about jobs totally unwarented?
Health Humans were born to run. Exoskeletons might make us better at it. New research on ankle exoskeletons show promising results.
Health Speeding up science New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
Hard Science NASA observes a black hole feasting on a star The TESS satellite captures rare images of a cataclysmic event in a faraway galaxy. ▸ with Paul Ratner
Surprising Science Will humans form emotional bonds to robots? Probably — especially if they’re cuddly. Its emergence will challenge what it means to be human.
The Present Why Walmart is adding thousands of robots to U.S. stores “Think R2D2,” Walmart wrote in a press release. Others are thinking “layoffs.”