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Infographics look at jobs 95% likely to be taken by robots and the working hours that will be lost.

The latest advances in genetics and neuroscience suggest that mind control may soon be a reality. But how will we use this power once we get it?

NASA announced the five winners of the latest phase of its 3D-Printing Habitat Competition for designing the structures to be used by humans on Mars.

Machine learning has developed awareness of consequences for its actions. Oh, boy.

On April 20, Nintendo will release Labo, a new gaming system that tasks kids with creating interactive games with cardboard cutouts and the Nintendo Switch.

Research shows women are better positioned than men to resist the automation of work and possibly even benefit from it.

Amid an ongoing battle over the retail and grocery delivery market, Walmart has filed a patent for robotic bees that would pollinate crops just like the real insects.

Depending on how you look at it, Google wants to jump on the hot new trend in tech or is trying to appease future robot-brain overlords

The new AI droid just sent to space by Elon Musk’s SpaceX can assist astronauts in many tasks.

35 hours a week would be ideal, say over 1,000 Americans surveyed. Just how overworked are we, really?

New principled approach helps autonomous underwater vehicles explore the ocean in an intelligent, energy-efficient manner.

NASA just cancelled its only lunar rover in development, despite President Donald Trump’s orders to expand lunar expeditions.

Our Universe is full of surprises. This latest one, AT2018cow, has ignited a controversy between astronomers. The Universe is an ever-changing place, particularly if you look at it on long-enough […]

In the wake of several public setbacks since the start of 2018, Musk said Tesla is currently going through a “production hell.”

Among the hundreds and thousands of codes that have been broken by cryptographers, the government, and even self-taught amateurs tinkering around at home, there remain a small few of codes and devices which have yet to be cracked by anyone.

A perspective from Brother Guy Consolmagno, astronomer and theologian.

UC Berkeley researchers create a robot that learns by playing and can predict the future of its actions.

MIT researchers have designed a fleet of autonomous boats that offer high manoeuvrability and precise control.

Because, you know … humans are the polluting kind.

This remarkable breakthrough is sure to usher in a new generation of robots.

Experts caution about the dangers of the current technological revolution at the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

While the gender gap is narrowing, women still do seven hours more housework per week than men (and that doesn’t include the child-caring).

For many years the concept of virtual worlds and far flung digital realities was the stuff of speculative fiction and philosophy. But it may soon take over the world.

Elon Musk appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience for a conversation that covered topics ranging from the inner workings of neural link technology to the differences between a joint and a blunt.

It’s not just for the lols. If you’re up for some soul-searching, they need you to contribute to this MIT research survey…

Artificial intelligence threatens to take over our entire world. And that’s only the 2nd most scary aspect about this documentary shared by Elon Musk.

A.I. churches are springing up, even if just online, yet they’re speaking a very old language.

Another exiting week of commentary. Some real winners this week. Did you make the cut? 

Young workers experience insufficient opportunities for work experience, a mismatch between work and education, a lack of career management skills and scant entry-level jobs.

A new study from the University of Chicago shows that monkey brains can control and adapt to robotic limbs.