technology

Forty percent of Americans sleep less than seven hours per night, and that’s a problem.

One researcher called it “the ultimate in the miniaturization of machinery.”  

The most revelatory answers in life come from complex, diverse populations. Technology can open our eyes to what we’re missing and destroy our subconscious biases in one fell swoop.

A paper argues that the younger generation is no better at technology and multitasking than older people. 

Northwestern University researchers discover the unexpected origins of half the atoms in our bodies.

We used to use technology. Now technology uses us. Silicon Valley ethicist Tristan Harris explains how the attention economy hijacked our self-worth for profit.

Researchers succeed in an 80-year-old quest to find the elusive “angel particle”.

Superfast hyperloop travel gets closer to reality as Elon Musk receives “verbal” government approval for a route linking NYC and Washington.

Reality is whatever your body believes. Virtual reality knows how to hack that.

Chinese scientists accomplish the feat of teleporting a photon to a satellite hundreds of miles above Earth.

Scientists solve the mystery of why 2000-year-old Roman concrete still stands strong.

Google is closing in on achieving a major quantum computing milestone.

Scientists film a closeup of DNA replication for the first time, leading to unexpected observations.

Elon Musk publishes a visionary paper on his company’s plans to colonize space.

Giant fans start capturing CO2 from the air as the world’s first commercial carbon capture plant goes live.

NASA space probes discovered a protective barrier created by human communication technology.

Studying philosophy has had a major impact on the power players of Silicon Valley.

A company plans to transform the world’s most arid region by bringing icebergs from Antarctica.

Job automation will need to strike a delicate balance — we want enough to make our lives more comfortable, but no more than that.rn

Elon Musk’s new company will use “neural lace” technology to link human brains with machines.

What if we build from the sky down? NYC architects release designs for a skyscraper that would hang from an asteroid and travel between hemispheres.

America’s most popular conspiracy theories and the science behind them.

1.5 million children die each year from preventable diseases arising from poor sanitation systems. That’s why some of the world’s top scientists are working to make a 21st-century toilet without links to water, energy, or sewer lines, and which costs users under $0.05 a day.

Elon Musk announces that SpaceX will fly two private citizens on a mission around the moon in 2018.

There’s a new verb in town: cognify. We have far too much baggage with the word ‘intelligence’ so to fully embrace the second industrial revolution we need to start talking about artificial cognification.

What if the vision wasn’t just to have politicians who are science literate, but actual scientists running the joint – would it be any better than it is now?

Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence learns what it takes to win, making human-like choices in competitive situations.

While often compared to the Roman Empire, the United States is not likely to collapse in the same way.

Here’s one use for all that harvested personal data that you might not object to. Algorithms and big data are no longer just for profit; they can bring us self-awareness and growth.

If we could jump 50 years into the future, what will our world look like? Flying cars? Hologram phones? Bill Nye sees two technological paths ahead – and we’re in the fork between them at this very moment.