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How Quantum Computers Would Destroy Today’s Encryption Methods
Quantum Computers Are Coming The advent of better quantum computers is something to be excited about. Research on developing more practical quantum computers abound, including those that can make it...
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What Space Travel Will Do To You
Baby Steps in Space If you’re thinking of volunteering to go to Mars—should the offer come up—you might want to hold your horses. Before we can even start sending people to Mars (a trip that would take...
View ArticleWhat’s Up With Fusion Power?
The Solution to Our Energy Problems? Fusion energy is an energy source that sounds almost too good to be true: unlimited energy that could be powered by the likes of seawater, with no expense to the...
View ArticleTechnospheric!: All About the Earth’s Newest Layer [INFOGRAPHIC]
It weighs 30 trillion tons, and comprises more technofossil "species" than there are biological species. It's called the technosphere—the "human" layer of the Earth, the delicate crust of civilization...
View ArticleThings to Come: A Timeline of Future Technology [INFOGRAPHIC]
Predicting the future is a fool's errand—after all, who could have imagined the internet fifty years ago, and the many ways it's upended commerce, finance, the workplace, and all those seemingly...
View ArticleAn Exoplanetary Bestiary: The Weirdest Planets in the Universe [INFOGRAPHIC]
The exoplanetary zoo is full of weird and wonderful standouts. Whether it's planets with winds of ruby and sapphire, planets of diamond, planets as old as the universe or younger than our species, or...
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A Treatment for Blindness? NHS to Install Bionic Eyes in 10 Patients
The Argus II Bionic Eye Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a rare genetic disorder that sabotages the retina’s ability to respond to light by disabling rod photoreceptors. The National Eye Institute...
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A Brief History of Technology
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View ArticleWatch Tesla’s Autopilot Avoid a Major Accident With Just Seconds to Spare
Stop, Look, and Tesla The future of autonomous automobiles has been assured, to a great extent, by innovative companies like Tesla. While some are still hesitant to accept self-driving cars on the...
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UberFreight is Taking on the Trucking Industry
Surge-Pricing and Trucking The popular ride-hailing company Uber has recently launched a new website for its large-scale delivery service called UberFreight. And while very little information about the...
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METI to Send Interstellar Messages in 2018
“Hello, Other World!” The need to reach out and make contact with another, complementary mind—whether in our personal lives or collectively, as a species—is a powerful human urge. And now the dream—no...
View ArticleThe World of Tomorrow
Much of what we take for granted today would astonish the men and women of the early 20th century. Imagine how they would react to powerful antiviral drugs, motorized prosthetics, the Internet, space...
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Newfound Comets to Help Ring in the New Year
A Binocular Comet Last October, NASA’s NEOWISE mission discovered a new comet whose aeons-long journey toward the Sun will swing it safely near the Earth in the opening days of 2017. It’s scheduled to...
View ArticleNew Autonomous Drones Are on Their Way, And They Can Carry Humans
Drone Power Drones are fast becoming a ubiquitous part of our lives. From their early beginnings as top secret military technology, they are now used in a variety of ways—including photography,...
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We Are Entering a Renaissance in Hypersonic Flight
A Research Revival There is no shortage of technology that seeks to improve transportation. The future will have its hyperloops, fleets of unmanned vehicles, and flying cars; but there’s one industry...
View ArticleAmazon Wants to Change How You Communicate With Your Technology
Intuitive Interaction Amazon has been serious about developing the future of interactive, speech-activated artificial intelligence (AI); their chatbot Alexa, which resides within the sleek cylindrical...
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Here’s How Quantum Gravity Will Change Our Understanding of the Universe
Quantum Mechanics vs. General Relativity There are two theories that have essentially revolutionized our understanding of physics in the 20th century—quantum mechanics and general relativity. Quantum...
View ArticlePhysicists Weigh In: Could We Ever Travel to a Parallel Universe?
Are Your Carbon Copies Out There? One very prominent mind twister in both science fiction and real-life science is the concept of parallel universes. This is hardly surprising, since the idea of...
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Here’s Why the Answer to Increasing Automation Could Be Universal Basic Income
A New Industrial Revolution The world is already on the cusp of a new industrial revolution—one that will be brought about by automation based on artificial intelligence (AI). According to a joint...
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Here’s How the See-Through Touch Displays of Tomorrow Will Transform Our World
Demanding Transparency Apart from Iron Man’s transparent smartphone looking exceptionally cool, it really doesn’t make much sense to have one. “Transparent screens by their very nature make what’s...
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