Future in Science and Technology

Science, Technology, Transhumanity and Immortality - The Future Belongs to Those Who Can See It Coming

By Dragan Kljujic

London School of Economics
Executive Insights on the Future of Work, Presented by Deloitte - MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau is the CEO and publisher of MIT Technology Review, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media company. MIT …
Technology
Silicon Valley techies are turning to a cheap diabetes drug to help them live longer
CNBC - Christina Farr
Ariel Poler is a veteran angel investor in his early fifties who spends his days traveling around the Bay Area to meet with entrepreneurs. Now in his …
Quarks
A milestone in the history of particle physics: Why does matter exist?
Digital Trends
Antimatter is a strange beast. Physicists believe that for every particle that exists in our universe, there is an antiparticle which is identical …
Machine Learning
MIT’s AI can train neural networks faster than ever before
Engadget - Christine Fisher
It hopes this technique will “democratize AI.” In an effort "to democratize AI," researchers at MIT have found a way to use artificial intelligence to train machine-learning systems much more efficiently.
Nobel Prize
Multiple realities aren’t just science fiction anymore
syfy.com - Elizabeth Rayne
Existing in more than one reality like Donnie Darko is something that has been imagined by sci-fi almost as long as the genre has existed, but always …
Dark Matter
What if everything we know about dark matter is totally wrong?
Wired UK - Katia Moskvitch
SNOLAB There’s a mine, deep underground in Canada, that’s unlike any other. Just outside of Sudbury, Ontario, in a forest where curious bears …
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Promises a Personalized Education for All
The Atlantic - Atlantic Re:think
Adam Avery As artificial intelligence becomes part of the classroom, teachers will be able to offer an individualized learning experience for every student. In a 2015 interview, Bill Gates imagined a where
Genetics
Preparing to Unleash Crispr on an Unprepared World
WIRED - Jennifer Kahn
Back in the 1980s, researchers began to notice a strange pattern in the genes of many microbes. There would be a stretch of DNA that read the same …
Weird
World's Largest Atom Smasher May Have Just Found Evidence for Why Our Universe Exists
Live Science - Stephanie Pappas
For the first time ever, physicists at the world’s largest atom smasher have observed differences in the decay of particles and antiparticles …
Science
Scientists Just Got Amazing Results From an Old Fusion Reactor
futurism.com - Victor Tangermann
Wrestle the Vessel A team of scientists achieved high pressure plasma — perhaps laying the groundwork to achieve fusion power, according to a terrific …
Machine Learning
How to differentiate between AI, machine learning, and deep learning
TechRepublic - Mary Shacklett
Tech leaders need to put AI and its subcategories into practice—and into common business vocabulary that everyone can understand. Sage, a purveyor of …
The Future
New Futurist Fear: "Economic Singularity" Could Kill Jobs Forever
futurism.com - Dan Robitzski
Economic Robot Revolution If robots automate all of our jobs, what use will the goods and services they produce be without people who can afford …
Software Development
Finally! A DNA Computer That Can Actually Be Reprogrammed
WIRED - Daniel Oberhaus
DNA is supposed to rescue us from a computing rut. With advances using silicon petering out, DNA-based computers hold the promise of massive parallel …
Geek
Why an Incredible New CERN Observation Has Physicists Popping Champagne
Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum
Scientists have announced the observation of “CP violation in a D0 meson” at CERN, a discovery that will appear in physics textbooks for years to …
Fuel Cell
Researchers create new way to power electric cars
phys.org
March 21, 2019 , University of Massachusetts Lowell A team of UMass Lowell researchers has pioneered a new, more efficient way to power electric …
Consumer News
Scientists Create Liquid Metal That Behaves Like the Terminator T1000
Tom's Guide - Jesus Diaz
Chinese scientists have managed to create a magnetic liquid metal that can stretch and morph in large scales through three-dimensional space. Yeah, …
Quantum Mechanics
Mind-boggling experiment suggests multiple realities can exist at the SAME TIME
dailymail.co.uk - James Pero
In a new paper, researchers say they've proved that two realities can exist at once, at least when it comes to the quantum world. To investigate their …
Science
Chop Up a Worm. It Will Regenerate. Scientists Figured Out Why.
The New York Times - By HEATHER MURPHY
An essential rite of passage for many an otherwise nonviolent child involves cutting an earthworm down the middle and watching as the two halves squirm. One half — the one with the brain — will typically
Fuel Cell
Scientists just found a new way to make fuel from seawater
Fast Company - Adele Peters
Could this help reignite hydrogen as a renewable fuel? Though hydrogen fuel eliminates tailpipe pollution, most hydrogen fuel is made from natural gas, a fossil fuel. It is possible to make it from a source:
Machine Learning
Machine Learning And AI Are Not The Same: Here's The Difference
Forbes - Nicole Martin
When it comes to Big Data, these computer science terms are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. While it may sound confusing, it is actually simple to differentiate the terms you
Genetics
Better Living Through Crispr: Growing Human Organs in Pigs
WIRED - Erika Hayasaki
To the ancient greeks, the chimera was a ferocious creature—part lion, part goat, and part snake. The first chimera that Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte …
Science
Levitating objects with light
phys.org - Lorinda Dajose
Researchers at Caltech have designed a way to levitate and propel objects using only light, by creating specific nanoscale patterning on the objects' …
Science
What are the dangers and downsides of A.I.?
futurity.org - U. Chicago
The development of artificial intelligence has begun to feel inevitable and holds lots of promise, but there are hidden dangers, according to Ben …
Science
Rays of light shape objects in new 3D-printing tech
futurity.org - Kara Manke
A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in just minutes. The inventors nicknamed the printer the …
News
Experts push for global database of gene-editing research
Associated Press - By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG, Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — A panel convened by the World Health Organization said it would be "irresponsible" for scientists to use gene editing for reproductive purposes, but stopped short of calling for a ban. The
Exoplanets
Are We In A 'Galactic Zoo' Protected By Aliens? Scientists Meet To Investigate The 'Great Silence'
Forbes - Jamie Carter
Are we alone? Probably not. After all, astronomers have already found 4,001 confirmed exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy, and expect there to be over 50 billion exoplanets out there. For scientists gathering
Science
Harvard Study Discovers Genes that control regeneration in worms
slashgear.com - Shane McGlaun
Some of the creatures in the animal kingdom have incredible abilities to regenerate parts of their bodies. Salamanders, for instance, can regrow a …
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Scientists have used a quantum computer to turn back time
weforum.org - Dan Robitzski
Russian scientists have apparently reversed the flow of time in an experiment they conducted on a quantum computer. The finding is unlikely to lead to …
Immune System
Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days
newscientist.com - By Andy Coghlan
WITHIN just eight days of starting a novel gene therapy, David Aponte’s “incurable” leukaemia had vanished. For four other patients, the same …