Once a sci-fi staple, the ability to beam solar power from space now seems closer than ever—but a lot of work remains.
17/07/2024
WIRED Italia Pancreatic cancer turns off one of our most important genes in order to be able to grow and spread, new research published in the journal Gastro Hep Advances has found. The cancer is one of the most aggressive human diseases.
UK regulators have issued the first approval for a company to use chicken cells grown in the lab as an ingredient in pet food.
Roughly 10 percent of the world’s energy is used for cooling, with much of the necessary electricity generated by fossil fuels. Companies need to make AC much more efficient—as soon as possible.
16/07/2024
Improperly discarded batteries leak toxic chemicals and are prone to exploding. A new program funded by the Department of Energy will prop up battery drop-off sites across the US.
15/07/2024
Computer scientist Lance Fortnow writes that by embracing the computations that surround us, we can begin to understand and tame our seemingly random world.
14/07/2024
After a quarter century the community-driven site hasn’t changed much. And don’t ask it to license its archive to AI.
12/07/2024
Robotics researchers are exploring how large language models can give physical machines more smarts.
11/07/2024
Sam Altman is touting AI’s ability to sway people's behavior. His company is also wrestling with the risks.
In a livestreamed update on X, Elon Musk and Neuralink executives gave an update on its next study participant—and the company's next-generation brain implant.
Even techno-optimists hesitate to say teaching is best left to the bots, but there’s a debate about where to draw the line.
10/07/2024
Google is bringing the password-killing “passkey” tech to its Advanced Protection Program users more than a year after rolling them out broadly.
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