A Highway to Smell: How Scientists Used Light to Incept Smell in Mice . I was on a panel a few weeks ago and realized I forgot to turn off the oven. Utterly mortified, I told my Zoom attendees that I had to save my lasagna that was likely burning into a smoky crisp. One ch...

This Tiny House Is 3D Printed, Floats, and Will Last Over 100 Years . One of the world’s first 3D printed houses went up in China in 2016. At 400 square meters in size and 2 stories tall, the house took 45 days to print—and at the time, this seemed amazingly fast.

Since ...

New Report: Tech Could Fuel an Age of Freedom—or Make Civilization Collapse . With rapid technological progress running headlong into dramatic climate change and widening inequality, most experts agree the coming decade will be tumultuous. But a new report predicts it could actu...

Your Personal Data Is Worth Money, and Andrew Yang Wants to Get You Paid . Contact tracing has been a somewhat controversial tool for fighting coronavirus in the US. American consumers wanted privacy to be preserved, so Apple and Google set about devising an API that could he...

Why Bitcoin Will Be Crucial in Our Cashless Future . Cold, hard cash is king. But maybe not much longer. In many countries, cash transactions are all but disappearing.

People pay with cash just 20 percent of the time in Sweden and only 14 percent of the ...

A Renaissance of Genomics and Drugs Is Extending Human Longevity . The causes of aging are extremely complex and unclear. But with longevity clinical trials increasing, more answers—and questions—are emerging than ever before.

With the dramatic demonetization of genom...

The World's New Fastest Supercomputer Is an Exascale Machine for AI . Twice a year, the world’s fastest supercomputers take a test to see which is top of class.

These hundred-million-dollar machines usually run on hundreds of thousands of processors, occupy warehouse flo...

Virtual Reality Has Been Boosted by Coronavirus—Here's How to Avoid It Leading Us to Dystopia . American R&B star John Legend is doing a major live show on Thursday June 25 to promote his new album, Bigger Love. But can he expect much of a crowd, given that many pandemic restrictions are still in...

Scientists Used Dopamine to Seamlessly Merge Artificial and Biological Neurons . In just half a decade, neuromorphic devices—or brain-inspired computing—already seem quaint. The current darling? Artificial-biological hybrid computing, uniting both man-made computer chips and biolog...

In a Hybrid Neural Circuit, Artificial and Biological Neurons Used Dopamine to Communicate . In just half a decade, neuromorphic devices—or brain-inspired computing—already seem quaint. The current darling? Artificial-biological hybrid computing, uniting both man-made computer chips and biolog...