How a New Solar and Lighting Technology Could Propel a Renewable Energy Transformation . The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history. This is particularly true of solar-

Stream or Skip? A Synthetic Biologist's Review of ‘Biohackers’ on Netflix . Glow-in-the-dark mice, gene-modded weed and payment microchips in your hand? That’s the surprisingly realistic science backdrop of Biohackers, but that’s where it stays. Biohack

Neuralink's New Brain Implant: the Hype vs. the Science . Neuralink’s wildly anticipated demo last Friday left me with more questions than answers. With a presentation teeming with promises and vision but scant on data, the event nevertheless lived up to

Could Quantum Computing Progress Be Halted by Background Radiation? . Doing calculations with a quantum computer is a race against time, thanks to the fragility of the quantum states at their heart. And new research suggests we may soon hit a wall in how

New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission . A famous image of inventor Nikola Tesla shows him casually sitting on a chair, legs crossed, taking notes—oblivious to the profusion of artificial lightning rending the air meters away.

Algorithms Workers Can't See Are Increasingly Pulling the Management Strings . “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” HAL’s cold, if polite, refusal to open the pod bay doors in 2001: A Space Odyssey has become a defining warning about putting too

Waymo Just Started Testing Its Driverless Trucks in Texas . It’s been almost four years since Uber shipped 50,000 cans of beer across Colorado in a self-driving truck. It was the first-ever commercial shipment completed using self-driving technology. Now

Facebook Wants to Make Smart Robots to Explore Every Nook and Cranny of Your Home . “Hey Alexa, turn on the kitchen light.” “Hey Alexa, play soothing music at volume three.” “Hey Alexa, tell me where to find my keys.” You can ask an Alexa or Google

This Is How Your Brain Responds to Social Influence . I’m a doormat when it comes to peer pressure. Jump off a 32-foot (10 meter) diving board without any experience? Sure! Propel off a cliff my first time outdoor climbing? I’ll try! Those were obviousl

Scientists Used Protein Switches to Turn T Cells Into Cancer-Fighting Guided Missiles . One of the main challenges in curing cancer is that unlike foreign invaders, tumor cells are part of the body and so able to hide in plain sight. Now researchers have