Moore's Law Lives: Intel Says Chips Will Pack 50 Times More Transistors . If you weren’t already convinced the digital world is taking over, you probably are now. To keep the economy on life support as people stay home to stem the viral tide, we’ve been

6G Will Be 100 Times Faster Than 5G—and Now There’s a Chip for It . Though 5G—a next-generation speed upgrade to wireless networks—is scarcely up and running (and still nonexistent in many places) researchers are already working on what comes next. It lac

We're Using Microbes to Clean Up Toxic Electronic Waste. Here's How . If you were to stack up all the electronic waste produced annually around the world it would weigh as much as all the commercial aircrafts ever produced, or 5,000 Eiffel towers. This is

A Norwegian Startup Is Turning Dry Deserts Into Fertile Cropland . The UN population forecast predicts that by 2050 there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet. They’ll live mostly in cities and have an older median age than the current global po

Scientists Found a Way to Turn Bricks Into Batteries . One of the biggest barriers to the renewable energy revolution is working out how to store power when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow. Now scientists have shown standard construction b

New Algorithm Paves the Way Towards Error-Free Quantum Computing . No one likes noise when they’re working through a difficult problem. Quantum computers are no different, and now researchers have devised a new way to estimate how noise can throw their ca

These Sleek Houses Are 3D Printed, and They Fit in Your Backyard . If you’d told me ten years ago that I could go live in a house built by a giant concrete-spitting 3D printer, I not only would’ve thought you were crazy, I wouldn’t have known what you wer

An Indian Company Is Gearing Up to Make Millions of Doses of a $3 Covid-19 Vaccine . As the Covid-19 pandemic drags on, there’s one thing we’re all counting on to rescue us from the drudgery of socially-distanced life: a vaccine. How many times have you

Scientists Gene-Hack Cotton Plants to Make Them Every Color of the Rainbow . Imagine this: You’re on a drive through cotton country. The sun’s out, top’s down. It’s a beautiful, totally normal day. Only, what was once a sea of white puff balls has transfo

The Secret to a Long, Healthy Life Is in the Genes of the Oldest Humans Alive . The first time I heard nematode worms can teach us something about human longevity, I balked at the idea. How the hell can a worm with an average lifespan of only 15 days have