Our Place in the Universe Will Change Dramatically in the Next 50 Years—Here’s How . In 1900, so the story goes, prominent physicist Lord Kelvin addressed the British Association for the Advancement of Science with these words: “There is nothing new to be

After AI, Fashion and Shopping Will Never Be the Same . AI and broadband are eating retail for breakfast. In the first half of 2019, we’ve seen 19 retailer bankruptcies. And the retail apocalypse is only accelerating. What’s coming next is astounding. W

An AI Debated Its Own Potential for Harm vs. Good. Here's What It Came up With . Artificial intelligence is going to overhaul the way we live and work. But will the changes it brings be for the better? As the technology slowly develops (let’s remember tha

We Won't Be Designing Our Babies Anytime Soon, Study Shows . Roughly a year ago, the creation of CRISPRed twins reignited fierce debate and trepidation about our oncoming era of designer babies. The experiment, designed to protect the babies against HIV,

Designer Babies? Simulation Shows They Won't Happen Anytime Soon . Roughly a year ago, the creation of CRISPRed twins reignited fierce debate and trepidation about our oncoming era of designer babies. The experiment, designed to protect the babies against

Synthetic 'Skin' Is Bringing a Sense of Touch to Virtual Reality . Virtual reality’s ability to create artificial worlds has come a long way in recent years. Now new technology could make those worlds even more realistic by simulating one of the most cruc

NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Is Finding Hundreds of Exoplanets—and Is Poised to Find Thousands More . Within just 50 light-years from Earth, there are about 1,560 stars, likely orbited by several thousand planets. About a thousand of these extrasolar planets, k

Can You Hack Your Sleep in 28 Days? . Sleep has become the latest frontier in the life-hackers’ battle for self-improvement. But how easy is to to rewire how you spend a third of your life? I took a 28-day crash course to find out. For a l...

How Scientists Grew Perfect New Lungs in Mouse Embryos . Unless you or a loved one are a smoker, lung health probably never got on your radar. But the recent spike in deadly vaping-related lung diseases—some requiring lung transplants—make it clear: as a

How Selfish Are You? It Matters for MIT’s New Self-Driving Algorithm . Our personalities impact almost everything we do, from the career path we choose to the way we interact with others to how we spend our free time. But what about the way we drive—cou