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A natural biomolecule has been measured acting like a quantum wave for the first time
Physicists have watched a chain of 15 amino acids interfere with itself, in an experiment that paves the way for a new era of quantum biology.
Will the universe’s expansion mean planets no longer orbit stars?
Your space questions, answered.
The UK’s election will put Facebook’s political ad policies to the test
The world’s first Gattaca baby tests are finally here
The DNA test claims to let prospective parents weed out IVF embryos with a high risk of disease or low intelligence.
The AI hiring industry is under scrutiny—but it’ll be hard to fix
AI will now watch for fraudsters on the world’s largest stock exchange
A deep-learning system will work alongside human analysts to monitor the Nasdaq for suspicious behavior.
Welcome to robot university (only robots need apply)
Want your robot to learn a new task? Then send it to RoboNet, a vast video database that could one day teach it anything.
Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying for Saudi Arabia
The US Army is creating robots that can follow orders
For robots to be useful teammates, they need to be able to understand what they’re told to do—and execute it with minimal supervision.
The Census is a target for disinformation—here’s how it could be protected
It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation to stop the vital count from being compromised. But there are still concerns that Big Tech isn’t being transparent enough.
Inside the Microsoft team tracking the world’s most dangerous hackers
From Russian Olympic cyberattacks to billion-dollar North Korean malware, how one tech giant monitors nation-sponsored hackers everywhere on earth.
A detective has been granted access to an entire private DNA database
Critics blast a proposal to curb climate change by halting population growth
More than 11,000 scientists signed a paper arguing the world needs to stabilize or gradually reduce the global population.
Google’s new chip design protects the cloud where it’s most vulnerable
As soon as the power turns on, hackers can gain an advantage.
Trump thought the Paris deal was too expensive. Wait until he sees the cost of climate change.
The woman whose brain staved off her family’s Alzheimer’s
One Bitcoin “whale” may have fueled the currency’s price spike in 2017
Screen time might be physically changing kids’ brains
Five things we’ve learned since Voyager 2 left the solar system
About 41 years after launch, the NASA spacecraft joined its twin in leaving the last edges of the solar system’s borders.
How China built a single-photon detector that works in space
China’s quantum communication satellite Micius has notched up an impressive series of breakthroughs thanks to powerful photon detectors that outwit background noise.
California is on track to miss its climate targets—by a century
And it’s likely to get harder, not easier, for the state to achieve ever deeper cuts in emissions.
Google’s big plan to fight tech addiction: A piece of paper
Paper Phone is not a joke—it’s part of the company’s “digital well-being experiments.” Digital detox experts aren’t having it.
Are there any realistic spaceflight technologies from Star Wars?
Your space questions, answered.
Scientists have spotted a tiny black hole that may be just 12 miles across
AI could help us deconstruct why some songs just make us feel so good
Machine learning can map which musical qualities trigger what types of physical and emotional responses. One day the technique could even be used in music therapy.
The US thinks TikTok could be a national security threat—here’s why
The scientists who are creating a bio-internet of things
The internet of things connects devices across the globe. Now researchers are considering how bacteria can join the network.
Russia’s law that lets it disconnect from the internet comes into force today
Meet the pigs that could solve the human organ transplant crisis
On a farm in Bavaria, German researchers are using gene editing to create pigs that could provide organs to save thousands of lives.
Interstellar comet Borisov may be carrying water from outside our solar system
Facebook is under fire for political ads. Twitter just banned them completely.
Reddit’s automoderator is the future of the internet, and deeply imperfect
The good: AutoMod saves time and prevents potential mental health issues. The bad: Humans still have to clean up after it.
NASA will use a robot to listen out for danger on the ISS
A flying robot armed with a suite of microphones will roam through the space station and listen for any worrying clinks and clanks.
A robot puppet can learn to walk if it’s hooked up to human legs
Robots might be able to navigate unfamiliar environments if they copy what we do.
DeepMind’s AI has now outcompeted nearly all human players at StarCraft II
AlphaStar cooperated with itself to learn new strategies for conquering the popular galactic warfare game.
An activist’s gimmick shows how Facebook’s political ads policy is full of holes
WhatsApp is suing the world’s top hacking company
One of the most powerful tech firms on earth takes on the Israeli cyber surveillance firm NSO Group.
Sea-level rise could flood hundreds of millions more than expected
Princeton researchers found that far more people are living closer to the ocean than previously believed.
Facebook will now remind you to get health checkups (if you want)
Russian hackers are targeting the 2020 Olympics
China’s leaders have embraced blockchains (er, minus the decentralized bit)
NASA is sending a rover to the moon to look for water ice
Can we use powerful lights to propel spacecraft at the speed of light?
Your space questions, answered.
Microsoft has beaten Amazon to the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract
A neural net solves the three-body problem 100 million times faster
Machine learning provides an entirely new way to tackle one of the classic problems of applied mathematics.
The secret to better beer could lie in cell signaling networks
Reusing yeast is an old brewer’s trick that saves time and money, but it eventually backfires. Cell biologists are trying to find out why—and the answers could conceivably combat aging as well.
Hackers shut down Johannesburg’s networks once again
DARPA is betting on AI to bring the next generation of wireless devices online
In the agency’s latest grand challenge, teams competed for $2 million and a chance to shape the future of communication technology by finding a better way to carve up the radio spectrum.
A biased medical algorithm favored white people for health-care programs
It’s not just Congress—China’s tech giants are scared of Facebook’s Libra too
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