We Need Ground Rules on How to Keep Our Brain Data Private
As brainwave-detecting technologies advance, we have to consider how much control we should have over our thoughts.
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As brainwave-detecting technologies advance, we have to consider how much control we should have over our thoughts.
Amid the fear, there's been little discussion on what constitutes AI, and how it might look completely different to Skynet.
Mice are injected with disconcerting-sounding drug morpholino, and show visible signs of it working.
New study seems to exonerate rats after years of bubonic blame, while gerbils are new target for plague hatred.
Building flat-pack furniture is a major pain in the ass, so much so that a MIT team has spent years and millions of pounds solving the problem.
To make it difficult for law enforcement to trace stolen cars or weapons, thieves will usually grind off any ID or serial numbers. Sucks to be them, because it turns out an electron microscope can see them anyway. Read More >>
This month, scientists suggested that an unassuming vault below the Arctic circle is the ideal space for preserving the world's data on DNA.
Here you can see a composite satellite photo of two cyclones hitting northern Australia within six hours of each other this week. In the upper left is Cyclone Lam, and in the lower right is Cyclone Marcia. It's beautiful but also terrifying. Read More >>
Flying cars aren't going to happen anytime soon, and that's a good thing because they're actually a pretty stupid concept.
Everybody knows it: Weed makes you hungry, but we don't know why. Science is getting close though, especially after this week.
Planets that are half frozen, half broiling with the heat of their suns,and we shouldn't rule these bizarre planets out from our search for life.
Rashes aren't just a Fitbit problem—any wristband can leave you red, thanks to some basic biology. There may be no miracle cure for this malady of the quantified self.
When Curiosity goes looking for organic molecules, it vaporises a rock sample and sniffs the gas that comes out. The plan could be going awry thanks to a pesky little mineral called jarosite.
Human flesh is opaque. Well, forget that: scientists now can use light to see inside objects that were traditionally off-limits to the human eye—including our bodies.
In this artist's recreation, you can see cosmic winds howling out of supermassive black hole PDS 456. These winds are so strong that they prevent the galaxy from forming new stars. Read More >>
If you want a little disaster porn this morning, you can watch this How Stuff Works podcast about possible causes of the five mass extinctions that nearly extinguished all life on Earth.
