2016 August
A new space train concept could cut travel time to Mars down to 2 days from 260 Charles Bombardier, a Montreal-based innovator, has unveiled a…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Pipe is a finalist in the 2016 Land Art Generator Initiative, a competition to combine clean energy production with public art….
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many crimes go unresolved because there are no witnesses but now a new technique can create photofits from fragments of DNA….
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When are killer robots a good thing? When they’re saving the Earth. Where there are robots there’s always inevitably…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing could give infertile couples new hope Northwestern University scientists have created a prosthetic ovary using a 3D…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Geneticists are now capable of creating new forms of life that are completely resistant to all known viruses Geneticists…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This might complicate our which came first question… There have been five mass extinction events since the Earth formed,…
Intels dominance of the data center chip market is keeping Google execs awake at night, now they’re reaching for the night nurse Intel’s crown jewel these…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Late to mobile and late to the Internet of Everything Intel’s also late to catching onto AI, but it’s now…
The US Air Force has plans to improve radio communication over long distances by detonating plasma bombs in the upper atmosphere using a fleet of…
AI’s might destroy other AI’s but at least humanity is safe The chief scientist leading Facebook’s research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) doesn’t believe the technology…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mother drones that can control and coordinate swarms of drones could have applications in the military and civilian sectors,…
