The Future
All Stories
A crash course in the history of money, the birth of Bitcoin, and blockchain technology.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued $8 million in follow-up funding to a team of neuroengineers developing brain-to-brain and brain-to-machine technology.
Researchers find a way to distort laser light to survive a trip through disordered obstacles.
Researchers devise a record-breaking laser transmission that avoids atmospheric interference.
Max Planck Institute scientists crash into a computing wall there seems to be no way around.
Can biomaterials help finally thrust perovskite solar cells to mainstream adoption?
The AI constitution can mean the difference between war and peace—or total extinction.
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What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.
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Boston Dynamics’ notorious robot goes on an interplanetary mission.
She’s the reason you’re able to work and chat from home.
Is Bitcoin akin to ‘digital gold’?
A new MIT report proposes how humans should prepare for the age of automation and artificial intelligence.
Researchers make the case for “deep evidential regression.”
New book explores a future populated with robot helpers.
A study finds 1.8 billion trees and shrubs in the Sahara desert.
Can we stop a rogue AI by teaching it ethics? That might be easier said than done.
An accident left this musician with one arm. Now he is helping create future tech for others with disabilities.
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It’s hard to stop looking back and forth between these faces and the busts they came from.
Dominique Crenn, the only female chef in America with three Michelin stars, joins Big Think Live.
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Welcome to the world’s newest motorsport: manned multicopter races that exceed speeds of 100 mph.
Virtual reality is more than a trick. It’s a solution to big problems.
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Technology is an important tool, but it will take an ecosystem of educators, students, and caregivers to make the most of it.
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Otto Aviation says the hourly cost of flying the new Celera 500L is about six times cheaper than conventional aircraft.
It’s a very human behavior—arguably one of the fundamentals that makes us us.
Researchers are using technology to make visual the complex concepts of racism, as well as its political and social consequences.
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Ready to see the future? Nanotronics CEO Matthew Putman talks innovation and the solutions that are within reach.
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So far, 30 student teams have entered the Indy Autonomous Challenge, scheduled for October 2021.
Researchers discover how to use light instead of electricity to advance artificial intelligence.
Coronavirus layoffs are a glimpse into our automated future. We need to build better education opportunities now so Americans can find work in the economy of tomorrow.