Key idea: Some experts warn that the problems arising from today’s uses of online tools may pose even greater threats when digital life becomes even more all-encompassing. Original author and publication date: Dan Anderson -…
‘Super-Earths’ Could Host Alien Life for 84 Billion…
Key idea: Life on a rogue Super-Earth would be difficult, but organisms have been shown to thrive even in very extreme conditions on regular Earth. Original author and publication date: Becky Ferreira - June 27,…
Flawed AI Makes Robots Racist, Sexist
Key idea: A robot operating with a popular internet-based artificial intelligence system consistently gravitates to men over women, white people over people of color, and jumps to conclusions about peoples' jobs after a glance at…
7 unusual foods you could be eating by…
Key idea: To keep the world fed amid global disruption, scientists have identified potential alternate staples. Original author and publication date: Vanessa Bates Ramirez - June 23, 2022 Futurizonte Editor's Note: Our diets will significantly…
An Autonomous Ship Used AI to Cross the…
Key idea: Earlier this month, a new Mayflower crossed the Atlantic, but it couldn’t have been more different from its namesake from four centuries in almost every way. The one similarity was that, well, it…
Robots play with play dough
Key idea: A new system lets robots manipulate soft, deformable material into various shapes from visual inputs, which could one day enable better home assistants. Original author and publication date: Rachel Gordon - June 23,…
Michio Kaku Says There’s a Small Chance You’ll…
Key idea: "There’s a tiny but calculable likelihood that our quantum wave will tunnel its way through space-time and wind up [on Mars]." Original author and publication date: Noor Al-Sibai - June 22, 2022 Futurizonte…
Google Insider Claims Company’s “Sentient” AI Has Hired…
Key idea: Google engineer Blake Lemoine (now suspended from his job) says the AI has now retained its own lawyer — suggesting that whatever happens next, it may take a fight. Original author and publication date:…
Bizarre spiral object found swirling around Milky Way’s…
Key idea: Astronomers have peered into the center of the Milky Way and discovered what appears to be a miniature spiral galaxy, swirling daintily around a single large star. Original author and publication date: Brandon…