The Future Is Now: Wrestling with Ethics, Policy…

Key idea:  A new book, Policy, Identity, and Neurotechnology: The Neuroethics of Brain-Computer Interfaces, explores the ethical issues of new technologies. Original author and publication date: Matt Shipman - April 28, 2023 Futurizonte Editor's Note:…

Alien civilizations could send us messages by 2029

Key idea:  NASA sends powerful radio transmissions into space. Who's listening, and when will they respond? Original author and publication date: Briley Lewis - April 25, 2023 Futurizonte Editor's Note: It would be nice to…

Meet the Autonomous Lab of the Future

Key idea:  To accelerate development of useful new materials, researchers are building a new kind of automated lab that uses robots guided by artificial intelligence.  Original author and publication date: Lauren Biron (Berkeley Lab) -…

Humans need Earth-like ecosystem for deep-space living

Key idea:  Through physics, ecological thermodynamics and abductive reasoning, it may be possible to recreate the same evolutionary, ecological networks that makes Earth successful. Original author and publication date: Blaine Friedlander (Cornell Chronicle) - April…

How to see the invisible: Using the dark…

Key idea:  An international team of astrophysicists and cosmologists have spent the past year teasing out the secrets of dark matter, using sophisticated computer simulations and the observations from the one of the most powerful…