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• How thermal cameras can play a key role in slowing down the coronavirus spread

  In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the world has rushed to deploy infrared thermal imaging cameras (also known as infrared ...

  • The Conversation

• The Perseverance rover is our best bet for finding life on Mars

  Next spring is going to be a busy time for Mars. In close succession, three spacecraft will arrive at the planet, joining the dozen or so craft already circling Mars. Two of the spacecraft were launched in the past couple of weeks by newcomers to martian exploration: the United Arab ...

  • The Conversation

• Quantum physicists say time travelers don't have to worry about the butterfly effect

  What if I told you all your favorite time-travel films and books were actually created by big tech in order to wrest control of the time-travel industry from the proletariat? Think about it. Back to the Future, The Terminator, The Time Machine, all of these stories share a central ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Researchers use neuromorphic chips and electronic 'skin' to give robots a sense of touch

  Scientists from the University of Singapore have combined neuromorphic chips and electronic 'skin' to give robots a sense ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Scientists modified a strain of cannabis to kill cancer cells

  It's well-documented that chemical compounds found in cannabis, especially cannabidiol (CBD), are effective at treating the symptoms of many forms of cancer. But now there's evidence that it could potentially cure the disease by attacking cancer cells. Cancer researcher Matt Dun, ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Blame the neanderthals

  Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hola Pandemic Pals, Sorry we're late today. My toddler has a stomach bug and we're out of toilet ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Here's what would happen if a wormhole fought a black hole

  Singularities – also known as black holes – are so powerful that even light cannot escape their grasp. But what happens when a black hole meets something even stronger, like a wormhole? We know a black hole would win in a fight against Godzilla, Earth's yellow sun, and even ...

  • Tristan Greene

• A beginner's guide to the AI apocalypse: Humanity joins the hivemind

  Welcome to the latest article in TNW’s guide to the AI apocalypse. In this series we’ll examine some of the most popular doomsday scenarios prognosticated by modern AI experts.  It's pretty easy to think up new ways for robots to destroy us. We're pretty squishy. But what ...

  • Tristan Greene

• This AI tool can identify individual birds with 90% accuracy

  An AI tool trained on images of great tits, sociable weavers, and zebra finches could accurately identify the birds in new ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Look, human, it’s the first photo of planets orbiting a sun 300 light years away

  The planetary system TYC 8998–760–1, sitting 300 light years from Earth, shows a pair of massive worlds orbiting ...

  • The Cosmic Companion

• Scientists are homing in on understanding just how sensitive our climate is to CO2

  At the dawn of the industrial revolution, the Earth’s atmosphere contained 278 parts of CO₂ per million. Today, after ...

  • The Conversation

• The UAE's Mars mission shows how space exploration can benefit small nations

  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its Mars mission dubbed “Al Amal,” or “Hope,” from the Tanegashima ...

  • The Conversation