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In a significant advance in training humanoid robots from data or simulations, researchers have started training them by mapping humans in exoskeleton suits.
A breakthrough in nanotechnology has shown potential to reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice by repairing the brain’s protective barrier rather than targeting neurons directly.
Are European & US car makers staring death in the face? 18 of the Top 20 EVs sold worldwide in August 2025 were Chinese.
Duke researchers have developed a new AI-powered approach to nanoparticle drug delivery design, which performed well in lab tests with cancer drugs
The developed world's future economic crisis of shrinking birth rates has arrived early in France and is causing its government to collapse. Is a Debt Jubilee the answer?
Researchers have found a way to get closeup images of nearby stars and exoplanets within 25 years.
Microsoft says AI can create “zero day” threats in biology: Artificial intelligence can design toxins that evade security controls.
AI's Speedy Search for Better Battery Materials
Drone Delivery Is Taking Off
A Florida-based company has a fresh take on renewable energy - shipping container-sized boxes that collect and store solar energy, without solar panels.
A Research Agenda for the Economics of Transformative AI
Yesterday I shared a couple of charts from a speculative preprint.
Today I tracked down the DOI for the full paper:
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17228412
https://zenodo.org/records/17228412
Curious what people think — serious thought experiment, or pseudoscience dressed up in academic style?
#Anthropology #AI #SpeculativeScience #Consciousness #Futurology
Will China be the world's robot superpower? There are now more robots in China than in the rest of the world combined.
Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection that offers near-total protection against HIV, will now be available for $40 per patient a year, in 120 low- and middle-income countries.
OpenAI says AI is now approaching expert-level ability at 1,320 tasks across 44 occupations from 9 industries, and exceeds most junior employees.
DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 1.5 is another indication that general-purpose robots capable of most unskilled work are not too far off.
Tumor-targeting Salmonella engineered to boost colon cancer survival represents a striking advance in cancer immunotherapy.
AheadForm's prototype human-like head for humanoid robots is remarkably lifelike.
Refining Moon Regolith With Lasers