Tech Optimists See a Golden Future

Tech evangelists dream of a future when we’re all liberated from mundane work by artificial intelligence. In the long term, automation of labor might benefit the human species immensely.

3D printed food for personalized nutrition

A team of researchers in South Korea have developed a 3D printing platform for creating customized food items. The technology can be precisely control the structure of food at a microscopic level.

A significant breakthrough in the field of 3D bio-printing

A team of UK researchers has developed a special fluid gel that can be used as a medium for suspension of biological material. This will solve a problem faced by scientists attempting to replicate soft human tissue.

Malaysia converts plastic bottles and cans into gold

A reverse vending machine manufacturer in Malaysia creates one-of-a-kind take-back machines that reward consumers with gold bullion. The machines accept both plastic bottles and aluminium cans.

World's fastest electric car charger

The Terra HP DC charger offers 120-miles of range in 8 minutes and can fill cars up at a rate nearly three times that of Tesla Superchargers.

New Shepard flies again, bringing suborbital space tourism closer

Blue Origin flew its New Shepard system for the eighth time on Sunday. The company seems to be getting closer to flying people on the suborbital tourism launch system—and perhaps beginning ticket sales.

First incredible images of ExoMars Orbiter

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has released the first images from its new orbit, taken on April 15 from 400 kilometers above the Martian surface.

The Arabian Sea’s Suffocating ‘Dead Zone’ Is Growing

New research has uncovered a “dramatic increase” in the size of the Gulf of Oman’s oxygen minimum zone, an observation that heralds bad news for the region’s aquatic life and possibly our atmosphere in general.

EU declares total ban on bee-harming pesticides

Neonicotinoids, the world’s most widely used insecticides, will be banned for use in fields within six months.

Harvard scientists map how a single cell builds an entire organism

Harvard researchers reported how they systematically profiled every cell in developing zebrafish and western claw-toed frog embryos to establish a roadmap revealing how one cell builds an entire organism.

Mercury's thin, dense crust

A planetary scientist has used careful mathematical calculations to determine the density of Mercury's crust, which is thinner than anyone thought.

Space Telescopes That Could Fly by the 2030s

With the recent launch of TESS and the JWST scheduled to launch by 2020 - a lot of attention has been focused on the next-generation space telescopes that will be taking to space in the coming years.

16 Countries and Cities Have Banned Single-Use Plastics

Kenya, Vanuatu, UK, Taiwan, Zimbabwe, Montreal, Malibu, Seattle, Australia, Canada, Hamburg, France, New Delhi, Morocco, Rwanda and New York have made serious strides in the race against plastic.

Japan to replace retired workers with robots

Shimizu, the architectural and contracting company, is ready to trial three different autonomous construction robots.The robots will be used to fill the gap of the generation of Japanese workers entering retirement.

US Airline Offsets Over 2 Billion Pounds of CO2 Emissions

JetBlue airlines has just announced the success of their 10-year mission to reduce their carbon footprint and promote sustainability by fighting the effects of climate change.