The dark psychology of dehumanization, explained

Nour Kteily is a psychologist at Northwestern University whose research is about understanding one of the darkest, most ancient, and most disturbing mental programs encoded into our minds: dehumanization, the ability to see fellow men and women as less than human.

Climate change to worsen drought, diminish corn yields in Africa

Corn is extremely sensitive to drought and since 2015 its production has fallen dramatically as a result of record-setting drought conditions across southern and eastern Africa.

Europe's First Spacecraft to Jupiter Will Be Taking a Crazy Route

They say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but for JUICE—a European Space Agency-led, Jupiter-bound probe scheduled to launch in 2022.

Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries of all populations yet studied

An 80 year old from the Tsimane group had the same vascular age as a person in mid-fifties, suggests a new report. The Tsimane people - a forager-horticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon - have the lowest reported levels of vascular aging for any population.

Wi-fi on rays of light: 100 times faster, and never overloaded

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have come up with a surprising solution: a wireless network based on harmless infrared rays. The capacity is huge - more than 40Gbit/s per ray.

3D-printed skyscraper: Exciting new heights, or imaginative fantasy?

Dubai-based construction firm Cazza this week announced plans to build the world’s first-ever 3D-printed skyscraper. Cazza has dubbed its new technique for high-rise building - ‘crane painting’.

Two companies unveil modular urban land and air transport system

With the goal of tackling rush hour traffic around the world, the companies have essentially created a car paired with a drone that can swoop down, pick it up and transport passengers far above the traffic below.

Scientists Are Turning Earth Into a Telescope to See a Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, is a network of around ten radio telescope observatories across the planet, synchronized via the most precise atomic clocks, and pointed directly at the center of our galaxy.

Lucky Humans Just Ate the Very First Lab-Grown Chicken Tenders

A San Francisco startup plated some fairly familiar dishes at a tasting yesterday, like fried chicken with collard greens and duck l’orange. But these meats didn’t come from gutted bird corpses.

Canada is Finally Getting Its First Spaceport

Halifax-based Maritime Launch Services has confirmed its plans to build a $148-million rocket spaceport near Canso, Nova Scotia. Scheduled for completion in 2020, it’ll be Canada’s first and only site where rockets can be launched into orbit.

Extreme heat pushes parts of Great Barrier Reef beyond recovery

Parts of the Great Barrier Reef will never fully recover from repeated bleaching of its corals, caused by spikes in the water temperature, detailed analysis shows.

Travelling telescope educates Kenya's children

Two years ago, Kenyan astronomer Susan Murabana and her husband decided to travel the country, taking their telescope to tens of thousands of children.

The Making Of Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways To Mars VR Project

As NASA prepares to send the first humans to Mars, LIFE VR, TIME and 8i have collaborated and created Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars, the world’s first holographic ‘archival VR’ project.

California to Approve Testing of Truly Driverless Cars

California is set to open its roads up for the first time to self-driving vehicles with no human drivers. The proposed change would allow testing of vehicles with no steering wheel or pedal controls.

What could a future without physical screens look like

Last week Sony launched a projector which turns any surface into a touchscreen. We ask designers how screenless technology could be used in the future.