Google's DeepMind gives an AI human-like memory to solve tough problems

DeepMind has outlined a process where it trained a neural network to have human-like memory, giving it not only the ability to store data, but also to recall that information and use it to solve novel problems.

Uber Wants You to Ride in a Flying Car

The writing is in the sky. Flying electric cars are coming and the ride-sharing company Uber wants to access whole fleets of them.

New antibiotic mined from human gut reverses drug resistance in superbugs

Using DNA sequences, scientists decode new antibiotics used in gut warfare.

Making computers explain themselves

New training technique would reveal the basis for machine-learning systems' decisions.

Renewables Now Exceed All Other Forms of New Power Generation

Last year, renewable energy accounted for more than half of all new forms of power generation produced worldwide. It's an unprecedented milestone for our civilization - one that points to a bright future for solar and wind power.

Rare Newborn Triple Star System Discovered

A rare triple-star system surrounded by a disk with a spiral structure has been discovered by a University of Oklahoma-led research team.

Breakthrough Listen to search for intelligent life around weird star

Tabby’s star has provoked so much excitement over the past year that UC Berkeley’s Breakthrough Listen project is devoting hours of time on the Green Bank radio telescope to see if it can detect any signals from intelligent extraterrestrials.

These Antarctic Glaciers Are Melting At A 'Staggering' Rate

A new study shows that three of the Amundsen sea’s frozen gateways are melting away faster than we realised, raising the spectre of an ice sheet collapse that could trigger a metre of global sea level rise.

Brain surface stimulation provides 'touch' feedback to direct movement

Researchers have now used direct stimulation of the human brain surface to provide this basic sensory feedback through artificial electrical signals, enabling a person to control movement while performing a simple task: opening and closing his hand.

Artificial Intelligence and the Evolution of a Smarter Internet

Technologists around the world have long fantasized about an artificial intelligence so powerful, that it is smarter than all of humanity combined.

Holistic consumerism

Holistic consumerism is one of the major shifts that have been noted in the health and wellness category. Aside from simple exercise and nutrition, mental health is also thrown into the mix, which accounts for positivity, mindfulness, relaxation and self-care.

Brains "slacken" as they age

A new research by Newcastle University published in the journal PNAS has found that just like our skin over time, brain's folding is subject to aging via a loss of elasticity.

'New Era of Climate Change Reality,' WMO Warns

With atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations having reached 400 ppm 2015 and with no signs of them abating in 2016 the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that "a new era of climate change reality" is upon us.

Vertical forest Mountain Hotel will clean the air in Guizhou, China

Milan-based architects Stefano Boeri Architetti have unveiled its third vertical forest building - a 250-room hotel in the remote Guizhou region of China.

How AI will shape the average North American city by 2030

Every five years a panel of experts will assess the current state of AI and its future directions. Here’s how they think it will affect eight key domains of city life in the next fifteen years.